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OMB Control No: 3150-0261	ICR Reference No: 202407-3150-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202403-3150-007
Agency/Subagency: NRC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Information Collections Contained in 10 CFR Part 50, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Inservice Testing and Inservice Inspection Program Update Frequency 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: 07/17/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/17/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2027	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	162	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The current submission is a request for a new clearance number, to be discontinued once the burden and associated information collections can be transferred into 3150-0011, the clearance for information collections contained in 10 CFR Part 50. FINAL RULE: 10 CFR Part 50, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Inservice Testing and Inservice Inspection Program Update Frequency -- This final rule is the latest in a series of rulemakings that incorporate by reference the latest revisions of three regulatory guides (RGs) identifying new and revised unconditionally or conditionally acceptable ASME Code Cases that are approved for use. The NRC is proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference proposed revisions of three regulatory guides, which would approve new, revised, and reaffirmed code cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This action allows nuclear power plant licensees and applicants for construction permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, standard design certifications, standard design approvals, and manufacturing licenses to use the code cases listed in these draft regulatory guides as voluntary alternatives to engineering standards for the construction, inservice inspection, and inservice testing of nuclear power plant components. These engineering standards are set forth in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Operation and Maintenance Code, which are currently incorporated by reference into the NRC's regulations. Further, this final rule announces the availability of a related regulatory guide, not incorporated by reference into the NRC's regulations, that lists code cases that the NRC has not approved for use. In addition, this rulemaking provides more flexibility to licensees by expanding the code of record interval from ten years to two consecutive inservice testing and inservice inspection intervals.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 119 Stat 594 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3150-AK23	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 58039	07/17/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 13717	03/06/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1	1
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	162	162
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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: The final rule would increase the burden for 10 CFR Part 50 from 3,633,354 hours and 42,191 responses to 3,633,516 hours and 42,192 responses, a one-time per licensee increase of 162 hours and 1 response. The burden increases reflect the development and submission of 10 CFR 50.55a(z) alternative requests as required by the NRC’s adoption condition for Code Case N-716-3 and the accompanying recordkeeping requirements.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $64,778,556

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: Tyler Hammock 301 415-1381

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