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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101053-101054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29342]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0040]

Information Collection: Facility Security Clearance and 
Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data

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 request for renewal of an existing collection of 
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The information collection is entitled, ``Facility Security Clearance 
and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted 
Data.''

DATES: Submit comments by January 13, 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 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: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0040 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-2024-0040.
     NRC's 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 NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
accessing ADAMS Package Accession No. ML24284A256. The supporting 
statement is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24284A275.
     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 
[email protected]

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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.
     NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of 
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by 
contacting the NRC's Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2084; email: 
[email protected].

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.

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, 
``Facility Security Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security 
Information and Restricted Data.'' 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 7, 2024, 89 FR 64485.
    1. The title of the information collection: Facility Security 
Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security Information and 
Restricted Data.
    2. OMB approval number: 3150-0047.
    3. Type of submission: Extension.
    4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 405F.
    5. How often the collection is required or requested: When new 
facility clearance requests are received, existing facility clearances 
are terminated, when respondents make changes reportable under the 
rule, including a mandatory submission every 5 years.
    6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC-regulated 
facilities and their contractors who require access to, and possession 
of NRC classified information.
    7. The estimated number of annual responses: 156 (136 reporting 
responses + 20 recordkeepers).
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 20.
    9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the 
information collection requirement or request: 940 (784 hours reporting 
+ 156 recordkeeping).
    10. Abstract: The NRC-regulated facilities and their contractors 
who are authorized to access and possess classified matter are required 
to provide information and maintain records to ensure an adequate level 
of protection is provided to NRC classified information and material.

    Dated: December 9, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-29342 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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