The Acquisition Management Division is
responsible for the awarding grants and cooperative agreement
provisions in order to administer the NRC’s financial assistance
program. The information collected under the provisions ensures
that the Government’s rights are protected, the agency adheres to
public laws, the work proceeds on schedule, and that disputes
between the Government and recipient are settled.
The overall burden (reporting
and recordkeeping) has decreased by 46 hours, from 4,173 hours to
4,127 hours. This change is due to the following: i. The total
number of grant/cooperative agreement respondents decreased from
178 respondents to 176 respondents due to a decrease in the number
of active financial assistance awards. As a result, the number of
respondents (recipients) required to submit Program Technical
Performance reports have decreased from 178 to 176. ii. Reporting
Program Technical Performance is required biannually, resulting in
a decrease in the total number of responses from 356 (178
respondents reporting 2 times per year) to 352 (176 respondents
reporting 2 times per year). As a result of the above changes, the
total number of burden hours for reporting decreased by a total of
42 hours. The specific changes (decreases in burden hours) are as
follows: The burden for Reporting Program Technical Performance
decreased from 3,774 hours (178 respondents x 2 annual responses x
10.6 burden hours) to 3,731 hours (176 respondents x 2 annual
responses x 10.6 burden hours), a decrease of 43 hours. In
addition, the total number of recordkeeping hours decreased from
279 hours to 276 hours, a decrease of 3 hours. There has been an
increase in burden cost due to the increase in the NRC’s standard
fee recoverable rate for materials licensees from $267 per hour to
$278 per hour, which is used to calculate burden cost.
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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.
2020 Final Grants Supporting Statement.docx
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Provisions