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OMB Control No: 3150-0052	ICR Reference No: 201602-3150-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201301-3150-002
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NRC Form 790, Classification Record
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/18/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/16/2016
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. As terms of clearance, in subsequent ICR, NRC needs to address extent to which it has considered implementing an online portal for data submissions in order to ease burden on public and Federal staff.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2016
Responses	1,500	0	2,500
Time Burden (Hours)	143	0	125
Cost Burden (Dollars)	360	0	5,909

Abstract: Completion of the NRC Form 790 is a mandatory requirement for NRC licensees, licensees' contractors, and certificate holder who classify and declassify NRC information in accordance with Executive Order 13526, "Classified National Security Information," the Atomic Energy Act, and implementing directives.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 1-311 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 51328	08/24/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 6301	02/05/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
NRC Form 790, Classification Record	NRC Form 790

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,500	2,500	-1,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	143	125	18
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	360	5,909	-5,549

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: The burden increased from 125 hours to 143 hours, a change of 18 hours. The number of responses decreased from 2,500 to 1,500. Following are the reasons for these changes: • The burden estimate for respondents has decreased from approximately 2,500 to approximately 1,500 responses per year. This decrease is due to the fact that the NRC has terminated facility clearances for several licensees, licensees’ contractors and certificate holders as a result of the reduction of operations. At the time that a facility clearance is terminated, the licensee, licensee’s contractor, or certificate holder is no longer permitted to use, process, store, and reproduce, transmit, or otherwise handle NRC classified information. In addition, the respondent cost decreased due to the decrease in the fee rate from $279 to $268/hr. • The estimated burden associated with each response has increased from approximately 3 minutes to approximately 6 minutes to more accurately reflect the current process utilized to process each form. While the affected licensees and licensees’ contractors complete the form electronically approximately 75 percent of the time, in all instances a hard copy of the form is mailed to the NRC for processing. The NRC does not require hard copy submission; however, this is the respondents’ historical practice and the NRC staff is accounting for all time to submit the forms. Other changes to the NRC Form 790 include: • E.O. 13526 outlines the categories of information eligible for classification, also referred to as the reasons for classification. The current NRC Form 790 has a blank field for respondents to annotate the E.O. 13526 reason for classification, with no additional information. In an effort to remove any ambiguity and reduce the burden associated with looking up the reasons for classification identified in E.O. 13526, Block 9 of the NRC Form 790 has been revised to explicitly state the eight categories of information eligible for classification under E.O. 13526. In order to complete Block 9 of the form, the respondent will select all reasons for classification that apply. • Additionally, E.O. 13526 identifies the declassification instructions that can be utilized on an original or derivatively classified document. The current NRC Form 790 only included a subset of the declassification instructed listed in E.O. 13526. Specifically, the declassification instructions annotated in Block 10 and Block 14 of the revised NRC Form 790 include the option of 50X exemptions, as articulated in E.O. 13526. The design of the form and associated instructions were updated to improve the ease of usability and remove any ambiguity from instructions that were previously identified as self-explanatory.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $33,500

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: Krista Ziebell 301 415-7121 krista.ziebell@nrc.gov

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