In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2015
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2012
152,164
0
182,119
555,534
0
1,005,313
51,860
0
91,332
The NRC regulations in 10 CFR Part 73 prescribe requirements to establish and maintain a physical protection system and security organization with capabilities for protection of 1) special nuclear material (SNM) at fixed sites, 2) SNM in transit, and 3) plants in which SNM is used. The objective is to ensure that activities involving special nuclear material are consistent with interests of common defense and security and that these activities do not constitute an unreasonable risk to public health and safety. The information in the reports and records submitted by licensees is used by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the public and the environment are protected, and licensee possession and use of special nuclear material is in compliance with license and regulatory requirements.
The estimated burden has decreased from 1,005,313 hours to 555,534 hours, for a total decrease of 449,779 hours. For this renewal, the NRC conducted a comprehensive review of the requirements contained in 10 CFR 73. As a result of this review, a number of discrepancies were identified and resolved.
The largest decreased resulted from the de-duplication of burden for individual requirements that were counted multiple times. An estimated 355,858 hours of burden were included in the previous renewal of this information collection associated with Sections 73.21, 73.55, 73.56, Appendix C, and Commission Orders for power reactor licensees. Recent rulemakings (Protection of Safeguards Information, Final Rule, and the Power Reactor Security Requirements Final Rule) completely re-wrote the referenced sections. These rules incorporated the requirements that were previously included in the Commission Orders for power reactor licensees. When the rulemaking packages were prepared, they accounted for the burden of these sections as re-written and did not account for the overlap with similar requirements in the previous version of the rule and with the Orders. In some cases, the burden associated with these requirements was reported to OMB under the old version of the rule, the new version of the rule, and the orders. As a result, the burden for a single requirement was included in the burden totals multiple times. This renewal corrects that overlap by removing the information collections associated with the previous version of the rule and with Order requirements that were incorporated into the rulemaking. In this renewal, the burden for these information collections reflects the burden estimates for the most recently approved final rules.
Following is a summary of burden change, according to the reason for the change in burden:
*Burden not associated with an information collection -200.00
*Burden for requirements that were not codified -10,481.40
*Burden associated with other Parts of the CFR -6,110.00
*De-duplicated burden old rule/order burden -355,858.00
*De-duplication of burden from other sections -319.50
*Burden for completed requirements -46,319.00
*Adjustments in the number of respondents -31,244.20
*Adjustments due to consolidation of requirements +53.00
*Newly identified information collections +700.00
TOTAL change in burden -449,779.10
A table detailing the change in burden from the hours currently on record to the proposed hours is available in Supplement 1 to this submission. This table shows the change in burden hours for each requirement within Part 73.
$1,165,500
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Melissa Ralph 301 415-7609 Melissa.Ralph@nrc.gov
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.
10 CFR 73 FINAL BURDEN CHANGE TABLE AMENDED.xlsx
10 CFR 73 FINAL SS AMENDED.docx
10 CFR 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials