ML20054M785

Request for OMB Review & Supporting Statement Re NRC Agreement State Program for Protection Against Hazards of Radiation.Estimated Respondent Burden Is 10,000-h

ML20054M785
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Issue date:	07/09/1982
From:	Norry P, Scott R NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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NUDOCS 8207140423
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RECUEST FOR OMB REVIEW (Under the Paperwork Reduction Act and Executive Order 12291) imptrtant - Read instructions (SF-83 A) before complet ng tnis Office of information and Re#gulatory Affairs form Svamit the recurred number of copies of SF 83,togetner office of Management and Budget with the material for which review is reauested to.

Wasnington. D C. 20503

1. 02partment/ Agency and Bureau / Office originating reauest

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5 Tstle ct informat,on Conectnon or Rusemaeng C. ls tnis a rulemaning suom ssion unaer Sectron 3504tn> or PL 96 511? (Check onel State Agreements Program in Ne ts.ction ssor suomission) 2C Yes.NPAM. Expected cate of ouchcation:

3 0 Yes finat ru'e. Exoected date of pubhcatson

b. A Is any information ColleClion (reporting of recordMeeping) involved? (Check onel Eff ectove date:

D. At what phase of rulemakingis this submission made?

1UYes and prooosal is attacned for review 2 O Yes but preccsat is not attached - skio to Question D 3 C No - s=.0 to cuestion 0 1RNot aoolicable B Are the respondents primanly educationalagenctes or 2 C Maior rule. at NPRM stage onstotations or os the purpose related to Federal education 3 0 Major Finat ru'e for wnsch no NPRM was oubusnea programs ?

4 C Major Funal rule. afte' pubhcation of NPAM C Yes n No 5 C Nonmajor rule. at NPAM stage 6 C Nonmajor rule. at Final stage COMPLETE SH ADED PORTION IFINFORM ATION COLLECTION PROPOSALIS ATTACHED

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12. Agency report form number (s) 3150-0029 Expiration Date N/A Expiration Date 13 Are respondents only Federal agencies?

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C Yes D No 1 C orenminary pian 2 0 new tnotprevacuslyapproved or espreeo more than 6 mo.~rns 10.Will this proposed unformatson collection cause the agency to exceed its information ago) collection budget aficwance? (if yes, attach C Yes n No 3 C revision amendment request trom a gency head.)

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As part of the NRC cooperative post-agreement program with the States (Section 274(g) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended) information on licensing and irispection practices, and on incidents, and other technical and statistical infomation is exchanged.

18 Aeisted report form (sNgive OMB numoer(s). lRCN(sl.

2o. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number mternal agency report form number (s) or symbollsk) gjg N/A 21 sman eusiness or organization C Yes XE Ne 19 Type of affected muche (Checa as many as apply)

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2 KX s ta te or local govemments N/A 3 C tarms a C Dusinesses or othermstitutions lesceptfarms) l 23 Brief description of affected public le g." retail grocery stores ' " State education agencies: "househoics on 50 largest SMSa s 3 NRC Agreement State governments 24 Purpose (Check as many as apoly Itmore than one. tndicate

26. Collection method (Check as many as apply) predominant cy an asterssO 1 EXmait self-administered t C apphcation for Denefits 20 other self-admin stered 2 %X program evaluation 3 EXtelephone interview

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3 C general purpose statistics 4 KXpersonalinterview 4 xx regulatory or compliance SC recordkeeping requirement:

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years 6 C research 6 0 other-descr de-t 25 Frecuency of Use

27. Collection agent (Check one) t C Nonrecurring 1 EXrequesting Cecadment/ Agency Pecurrm; /eneck as many as a00!yl 2 C other Fecera: Department / Agency

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) Yes EXNo 31.Will the proposed information cettection create a new or Atomic Eneroy Act of 1954. as amended become part of an existing Pnvacy Act system of records?

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2 C recuired to obtain or retain benefit 32 Cost to Federal Government of 3 C mandatory-crte statute.not CFR (attach copy of 2._

information collection or rulemaking s 60.000 statutory autnority)

COMPLETE ITEMS 33 THRU 35 ONLY IF RULEM AKING SUBMISSION 33 temphance costs te the public 34 is there a regulatoryimpact 35 is tnere a statutcry orludicial analysis attacned?

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C Yes C No C Yes. Enter date C Nc CERTIFICATION BY AUTHORIZED OFFICI ALS SUBMITTING REQUEST-We certify that tne intermation conectice or ru ema.um; suDmittee f:-

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SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR OSP REQUESTS TO AGREEMENT STATES FOR INFORMATION Justification Prior to 1954, atomic energy activities were largely confined to the Federal Government.

