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OMB Control No: 3150-0130	ICR Reference No: 202309-3150-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-3150-001
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 10 CFR Part 39, Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging
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: 08/21/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/14/2023
Terms of Clearance: None

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2024
Responses	3,869	0	3,803
Time Burden (Hours)	41,047	0	40,454
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,639	0	4,070

Abstract: Part 39 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), establishes radiation safety requirements for the use of radioactive material for well logging. The information in the applications, reports, and records is used by the NRC staff to ensure that the health and safety of the public is protected and that licensee possession and use of source and byproduct material is in compliance with license and regulatory requirements. .

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:
	88 FR 48922	07/28/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 77622	11/13/2023
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 39, Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	3,869	3,803	66
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	41,047	40,454	593
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,639	4,070	569

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 has increased by 580 hours from 40,454 hours to 41,034 hours (NRC Licensees = 4,950 hrs + AS Licensees = 36,084 hrs) because of an increase in the number of licensees. There was also an increase in the burden based on an increase of the number of reported well logging sources that were abandoned because they were unable to be retrieved The number of licensees has remained the same, but the number of responses has decreased. The change in the NRC licensee burden is due to a decrease in annual reports from 8 to 5 resulting in a burden decrease of 4 hours from 4,967 hours to 4,950 hours (16 reporting hrs + 4,659 recordkeeping hrs + 275 third-party disclosure hrs). The number of Agreement State (AS) licensees has increased by 3 from 158 to 161, resulting in a burden increase of 692 hours from 35,487 to 36,179 hours (75 reporting hrs +34,092 recordkeeping hrs + 2,012 third-party disclosure hrs). The number of well logging licensees licensed by the Agreement States is assumed to follow the same ratio as the total number of NRC licensees to Agreement States licensees. The NRC estimates that there is approximately 7.3 times the number of Agreement State licensees as there are NRC licensees. The estimated number of Agreement State licensees (16,000) is based on information contained in NRC’s 2021-2022 Information Digest (NUREG-1350, Volume 33). The change from the previous estimate of 7.2 to 7.3 (Agreement States burdens is 16,000/2,200, approximately 7.3) is based on (1) the most recent estimate of 2,200 similar NRC licensees and (2) the estimated 16,000 Agreement State licenses. The number of NRC licensees is expected to remain at or near the current number (22) over the coming three years. The number of Agreement State licensees is likewise expected to remain at or near the current number (161) over the coming three years. In addition, there was an increase in professional cost from $290/hr to $300/hr.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $19,800

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: Brenda Sida 301 415-7000

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