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 sub mitted a
request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is ent itled, Access
Authorization.
DATES: Submit comments by March 30, 2023. Comments received after t his date will
be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission i s able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed informa tion
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particula r information collection by
selecting Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments o r 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 pu blicly 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 ADA MS Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wi th 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 t he collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without ch arge by accessing
ADAMS Accession No. ML23047A408. The supporting statement and burden
spreadsheet are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23011 A288 and
- 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 appointm ent 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 throu gh 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 N RCs 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 informati on collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particula r information collection by
selecting "Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments" o r by using the search
function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact info rmation in
comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclos ed in your comment
submission. All comment submissions are posted at https://www. regulations.gov and
entered into ADAMS. Comment submissions are not routinely edit ed to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other person s 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 dis closed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that comment submissions are not routinely
edited to remove such information before making the comment sub missions available to
the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
3 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 exi sting 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 positi on.
- 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
hours recordkeeping).
- 10. Abstract: NRC collects information on individuals in order to determine their
eligibility for an NRC access authorization for access to class ified information. NRC-4 regulated facilities and other organizations are required to pr ovide information to the
NRC when requested on the cleared individual and maintain recor ds 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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