ML23011A287

30 Day Federal Register Notice - Information Collection - Part 25, Access Authorization

ML23011A287
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Issue date:	02/23/2023
From:	David Cullison NRC/OCIO
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ML23011A286	List: ML23011A287 ML23011A288
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NRC-2022-0137
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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

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 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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