ML23011A287
| ML23011A287 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/23/2023 |
| From: | David Cullison NRC/OCIO |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML23011A286 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2022-0137 | |
| Download: ML23011A287 (5) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2022-0137]
Information Collection: Access Authorization AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget; request for comment.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, Access Authorization.
DATES: Submit comments by March 30, 2023. 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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0137 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:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0137.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS Accession No. ML23047A408. The supporting statement and burden spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23011A288 and ML22200A113.
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
- NRCs Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by contacting the NRCs Clearance Officer, David C. Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 2
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email:
Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.
B. Submitting Comments Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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.
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II. Background Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, Access Authorization. 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 August 31, 2022, 87 FR 53511.
- 1. The title of the information collection: Access Authorization.
- 2. OMB approval number: 3150-0046.
- 3. Type of submission: Revision.
- 4. The form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
- 5. How often the collection is required or requested: On occasion.
- 6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC-regulated facilities and other organizations requiring access to NRC-classified information, and NRC contractors with access to classified information or who hold a sensitive position.
- 7. The estimated number of annual responses: 534 (456 reporting responses plus 78 recordkeepers).
- 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 300.
- 9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 226 hours0.00262 days <br />0.0628 hours <br />3.736772e-4 weeks <br />8.5993e-5 months <br /> (160 hours0.00185 days <br />0.0444 hours <br />2.645503e-4 weeks <br />6.088e-5 months <br /> reporting + 66 hours7.638889e-4 days <br />0.0183 hours <br />1.09127e-4 weeks <br />2.5113e-5 months <br /> recordkeeping).
- 10. Abstract: NRC collects information on individuals in order to determine their eligibility for an NRC access authorization for access to classified information. NRC-4
regulated facilities and other organizations are required to provide information to the NRC when requested on the cleared individual and maintain records to ensure that only individuals with the adequate level of protection are provided access to NRC classified information and material.
Dated: February 23, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
David C. Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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