10 CFR 20, Standards for
Protection Against Radiation
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/04/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2021
52,359
43,590
769,396
640,896
80,361
63,123
10 CFR part 20 establishes standards
for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities
conducted under licenses issued by the NRC and by Agreement States.
These standards require the establishment of radiation protection
programs, maintenance of radiation protection programs, maintenance
of radiation records, recording of radiation received by workers,
reporting of incidents which could cause exposure to radiation,
submittal of an annual report to NRC and to Agreement States of the
results of individual monitoring, and submittal of license
termination information. These mandatory requirements are needed to
protect occupationally exposed individuals from undue risks of
excessive exposure to ionizing radiation and to protect the health
and safety of the public. In addition, this clearance includes NRC
Online Forms, “Respirator Protection Exemption for Non-Power
Reactors” and “Respirator Protection Exemption for Power Reactors.”
The NRC requires licensees to meet the medical evaluation frequency
and fit-testing frequency requirements specified in 10 CFR
20.1703(c)(5)(iii) and 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(6). Guidance for meeting
these requirements can be found in Regulatory Guide 8.15,
Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protection. Requiring the
licensed facilities to comply with the specific requirements in 10
CFR 20.1703(c)(5)(iii) and 10 CFR 20.1703(c)(6) may result in a
licensee requiring personnel to take actions that are contrary with
the practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) to limit the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19). To facilitate and streamline licensees’ requests for
exemptions to these requirements, this information collection
includes two online forms to submit the required information for a
specific exemption request. One form is for power reactor licensees
and the second is for research and test reactor (RTR) and nonpower
reactor licensees to submit their exemption requests. The use of
these online forms is restricted to exemption requests resulting
from the impact of the COVID-19 PHE.
The overall NRC licensee and
Agreement State licensee burden has increased by 128,500 hours from
640,896 hours to 769,396 hours. This includes an increase of 420
hours of NRC licensee reporting burden only (from 5,479 hours to
5,899 hours) and an increase of 128,200 hours of Agreement State
licensee overall burden (from 549,231 hours to 677,431 hours). The
increase in NRC licensee reporting burden is due to the NRC
receiving an increased number of exemptions due to the COVID-19 PHE
and the two NRC online forms, “Part 20 Respirator Protection
Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR” and “Part 20
Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors” which
are for requesting exemptions from requirements for respirator
protections related to the COVID-19 PHE. The burden per exemption
request increased from 20 to 80 hours. The estimate of the number
of burden hours for NRC licensee recordkeeping and third-party
disclosure has remained the same. The burden attributed to
Agreement State licensees increased for reporting burden by 7,668
hours from 32,874 hours to 40,542 hours. Recordkeeping burden for
Agreement State licensees increased by 120,053 hours from 514,305
hours to 634,358 hours. The burden attributed to Agreement State
licensee third-party disclosures increased by 479 hours (from 2,052
hours to 2,531 hours). These changes are due to the ratio used to
estimate Agreement State respondents changing from 6.0 to 7.4
(therefore increasing the number of estimated Agreement State
respondents and recordkeepers). The ratio changed because the
difference in the number of current NRC licensees versus Agreement
States licensees has increased. In addition, the hourly fee rate
increased from $263 to $279.
$2,525,787
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Lymari Sepulveda 301
415-7000
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 Online Online Form PART 20 RESPIRATOR PROTECTION EXEMPTION REQUEST FOR POWER REACTORS
ML21154A178 Final Supporting Statement 10 CFR Part 20.pdf
10 CFR 20, Standards for Protection Aganist Radiation