6001-FR
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[Docket Number DARS-2024-0021; OMB Control Number 0704-0454]
Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); U.S. International Atomic Energy
Agency Additional Protocol
AGENCY:

Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Department of

Defense (DoD).
ACTION:

Notice and request for comments regarding a proposed

extension of an approved information collection requirement.
SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public
information collection requirement and seeks public comment on
the provisions thereof.

DoD invites comments on:

whether the

proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of DoD, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of DoD’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of
the information collection on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has approved this information collection for use under
Control Number 0704-0454 through October 31, 2024.

DoD proposes

that OMB approve an extension of the information collection
requirement, to expire three years after the approval date.
DATES:

DoD will consider all comments received by [INSERT DATE

60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control

Number 0704-0454, using either of the following methods:
o

Federal eRulemaking Portal:

https://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
o

Email:

osd.dfars@mail.mil.

Include OMB Control Number

0704-0454 in the subject line of the message.
Comments received generally will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Heather Kitchens, at 571-

296-7152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number:

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement; U.S. International Atomic Energy Agency Additional
Protocol; OMB Control Number 0704-0454.
Affected Public:

Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-

profit institutions.
Respondent’s Obligation:

Required to obtain or retain

benefits.
Frequency:

On occasion.

Number of Respondents:

10.

Responses Per Respondent:

1.

Annual Responses:

10.

Average Burden Per Response:
Annual Burden Hours:
Needs and Uses:

1 hour.

10.

This information collection is necessary to

provide for protection of information or activities with
national security significance.

As such, this information

collection requires contractors to comply with the notification
process in the contract clause at DFARS 252.204-7010,
Requirement for Contractor to Notify DoD if the Contractor’s
Activities are Subject to Reporting Under the U.S.-International
Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol.
Under the U.S.-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Additional Protocol, the United States is required to declare a
wide range of public and private nuclear-related activities to
the IAEA and potentially provide access to IAEA inspectors for
verification purposes.

The U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol

permits the United States unilaterally to declare exclusions
from inspection requirements for activities with direct national
security significance.
The contract clause at DFARS 252.204-7010, as prescribed at
DFARS 204.470-3, is included in contracts for research and
development or major defense acquisition programs involving
fissionable materials (e.g., uranium, plutonium, neptunium,
thorium, americium); other radiological source materials; or
technologies directly related to nuclear power production,
including nuclear or radiological waste materials.

The clause requires a contractor to provide written
notification to the applicable DoD program manager and a copy of
the notification to the contracting officer if the contractor is
required to report its activities under the U.S.-IAEA Additional
Protocol.

Upon such notification, DoD will determine if access

may be granted to IAEA inspectors, or if a national security
exclusion should be applied.

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher,
Defense Acquisition Regulations System.

[FR Doc. 2024-14013 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]