10 CFR Part 50, Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/24/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2026
42,863
42,191
3,714,406
3,633,354
250,434
273,281
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 reasons for the estimated
burden changes (reflecting an overall burden increase of 81,052
hours, from 3.6M hours to 3.7M hours) are primarily related to
external programs which are contributing to the progression of
advanced reactor designs, causing an influx of applications during
this clearance cycle. Due to these programs, ongoing robust
pre-application engagements (i.e., topical report reviews),
meetings, discussions and continuous contact with prospective
stakeholders, the agency is expected to receive applications for,
construction permits (CP), early site permits (ESP), standard
design approvals (SDAs) and certifications, manufacturing license
(MLs), combined licensees (COLs), for commercial nuclear power
reactors, as well as operating licenses (OLs) related to the
licensing processes that apply to light-water reactors (LWR) and
non-light water reactors (NLWR). The section- specific supporting
statements (Supplementary Documents, Sections 2 through 7) has the
detail on the burden changes for that section. The 81,052-hour
change in burden was calculated by summing the burden from the
individual sections and comparing the total to the burden from
currently in ROCIS (the burden from the previous clearance plus the
burden from the previously mentioned EPSMR final rule). The
decrease in recordkeeping burden is primarily due to a review of
data associated with 50.65, described in section 5, through NRC
staff and industry interactions, program efficiencies have been
achieved fostering the reduction in burden. In addition, in 2023,
the NRC staff submitted a request for a new clearance to cover
information collections contained in 10 CFR 50.55a, “Codes and
Standards.” These information collections pertain to voluntary
consensus standards developed by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME), a voluntary consensus body. The standards are
regularly updated by rulemaking; therefore, having a stand-alone
information collection allows for more timely processing of these
rules. These information collections were previously included in
Section 5 of the Part 50 renewal but now are contained in their own
clearance, “10 CFR 50.55a, Codes and Standards” (3150-0264). The
burden for these requirements has been removed from the part 50 in
the current submission. This submission contains the full scope of
the 10 CFR Part 50 information collections that were last approved
by OMB in 2021. In the interim there have been a number of updates
to the 10 CFR Part 50 burden that reflect changes to selected
sections of the rule. All approved information collections
associated with Part 50 are reflected in the current
submission.
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.
Part 50 section 1 final supporting statement - Overview “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities”.docx
Table 1 - Summary of Supporting Statements (Burden Spreadsheet).xlsx
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities