In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, comment filed on proposed rule. Agency will
address comments at final rule stage and will indicate in the
future whether the collection is associated with a proposed or
final rule.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2013
01/31/2013
03/31/2013
894
0
894
65,418
0
65,418
0
0
0
10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70, 170, and 171,
Distribution of Source Material to Exempt Persons and to General
Licensees and Revision of General License and Exemptions, Proposed
Rule The NRC is proposing to amend its regulations in 10 CFR Part
40 to establish new requirements for distributors of source
material to persons exempt from the regulations or for use under a
general license in § 40.22. In addition, the Commission is also
proposing to modify the existing possession and use requirements
for § 40.22 general licensees to align the requirements with
current health and safety standards. Finally, the Commission is
proposing to revise, clarify, or delete certain exemptions in §
40.13(c) to make the exemptions more risk informed. Conforming
changes would be made to 10 CFR Parts 30, 70, 170 and 171. These
changes would affect manufacturers and distributors of products and
materials containing source material and future users of some
products used under exemptions from licensing and under the § 40.22
general license. Information collections would result from new
requirements for certain persons initially distributing source
material to obtain a specific license. These new specific licensees
would be required to provide reports regarding their initial
distributions of source material to the NRC and the Agreement
States on an annual basis and maintain records of such reports, as
well as meet existing information collection requirements in 10 CFR
Parts 19 and 20. In addition, labeling requirements and
notifications to recipients would be required for certain initial
distributions of source material. Proposed revisions to the general
license provisions in § 40.22 would specifically require the
general licensee to respond to NRC requests for information in a
timely manner and notify the NRC when ceasing activities if
significant contamination is identified. NOTE: This proposed rule
affects information collections in Parts 19, 20, and 40 as well as
NRC Form 313/313A series of forms. Information collections for
Parts 19 and 40 have both been entered in ROCIS under Part 40
because Part 19 will soon be undergoing OMB review for renewal
(expiration date of 11/30/10). Information collections for Part 20
and NRC Form 313 have been entered into ROCIS under their
appropriate clearance numbers.
Currently, Part 40 does not
include any requirement to report information about source material
being distributed for use under the general license in Section
40.22 or under any exemption from licensing in Section 40.13.
Because the NRC does not require the reporting of products and
materials distributed for use under the general license or
exemptions, the NRC cannot readily determine if the source material
is being maintained in accordance with the regulatory requirements
for those uses, or how or in what quantities the source material is
being used. As a result, the NRC cannot fully assess the resultant
risks to public health and safety. Because of the difficulty of
collecting such information and its limited reliability, the NRC
has concluded that new reporting requirements on the distribution
of source material to Section 40.22 general licensees and persons
exempt from licensing would significantly increase the NRCs
ability to evaluate impacts and more efficiently and effectively
protect public health and safety from the use of source material.
The changes to this IC include the addition of 38 new respondents
to 40.22(b)(4). Licensees subject to other new requirements for
this proposed rule are already subject to reporting under Part 40.
The proposed rule will result in a 121.4 hour increase in reporting
under Part 40 and a 240 hour increase in recordkeeping. Part 19
will be up for review by OMB this fall as part of the regular
renewal cycle To prevent the submission of this proposed rule from
affecting the timely submission of the Part 19 renewal, hours
associated with Part 19 in this proposed rule have been entered
under Part 40. Hours for Part 19 include 1 new reporting respondent
and an addition of 18 hours for reporting and 27.3 hours for
recordkeeping.
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.
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10 CFR Part 40 - Domestic Licensing of Source Material