In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this collection is pre-approved as the collection is associated with a final rule with the following terms of clearance: OMB requests that NRC update the Federal Register citation and date for the final rule in this collection once the final rule has been published in the Federal Register.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2014
06/30/2014
06/30/2014
521,919
0
521,919
667,081
0
666,824
86,398
0
86,398
Final rule entitled: 10 CFR Part 26, Alternative to Minimum Days Off
This final rule would allow holders of nuclear power plant operating licenses to voluntarily use a different method than the one currently prescribed in the NRC's regulations for determining when certain nuclear power plant workers must be afforded time off from work to ensure that such workers are not impaired due to cumulative fatigue caused by work schedules. Licensees using the alternative method would calculate a maximum average of 54 hours worked over a 6-week rolling window. Burden would not increase for ongoing requirements, such as scheduling work hours, recording calculations of work hours, or recording and trending problems regarding work hours. Licensees choosing to use the alternate method would incur a one-time implementation burden to revise Fitness for Duty (FFD) procedures, modify their work hour tracking systems and individual work scheduling systems, and state in their FFD policies which method of fatigue management and work hour counting system is being used.
The NRC estimates that 22 licensees will choose to adopt the voluntary alternative method of determining worker fatigue. These licensees must take four minor actions on a one-time basis to update their Fitness for Duty (FFD) policies and procedures and work hour tracking and scheduling systems. All hours are annualized one-time recordkeeping burden:
--Licensees choosing to implement the voluntary alternative must update their FFD procedures to describe the process for implementing this alternative. This is estimated to take 36.74 hours (1.67 hours per response x 22 respondents).
--Licensees choosing to implement the voluntary alternative must modify their work hour tracking system. This is estimated to take 168.74 hours (7.67 hours per response x 22 respondents).
--Licensees choosing to implement the voluntary alternative must modify their work scheduling system. This is estimated to take 44 hours (2 hours x 22 respondents).
--Licensees choosing to implement the voluntary alternative must state in their FFD policies and procedures which requirements they will comply with to mitigate cumulative fatigue of the applicable individuals at the nuclear power plant. They may choose to use the minimum days off or the new maximum average work hours requirements specified in the new 26.205(d)(7). In addition, they must state the work hour counting system they are using (whether counting hours worked based on the day the shift started or the day they were worked). This is estimated to take 7.26 hours (.33 hrs per response x 22 licensees).
The total one-time burden for the final rule is 257 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 26, Fitness for Duty Program