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OMB Control No: 3150-0020	ICR Reference No: 201512-3150-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201505-3150-001
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 10 CFR 40 - "Domestic Licensing of Source Material"
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/02/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/23/2015
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2019	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2016
Responses	1,286	0	726
Time Burden (Hours)	10,425	0	11,387
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,404	0	793

Abstract: 10 CFR Part 40 establishes requirements for licenses for the receipt, possession, use and transfer of radioactive source and byproduct material. The application, reporting, recordkeeping, and third party notification requirements are necessary to permit the NRC to make a determination as to whether the possession, use, and transfer of source and byproduct material is in conformance with the Commission's regulations for protection of public health and safety.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 1-311 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 51613	08/25/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 79108	12/18/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
10 CFR Part 40 - Domestic Licensing of Source Material

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,286	726	560
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,425	11,387	-962
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,404	793	611

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The overall burden decreased by 962 hours from 11,387 to 10,425 hours. The major contributor to this reduction is the decrease in the number of licensees in the Uranium Recovery Active Licensing Program (Agreement States). In the previous assessment, there were 12 licensees in this category and in the current assessment there are 3.5 (3 ‘active’ licensees and 5 ‘standby’ licensees that were counted as 0.5 because the reporting and recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 10 percent of that of an active licensee). While the overall burden decreased, it increased in the Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Licensing Program (Agreement States) and Materials Licensing Program (NRC and Agreement States). The number of licensees within the Uranium Recovery Decommissioning Licensing Program (Agreement States) increased from 8 to 13, which resulted in an increase of 444 hours. An increase in the total burden hours for the Materials Licensing Program from 2,766 to 3,938 resulted from: • rulemaking in 2013 that introduced two new categories of licenses and additional reporting, recordkeeping and third party notification requirements, • an increase in the number of licensees considered within this category; and • an increase in the ratio of Agreement State licensees to NRC licensees. The NRC amended its regulations effective August 27, 2013, to require that the initial distribution of source material to exempt persons or to general licensees be explicitly authorized by a specific license, which resulted in new reporting, recordkeeping and third party notification requirements (78 FR 32310). In addition to the new burden related to licensees that initially distribute source material, the rule also modified the possession and use requirements of the general license for small quantities of source material to include new reporting requirements. Details on the additional estimated burden for this rulemaking were published in “Regulatory Analysis for Final Rulemaking—Requirements for Distribution of Source Material: 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70, 170, and 171” (at http://www.regulations.gov, search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0084). This burden estimate was folded into the current analysis using current licensee counts in place of estimates. The number of licensees included in the NRC’s Materials Licensing Program increased from 28 to 155. The bulk of this increase resulted from the new specific licenses authorizing initial distribution to exempt persons as required by the 2013 rulemaking (13 licensees) and the inclusion of licensees for which the possession of source material is a secondary purpose of the license (88 licensees). Many of these licensees possess source material for use in shielding as an adjunct to their primary possession of licensed material. The secondary possession of source material as shielding carries with it an extremely small burden compared with other licensees in this category. Furthermore, the recordkeeping responsibilities associated with this material would normally be handled as an ancillary function of licensee staff. Consequently, the hours per recordkeeper that were used to estimate the recordkeeping burden for materials licensees were reduced to reflect the average burden for licensees in this category. The number of Agreement State materials licensees was estimated by multiplying the number of NRC materials licensees by the ratio of Agreement State licensees to NRC licensees. The previous assessment used a ratio 4.6; the current assessment uses 6.3. The current ratio was derived from information in Table 1, “U.S. Materials Licenses by State,” NUREG-1350, Volume 26 (i.e., 6.3 = 17,988 Agreement State Licensees/2857 NRC Licensees). Other than the new burdens associated with the 2013 rulemaking that affected licensees in the Materials Licensing Program, there were no new burdens that affected other licensing programs.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,298,460

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Eric Reber 301 415-5608

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