[Federal Register: October 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 194)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. The proposed collection will enable the DOE to develop its part 
of the U.S. Government Declaration to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) under the Additional Protocol (AP) to the U.S.-IAEA 
International Safeguards Agreement.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
November 5, 2008. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer as soon as 
possible of your intention to make a submission. The Desk Officer's 
telephone number is 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 735 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to JoAnna Sellen, Office of 
International Regimes and Agreements (NA-243), National Nuclear 
Security Administration, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585 or by fax at 202-586-1348, or by e-mail at 
Joanna.Sellen@nnsa.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to JoAnna Sellen.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. {''New''{time} ; (2) Information Collection 
Request Title: U.S. Declaration under Protocol Additional to the U.S.-
IAEA Safeguards Agreement (``Additional Protocol''); (3) Type of 
Request: {New collection.{time}  (4) Purpose: Develop Information for 
Inclusion by the Department of Energy in the United States Declaration 
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Additional 
Protocol to the U.S.-IAEA International Safeguards Agreement.
    This proposed collection of information is pursuant to implementing 
the provisions of the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the 
United States of America and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards 
in the United States of America (the ``Additional Protocol'' or AP). 
The Additional Protocol is a supplement to the existing U.S.-IAEA 
Safeguards Agreement, which entered into force in 1980, and the U.S. AP 
will become part of the Safeguards Agreement once the U.S. AP enters 
into force. The United States signed the U.S. AP in 1998, President 
Bush submitted it to the Senate on May 9, 2002 for the Senate's advice 
and consent to ratification, and the Senate approved a resolution 
providing such advice and consent on March 31, 2004. Legislation to 
implement the U.S. AP was enacted on December 18, 2006, and is codified 
at 22 U.S.C. 1801, et seq. Entry into force of the U.S. AP will take 
place when the President deposits the instrument of ratification with 
the IAEA.
    The Department of Energy (DOE) is the Lead Agency for implementing 
the Additional Protocol at locations owned, operated, or leased by or 
for DOE, including Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-licensed or 
certified activities on DOE installations, and, in coordination with 
the Department of Defense, non-military locations on installations that 
store or process naval reactor fuel (collectively known as ``DOE 
Locations''). This collection of information affects only those persons 
performing activities at DOE Locations that would be declarable to the 
IAEA under the U.S. AP. The NRC is the Lead Agency for locations that 
are subject to the regulatory authority of the NRC, pursuant to the 
NRC's regulatory jurisdiction under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ), with the exception of those NRC-
licensed or NRC-certified facilities at DOE Locations. The Department 
of Commerce (DOC) is the Lead Agency for all other locations in the 
United States, except DOE Locations and those locations for which the 
NRC is the Lead Agency. All persons, including DOE contractors 
performing declarable activities at locations other than those for 
which DOE is the Lead Agency, would submit their declarations for these 
activities at non-DOE locations to either the NRC or DOC, as 
appropriate.
    The Department of Energy proposes to collect information that is 
required for submission under the U.S. AP. Collecting this information 
from those persons who are actually performing declarable activities at 
DOE Locations provides the most effective and efficient way for DOE to 
identify such declarable activities and the locations associated with 
such activities, and to compile accurate and timely information on such 
activities.
    All reporting requirements that are applicable to respondents 
making their declarations through DOE can be found in Article 2.a of 
the U.S. AP. These activities are considered to be funded, specifically 
authorized or controlled by, or carried out on behalf of, the United 
States, by virtue of the fact that the Department of Energy, as an 
agency of the U.S. Government controls all

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activities, regardless of performer, that occur at its installations.
    (5) Type of Respondents: Respondents will primarily include DOE 
Management and Operations (M&O) contractors operating DOE installations 
and facilities. (6) Estimated Number of Respondents: DOE estimates that 
the number of respondents submitting their declaration under the U.S. 
AP through DOE will range from 10-15. The number will fluctuate on an 
annual basis. However, any person performing a declarable activity at a 
location for which DOE is the Lead Agency must report that activity 
through DOE, and the identity of such persons might change from year to 
year as declarable activities are initiated or terminated. (7) 
Estimated Number of Burden Hours: The burden in person-hours of 
responding to the proposed collection of information will depend on the 
number of declarable activities at the respondent's location. This 
estimate includes the effort required to identify these activities, 
collect information on them, complete the declarations, and submit them 
to DOE. This effort per collection might range from as low as 40 hours, 
for a person with one or two declarable activities, to as many as 400 
hours, for a person with 30-40 declarable activities. This effort 
includes annual effort expended in maintaining and training with the 
software provided by DOE to collect and report the information as well 
as making the declaration.

    Statutory Authority: 22 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2008.
Kurt Siemon,
Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator for nonproliferation And 
International Security.
 [FR Doc. E8-23541 Filed 10-3-08; 8:45 am]

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