Comprehensive Decommissioning Program, Including Annual Data Collection

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Comprehensive Decommissioning Final SS revised 8-28.docx Supporting Statement A	2014-09-02

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
182936	Agreement States Comprehensive Decommissioning Program, Including Annual Data Collection Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3150-0206	ICR Reference No: 201405-3150-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201102-3150-001
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Comprehensive Decommissioning Program, Including Annual Data Collection
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/02/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/06/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 3 years. OMB requests that when the agency submits the package for renewal that it conduct consultations with outside entities and incorporate those findings into the ICR package.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2017	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2014
Responses	73	0	83
Time Burden (Hours)	469	0	662
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	171,458

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Abstract: Agreement States will be asked to provide information about uranium recovery and complex sites undergoing decommissioning regulated by the Agreement States on an annual basis. The information request will allow the NRC to compile, in a centralized location, more complete information on the status of decommissioning and decontamination in the United States in order to provide a national perspective on decommissioning. The information will be made available to the public by the NRC in order to ensure openness and promote communication to enhance public knowledge of the national decommissioning program. This does not apply to information, such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information provided by the Agreement States, that is considered privileged or confidential. Information such as financial assurance and the status of decommissioning funding would need to be identified by the Agreement State as privileged or confidential, whereupon the NRC would withhold such information from public access and treat it as sensitive or non-sensitive, per the considerations in 10 CFR Parts 2.390 and 9.17. This does not apply to financial assurance or decommissioning funding information that is already available to the public. Although specific details of the funding mechanisms are treated as confidential, beneficial lessons learned regarding the improvement of decommissioning-related funding will be shared with the Agreement States.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 1-311 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act of 1954
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 79016	12/27/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 16061	03/24/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Agreement States Comprehensive Decommissioning Program, Including Annual Data Collection

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	73	83	0	0	-10	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	469	662	0	0	-193	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	171,458	0	0	-171,458	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimated burden has decreased by 193 hours from 662 hours to 469 hours. The burden has changed for two reasons. First, the NRC decreased the estimated burden per response; and second, there has been a decrease in the number of sites: •The NRC staff decreased the estimated burden per response. The burden estimates for providing voluntary responses to NRC's information requests have been updated to more accurately reflect the time required to respond. The estimates were reduced due to the fact that the respondents are primarily updating existing site information instead of generating new site summaries. The previous burden estimate for Agreement States with sites of interest was 10 hours per response, which has been reduced to 8 hours per response in the current submission. The burden estimate for Agreement States with no sites of interest has remained at 3 hours per response in the current submission. •There has been a decrease in the number of sites. Agreement States must complete one response annually for each site of interest. The number of sites of interest has decreased from 59 sites to 50 sites. Please note that the decrease in other costs is due to correction of a data entry error in the previous submission. There are no additional costs associated with this collection. In the previous submission, burden hour costs were erroneously entered as additional costs.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $206,720

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 05/06/2014

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