10 CFR Part 50, Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/02/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2022
43,589
43,617
3,704,162
3,710,882
272,062
272,062
Approval of American Society of
Mechanical Engineers’ Code Cases . This proposed rule is the latest
in a series of rulemakings that incorporate by reference the latest
versions of several RGs identifying new and revised unconditionally
or conditionally acceptable ASME Code Cases that are approved for
use. The incorporation by reference of these Code Cases will reduce
the number of alternative requests submitted by licensees under §
50.55a(z) by an estimated 28 requests annually.
The proposed rule would
decrease the burden for 10 CFR Part 50 from 3,710,882 hours and
43,617 responses to 3,704,162 hours and 43,589 responses, a
reduction of 6,720 hours and 28 responses. The proposed rule
reduces burden by incorporating by reference recent ASME Code
Cases. This incorporation by reference will reduce the burden on
licensees to submit requests for alternatives under 10 CFR
50.55a(z). Licensees would no longer need to submit alternative
requests to use these Code Cases, once they are included in the
NRC’s RGs. The NRC previously estimated that the burden to prepare
and submit an alternative to the NRC for authorization was 380
hours per alternative and 143 hours for the NRC to perform each
technical review. A recent review of Code Case alternative requests
submitted to the NRC over the last 5 year span found that
submittals ranged from a few pages to several hundred pages, with
an average of approximately 32 pages. However, the burden hours
have been reduced as requests have become less complex to review
over time. Therefore, the NRC estimates that a request requires an
average of 150 hours of effort to develop the technical
justification and an additional 80 hours to perform research,
review, approve, process, and submit the document to the NRC for
use of alternatives under 10 CFR 50.55a(z). Therefore, the revised
total for estimated burden is 230 hours per request. In the same
manner, the NRC revised total for estimating the burden to perform
the technical review (including resolving technical issues),
document the evaluation, and respond to the licensee’s request is
115 hours per request.
$61,869,242
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Juan Lopez 301 415-2338
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.
Draft Supporting Statement - Proposed Rule - ASME-CC-Rev. 39.docx
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities