SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0041 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-2025-0041.
• 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 ADAMS Public 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The supporting statement and Form 754 are available in ADAMS under Accession ML26056A330 and ML25164A064 respectively.
• 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 PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 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 Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email: Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov.

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, NRC Form 754, “Armed Security Personnel Firearms Background Check.” 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 December 23, 2025, 90 FR 60131.

1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 754, “Armed Security Personnel Firearms Background Check.”

2. OMB approval number: 3150-0204.

3. Type of submission: Extension.

4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 754.

5. How often the collection is required or requested: Once every 5 years.

6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Licensees who apply for Section 161A authority.

7. The estimated number of annual responses: 360.

8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 6.

9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the information collection requirement or request: 840 hours.

10. Abstract: Current NRC security regulations include security requirements pertaining to nuclear power reactors and Category I Strategic Special Nuclear Material (SSNM) facilities for access to enhanced weapons and firearms background ( printed page 14601) checks. 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 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.