In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 3 years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2011
83
0
68
662
0
677
171,458
0
0
Agreement States will be asked to provide information about uranium recovery and complex sites undergoing decommissioning regulated by the Agreement States on an annual basis. The information request will allow the NRC to compile, in a centralized location, more complete information on the status of decommissioning and decontamination in the United States in order to provide a national perspective on decommissioning. The information will be made available to the public by the NRC in order to ensure openness and promote communication to enhance public knowledge of the national decommissioning program. This does not apply to information, such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information provided by the Agreement States, that is considered privileged or confidential. Information such as financial assurance and the status of decommissioning funding would need to be identified by the Agreement State as privileged or confidential, whereupon the NRC would withhold such information from public access and treat it as sensitive or non-sensitive, per the considerations in 10 CFR Parts 2.390 and 9.17. This does not apply to financial assurance or decommissioning funding information that is already available to the public. Although specific details of the funding mechanisms are treated as confidential, beneficial lessons learned regarding the improvement of decommissioning-related funding will be shared with the Agreement States.
NRC decreased the estimated burden per response. The burden estimates for providing voluntary responses to NRC's information requests have been updated to more accurately reflect the time required to respond. The estimates were reduced due to the fact that the respondents are primarily updating existing site information instead of generating new site summaries. In addition, many respondents are also using a web-based interface to provide updated site information. The previous burden estimate for Agreement States with sites of interest was 13 hours per response, which has been reduced to 10 hours per response in the current submission. The previous burden estimate for Agreement States with no sites of interest was 4 hours per response, which has been reduced to 3 hours per response in the current submission.
There has been an increase in the number of sites. Agreement States must complete one response annually for each site of interest. The number of sites of interest has increased from 45 sites to 59 sites. In addition, the number of Agreement States with no sites of interest has increased from 23 to 24 Agreement States responding.
In addition, the fee rate increased from $258 to $259 per hour.
$196,840
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Gwendolyn Davis 3014158165
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.
2010 Final Supporting Statement for 3150-0206.docx
Agreement States Comprehensive Decommissioning Program, Including Annual Data Collection