Part 50 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), “Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,” specifies technical information and data
to be provided to the NRC or maintained by applicants and licensees
so that the NRC may take determinations necessary to protect the
health and safety of the public, in accordance with the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The reporting and recordkeeping
requirements contained in 10 CFR part 50 are mandatory for the
affected licensees and applicants. The information collection
requirements in 10 CFR Part 50 apply to several types of facilities
discussed in the rule, including nuclear power plants and non-power
utilization facilities (research and test reactors). 10 CFR Part 50
covers the lifecycle of facilities from initial licensing to
decommissioning.
The reasons for the estimated
burden changes (reflecting an overall burden decrease for 10 CFR
Part 50 from 4,355,554 hours to 3,708,530 hours) are primarily
related to the decrease in operating reactors. In the last renewal,
the NRC staff based estimates on 104 operating reactors. The
current submission estimates 94 operating reactors, due to an
increase in the number of reactors undergoing decommissioning. The
section-specific supporting statements (Supplementary Documents,
Sections 2 through 7) has the detail on the burden changes for that
section. In addition, the current submission corrects the estimate
of annual cost burden for this information collection (item #13 of
this supporting statement, “Other additional costs”). The annual
cost burden previously entered in ROCIS (starting in 2009)
erroneously included burden hour costs. ROCIS instructions specify:
“do not report as a dollar cost any burden reported in hours.”
Annual cost burden includes capital investment or start-up costs
(purchasing computers and software; monitoring, sampling, drilling
and testing equipment; and record storage facilities) and ongoing
costs associated with generating, maintaining, and disclosing or
providing the information. The current submission corrects this
issue by excluding burden hour costs from annual cost burden,
consistent with ROCIS guidance. The burden costs entered in ROCIS
are reduced from $1,779,000 (a total which erroneously included
burden hour costs) to $269,617 (a reduction of $1.5M). The actual
change in annual cost burden, as described in item #13 of the
supporting statements for the 2015 renewal and the current renewal,
is from $324,682 to $269,617, a reduction of $55,065. This decrease
in is due to a decrease in estimated storage costs associated with
lower recordkeeping burden.
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.
Burden tables for 10 CFR Part 50 FINAL.xlsx
2018 Final SUPPORTING STATEMENT Section 7.docx
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities