In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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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 âactiveâ licensees and 5 âstandbyâ 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 âRegulatory Analysis for Final RulemakingâRequirements for Distribution of Source Material: 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70, 170, and 171â (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 NRCâs 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, âU.S. Materials Licenses by State,â 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
Reginfo record details
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;
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FINAL 10CFR40 SS Renewal 112415.docx
10 CFR Part 40 - Domestic Licensing of Source Material