In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved until
8/31/2012 on the following conditions: 1) the agency will publish
the unchanged submitted version of the final rule in the Federal
Register; 2) upon resubmission, the agency will revisit public
comments received regarding frequency and burden of new
requirements to assess a) whether the burden estimates were
accurate and b) whether the practical utility of the burden
outweighs the most current agency estimate of respondent
burden.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2012
08/31/2012
08/31/2012
38,803
0
38,407
319,552
0
314,844
16,507
0
16,338
Final Rule, 10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 40,
50, 70, and 72, Decommissioning Planning The NRC is amending its
regulations to improve decommissioning planning, and thereby reduce
the likelihood that any current operating facility will become a
legacy site. The amended regulations require licensees to conduct
their operations to minimize the introduction of residual
radioactivity into the site, which includes the site's subsurface
soil and ground water. Licensees also may be required to perform
site surveys, to determine whether residual radioactivity is
present in subsurface areas, and to keep records of these surveys
with records important for decommissioning. The amended regulations
require licensees to report additional details in their
decommissioning cost estimates (DCE), eliminate the escrow account
and lineof credit as approved financial assurance mechanisms, and
modify other financial assurance requirements. The amended
regulations require decommissioning power reactor licensees to
report additional information on the costs of decommissioning and
spent fuel management.
The estimated annual burden of
4,708.5 hours for one-time recordkeeping (annualized), annual
recordkeeping annual reporting, and annual third-party reporting
burden of the rule represents new burden due to changes in the
requirements. Of this, 1,226 hours, approximately 26%, are for
one-time recordkeeping requirements. The estimated annual burden
has increased from the estimate provided in the clearance for the
proposed rule. One-time recordkeeping requirements in Table 1
increased from 476 hours to 1,226 hours because, as explained above
in section 8, the NRC concluded that an additional 750 hours should
be estimated for licensees to read and become familiar with the
requirement in §20.1406(c) and determine what actions, if any, they
are required to take. Annual recordkeeping burden in Table 2
increased from 128 hours to 848 hours due to a increase in the
estimated number of Part 72 general licensees estimated to be
required to prepare and maintain decommissioning funding plans and
cost estimates under §72.30(b)(1), (3), (5) and (6) and an
associated increase of 720 hours in the estimated burden. In Table
3, Annual Reporting Burden, the estimated number of respondents
increased from 93 to 188 due to an increase in the estimated number
of respondents from 3 to 10 each for §50.82(a)(4)(i), §
50.82(a)(8)(v) and §50.82(a)(8)(vii), an estimated increase of 60
respondents for §72.30(c), and an estimated increase of 14
respondents for §72.30(g); and the annual reporting burden
increased by 1,288 hours from 642.5 hours to 1,930.5 hours due to
increases in the estimated burden of 160 hours, 56 hours, 56 hours,
960 hours, and 56 hours respectively. Finally, the estimate in
Table 4 of annual third party burden increased from 568 to 720
hours due to an additional new estimate of 16 hours for CPA review
of Part 50 financial test submissions and an additional new
estimate of 120 hours for Part 72 licensees. The final rule was
entered into ROCIS under 10 CFR Part 30 (3150-0017) as was the
proposed rule and upon OMB approval and publication of the final
rule, the additional burden for the other regulations will be
transferred from Part 30 to the correct regulation. The overall
burden for this final rule is an estimated 4,708.5 hours of which
the bulk of the burden (1,208.2 hrs) is captured under Part 30. The
breakdown of the additional burden is as follows: Part 20
(3150-0014): 750 hours; Part 40 (3150-0020): 371.2 hours; Part 50
(3150-0011): 336 hours; Part 70 (3150-0009): 183.1 hours; and Part
72 (3150-0132): 1,860 hours. The burden hours captured in the
previous statement all include the burden for 3rd party collection,
which is an estimated 704 hours, and a one-time recordkeeping
burden, which is an estimated 1,226 hours. The overall burden
breakdown is 1,930.5 hours for reporting; 848 hours for
recordkeeping; 704 hours for 3rd party and 1,226 hours for one-time
recordkeeping, resulting in a total of 4,708.5 hours.
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.
10 CFR 30, Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material