The agency
requested to withdraw the collection and will resubmit at a later
date.
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