In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2019
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2016
1,286
0
726
10,425
0
11,387
1,404
0
793
10 CFR Part 40 establishes
requirements for licenses for the receipt, possession, use and
transfer of radioactive source and byproduct material. The
application, reporting, recordkeeping, and third party notification
requirements are necessary to permit the NRC to make a
determination as to whether the possession, use, and transfer of
source and byproduct material is in conformance with the
Commission's regulations for protection of public health and
safety.
The overall burden decreased by
962 hours from 11,387 to 10,425 hours. The major contributor to
this reduction is the decrease in the number of licensees in the
Uranium Recovery Active Licensing Program (Agreement States). In
the previous assessment, there were 12 licensees in this category
and in the current assessment there are 3.5 (3 ‘active’ licensees
and 5 ‘standby’ licensees that were counted as 0.5 because the
reporting and recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 10 percent of
that of an active licensee). While the overall burden decreased, it
increased in the Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Licensing Program
(Agreement States) and Materials Licensing Program (NRC and
Agreement States). The number of licensees within the Uranium
Recovery Decommissioning Licensing Program (Agreement States)
increased from 8 to 13, which resulted in an increase of 444 hours.
An increase in the total burden hours for the Materials Licensing
Program from 2,766 to 3,938 resulted from: • rulemaking in 2013
that introduced two new categories of licenses and additional
reporting, recordkeeping and third party notification requirements,
• an increase in the number of licensees considered within this
category; and • an increase in the ratio of Agreement State
licensees to NRC licensees. The NRC amended its regulations
effective August 27, 2013, to require that the initial distribution
of source material to exempt persons or to general licensees be
explicitly authorized by a specific license, which resulted in new
reporting, recordkeeping and third party notification requirements
(78 FR 32310). In addition to the new burden related to licensees
that initially distribute source material, the rule also modified
the possession and use requirements of the general license for
small quantities of source material to include new reporting
requirements. Details on the additional estimated burden for this
rulemaking were published in “Regulatory Analysis for Final
Rulemaking—Requirements for Distribution of Source Material: 10 CFR
Parts 30, 40, 70, 170, and 171” (at http://www.regulations.gov,
search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0084). This burden estimate was
folded into the current analysis using current licensee counts in
place of estimates. The number of licensees included in the NRC’s
Materials Licensing Program increased from 28 to 155. The bulk of
this increase resulted from the new specific licenses authorizing
initial distribution to exempt persons as required by the 2013
rulemaking (13 licensees) and the inclusion of licensees for which
the possession of source material is a secondary purpose of the
license (88 licensees). Many of these licensees possess source
material for use in shielding as an adjunct to their primary
possession of licensed material. The secondary possession of source
material as shielding carries with it an extremely small burden
compared with other licensees in this category. Furthermore, the
recordkeeping responsibilities associated with this material would
normally be handled as an ancillary function of licensee staff.
Consequently, the hours per recordkeeper that were used to estimate
the recordkeeping burden for materials licensees were reduced to
reflect the average burden for licensees in this category. The
number of Agreement State materials licensees was estimated by
multiplying the number of NRC materials licensees by the ratio of
Agreement State licensees to NRC licensees. The previous assessment
used a ratio 4.6; the current assessment uses 6.3. The current
ratio was derived from information in Table 1, “U.S. Materials
Licenses by State,” NUREG-1350, Volume 26 (i.e., 6.3 = 17,988
Agreement State Licensees/2857 NRC Licensees). Other than the new
burdens associated with the 2013 rulemaking that affected licensees
in the Materials Licensing Program, there were no new burdens that
affected other licensing programs.
$1,298,460
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Eric Reber 301 415-5608
No
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.
FINAL 10CFR40 SS Renewal 112415.docx
10 CFR Part 40 - Domestic Licensing of Source Material