Section 31.11 of 10 CFR establishes a
general license authorizing any physician, clinical laboratory,
veterinarian in the practice of veterinary medicine, or hospital to
possess certain small quantities of byproduct material for in vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving the internal or external
administration of the byproduct material or the radiation there
from to human beings or animals. Possession of byproduct material
under 10 CFR 31.11 is not authorized until the physician, clinical
laboratory, veterinarian in the practice of veterinary medicine, or
hospital has filed NRC Form 483 and received from the Commission a
validated copy of NRC Form 483 with a registration number.
The overall hourly burden
estimate for NRC Form 483 is expected to decrease during the next 3
years. The expected decrease in estimated hourly burden is
primarily due to results obtained from a NRC internal review and
study based on available NRC Form 483 submissions to the agency and
a sample of annual NRC Form 483 returns provided by 6 Agreement
States. The internal review/study and samples showed that the
estimated number of registration certificates that NRC is expecting
to receive annually will drop from 104 to 15 and the annual
registration certificates received by the Agreement States will
drop from 260 to 70. Therefore, the total hourly burden has
decreased by 29.6 hours, from 42 hours submitted in the previous
renewal package to OMB in 2005 to 12.4 hours. The total cost for
this package has decreased by $5,323 from $8,274 in 2005 to $2,951
in 2008. However, the estimated burden cost since the last OMB
approval of this package has increased from $197 to $238/hour, due
to an increase in the hourly fee rate.
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.