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OMB Control No: 3150-0011	ICR Reference No: 202103-3150-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202012-3150-001
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: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 04/29/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/26/2021
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR—which is to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage—a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2022
Responses	43,617	0	43,617
Time Burden (Hours)	3,710,882	0	3,710,882
Cost Burden (Dollars)	272,062	0	272,062

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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The proposed rule would decrease the burden for 10 CFR Part 50 from 3,710,882 hours and 43,617 responses to 3,705,602 hours and 43,595 responses, a reduction of 5,280 hours and 22 responses. The proposed rule incorporates by reference OM and BPV Codes from ASME as described above, which reduce the burden on industry and the NRC by a reduction in alternative requests submitted and reviewed as a result of aspects of plant operation covered by these codes. A recent review of Code alternative requests submitted to the NRC over the last 5 year span found that submittals ranged from a few pages to several hundred pages, with an average of approximately 32 pages. However, the burden hours have been reduced as requests have become less complex to review over time. Therefore, the NRC estimates that a request requires an average of 150 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 for estimated burden is 230 hours per request. In the same manner, the NRC estimates that the total burden to perform the technical review (including resolving technical issues), document the evaluation, and respond to the licensee’s request is 115 hours per request. Following the implementation phase, the industry will see a reduced burden for the aspects of plant operation covered by the code cases in the proposed 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? No

Agency Contact: Victoria Huckabay 301 415-5183 victoria.huckabay@nrc.gov