Pre-approval
contingent upon no substantive changes to this collection between
this date and the publication of the final rule in the Federal
Register. If there are substantive changes made to this collection
during this interim period, NRC should submit the collection to OMB
for review. Additionally, OMB requests the agency to update the
Federal Register notice information in this collection once the
final rule is published in the Federal Register.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2016
36 Months From Approved
83,796
0
0
139,109
0
0
529,137
0
0
FINAL RULE "10 CFR Parts 30, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 51, 71, and 73, Physical Protection of
Byproduct Material." The NRC is amending its regulations to
establish security requirements for the use and transport of
category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The
NRC considers these quantities to be risk significant and,
therefore, to warrant additional protection. Category 1 and
category 2 thresholds are based on the quantities established by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its Code of
Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which
the NRC endorses. The objective of this final rule is to provide
reasonable assurance of preventing the theft or diversion of
category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The
regulations also include security requirements for the
transportation of irradiated reactor fuel that weighs 100 grams or
less in net weight of irradiated fuel. The final rule would require
licensees to: (1) develop procedures for implementation of the
security provisions; (2) develop a security plan that describes how
security is being implemented; (3) conduct training on the
procedures and security plan; (4) conduct background investigations
for those individuals permitted access to category 1 or category 2
quantities of radioactive material; (5) coordinate with LLEAs so
the LLEAs would be better prepared to respond in an emergency; (6)
conduct preplanning and coordination activities before shipping
radioactive material; and (7) implement security measures for the
protection of the radioactive material. Licensees would be required
to promptly report any attempted or actual theft or diversion of
the radioactive material. Licensees would be required to keep
copies of the security plan, procedures, background investigation
records, training records, and documentation that certain
activities have occurred.
The final rule would impose a
new information collection and thus would not change an existing
OMB approved information collection. The information collected is
essential to permit NRC to make a determination as to the adequacy
of the licensee's planned system in meeting regulatory
requirements. Information describing the normal operation of the
physical protection system is needed to permit NRC to make a
determination as to reasonable assurance that the physical
protection system operates in accordance with the regulatory
requirements. Information collections contacting the NRC of the
occurrence and circumstances concerning abnormal events (e.g.,
report of theft, sabotage, or overdue shipment). This information
enables the NRC to fulfill its responsibilities to respond to,
investigate, and correct situations which adversely affect public
health and safety or the common defense and security. The NRC
recognized the potential risk from insiders (persons having
unescorted access to radioactive material), because a deliberate
malevolent act by such an individual has the potential to result in
significant adverse impacts. Accordingly, the final rule requires
background investigations, including the collection of fingerprints
and criminal history records check. Note that although revisions
have been made to Parts 20, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 71, and
73, there are no changes to information collections in these
sections. All information collection burden is contained in 10 CFR
37, a new Part of the Code of Federal Regulations.
$388,301
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Merri Horn 301 415-8126
merri.horn@nrc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10 CFR Part 37, Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material