In that year, the enactment of the Atomic Energy Act made it possible for private comercial fims to enter the field. Because of the hazards, Congress determined these activities should be regulated under a system of licensing to protect the health and safety of radiation workers and the public. The Nuclear Regulatory Comission, as a successor to the Atomic Energy Comission, is now charged by Congress with this responsibility.

Protection of the public health and safety has traditionally been a State responsibility but the 1954 Act did not carve out any specific role for the States.

In 1959, Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act was enacted to spell out a State role and to provide a statutory basis under which the Federal government could relinquish to the States portions of its regulatory authority.

The 1959 amendments made it possible for the States to license and regulate byproducts, source materials and small quantities of special nuclear materials.

The mechanism for the transfer of NRC's authority to a State is an agreement between the Governor of the State and the Commission. Twenty-six States have entered into such Agreements with NRC. These States now regulate 59% of byproduct, source and special nuclear material licensees in the United States.

Their programs are routinely reviewed by the Commission to assure that they are effective in protecting the public health and safety.

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Comission programs will be coordinated and compatible. As part of the NRC cooperative post-agreement program with the States, information on licensing and inspection practices, and/or incidents, and other technical and statistical information is exchanged.

Section 274(j) of the Atomic Energy Act requires the Commission to periodically review agreements and actions taken by the States to ensure they remain adequate and compatible and comply with other requirements of the Act.

Information received from Agreement States under this program assists NRC in obtaining a complete picture of the materials licensing program in the United States: Numbers of licenses (including by type), numbers of inspections and inspection data, leaking sources, licensee incidents, radioactive waste i -

collectors and disposal sites, etc. These data provide a basis for assessing the effectiveness of current NRC and Agreement State regulatory programs including identification of regulatory program weaknesses. The information received also provides a critical part of the data base used by NRC for its redeterminations of adequacy and compatibility of the State programs.

. f There is no source for obtaining the necessary information other than the Agreement States.

Description of Survey Plan The respondent universe is 26 States who have signed Section 274b agreements with NRC. The list of Agreement State program directors prepared by NRC's Office of State Program is used as the mailing list.

Licensing statistics and other data are collected semiannually. Standardized formats are followed by the States in assembling the data for this report.

Other information is solicited on a case-by-case basis for limited, specific purposes.

In such cases, NRC provides specific, written instructions to the States on the nature of the ~information needed.

In a few cases, information may be requested by telephone.

Pretests are not needed. Routine information collection follows standardized formats. Non-routine requests are limited and specific. Non-responses are handled by written or telephonic follow-up.

D. Nussbaumer, A/D for State Agreements directs the exchange-of-information program and assigns responsibility as appropriate to staff for design and review of the survey.

Tabulation and Publication Plans The licensing statistics and other data are assembled semi-annually and t

reproduced at the direction of the Office of State Programs.

A copy of the instructions and blank tabulation forms for routine licensing statistics and other data is attached.

Time Schedule for Data Collection and Publication Licensing statistics and other data are collected on a periodic basis.

Currently requests are made twice per year. Publication dates are scheduled for 6 months after the end of the period covered, e.g., June for statistics for the period ending in December of the previous year.

Consultations Outside the Agency NRC sponsors an annual meeting of Agreement State radiation control program directors at a three day meeting, usually in October.

In addition, NRC sponsors the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, an organization of State radiation control officials.

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are alsoconsulted individually. NRC is not aware of any significant problems 2

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o Estimation of Respondent Reporting Burden NRC contacted six Agreement States where sizes and responsibilities are a representative cross-section of the Agreement States. Based upon their estimates, the 26 Agreement States expend a total each year of 10,000 staff-hours responding to informatio,' requests from NRC. Therefore, it is probable that on an average, each State expends 192.3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> semi-annually to respond to each NRC information collection for a tot al of 10,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> annually.

Estimate of Cost to Federal Government Based upon manpower system reports, NRC expends about 1,000 professional hours per year on Exchange-of-Information with the Agreement States.

Staff experience indicates another 1,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of clerical time also expends per year. Based upon current estimates, using loaded labor rates of $40/ hour and $20/ hour respectively, the annual cost to the Government would be approximately $60,000.

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7 ALL ACRECTEhT STATES Enclosed for your inforcation is a copy of the report entitled " Licensing l

Statistics and Other Data" for the period January to June,19S0. L'c are considering going to an annual issuance, rather than semi-annual as in the past.

At this time we would lite to solicit your cernents or rcwMtions on the proposed change and on the usefulness of the inforsation in this report.

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