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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 3150-0254	ICR Reference No: 202301-3150-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202208-3150-001
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Information Collections Contained in the New Appendix G to 10 CFR Part 52, Design Certification for the NuScale Design Final Rule
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/19/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/19/2023
Terms of Clearance: OMB notes that these revisions are required by a forthcoming final rule (RIN 3150-AJ98) that has not yet published in the Federal Register. OMB preapproves the revised information collection, provided that there are no substantive changes in the published final rule relative to the draft final rule provided as a supplementary document in this package.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2026	36 Months From Approved
Responses	5	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	389	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	5	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	5	5
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	389	389
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	5	5

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This final rulemaking constitutes design certification for the NuScale standard design through the addition of Appendix G to 10 CFR Part 52. This appendix allows interested parties to reference the NuScale design in an application for a COL. One respondent is NuScale Power (the design certification applicant) who will incur 37 hours of recordkeeping burden at a cost of $10,323 (37 hours x $279/hr). The other respondents are the two COL applicants, expected to submit COL applications during the period of this clearance, who will, together, incur 346 hours of reporting burden (at time of application) and 6 hours of recordkeeping burden at a cost of $98,208 ((6 hours + 346 hours) x $279/hr)).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $12,217,266

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: Yanely Malave 301 415-1519 yanely.malave@nrc.gov