10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/05/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2021
208
102
753
796
3
0
10 CFR Part 140 specifies the information to be submitted by licensees that enables the NRC to assess (a) financial protection required by licensees and for the indemnification and limitation of liability of certain licensees and other persons pursuant to Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and (b) the liability insurance required opinion.
The overall burden hours for this collection has decreased from 796 hours in the previous cycle to 753 total hours in this cycle (an overall decrease of 43 hours). Changes in burden include:
⢠There is a reduction of operating reactor licensees submitting information related to Section 140.21, this number has been reduced from 98 in the previous cycle to 89 in this cycle resulting in a reduction of 72 hours; the burden per response was not affected.
⢠10 hours have been removed under the Section 140.8, no submission have been received in the previous two cycles, therefore, none are anticipated for this cycle.
⢠The number of responses increased to include 15 licensees reporting under Section 140.13, an increase of 13 licensees and 13 hours
⢠The previous submission inadvertently omitted recordkeeping burden maintaining these documents under 140.6(b); the burden has been included in the current submission. Industry has not indicated a significant amount of time is required to maintain these documents electronically. Therefore, the total annual recordkeeping burden is estimated at 15 minutes annually, or 26 hours for all respondents. In addition, this change increased by the number of responses by adding 104 recordkeeping responses.
An increase in cost is also due to the increase in fee rate, from $263/hour to $279/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.
FINAL supporting statement for Part 140 information collection.docx
10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements