Final 10CFR39 SS 110110

FINAL OMB SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR

10 CFR PART 39

LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELL LOGGING

(3150-0130)

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EXTENSION WITH BURDEN REVISIONS

Description of the Information Collection

NRC regulations in 10 CFR Part 39 establish rules that specify radiation safety requirements for the use of licensed material in well logging operations. The regulations provide for comprehensive and consistent radiation safety requirements in NRC and Agreement State regulations, and safety requirements designed to reduce the likelihood of accidents involving the rupture of radioactive sources in well logging operations.

A. Justification

1. Need for and Practical Utility of the Information Collection

Section 39.11 provides that an applicant for a specific license to use licensed material in well logging operations must submit NRC Form 313, “Application for Material License.” The NRC materials licensing staff will review the information submitted on NRC Form 313 to determine whether an applicant for a license has training, experience, equipment, facilities, and procedures for the use of licensed material that are adequate to protect the public health and safety.

The use of NRC Form 313 is approved by OMB under clearance number 3150-0120, which should be referred to for information collection burden and supporting data.

Section 39.13 provides that an applicant must submit the following information with the application:

39.13(b) - A description of training programs, assurances of competency and annual safety reviews;

39.13(c) - Written operating and emergency procedures covering its radiation safety program;

39.13(d) - Internal inspection program;

39.13(e) - Description of overall organizational structure as it applies to radiation safety, including specified delegations of responsibility and authority;

39.13(f) - (1) Description of procedures for leak testing sealed sources, or

(2) Manufacturer and model number of a leak test kit.

This information is reviewed by the NRC staff to determine whether the training, radiation safety, and internal inspection programs and procedures and the licensee's organizational structure will provide adequate protection of the public health and safety. The NRC review and the findings therefrom form the basis for NRC licensing decisions. Burden and cost has been approved under OMB clearance number 3150-0120.

Section 39.13(a) provides that a licensee shall file a license application or renewal for any special nuclear material in accordance with Sections 70.21, 70.22 and 70.33, which describe the procedures for submitting licensing applications (approved by OMB clearance number 3150‑0009). The license will be approved by the Commission if it meets all the requirements. The licensee must maintain copies of these license applications until the license is terminated.

Section 39.13(d) provides that a licensee must keep internal inspection records for 3 years. These records are reviewed by NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is maintaining an effective inspection program and that problems are being identified and corrected.

Sections 39.15(a) and (b) require that a licensee wishing to conduct well logging operations with a sealed source must first have, and retain as a record, a written agreement with the well owner or operator that identifies who will carry out responsibilities with regard to recovery of sealed sources which become stuck or lost in a well, performance of radiation monitoring, decontamination of site, equipment and personnel if necessary, and that within 30 days after a well logging source has been classified as irretrievable, certain requirements will be implemented to immobilize and protect the separated well logging tool and source. The licensee must retain a copy of the written agreement for 3 years after the completion of the well logging operation. A permanent identification plaque must be mounted at the surface of the well in which a well logging source has been abandoned. In addition to a warning, the plaque must contain the date the source was abandoned, the name of the well owner or operator, the name and well identification number(s) or other designation, identification of the source by radionuclide and quantity of activity, and depth to the top of the plug.

The written agreement is needed to ensure that recovery or abandonment procedures will be implemented in the event of a stuck or irretrievable well logging source. The agreement binds the well owner or operator (non licensee) to immobilizing the source with a cement plug, protecting it from subsequent damage with a drill deflecting device, and posting the wellhead with an appropriate plaque. Without this agreement, the well logger would be unable to complete recovery or abandonment procedures if the well owner or operator refused. The identification plaque is necessary to provide a warning to anyone reentering the well of the presence of the abandoned source and to provide information on the source and its location within the well.

Section 39.15(c) provides that a licensee or applicant may apply to the Commission for approval of proposed procedures to abandon an irretrievable well logging source in a manner other than that currently authorized. Such an application would be reviewed by NRC to determine whether the proposed procedures would provide an adequate margin of protection of the public health and safety.

Section 39.17 provides that NRC may require further statements after the filing of the application and before expiration of the license to enable NRC to determine whether a license should be modified or revoked. Such additional information is sometimes needed to clarify information or to rectify deficiencies in existing programs for protection of the public health and safety, the common defense and security, or the environment.

The additional information submitted is reviewed by various NRC organizational units to assess the adequacy of the applicant's physical plant, procedures and plans for protection of the public health and safety, common defense and security, and the environment. The NRC review and the findings therefrom form the basis for NRC decisions concerning the issuance, modification, or revocation of licenses.

Burden and cost associated with further statements are included in the burden and cost data for submittal of applications on NRC Form 313, and are covered by OMB clearance number 3150‑0120, which should be referred to for further burden and cost information.

Section 39.31(a) requires that a licensee label (1) the source, the source holder, or the logging tool containing radioactive materials; and (2) the storage or transport container. The labels are needed to warn people that these devices or containers contain radioactive materials and that persons should notify civil authorities or the company if they find a labeled device or container.

Section 39.33(d) provides that a licensee must maintain calibration records for a period of 3 years after the date of calibration of a survey instrument. Calibration of radiation survey instruments is necessary to ensure that these instruments function properly.

The information documents that the calibrations were performed. The records also permit NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is keeping a calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument at each field station and temporary job site to make required radiation surveys. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.35(a) requires the licensee to keep a record of the results of leak testing of sealed sources for 3 years after the leak test is performed and record the leak test results in units of microcuries.

The information documents that the leak tests were performed. The records also permit NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is performing the leak tests. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.35(d)(2) provides for reporting of leak test failures by the licensee to the NRC within 5 days of receiving the test results. The reporting requirement is needed to inform the NRC that the licensee has taken actions to remove the leaking source from service and to check for radioactive contamination.

The information contained in the report allows NRC regional offices to determine, within approximately 1 week, whether an inspector should be sent to check potential problems that may affect public health and safety.

Section 39.37 provides for a licensee to keep records of each semiannual physical inventory to account for all licensed material received and possessed under the license. The record of inventory must be retained for 3 years. The information is needed to indicate that the licensee has conducted semiannual inventories to account for licensed material received and possessed under the license.

The information documents that sources possessed under the license were accounted for at the time of inventory. The information also permits NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee has conducted an inventory at least every 6 months. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.39 (a) & (b) requires that a licensee keep utilization records for sources of licensed material. The records must be retained for 3 years. This information permits the licensee to trace the history of the use of sources, radioactive markers, or unsealed licensed material if there are any questions concerning licensed material.

The information also permits NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is utilizing licensed material appropriate to particular well logging operations. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.43(a) requires that a licensee maintain a record of defects found and repairs made as a result of visual checks of source holders, logging tools, and source handling tools. The record must be retained for 3 years. The records are reviewed by NRC inspectors to ensure that the licensee is maintaining an effective program for identification and correction of defects.

Section 39.43(b) provides that a licensee must maintain records of semiannual inspections and maintenance for 3 years. The inspection and maintenance are needed to ensure that the sealed sources and source holders are in good working condition.

The information permits NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee conducted the required semiannual inspection and maintenance. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.43(c) prohibits the licensee from removing a sealed source from a source holder or logging tool and performing maintenance on a sealed source or holders in which sealed sources are contained without written procedures developed pursuant to Section 39.63 that have been approved either by the Commission pursuant to Section 39.13(c) or by an Agreement State. The procedures are submitted with NRC Form 313 and are approved under OMB clearance number 3150-0120.

Section 39.43(d) requires that licensees may not perform any operation, such as drilling, cutting, or chiseling, on a stuck sealed source unless approved by the Commission or an Agreement State. This approval is requested and granted for the license application submitted on NRC Form 313 and approved under OMB clearance number 3150-0120.

Section 39.45(b) requires that the licensee must receive Commission approval, pursuant to Sections 39.13 on NRC Form 313, approved by OMB clearance number 3150-0120, before injecting licensed material into fresh water aquifers.

