Policy Statements, Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption thereof by states through agreement and IMPEP Questionnaire.
Policy Statements, Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption thereof by states through agreement and IMPEP Questionnaire.
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
02/01/2024
02/07/2023
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved. OMB notes that the agency revised the questionnaire prior to resubmitting for renewal, and the package is incorrectly marked an extension without change. As terms of clearance, the agency is reminded to accurately categorize the ICRs it submits for approval or they will be concluded as improperly submitted.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2027
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2024
65
0
65
290,822
0
298,194
0
0
0
The States wishing to become Agreement States are requested to provide certain information to the NRC as specified by the Commissionâs Policy Statement, ââCriteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof by States Through Agreement.ââ The Agreement States need to ensure that the radiation control program under the Agreement remains adequate and compatible with the requirements of Section 274 of the Act and must maintain certain information. The NRC conducts periodic evaluations through IMPEP to ensure that these programs are compatible with the NRCâs program, meet the applicable parts of the Act, and adequate to protect public health and safety.
There has been a decrease in the overall burden of 7,372 hours from 298,194 hours to 290,822 hours annually. The decrease is due to a change to the NRC staffâs estimate on the annual burden. This is due to an evaluation of historical data on Agreement State level of effort to comply with this information collection.
Although the burden decreased, the number of FTE per Agreement State FTE for program maintenance has increased from 10.5 to 11.9 due to aligning the productive hours per FTE with current budgeting assumptions. The hours per FTE went from 1,800 hours per year to 1,510 hours per year.
In addition, the NRC staff updated the IMPEP questionnaire with the following changes; however, these changes capture activities respondents are already performing and do not affect the estimated burden to complete the questionnaire:
ï§ Update to the wording of question 4 related vacant positions that had recently been filled.
ï§ Items 6, 17, 25, 32 were added to clarify that the AS should provide a copy of their training, program reciprocity, licensing, inspection, and incident and allegation procedures. States were previously providing these procedures, although these items were not expressly stated in the questionnaire.
ï§ Item 22 was added. This item requests a list of licensing actions. Most respondents were previously providing this information under item #21.
ï§ Item 23 was added to request information on the method of record storage (electronic or paper).
ï§ Item 28 was added to identify which version of specific guidance documents are being used by the AS. This helps the NRC to ensure that ASs are using the most recent guidance in implementing their program.
ï§ Item 31 was added to request a list of allegations. This is a clarification. This section was titled âIncidents and Allegationsâ but previously did not explicitly request a list of allegations.
ï§ Item 35 was updated to include a request for a status of outstanding comments. This is clarification a clarification of the wording and part of the standard regulations review process.
ï§ Item 38 was added as an open-ended question to allow AS to provide additional information, if they feel it is important or relevant to the review.
$1,395,190
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Robert Johnson 301 415-7314
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;
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.
2023 Final IMPEP Supporting Statement.docx
IMPEP Policy Statement FRN (3).pdf
Policy Statements, Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption thereof by states through agreement and IMPEP Questionnaire.