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OMB Control No: 3150-0211	ICR Reference No: 201202-3150-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Request for Information Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f) Regarding Recommendations 2.1, 2.3, and 9.3 of the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Event
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 03/06/2012
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/06/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/24/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 6 months. This collection is approved with the following terms of clearance: NRC is approved as an emergency clearance to meet Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2012 requirements. This collection will be valid for six months. If NRC decides to continue use of the collection past the approved emergency request clearance time period, it must resubmit to OMB under the normal PRA clearance process for a three-year approval. In addition, OMB requests NRC to submit all guidance documents associated with this collection with the normal PRA clearance. It is also suggested that NRC continue to engage nuclear licensees to verify the burden assumptions made in this collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2012	6 Months From Approved
Responses	485	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	461,067	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Following events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant resulting from the March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and in response to requirements contained in Section 402 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 112-074), the NRC is requesting emergency clearance to issue letters to 104 power reactors licensees pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f). The information requested will include: --Seismic and flooding hazard reevaluations to determine if further regulatory action is necessary --Walkdowns to confirm compliance with the current licensing basis and provide input to the hazard reevaluations --Analysis of the Emergency Preparedness capability with respect to staffing and communication ability during a prolonged multiunit event The NRC is requesting emergency review of the information collection because this information is needed before the expiration of the normal time limits under OMB's regulations at 5 CFR 1320.13. This is necessary to ensure compliance with requirements in Section 402 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2012 and the timelines set forth in the conference report for PL 112-74.

Emergency Justfication: In response to the unanticipated events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, Congress directed the NRC in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub Law 112-074 signed December 23, 2011), to obtain information from all reactor licensees reevaluating their risks from seismic, tsunami, flooding and other external hazards. The NRC is requesting emergency review of the information collection because this information is needed before the expiration of the normal time limits under OMBs regulations at 5 CFR 1320.13. This is necessary to ensure compliance with requirements in Section 402 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2012 and the timelines set forth in the conference report for PL 112-74: The conferees recognize the progress that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made on the recommendations of the Near Term Task Force. Commission staff has proposed a prioritized list of the Task Force recommendations that reflects the order regulatory actions are to be taken. The conferees direct the Commission to implement these recommendations consistent with, or more expeditiously than, the schedules and milestones proposed by NRC staff on October 3, 2011. The conferees direct the Commission to maintain an implementation schedule such that the remaining recommendations (not identified as Tier 1 priorities) will be evaluated and acted upon as expeditiously as practicable. The conferees request that the Commission provide a written status report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its implementation of the Task Force recommendations on the one year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. The situation meets the second criteria for emergency clearances, an unanticipated event has occurred (a natural disaster). In addition, this collection is directly tied to the agencys mission to ensure the adequate protection of public health and safety. The NRC cannot comply with the normal clearance procedures because the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of information as stated in 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(iii).

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	485	485
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	461,067	461,067
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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 current emergency clearance request is a new collection, issued pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f), which would impose a total of 1,383,200 hours of burden (461,067 hours annualized) on 104 licensees to submit seismic and flooding hazard reevaluations to determine if further regulatory action is necessary, conduct walkdowns and submit walkdown reports to confirm compliance with the current licensing basis and provide input to the hazard reevaluations, and perform analyses of their Emergency Preparedness capability with respect to staffing and communication ability during a significant event. The NRC is collecting this information in response to requirements contained in Section 402 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 112-074), following the events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant resulting from the March 11, 2011 Great Tôhoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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