10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
08/21/2025
10/24/2024
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2026
42,863
0
42,191
3,714,406
0
3,633,354
250,434
0
273,281
Part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), âDomestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,â 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, âCodes and Standards.â 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, â10 CFR 50.55a, Codes and Standardsâ (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.
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities