ML20196J088

Request for OMB Review & Supporting Statement Re Class Exemption for Repts Concerning Possible Nonroutine Generic Problems.Estimated Respondent Burden Is 5,000 H

ML20196J088
Person / Time
Issue date:	03/08/1988
From:	Mcdonald W NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To:
References
OMB-3150-0012, OMB-3150-12, NUDOCS 8803140152
Download: ML20196J088 (5)

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Import nt Read instruct.ons teore comp;eting form. Do not use the same SF 83 Send three copies of this form the material to be reviewed, and for to requ:st botr. an Est-ct tive Order 12291 revieu and approval under paperwork-three copies of the supporting statement, to.

the Paperwor A Reductien Act Answer all q;estons in Part 1 If this request is fo rewew under E.O.

Office of Information and Regulatory Aftairs 12291, compiete Part H and s'gn the regulatory certification. If this Office of Management and Budget r:Quist is for approval uncer the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR Attention: Docket Ubrary, Room 3201 1320, skip Part II, complete Part 111 ard 5:gn the paperwork certification.

Washington, DC 20503 PART l.-Complete This Part for All Requests.

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3. Na nsi of person who can Dest ansner quest.or;s regarding this request Teiepnone number Brenda Jo. Shelton

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13. Abstract-Desenbenceds,usesandatfectedpubhcin5owordsoriess "Nuclear facilities, nuclear material" NRC is requestint review of its clearance to collect information concerning emergency non-routine generic problems which require prompt action to preclude potential threats to the public health and

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7. Enter date of expected or actual Federal 4 O notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)

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b SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR CLASS EXEMPTION FOR REPORTS CONCERNING POSSIBLE NON-ROUTINE GENERIC PROBLEMS Description of the Information Collection If the NRC determines that a specific reporting event or issue may have an innediate, significant generic implication, i.e., that the event or issue has or might have the potential for an immediate occurrence at other facilities and that the occurrence is a threat to the public safety, health, and or to the connon defense, the NRC could issue an emergency request that requires the collection and reporting of infonnation to the NRC.

A.

JUSTIFICATION 1.

Need for the Collection of Infonnation As a part of its normal program activities, the NRC conducts an inspection and enforcement program to ensure that activities conducted by the applicant / licensee during the regulatory licensing review process, which includes both the construction and operation phase of a nuclear power plant, are performed in a manner that ensures adequate protection of the health and safety of the public, the the common defense and security, and the quality of the environment. Reportable occurrences, or unusual events, equipment failures, construction problems, and issues discovered or raised by the technical staff during the safety review are brought to the attention of the NRC through licensee reporting procedurcs, the safety review process itself, and by NRC's inspection staff.

Reports submitted by the licensee and issues discovered by the staff are evaluated, and if the NRC determines that the reporting event or issue may have immediate significant generic implications, that is, that the event or issue has or might have the potential for imediate occurrence at other facilities, a sumary notification and/or request for information is immediately sent to other licensees and applicants that may be similarly affected.

The notice alerts the licensees / applicants and requests them to immediately begin to take appropriate action to ensure that same situation does not exist or will not occur at their facility.

Depending upon the seriousness of the problem, the notice may require prompt reports to the NRC presenting the results of the inspection, corrective measures taken, or analysis performeo.

2.

Agency Use of Information Based on the infonnation obtained from licensees / applicants and the staff's evaluation of the problem, new regulatory requirements may be identified. Depending upon the nature of the problem and its resolution, these new requirements could be imposed by regulation, or they could be imposed on affected facilities individually by amendment to the technical specifications or conditions of their construction permit or license.

In addition, the NRC could issue a Regulatory Guide which would describe the nature of the problem and the method or methods found adequate by the regulatory staff for its resolution.

Where the corrective action is taken by the issuance of a new regulation, any recordkeeping or reporting requirement would be cleared with OMB in the nonnal manner. Where corrective action is imposed by amendment to a licensee's technical specifications or condition of the construction permit or operating license, the action and any subsequent reporting would not be subject to the clearance procedure since the requirements would be imposed on a case-by-case basis. With respect to this request for a renewal of NRC's class exemption, we are concerned particularly with those initial comunications that will be sent to licensees concerning possible non-routine generic problems, and require prompt licensee / applicant action to preclude potential threats to the public health and safety and request licensees / applicants to take immediate action and report the results to the NRC.

3.

Reduction of Burden Through Infonnation Technology There are no legal obstacles to reducing the burden associated with this information collection through the use of information i

technology. The nonrecurrence of each individual collection makes l

it difficult to reduce the burden through the use of technology.

However, the NRC encourages the respondents to use any innovative technology which would reduce burden.

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4 Effort to Identify Duplication The Federal Information Locator System (FILS) was searched to determine NRC and other federal agency duplication. None was found.

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Effort to Use Similar Infonnation l

The one time information collections would address specific problems or events that are unique and that could not be addressed by use of existing data collections.

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Effort to Reduce Small Business Burden Approximately 90% of the non-routine generic problems identified have been related to nuclear pcwer plants and do not effect small businesses. However, when small businesses are involved, every effort is made to keep the burden as low as reasonable possible without ccmpromising the safety and health of the public.

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Consequences of Less Frequent Collection Infonnation collections are one time actions which address a specific generic problem.

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Circumstances Which Justify Variation From OMB Guidelines Infonnation would be collected in the most expedient manner possible in order to respond to the emergency and the particular information being requested.

Responses may be required in fewer than 30 days after receipt of the information collection request in order for NRC to evaluate the responses and act quickly on matters that could impact the public health and safety.

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Consultations Outside the NRC No consultations have taken place since the last submittal to OMB.

10. Confidentiality of Information Proprietary and safeguards ir. formation would be handled with confidentiality, all other information would be made part of the public record.

11. Justification for Sensitive Questions No sensitive questions are asked.

12.

Estimated Annualized Cost to the Federal Government Each generic request would require an estimated 2,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> of staff time to initiate the request, monitor actions, review and analyze results, and issue recomendations. Therefore, the annual cost for the anticipated event would be $120,000 (2,000 X 1 X $60/hr).

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Estimate of Burden a.

Events which would require responses from licensees / applicants concerning possible non-routine generic problems occur at random.

However, one event could occur annually affecting 50 licensee / applicants. The time required to conduct an inspection, prepare an evaluation, and submit results to NRC could average 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br /> per respondent depending on the event.

Based on staff projections, it is estimated that the total annual burden would be 5,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> (50 x 100 hours0.00116 days <br />0.0278 hours <br />1.653439e-4 weeks <br />3.805e-5 months <br />).

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Estimated annual costs would be $300,000 (5,000 hrs X $6^).

14 Reasons for Chance in Burden No change.

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Publication for Statistical Use The data collected would not be published.

B.

COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODb Statistical methods are not used in this collection of information.

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