Persons in the U.S. whom export or
import nuclear material or equipment under a general or specific
authorization must comply with certain reporting and recordkeeping
requirements under 10 CFR Part 110.
The estimated annual public
burden increased by 564 hours from 929 hours up to 1,493 hours. The
annual responses increased by 225 responses, from 2,945 responses
to 3,170 responses. There have been no changes to the requirements
under 10 CFR Part 110 that would affect public burden. One change
was made to the table listing the estimated hours per response. The
category for responses using no forms was removed because all
respondents now use either NRC forms or custom forms. The NRC also
increased the estimated number of annual responses in the table to
reflect an increase in annual activity subject to the notification
requirement. The activities captured under the various 110.50(c)
entries in Table 1 is the time required to transmit the data to the
NRC via the email address of the Headquarters Operations Officer
(HOO.HOC@nrc.gov). The number of individual respondents decreased
by 29, from 136 to 107 from the previous review cycle. The main
reason for the reduction in respondents is the expanded use of
x-ray devices in place of cesium-137 irradiators in the US, and the
resulting reduction in export authorizations needed to return
disused cesium-137 sources to the supplier in Canada. The primary
reason for the modest increase in responses is due to a different
method of estimating the total number of annual responses. The
actual number of advanced notifications required in 110.50(c) and
submitted by respondents for the most recent yearly quarter was
aggregated and then multiplied by four to represent annual
responses. The method used previously resulted in less reliable
estimates. Use of the NRC notification forms continues to increase
as new respondents are encouraged to use the standard form and not
to develop their own forms. Respondents who ship radioisotopes with
shorter half-lives must submit many more notifications than
respondents who ship radioisotopes with longer half-lives and
benefit the most from development of custom forms or other
automated notification capabilities. The NRC notification forms
only became available years after the notification requirement was
implemented. As a result, some respondents are reluctant to adopt
use of the form as it would be of no benefit to their operations.
However, new respondents prefer to use NRC forms, as they serve as
a template for the required data elements and therefore reduces
errors. The cost increase also reflects an increase in the annual
labor cost for reactor and materials licensees from $263 to $275
per hour. There have been no regulatory changes made that would
result in a change in the information being collected. In light of
a recent change to eliminate processing fees for licenses, minor
changes will be made to the instructions on the NRC Form 7. There
are no changes needed to the other NRC forms used to obtain
information.
$157,369
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Stephen Baker
3014153329
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.
Form NRC Form 830 10 CFR Part 110, Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material
Final Supporting Statement 10 CFR Part 110 (1).docx
10 CFR Part 110, Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material