Section 39.49 requires the licensee using a uranium sinker bar in well logging applications to properly display a caution marker indicating it is a radioactive material and that persons should notify civil authorities or the company if found. The labels are needed to warn people that the bars are radioactive.

Section 39.51 requires the licensee to submit NRC Form 313 to perform sealed source well logging operations without a surface casing. The procedure must be approved by the Commission pursuant to Section 39.13(c) or by an Agreement State.

Section 39.53 provides that a licensee may use an energy compensation source (ECS), contained within a logging tool or other tool components, only if the ECS contains quantities of licensed material not exceeding 3.7 MBq [100 microcuries]. When used in well logging applications with a surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers, use of the ECS is only subject to the requirements of Sections 39.35, 39.37 and 39.39. When used in well logging applications without a surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers, use of the ECS is only subject to the requirements of Sections 39.15, 39.35, 39.37, 39.39, 39.51, and 39.77.

Section 39.61(a)(2) requires that the licensee provide copies of and instruction in the applicable NRC regulations in 10 CFR Parts 19, 20, and 39, the NRC license under which the well logging will be performed, and the operating and emergency procedures, to each well logging supervisor.

Section 39.61(b)(2) requires that the licensee provide copies of and instruction in the licensee's operating and emergency procedures to each well logging assistant.

These documents are needed to ensure that well logging supervisors and assistants have been given instruction in, and have available for reference, the NRC requirements and the operating and emergency procedures needed for safe operation.

Section 39.61(d) requires that a licensee maintain records of training and of the annual safety review for each logging supervisor and logging assistant. The training records must include copies of written tests and dates of oral tests given. The records are needed to confirm that the logging supervisors and logging assistants received the required training. The training records must be retained until 3 years after termination of employment. Records of annual safety reviews must be retained for 3 years.

Section 39.63 requires that licensees maintain and follow written operating and emergency procedures that cover handling and use of licensed material, use of remote handling tools, surveys, control of personnel exposures, locking and securing of sources, personnel monitoring, transportation, receipt, recordkeeping, inspection and maintenance, reporting, and actions in case of a stuck or ruptured source.

The information is used by the licensee and its employees to guide the handling and use of radioactive material in normal and emergency situations. Submission of the procedures is covered by Section 39.13(c). The procedures must be retained as a record until the Commission terminates the license.

Section 39.65(a)-(c) requires that a licensee keep records of personnel dosimeter and bioassay results until the Commission authorizes disposition. The personnel dosimeter and bioassay results are needed to measure exposure received by workers during well logging operations.

The information documents the radiation doses received by the licensee's employees. This information also permits NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee kept dosimetry and bioassay records. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.67(f) requires that a licensee must maintain radiation survey records for 3 years. Radiation survey records are needed to alert workers to radiation levels and the presence of contamination at work locations.

The information documents that the licensee conducted radiation surveys. The information also permits NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee complies with the survey requirements. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.69(a) requires that a licensee initiate emergency procedures as required by Section 39.63 procedures, approved by OMB clearance number 3150-0120. These procedures may include reporting as required under Section 39.77.

Section 39.73 requires that a licensee maintain certain documents and records at each field station. This information is needed at the site so that the licensee's operating personnel can have easy access to the documents they need to perform the job safely. Also, when an NRC inspector inspects a field station, the information provides the inspector with indications that the licensee complies with NRC requirements. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.75 requires that a licensee conducting operations at temporary job sites maintain certain documents and records at each temporary job site. This information is needed so that the licensee's operating personnel can have easy access to the documents they need to perform the job safely. The information also permits NRC inspectors to inspect these records at the temporary job site. Inspections are conducted at least every 3 years.

Section 39.77(a) requires that a licensee report immediately by telephone if a sealed source has been ruptured with a follow-up written report within 30 days.

