The agency requested to withdraw the collection and will resubmit at a later date.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2011
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2012
50
0
50
544,940
0
544,940
4,128
0
4,128
10 CFR Part 54, establishes license renewal requirements for commercial nuclear power plants and describes the information that licensees must submit to the NRC when applying for a license renewal. The application must contain information on how the licensee will manage the detrimental effects of age-related degradation on certain plant systems, structures, and components so as to continue the plant's safe operation during the renewal term. The NRC needs this information to determine whether the licensee's actions will be effective in assuring the plant's continued safe operation.
Holders of renewed licenses must retain in an auditable and retrievable form, for the term of the renewed operating license, all information and documentation required to document compliance with 10 CFR Part 54. The NRC needs access to this information for continuing effective regulatory oversight.
10 CFR Part 54, Justification for Consolidation of Information Collection Burden
The June 2008 submission had incorrectly split the total burden for this clearance of 544.940 hours into three separate information collections (ICs) within the clearance (504.900 hours, 40,000 hours and 40 hours). When the renewal request was opened for processing, it contained three separate IC's split into beginning balances at 504.900 hours, 40,000 hours and 40 hours. In the June 2008 submission the analyst had inadvertently created an additional IC for the burden instead of incorporating the new burden into the already existing IC burden for this clearance. This error created problems for the renewal package, in which the burden reduction were not accurately reflected, so the IC's two and three were zeroed out, especially since there was an overall reduction in burden by 239,450 hours.
The three IC's are (1) license renewal applications (reporting requirements), (2) documentation of compliance (recordkeeping); and (3) commitment completion letter. The responses and burden associated with each IC are (1) 6 responses/504,900 hours; (2) 40 responses/40,000 hours and a cost of $4,128; and (3) 4 responses/40 hours. Based on the burden currently in ROCIS it was difficult to reduce the overall burden for this clearance for this renewal cycle, which decrease from 544,940 hours to 305,490 hours.
Because the IC's were incorrectly submitted, the responses, burden and cost associated with the new submission had to be zeroed out to correct the overall burden submission for November 2011. The new submission shows a change due to agency discretion of 40,040 hours which was zeroed out for IC's two and three in addition to the responses and cost. It also shows an adjustment of 199,410 hours, which covers the burden reduction for this clearance renewal cycle. .
Reason for Burden Change:
The overall burden estimate decreased by 239,450 from 544,940 hours (504,900 hours reporting plus 40 hours to prepare and submit commitment completion review letters as required by each renewed license plus 40,000 hours recordkeeping) to 305,490 hours (252,450 hours reporting plus 40 hours to prepare and submit commitment completion review letters as required by each renewed license plus 53,000 hours recordkeeping).
The reporting burden decreased because effort required per application per year is unchanged at 84,150 hours reporting. However, the number of expected new applications decreased. Presently, the agency has approved the license renewal of 66 nuclear power plants, which covers approximately 60 percent of the nation's current fleet of operating commercial nuclear power reactors. Given the remaining number of licensees expected to submit license renewal applications, the agency has reduced the number of new applications expected per fiscal year from six in the previous clearance period (6 x 84,150 = 504,900 hours + plus 40 hours to prepare and submit commitment completion review letters) to three during this clearance period (3 x 84,150 = 252,450 hours + 40 hours to prepare and submit commitment completion review letters), resulting in a reduction of 252,450 hours reporting.
Although the recordkeeping burden (1,000 hours per application) estimate did not change in this submission, the number of recordkeepers increased from 40 recordkeepers to 53 recordkeepers.
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.
10CFR54 Burden Consolidation Justification 110311.doc
10 CFR 54, Requirements for Renewal of Operating LIcenses for Nuclear Power Plants