10 CFR 4, Nondiscrimination
in Federally Assisted Commission Programs
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/13/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2021
502
800
802
3,600
72
65
All recipients of Federal financial
assistance from the NRC are subject to the provisions of 10 CFR
Part 4, “Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs or
Activities Receiving Assistance from the Commission.” Respondents
must notify participants, beneficiaries, applicants, and employees
of nondiscrimination practices and keep records of Federal
financial assistance and of their own self-evaluations of policies
and practices. NRC Form 781, “SBCR Compliance Review” is a required
form that should be submitted by the recipient upon initiation or
modification of a program, during the pre-award and post-award
stage, periodic monitoring, and, if a complaint is being processed
during the pre-award application phase and upon request from an
authorized NRC official during the post-award review phase. This
information is necessary for determining whether any persons are or
will be denied such services provided by the primary funding
recipient on the basis of prohibited discrimination. In the event
that discrimination is alleged in NRC- conducted and Federal
financially assisted programs and activities, it may be reported
using NRC Form 782.
The burden has decreased from
3,600 hours to 702 hours, a decrease of 2,798 hours. Recordkeeping
In the last renewal, 200 respondents were each assumed to spend 3
hours maintaining records (600 hours). In the current submission,
the NRC staff looked at the actual requirements in 10 CFR Part 4
and the amount of time necessary to complete each requirement.
Recordkeeping burdens were broken out according to the number of
respondents maintaining each type of record (see Table 4). When
broken out in this more precise manner, the total burden for 200
respondents was 650 hours, an increase of 50 hours above the
previous estimate. Reporting In the last renewal, the burden was
estimated assuming that each respondent would be subject to 3
reporting requirements at 5 hours per requirement, for a total of
3,000 hours of reporting burden (200 x 3 x 5). These burdens were
general, conservative estimates for reporting activities and not
specific to the information collections in this Part. In this
renewal, the specific reporting requirements were identified and
respondents and the burden for each requirement was calculated.
When the specific forms and respondents are considered, the burden
estimate shown in Table 3 is 102 hours. The three primary reporting
requirements in 10 CFR Part 4 are an assurance of compliance, a
compliance review, and the reporting of complaints: • NRC 781,
“SBCR Compliance Review” is a required form that should be
submitted by the recipient upon initiation or modification of a
program, during the pre-award and post-award stage, periodic
monitoring, and, if a complaint is being processed during the
pre-award application phase and upon request from an authorized NRC
official during the post-award review phase. An estimated 50
recipients submit the form annually at 1.5 hours per submission for
a total of 75 hours of burden. • The process used by NRC staff to
conduct compliance reviews has changed. Previously, recipients
submitted information on their compliance and answered questions
from NRC staff, resulting in a lengthy process. Burden estimates
assume this requirement applied to all 200 recipients. Now, NRC
staff are conducting compliance reviews by phone, in a 30 minute
telephone interview. In addition, compliance reviews are conducted
for approximately 50 recipients annually, not the full 200
recipients as indicated in the previous clearance. For this
clearance, the burden for compliance reviews was estimated to be 25
hours (50 respondents x 30 minutes). • The remaining reporting
burden associated with Part 4 is the NRC Form 782, “Complaint
Form.” NRC staff determined that a maximum of two respondents
annually submitted NRC Form 782. The estimated burden to complete
this form is one hour; thus, the reporting burden for the
collection is 2 hours. Third party disclosure 10 CFR 4.34, 4.232,
and 4.322(b) contain a requirement to notify employees of
nondiscrimation practices. Outreach and compliance provides posters
for award recipients to display to fulfill this requirement, or
they may create their own. Burden per award recipient for this
requirement is estimated to be 15 minutes annually, or a total of
50 hours for all 200 respondents. This burden previously would have
been captured as a reporting requirement, but now has been
identified as a third-party disclosure. Finally, cost increased
from $265/hr to $278/hr.
$167,636
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Erin Deeds 301 415-7000
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.
Form NRC Form 782 10 CFR 4, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Commission Programs
10 CFR Part 4 FINAL supporting statement 2020.docx
Burden spreadsheet for Part 4 FINAL.xlsx
10 CFR 4, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Commission Programs