Section 39.77(b) reminds licensees to follow Parts 20 and 30 reporting requirements for certain incidents. Requirements under Parts 20 and 30 have been cleared under OMB clearance numbers 3150-0014 and 3150-0017, respectively.

Section 39.77(c) provides that licensees must notify NRC by telephone if a sealed source becomes irretrievable and file a written report on the abandonment of the sealed source. The licensee must also notify the well owner or operator of the abandonment procedures. If abandonment procedures cannot be completed within 30 days, the licensee must request an extension of time. Paragraph (c)(2) requires the licensee to advise the well owner of the abandonment procedures under Section 39.15(a) or (c).

Section 39.77(d), approved under OMB clearance numbers 3150-0014 and 3150-0017, respectively, requires that the licensee must make a written report to NRC within 30 days after the source has been classified as irretrievable, and must send a copy of the written report to each State or Federal agency that issued permits or otherwise approved the drilling operation. This information collection is needed so that NRC regional offices will be informed of any incidents involving licensed materials, lost sources, or irretrievable well logging sources.

The information in paragraphs 39.77 (c) & (d) permits NRC regional offices to make a determination whether an inspector should be dispatched to a site and to assure that corrective actions have been taken. When the licensee, in consultation with the well owner or operator, determines that a sealed source lost in a well becomes irretrievable, the licensee is required, except as provided by paragraph (c)(1)(ii), to notify NRC regional offices by telephone to request approval to implement abandonment procedures. The NRC regional office, based on the information supplied by the licensee, approves the abandonment if all reasonable efforts at recovery have been expended.

Section 39.91 provides that the Commission may grant exemptions from the requirements of Part 39 under specified conditions, upon the application of any interested person or on its own initiative. Applications under this section are examined by the NRC materials licensing staff to determine whether the requested exemption is authorized by law and whether it will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and to determine if it is otherwise in the public interest. Burden and cost has been approved under OMB clearance number 3150-0120.

2. Agency Use of the Information

The records that Part 39 requires licensees to maintain are reviewed by the NRC staff during inspections, license renewals, and license amendment reviews to evaluate compliance with NRC radiation safety requirements for possession and use of licensed radioactive material in well logging.

For example, internal inspection records are reviewed by NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is maintaining an effective inspection program and that problems are being identified and corrected. The written agreement with a well owner or operator is needed to ensure that recovery or abandonment procedures will be implemented in the event of a stuck or irretrievable well logging source. The identification plaque is necessary to provide a warning to anyone reentering the well of the presence of the abandoned source and to provide information on the source and its location within the well. Labels required on the source, the source holder, or the logging tool containing radioactive materials, and the storage or transport container, are needed to warn people that these devices or containers contain radioactive materials and that persons should notify civil authorities or the company if they find a labeled device or container.

Calibration records are needed to permit NRC inspectors to verify that the licensee is keeping a calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument at each field station and temporary job site to make required radiation surveys. Similarly, records of the results of leak testing of sealed sources are reviewed by NRC inspectors to verify that licensees have the source tested for leakage at least every 6 months, to ensure the sealed sources maintain their integrity.

The required reports regarding ruptured or irretrievable sources permit the NRC staff to make a determination whether an inspector should be dispatched to a site and to assure that corrective actions have been taken. When the licensee, in consultation with the well owner or operator, determines that a sealed source lost in a well becomes irretrievable, the licensee is required to notify NRC regional offices by telephone to request approval to implement abandonment procedures. The NRC regional office, based on the information supplied by the licensee, approves the abandonment if all reasonable efforts at recovery have been expended.

3. Reduction of Burden Through Information Technology

There are no legal obstacles to reducing the burden associated with this information collection. The NRC encourages respondents to use information technology when it would be beneficial to them. NRC issued a regulation on October 10, 2003 (68 FR 58791), consistent with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, which allows its licensees, vendors, applicants, and members of the public the option to make submissions electronically via CD-ROM, e-mail, special Web-based interface, or other means. It is estimated that less than 1% of the potential responses are filed electronically.

4. Effort to Identify Duplication and Use Similar Information

No sources of similar information are available. There is no duplication of requirements. NRC has in place an ongoing program to examine all information collections with the goal of eliminating all duplication and/or unnecessary information collections.

5. Effort to Reduce Small Business Burden

Approximately 30% of NRC’s well logging licensees are small businesses. Efforts have been made to keep the requirements for information to a minimum. However, since the health and safety consequences of improper handling or use of radioactive byproduct material are the same for large and small entities, it is not possible to reduce the burden on small businesses by less frequent or less complete reporting, recordkeeping, or accounting and control procedures.

6. Consequences to Federal Programs or Policy Activities if the Collection is not Conducted or is Conducted Less Frequently

If the information were not conducted, or were conducted less frequently, NRC would not have the information needed to assure that licensees are conducting and will continue to conduct programs in a manner that will assure adequate protection of the public health and safety. Required reports are collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur. Applications for new licenses and amendments are submitted only once. Applications for renewal of licenses are submitted every 10 years. Information submitted in previous applications may be referenced without being resubmitted.

7. Circumstances Which Justify Variation from OMB Guidelines

Contrary to the OMB Guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d), 10 CFR 39.31(a) requires that a licensee label (1) the source, the source holder or the logging tool containing radioactive materials; and (2) the storage or transport container. The labels are required for the life of the device and are needed to warn people that these devices or containers contain radioactive materials and that persons should notify civil authorities or the company if they find a labeled device or container.

Section 39.35(d)(2) requires that licensees submit a report to NRC within 5 days of a failed leak test. However, reporting would be required only if the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable radioactive material. The report must be filed within 5 days to permit NRC to ensure that the licensee has taken action to remove the leaking source from service and to check for radioactive contamination. It also permits NRC to determine whether inspection or other response may be required to deal with potential problems affecting the public health and safety.

Section 39.65(c) requires licensees to retain records of personnel dosimeters and bioassay results until the Commission authorizes disposition. The information documents the radiation doses received by the licensee's employees. This information may be needed to reconstruct a worker's dose history in the event the worker loses his/her records.

Section 39.73 requires licensees to maintain certain documents and records at specified locations. The retention periods for the various documents vary and may be required for as long as the license is in effect. This information is needed at the various sites so that the licensee's operating personnel can have easy access to the documents they need to perform the job safely.

Section 39.75 requires licensees conducting operations at temporary job sites to maintain certain documents and records at each temporary job site. The retention periods for the various documents vary and may be required for as long as the license is in effect. This information is needed so that the licensee's operating personnel can have easy access to the documents they need to perform the job safely.

Section 39.77(a) requires immediate telephone notification, with a written report within 30 days, because the loss of licensed material and rupture of a sealed source could cause extensive radioactive contamination. Immediate notification would permit NRC to judge the severity of the situation and consider whether NRC should take immediate action. The confirmatory letter within 30 days is needed to permit NRC to judge whether the licensee has taken corrective actions and whether NRC should consider follow-up actions.

Section 39.77(c) requires licensees to notify NRC by telephone if a source becomes irretrievable and obtain NRC approval for abandoning a sealed source in a well. The requirement for prompt notification is needed to permit NRC to judge whether all reasonable effort at recovery has been expended.

Section 39.77(d) requires that the licensee must make a written report to NRC within 30 days after the source has been classified as irretrievable. The written report within 30 days is needed to assure that the abandonment procedures are carried out promptly and satisfactorily. Furthermore, the report constitutes a record to alert State regulatory agencies that a sealed source is in the well if permission is requested to reenter the well.

8. Consultations Outside the NRC

Opportunity for public comment on the information collection requirements for this clearance package was published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2010 (75 FR 45676). No comments were received.

9. Payment or Gift to Respondents

Not applicable.

10. Confidentiality of Information

Confidential and proprietary information is protected in accordance with NRC regulations at 10 CFR 9.17(a) and 10 CFR 2.390(b). However, no information normally considered confidential or proprietary is requested.

11. Sensitive Questions

None.

