44 CFR part 352, "Commercial Nuclear Power Plants, Emergency preparedness Planning", establishes policies and procedures for a lecensee submissionof a certification of "decline" or "fail", and for FEMA determination concerning Federal assistance to the Licensee; and also establishes policies and procedures for providing Federal support for offsite planning and preparedness.
EO: EO 12657 Name/Subject of EO: FEMA assistance in emergency preparedness planning at commercial nuclear power plants
This collection has a burden hour adjustment of -120 burden hours. The previous data collection submission burden hours was improperly submitted because it contained a break-down of unnecessary burden hours. The burden hours to licensee are described in 44 CFR 352.4(a) thru (c) which are capture in the submission of a letter to FEMA with respects to certification, that include all burden described in the "Itemized Changes in Annual burden Hours" in the supporting statement.
The adjustment of -$7,472 burden hour cost was improperly submitted as a program change. The adjustment in burden hour cost is estimated for respondents wage rate categories, not a cost in program change. During this submission decrease. The hours also include an additional 1,868, which is estimated for this ICR submission of 1,952, with a wage rate category increase from $46.70 to $48.80 per hour.
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.