Agency received
comments on the proposed rule and will respond at the final rule
stage.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2012
08/31/2012
08/31/2012
38,407
0
38,407
314,844
0
314,844
16,338
0
16,338
Proposed Rule entitled: 10 CFR Part
31, Limiting the Quantity of Byproduct Material in a Generally
Licensed Device." The NRC is proposing to amend its regulations to
limit the amount of certain byproduct material in a generally
licensed device to below 1/10 of the IAEA Category 3 thresholds.
The proposed amendment would require licensees possessing devices
meeting or exceeding these thresholds to submit an application for
a specific license. The NRC and/or the Agreement States would
review such applications and issue licenses as
appropriate.
This proposed rule will impose
an additional information collection burden of 31,114 hours to the
existing burden requirements for 10 CFR Parts 19, 20, and 30, with
some reduction of burdens under Part 31. The increased burden will
result from the limitation of generally licensed devices to those
with sources less than 1/10th of IAEA Category 3. Approximately
1,400 current general licensees (280 NRC licensees and 1,120
Agreement State licensees) will be affected by this rule by having
to become specific licensees and follow the requirements of these
existing Parts in NRC and equivalent Agreement State regulations.
The information is needed to improve the accountability and control
certain existing generally licensed devices with radioactive
sources above the limit in this proposed amendment. The changes for
10 CFR Part 30 (3150-0017) requires an increase of 6,630 burden hrs
and an increase of 23,840 respondents and 41,427 responses. In
addition, the cost for professional effort has been increased from
$157 to $238 per hour.
$3,137,700
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Solomon Sahle 301 415-0664
solomon.sahle@nrc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.