12. Estimated Burden and Burden Hour Cost

	NRC Licensees (hrs/yr)	Agreement State Licensees(hrs/yr)	Total Burden (hrs)
Reporting	108	767	875
Recordkeeping	7,267	52,154	59,421
TOTALS	7,375	52,921	60,296

The total burden for Part 39 is 60,296 hours. The total cost is $15,496,072 (60,296 X $257/hr). The burden estimates are based on staff=s best estimate of the time required to perform information collection activities.

	NRC	Agreement States	Total
Total Number of Licensees	34	244	278
Total Number of Responses	346	2,481	2,827

Total number of responses = 3,105 (2,827 responses + 278 recordkeepers).

13. Estimate of Other Costs

The NRC has determined that the quantity of records to be maintained is roughly proportional to the recordkeeping burden and, therefore, can be used to calculate approximate records storage costs. Based on the number of pages maintained for a typical clearance, the records storage cost has been determined to be equal to 0.0004 times the recordkeeping burden cost. Because the recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 59,421 hours, the storage cost for this clearance is $6,109 (59,421 hours x 0.0004 x $257/hour).

14. Estimated Annualized Cost to the Federal Government

It is estimated that the NRC annual cost of professional staff effort for activities other than application review is $25,957 (101 hrs x $257/hr). These costs are fully recovered through fee assessments to NRC licensees pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171.

15. Reason for Change in Burden or Cost

The overall burden has increased by 23,406 hours from 36,890 hours to 60,296 hours (NRC Licensees - 7,375 hrs + AS Licensees - 52,921 hrs) because of an increase in the number of licensees by 108 from 170 to 278. The number of NRC licensees has decreased by 3 from 37 to 34, resulting in a burden decrease of 662 hours from 8,037 hours to 7,375 hours (108 reporting hrs + 7,267 recordkeeping hrs). The number of Agreement State (AS) licensees has increased by 111 from 133 to 244, resulting in a burden increase of 24,068 hours from 28,853 to 52,921 hours (767 reporting hrs + 52,154 recordkeeping hrs). A significant reason for the change in burden is that three States; Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, all of whom have a large number of material licensees, became Agreement States during the last clearance cycle. This change affected the overall ratio used to calculate the number of Agreement State to NRC Part 39 licensees. The number of well loggings licensees licensed by the Agreement States is assumed to follow the same ratio as the total number of NRC licensees to Agreement States licensees. However, there was a slight decrease in professional cost from $258/hr to $257/hr.

16. Publication for Statistical Use

None.

17. Reason for Not Displaying the Expiration Date

The requirement is contained in a regulation. Amending the Code of Federal Regulations to display information that, in an annual publication, could become obsolete would be unduly burdensome and too difficult to keep current.

18. Exceptions to the Certification Statement

None.

B. Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods

Statistical methods are not used in this collection of information.

TABLE 1

ANNUAL INFORMATION COLLECTION BURDENS ASSOCIATED WITH

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 39 FOR NRC LICENSEES

Section	Number of Respondents	Responses Per Respondent	Total Responses/yr	Burden Hrs/response	Total Burden hrs/yr
39.11 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.13(a) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0009	0	0	0	0	0
39.13(b),(c),(e),(f) -See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.15(c)	1	1	1	5	5
39.17 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.35(d)(2)	1	1	1	4	4
39.43(c)&(d) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.45(b) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.51 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.53 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.61(a)(2)&(b)(2)	34	10	340	.25	85
39.63 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.69(a) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.77(a)	1	1	1	12	12
39.77(b) - See OMB clearance Nos. 3150-0014 & 0017	0	0	0	0	0
39.77(c)	3	1	3	.5	2
39.77(d) - See OMB clearance Nos. 3150-0014 & 0017	0	0	0	0	0
39.91- See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
Total			346		108

TABLE 2

ANNUAL INFORMATION COLLECTION BURDENS ASSOCIATED WITH RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 39 FOR NRC LICENSEES

Section	Number of Recordkeepers	Burden Hrs Per Record-keeper	Total Hr/Yr	Record Retention Period
39.13(d)	34	1.25	43	3 years
39.15(a)&(b)	34	2	68	3 years
39.31(a)	34	.5	17	life of device
39.33(d)	34	1.6	54	3 years
39.35(a)	34	0.8	27	3 years
39.37	34	0.8	27	3 years
39.39 (a) and (b)	34	22.5	765	3 years
39.43(a)&(b)	34	7.7	262	3 years
39.49 - Included in 39.31(a)	0	0	0
39.61(d)	34	7.5	255	3 years
39.65(a)-(c)	34	8.6	292	Until Commission authorizes disposition
39.67(f)	34	120	4,080	3 years
39.73	34	3	102	varies
39.75	34	37.5	1,275	varies
39.77(c)(2) - Included in 39.15(a)&(c)	0	0	0
Total			7,267

NRC Licensees Burden and Cost

It is estimated that, for NRC licensees and applicants, there will be 346 responses and 108 burden hours annually and there will be 34 recordkeepers with a recordkeeping burden of 7,267 hours annually. The total NRC licensee burden is estimated to be 7,375 hours (108 hrs reporting + 7,267 hrs recordkeeping) at a cost of $1,895,375 (7,375 hours total NRC licensee burden x $257 = $1,895,375).

TABLE 3

ANNUAL INFORMATION COLLECTION BURDENS ASSOCIATED WITH

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 39 FOR AGREEMENT STATE LICENSEES

Section	Number of Respondents	Responses Per Respondent	Total Responses/yr	Burden Hrs/response	Total Burden hrs/yr
39.11 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.13(a) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0009	0	0	0	0	0
39.13(b),(c),(e),(f) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.15(c)	7	1	7	5	35
39.17 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.35(d)(2)	7	1	7	4	28
39.43(c)&(d) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.45(b) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.51 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.53 - See OMB clearance Nos. 3150-0014, 0017 & 0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.61(a)(2)&(b)(2)	244	10	2,440	.25	610
39.63 - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.69(a) - See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
39.77(a)	7	1	7	12	84
39.77(b) - See OMB clearance Nos. 3150-0014 & 0017	0	0	0	0	0
39.77(c)	20	1	20	.5	10
39.77(d) - See OMB clearance Nos. 3150-0014 & 0017	0	0	0	0	0
39.91- See OMB clearance No. 3150-0120	0	0	0	0	0
Total			2,481		767

TABLE 4

ANNUAL INFORMATION COLLECTION BURDENS ASSOCIATED WITH RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 39 FOR AGREEMENT STATE LICENSEES

Section	Number of Recordkeepers	Burden Hrs Per Record-keeper	Total Hr/Yr	Record Retention Period
39.13(d)	244	1.25	305	3 years
39.15(a)&(b)	244	2	488	3 years
39.31(a)	244	.5	122
39.33(d)	244	1.6	390	3 years
39.35(a)	244	0.8	195	3 years
39.37	244	0.8	195	3 years
39.39 (a) and (b)	244	22.5	5,490	3 years
39.43(a)&(b)	244	7.7	1,879	3 years
39.49 - Included in 39.31(a)	0	0	0
39.61(d)	244	7.5	1,830	3 years
39.65(a)-(c)	244	8.6	2,098	Until Commission authorizes disposition
39.67(a)-(f)	244	120	29,280	3 years
39.73	244	3	732
39.75	244	37.5	9,150
39.77(c)(2) - Included in 39.15(a)&(c)	0	0	0
Total			52,154

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Agreement State Licensees Burden and Cost

It is estimated that, for Agreement State licensees and applicants, there will be 2,481 responses and 767 burden hours annually and there will be 244 recordkeepers and a recordkeeping burden of 52,154 hours annually. The total Agreement State licensees burden will be 52,921 hours (767 hrs reporting + 52,154 hrs recordkeeping) at a cost $13,600,697 (52,921 hours total AS licensees burden x $257 = $13,600,697).