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OMB Control No: 3150-0011	ICR Reference No: 202005-3150-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202003-3150-007
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/04/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/04/2020
Terms of Clearance: The collection is pre-approved, contingent upon no substantive changes being made to this collection after adoption of the final rule. Otherwise, the agency should resubmit this collection to OMB for review. Because the agency sought comments only on the changes associated with the regulation, this collection is approved for two years to align with the existing expiration date.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	03/31/2022	03/31/2022
Responses	43,618	0	43,654
Time Burden (Hours)	3,710,960	0	3,722,235
Cost Burden (Dollars)	272,062	0	272,036

Abstract: INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CODES AND CODE CASES FINAL RULE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to incorporate by reference the 2015 and 2017 Editions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the 2015 and 2017 Editions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants, Division 1: OM Code: Section IST, for nuclear power plants. The NRC is also incorporating by reference two revised American Society of Mechanical Engineers code cases. This action is in accordance with the NRC’s policy to periodically update the regulations to incorporate by reference new editions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Codes and is intended to maintain the safety of nuclear power plants and to make NRC activities more effective and efficient.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat 594 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
PL: Pub.L. 83 - 703 68 Stat. 919 Name of Law: Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3150-AJ74	Final or interim final rulemaking	85 FR 26540	05/04/2020

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 56156	11/09/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	43,618	43,654	-36
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,710,960	3,722,235	-11,275
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	272,062	272,036	26

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The current Part 50 annual burden is 43,654 responses and 3,722,235 hours. The final rule reduces the annual number of responses by 36 and the annual burden hours on industry by a total of 11,275 hours making the new Part 50 total 3,710,960 hours and 43,618 responses. The final rule incorporates by reference OM and BPV codes and code cases from ASME, described above, which reduce the burden on industry and the NRC by a reduction in relief and alternative requests submitted and reviewed as a result of aspects of plant operation covered by these codes and code cases. A recent review of Code alternative requests submitted to the NRC over a 5-year span identified that submittals ranged from a few pages to several hundred pages with an average of approximately 32 pages with average technical complexity. Therefore, the NRC estimates that an alternative request submittal requires an average of 300 hours of effort to develop the technical justification and an additional 80 hours to perform research, review, approve, process, and submit the document to the NRC for use of alternatives under 10 CFR 50.55a(z). Therefore, the total estimated burden is determined to be 380 hours per alternative. The removal of steam generator and pressurizer weld inspection requirements result in a reduction in burden from the inspections currently required. Following the implementation phase, the industry will see a reduced burden for the aspects of plant operation covered by the codes and code cases in the final rule.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $62,767,622

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: James O'Driscoll 301 425-1325

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