In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2020
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2017
100
0
105
75
0
105
0
0
0
The NRC annually requests all
commercial power reactor licensees and applicants for an operating
license to voluntarily send to the NRC: (1) their projected number
of candidates for operator licensing initial examinations, (2) the
estimated dates of the examinations, (3) information on whether the
examinations will be facility developed or NRC developed, and (4)
the estimated number of individuals that will participate in the
Generic Fundamentals Examination (GFE) for that calendar year. NRC
uses an official form, NRC Form 536, for the voluntary reporting of
this operator licensing examination projection data. The estimated
burden is one hour per respondent annually. As part of Project AIM
(an NRC effort to streamline processes for efficiency and budget
reduction purposes), the Commission changed the Generic
Fundamentals Examination schedule from the examination being given
quarterly to bi-annually. This change does not affect the numbers
of candidates for the examination, nor does it affect the reporting
frequency (annually) for the NRC Form 536. The NRC is requesting a
nonsubstantive change to the NRC Form 536 to make the form
consistent with new examination schedules. Section C of the form,
”Proposed Generic Fundamentals Examination (GFE) Schedule”
currently includes boxes for licensees to report the number of
candidates proposed to take the GFE in March, June, September, and
December. The revised form would only include boxes for reporting
the number of candidates proposed for the testing dates of March
and September, because the June and December tests have been
eliminated. This change would not affect the burden for completing
the form. Respondents would continue to report the data annually,
and the estimated burden remains one hour per response.
The burden hours decreased from
1 hour to 0.75 hour as a result of the deletion of the previously
required estimates for the GFE. The respondents change from 105 to
100 due to decommissioning of 5 power reactor facilities since
2014. The cost burden decreased because of the decrease in fee rate
from $272 to $265.
$19,875
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Angela Baxter 301
415-1065
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.