Notice2025-10930
Information Collection: Visitor Access Request System (VARS)
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Published
June 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, "Visitor Access Request System (VARS)."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25385-25386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10930]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2024-0107]
Information Collection: Visitor Access Request System (VARS)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a proposed collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is
entitled, ``Visitor Access Request System (VARS).''
DATES: Submit comments by July 16, 2025. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Benney, Acting NRC Clearance
Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-6355; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d79eb9b1b8b4b8bbbbb2b4a3a4f985b2a4b8a2a5b4b297b9a5b4f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="672e09010804080b0b020413144935021408121504022709150449000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0107 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0107.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19495d4b374b7c6a766c6b7a7c59776b7a377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cb9b8f99e599aeb8a4beb9a8ae8ba5b9a8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge.
The supporting statement and screenshot of VARS are available in ADAMS
under Accession Nos. ML25036A198 and ML24157A041 respectively.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84d4c0d6aad6e1f7ebf1f6e7e1c4eaf6e7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4948096ea96a1b7abb1b6a7a184aab6a7eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
<bullet> NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the NRC's Acting Clearance Officer, Kristen Benney, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6355; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96dff8f0f9f5f9fafaf3f5e2e5b8c4f3e5f9e3e4f5f3d6f8e4f5b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9a0878f868a8685858c8a9d9ac7bb8c9a869c9b8a8ca9879b8ac78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a proposed collection of
information to OMB for review entitled ``Visitor Access Request System
(VARS).'' The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on September 17, 2024, 89 FR
76157.
1. The title of the information collection: Visitor Access Request
System (VARS).
2. OMB approval number: An OMB control number has not yet been
assigned to this proposed information collection.
3. Type of submission: New.
4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: As needed.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: All visitors to NRC
facilities.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 750.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 750.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 25 hours.
10. Abstract: The VARS module in the Space and Property Management
System is used to manage visitor access at NRC facilities. NRC
employees can pre-register visitors or register them on-site and assign
parking if needed. Minimum required information includes visitor's
name, company, dates of visit, NRC contact name, phone number, location
of the visit, country of nationality, and visitor type. Upon arrival,
security officers verify the visitor's identity, conduct security
screening, and provide a visitor pass. NRC personnel (employees and
contractors) must escort the visitors at all times.
Dated: June 11, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kristen Benney,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-10930 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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