NRC Form 664 will be used by NRC
general licensees to make reports regarding certain generally
licensed devices subject to registration. The registration program
is intended to allow NRC to better track general licensees so that
they can be contracted or inspected as necessary, and to make sure
that generally licensed devices can be identified even if lost or
damaged.
The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) amended its regulations to include jurisdiction
over discrete sources of radium-226, accelerator-produced
radioactive materials, and discrete sources of naturally occurring
radioactive material, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(EPAct), which was signed into law on August 8, 2005. This provides
a regulatory framework by which to license and regulate byproduct
material in accordance with the new, expanded definition. The
amended regulations impacted numerous existing information
collections. The NRC packaged all of the impacted information
collections into one new information collection which OMB approved
and assigned control number 3150-0203. One of the areas of existing
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations revised was Form
664. NRC Form 664 is used to annually register certain devices that
are possessed under the general license issued in 10 CFR 31.5. As a
result of the final rule, devices containing radium-226 will be
subject to registration. The universe of NRC licensees is estimated
to increase by 3 licensees annually. The average burden per
response to NRC written requests is 20 minutes. The overall
estimated annual burden to NRC licensees is estimated to increase
by 1 hour. The estimated equivalent additional burden for Agreement
State licensees is a total of 4 hours as shown in the table at the
end of this section, for a total of 5 hours. In NRC Form 664 to
review the annual registration of generally licensed devices that
are possessed in accordance with 10 CFR 31.5 and the experience and
adequacy of facilities for the possession, use, and transfer of
radioactive material pursuant to registration and licensing
requirements.
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.