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OMB Control No: 3150-0204	ICR Reference No: 201510-3150-006
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201101-3150-004
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NRC Form 754, Armed Security Personnel Firearms Background Check
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule	Conclusion Date: 11/18/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/19/2015
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR--to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage--a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date		36 Months From Approved
Responses	0	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	0	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSED RULE for 10 CFR Part 73, Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications The NRC is proposing to amend the current security regulations and add new security requirements pertaining to nuclear power reactors and Category I Strategic Special Nuclear Material (SSNM) facilities for access to enhanced weapons and firearms background checks. The proposed NRC Form 754 collects the information required to perform the necessary firearms background checks. The background check uses the person's fingerprints and other identifying information and is performed under the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine if an individual is prohibited under Federal or State law from possessing or receiving firearms. Licensees would submit NRC Form 754 for all security personnel protecting Commission designated facilities, radioactive material, or other property whose duties require them to have access to these weapons. The Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks and Security Event Notifications (hereafter referred to as Enhanced Weapons) proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on February 3, 2011 (76 FR 6199), and supplemented the rule on January 10, 2013 (78 FR 2214). The NRC is issuing a second supplemental proposed rule to modify the firearms background check requirements from the proposed rule as published and supplemented in the Federal Register. This supplemental proposed rule is being issued to incorporate changes in the Firearms Guidelines Revision 1, which are updated guidelines developed jointly by the NRC and the Department of Justice about the implementation of new preemption and enhanced weapons authorities for the NRC under Section 161A, “Use of Firearms by Security Personnel” (42 U.S.C. 2201a), of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the AEA). The information collection requirements previously issued have been updated as described in this supporting statement. NOTE: Burden hours for this supplemental proposed rule have been entered under clearance numbers 3150-0204 (NRC Form 754) and 3150-0002 (10 CFR Part 73). ALL Federal Government costs for the rule have been entered under 3150-0002, Part 73.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat. 594 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 68 Stat. 919 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat. 594 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3150-AI49	Proposed rulemaking	80 FR 57106	09/22/2015

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NRC Form 754, Armed Security Personnel Firearms Background Check	NRC Form 754	ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECK

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Initially, the implementation of the enhanced weapons rule would result in a burden increase of 47,636 hours because of the requirement that licensees apply for stand-alone preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority and submit the information for background checks for current security staff. After the initial implementation period, the annual burden would fall to 33,623 hours for requirements including recurring background checks and security event notifications. Therefore, the proposed burden increase will be reduced by approximately 30 percent once the one time requirements have been completed. Note that this supplemental proposed rule will reduce the burden as compared to the initial proposed rule by changing the requirements for firearms background checks such that fewer regulated entities will conduct the checks.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Margaret Ellenson 301 415-0894 margaret.ellenson@nrc.gov

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