Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Secretary of Energy has the authority to authorize proposed exports of unclassified U.S. nuclear technology and assistance. Control over such exports is necessary in order to prevent nuclear proliferation and to facilitate legitimate civil nuclear commerce. In order to implement this legal authority, DOE promulgated a rule found at 10 CFR Part 810. This rule describes what activities are within the scope of control, what activities are generally authorized by the Secretary, and what activities require a specific authorization. The rule also provides the information requirements for reporting generally authorized activities and applications for specific authorization. Information Collection 1901-0263 implements these requirements.
It was noted that a large number of cases reported in prior years were not a direct result of requirements in 10 CFR Part 810, but were rather requests for various types of assistance by exporters. These requests have no fixed required inputs and should not have been included. In the prior period roughly 168 of the reported annual cases were of this request for assistance. This would have reduced the number of responses to roughly 700, creating a very similar case load for this three year period.
After accounting for the change in evaluation, the average number of responses has remained relatively flat from prior reporting with a drop of less than 3% annually. Improved efficiencies due to the increasing use of e810 resulted in a reduction of the per response time requirements. This has resulted in a reduction of cost of 30% .
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
1901-0263- Final_Supporting Statement - Clean.docx
60-day 12.11.25.pdf
Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities