10 CFR Part 50, Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/22/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2024
11/30/2024
42,218
42,244
3,641,926
3,648,166
273,472
273,472
Final Rule, Approval of American
Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Code Cases The U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to
incorporate by reference revisions of three regulatory guides to
approve new, revised, and reaffirmed code cases published by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The NRC is also
incorporating by reference one NRC NUREG associated with a
condition on one of the regulatory guides. This action allows
nuclear power plant licensees and applicants for construction
permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, standard design
certifications, standard design approvals, and manufacturing
licenses to use the code cases listed in these regulatory guides as
voluntary alternatives to engineering standards for the
construction, inservice inspection, and inservice testing of
nuclear power plant components. These engineering standards are set
forth in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Codes and American Society of Mechanical Engineers’
Operation and Maintenance Codes, which are currently incorporated
by reference into the NRC’s regulations. Further, this final rule
announces the availability of a related regulatory guide, not
incorporated by reference into the NRC’s regulations, that lists
code cases that the NRC has not approved for use.
The final rule would decrease
the burden for 10 CFR Part 50 from 3,648,166 hours and 42,244
responses to 3,641,926 hours and 42,218 responses, a reduction of
6,240 hours and 26 responses. The final 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.
$66,241,296
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Martha Barillas 301
415-2760
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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10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities