10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
06/24/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2022
42,244
43,617
3,648,166
3,710,882
273,472
272,062
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 decrease of 62,716 hours, from 3,710,882 hours to 3,648,166 hours) are primarily related to the decrease in operating reactors. In the last renewal, the NRC staff-based estimates of 94 operating reactors. The current submission estimates 89 operating reactors, due to an increase in owner/operators not renewing their operating license. The section specific supporting statements (Supplementary Documents, Sections 2 through 7)
have the details on the burden changes for each section. The 62,716 hour change in burden was calculated by summing the burden from the individual sections and
7 comparing the total to the burden from currently in ROCIS (the burden from the previous clearance plus the burden from the four previously mentioned final rules).
The overall decrease in burden due to the decrease in operating reactors is not linear as not all requirements are reactor specific but may apply to an entire multi-unit site or a utility.
The increase in reporting burden (a 49,416 hour increase) is primarily due to the anticipated submission of a design certification and the burden associated with the earthquake engineering criteria for this submission, described in section 7. The decrease in recordkeeping burden (a 112,232 hour decrease) is primarily due to a review of data associated with requirements in 50.69, described in section 5. A sample of recent reports for 25 licensees showed that licensees were performing far fewer evaluations than previously estimated (approximately 3 per plant/ year rather than 95 per plant/year), which led staff to reduce the associated recordkeeping burden for this requirement.
$67,075,506
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
David Cullison 301 415-2084 david.cullison@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.
Part 50 Burden Spreadsheet.xlsx
Part 50 section 7 final supporting statement.pdf
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities