10 CFR Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste
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10 CFR Part 72, Licensing
Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel,
High-Level Radioactive Waste and Reactor-Related Greater than Class
C Waste
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years. OMB requests that NRC continue to include the detailed time
and response burden tables in the supporting statement for future
collections. These tables provide section-by-section estimates of
the burden for each section of Part 72 and will allow NRC to
provide accurate updates for future extensions of this
collection.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2014
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2014
481
0
485
62,692
0
25,513
3,461
0
289
10 CFR Part 72 establishes mandatory
requirements, procedures, and criteria for the issuance of licenses
to receive, transfer, and possess power reactor spent fuel and
other radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage in
an ISFSI, as well as requirements for the issuance of licenses to
the Department of Energy to receive, transfer, package, and possess
power reactor spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste, and
other associated radioactive materials in an MRS. The information
in the applications, reports, and records is used by NRC to make
licensing and other regulatory determinations.
The burden increased by 37,179
hours, from 25,513 hours to 62,692 hours. The majority of the
increase in burden can be attributed to an increase in the number
of licensees and vendors subject to Part 72. In the last renewal
submission in 2008, there were 50 licensees and vendors subject to
Part 72. At the time of the publication of the Part 72 License and
Certificate of Compliance Terms Final Rule, this number had
increased to 59 licensees and vendors. The estimates for the
current submission are based on 68 current NRC licensees and
vendors subject to Part 72. As a result of this increase in the
number of respondents, the number of burden hours associated with
various sections has increased (see supporting statement, item #15,
for more detailed information). In addition, the NRC conducted a
thorough review of the number of licensees subject to each section
in 10 CFR 72. During this review, NRC identified and corrected a
number of discrepancies related to the number of respondents. In
some cases, this resulted in a substantial increase in the estimate
for each requirement. As part of the review of the requirements in
Part 72, the NRC identified a number of third-party requirements
which were previously included on other tables. These requirements
are now separately counted as third party disclosure burden. This
change did not affect the number of hours associated with each
requirement, but simply changed the category of burden into which
these hours fell. The NRC has also made a change in the estimate
for one of the requirements included in this package. Previously,
hours for 72.16 (license application) and 72.42 (license renewal)
were included as a single estimate under 72.16 of 12,732 hours.
Because the NRC was not regularly receiving renewals during
previous reporting periods, this method was not problematic.
However, because the NRC is now regularly receiving renewal
applications due to the impending expiration of initial licenses,
the staff has determined that it is more accurate to break down the
estimate separately for applications and renewals. It is estimated
that renewals require approximately 50% of the effort of an initial
application. Therefore, the estimate for a license application
remains at 12,732 hours and the estimate for a license renewal is
estimated to be 6,000 hours. The previous estimate for 72.16 was
1.2 responses annually (at 12,732 hours), for a total of 15,278
hours. The current estimate is 1 response annually for 72.16 (at
12,732 hours) and 1 response annually for 72.42 (at 6,000 hours
annually) for a total of 18,732 hours for these requirements, an
increase of 3,454 hours. The estimated number of exemption requests
in 72.7 has increased from one per year to four per year, based on
a review of data from the past 3 years. These data suggest that the
number of exemption requests is trending upward. This change
accounts for an increase of 600 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 72 Burden change table FINAL.xlsx
10 CFR 72 FINAL SS amended.docx
10 CFR Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste