Part 72- Decommissioning Proposed Rule Burden Table

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Overview

Input
Annual Recordkeeping
Annual Reporting
TOTAL

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Sheet 1: Input

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decomissioning Proposed Rule
Paperwork Reduction Act - Information Collection Request
Part 72
2024-2026
Name	Value	Source	Notes
Annual Recordkeeping
72.72(d) Duplicate record retention
Number of record keepers	20
Burden hours per recordkeeper	-19.5
Annual Reporting
72.218(c) Provide copies of records
Number of respondents	0
Responses per respondents	1
Burden hours per response	-8
72.7 Specific exemptions
Number of respondents	1
Responses per respondents	1
Burden hours per response	-46
Wage rate	$288.00
Record storage costs	0.0004		A fraction of the recordkeeping hour burden

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Sheet 2: Annual Recordkeeping

Table 1 Annual Recordkeeping

Section

Type of Change New (N) Amended (A) Removed (R) Change in Respondents (CR)

Number of Recordkeepers

Burden Hours per Recordkeeper

Total Burden Hours

Total Cost at $288.00/hr

Basis of Burden Hours

Notes

Impact of Proposed Rule on Existing Clearance Burden Hour Estimates

Current

Change

After Rule

Record Retention

72.72(d) Duplicate record retention

A

20

-19.5

-390.0

-$112,320.00

Burden tables for 10 CFR Part 72 renewal (2017) (estimated burden of 78 hours) altered to reflect proposed changes using best professional judgment

ICF assumed that 1/4 of the licensees subject to this requirement would take advantage of the proposed change. This burden reduction was not calculated in the RA.

Current: 6,396 After rule: 6,006 Change = -390

6,396.00

-390.0

6006

Table 1 Total

-390.0

-$112,320.00

* Information collections that will not result in a burden in the relevant three-year window were included in the table to indicate the potential for a burden associated with a new or modified information collection in the future.

Note: The respondents affected by the proposed rule’s 10 CFR part 72 information collections are not new respondents; they are affected by other information collections identified in the existing 10 CFR part 72 clearance.

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Sheet 3: Annual Reporting

Table 2 Annual Reporting
Section	Type of Change New (N) Amended (A) Removed (R) Change in Respondents (CR)	Number of Respondents	Responses per Respondent	Total Responses	Burden Hours per Response	Total Burden Hours	Total Cost at $288.00/hr	Basis of Burden Hours	Impact of Proposed Rule on Existing Clearance Burden Hour Estimates		Current	Change	After Rule
Spent Fuel Management
72.218(c) Provide copies of records	R	0	1	0	-8	0	$0.00	Burden tables for 10 CFR Part 72 renewal (2017)	Current: 0 After rule: 0 Change = 0 * Existing Clearance identifies 0 respondents and a per activity burden of 8 hours.		0	0	0
Record Retention
72.7 Specific exemptions	CR	1	1	1	-46	-46	-$13,248.00	RA Model - Record retention related exemption request hours split between Part 50 and Part 72	Current: 800 After rule: 754 Change = -46		800	-46	754
Table 2 Total						-46	-$13,248.00
* Information collections that will not result in a burden in the relevant three-year window were included in the table to indicate the potential for a burden associated with a new or modified information collection in the future.
Note: The respondents affected by the proposed rule’s 10 CFR part 72 information collections are not new respondents; they are affected by other information collections identified in the existing 10 CFR part 72 clearance.

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Sheet 4: TOTAL

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Decomissioning Proposed Rule

Paperwork Reduction Act - Information Collection Request

Part 72

QUESTION 14

Estimated Burden and Burden Hour Cost

2024-2026 Burden Totals

Table

Description

Burden Hours

Cost of $288.00/hr

1

Annual Recordkeeping

-390.0

-$112,320.00

2

Annual Reporting

-46

-$13,248.00

TOTAL

-436.0

-$125,568.00

QUESTION 13

Estimate of Other Additional Costs

Record keeping hours

-390.0

Wage rate

$288.00

Record storage costs

0.0004

Total record storage costs

($44.93)

Current record storage costs

4855

New record storage costs

$4,810.07

Source:

Current Supporting Statement for Part 72

QUESTION 14

Estimated Annualized Cost to the Federal Government

Annualized NRC Cost Reduction

NRC Action

Rule Text Provision

No. Actions/Year

Reduced Burden Hours/Action

Total Reduced Hours

Total Cost Reduction

Process exemption requests

72.7

1

30

30

$8,640.00

Current cost to the Federal Government

$9,371,991

New cost to the Federal government

$9,363,351.00

Source:

Current Supporting Statement for Part 72