Part 73 - Decommissioning Proposed Rule Burden Table

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Overview

Inputs
Annual Recordkeeping
Annual Reporting
TOTAL

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Sheet 1: Inputs

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decomissioning Proposed Rule
Paperwork Reduction Act - Information Collection Request
Part 73
2024-2026
Name	Value	Source	Notes
Annual Recordkeeping
Annual Reporting
73.5 Specific Exemptions
Number of respondents	1
Responses per respondents	3
Burden hours per response	-25
Wage rate	$288.00
Record storage costs	0.0004		A fraction of the recordkeeping hour burden

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Sheet 2: Annual Recordkeeping

Table 1 Annual Recordkeeping
Section	Type of Change New (N) Amended (A) Removed (R) Change in Respondents (CR)	Number of Recordkeepers	Burden Hours per Recordkeeper	Total Burden Hours	Total Cost at $288.00/hr	Basis of Burden Hours	Impact of Proposed Rule on Existing Clearance Burden Hour Estimates		Current	Change	After Rule
Physical Security
73.20(c), 73.25(b),(c), &(d); 73.26(d)(3); 73.26(e)(1); 73.26(h)(5); 73.26(i)(5); 73.26(j)(6); 73.26(k)(2); 73.37(a); 73.37(b)(2),(3),(4); 73.40; 73.45; 73.46(d)(3); 73.46(g)(5); 73.46(h)(1)&(3); 73.50(a)(3), 73.50(g)(1); 73.50(h); 73.51(c); 73.51(d)(5),(6),(10)&(13); 73.60(e); 73.67(a)&(c); 73.67(d)(11); 73.67(f)(4); 73.67(g)(3)(i); Appendix B Section VI H.1; Appendix C Establish and maintain NRC-approved physical protection, training & qualification and safeguards contingency plans	CR	0	16	0	$0.00	Part 73 Burden Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.51(d)(12) Physical protection program review	CR	0	8	0	$0.00	Part 73 Burden Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(b)(7); 73.55(c)(1)&(3); 73.55(e)(1)&(2); 73.55(e)(8)(iv); 73.55(k)(5)&(6); 73.55(l)(3); 73.55(n)(1); 73.55(o) Physical Security Plan	CR	0	-80	0	$0.00	Part 73 Burden Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(b)(6); 73.55(c)(4) Training and Qualification Plan	CR	0	-80	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(b)(11)& 73.58(b) Assess and manage the potential for adverse effects on safety and security	CR	0	-96	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(c)(5) Safeguards Contingency Plan	CR	0	-40	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(c)(7); 73.55(f); 73.55(k)(8); 73.55(l)(3); 73.55(n)(1), 73.56(l); 73.56(m)(4) Security implementing procedures	CR	0	-40	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(g)(6)(i)(B) Record of all individuals to whom access control devices have been issued	CR	0	-48	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(g)(6)(ii)(C) Record of all individuals to whom photo identification badges have been issued	CR	0	-48	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(g)(6)(iii) Passwords and combinations for access authorization program personnel	CR	0	-165	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(g)(7)(i)(C) Visitor control register	CR	0	-90	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(i)(4)(ii)(H) Record of alarm annunciations	CR	0	-48	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(k)(9) Document and maintain current agreements with applicable law enforcement agencies	CR	0	-10	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(b)(10); 73.55(m); 73.55(q)(4) Security program reviews	CR	0	-1380	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(p)(1)&(3) Reporting of suspension of security measures	CR	0	-0.2	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(q)(3) Retention of written agreements with contracted security force	CR	0	-0.3	0	$0.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	No impact
73.55(e)(9)(v) Control room removal from vital areas	N	1	5.0	5	$1,440.00	Professional best judgment	Current: 0 After rule: 5 Change = 5
Cybersecurity
73.54(b)(1); 73.54(e) & (f); 73.55(b)(8); 73.55(c)(6) Cybersecurity Plan requirements	CR	1	40.0	40	$11,520.00	Part 73 Tables for 2018 renewal	Current: 4,480 After rule: 4,520 Change = 40		4480	40	4520
Table 1 Total		1		45	$12,960.00
* Information collections that will not result in a burden in the relevant three-year window were included in the table to indicate the potential for a burden associated with a new or modified information collection in the future.
Note: The respondents affected by the proposed rule’s 10 CFR part 73 information collections are not new respondents; they are affected by other information collections identified in the existing 10 CFR part 73 clearance.

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Sheet 3: Annual Reporting

Table 2 Annual Reporting

Section

Type of Change New (N) Amended (A) Removed (R) Change in Respondents (CR)

Number of Respondents

Responses per Respondent

Total Responses

Burden Hours per Response

Total Burden Hours

Total Cost at $288.00/hr

Basis of Burden Hours

Impact of Proposed Rule on Existing Clearance Burden Hour Estimates

Current

Change

After Rule

Physical Security

73.5 Specific Exemptions

CR

1

3

3

-25

-75

-$21,600.00

Part 73 clearance

Current: 100 After rule: 25 Change = -75

100

-75

25

Table 2 Total

1

3

-75

-$21,600.00

* Information collections that will not result in a burden in the relevant three-year window were included in the table to indicate the potential for a burden associated with a new or modified information collection in the future.

Note: The respondents affected by the proposed rule’s 10 CFR part 73 information collections are not new respondents; they are affected by other information collections identified in the existing 10 CFR part 73 clearance.

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Sheet 4: TOTAL

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Decomissioning Proposed Rule

Paperwork Reduction Act - Information Collection Request

Part 73

QUESTION 12

Estimated Burden and Burden Hour Cost

2024-2026 Burden Totals

Table

Description

Burden Hours

Cost of $288.00/hr

Annual Respondents

1

1

Annual Recordkeeping

45.0

$12,960.00

2

Annual Reporting

-75.0

-$21,600.00

Annual Reporting Responses

3

TOTAL

-30.0

-$8,640.00

Annual Recordkeeping Responses

1

QUESTION 13

Estimate of Other Additional Costs

Record keeping hours

45.0

Wage rate

$288.00

Record storage costs

0.0004

Total record storage costs

$5.18

Current record storage costs

$50,419

New record storage costs

$50,424.18

QUESTION 14

Estimated Annualized Cost to the Federal Government

NRC Action

Rule Text Provision

No. Actions/Year

Reduced Burden Hours/Action

Total Reduced Hours

Total Cost Reduction

Reviewing physical security related exemption requests

73.5

3

12

36

$10,368

Current cost to the Federal Government

$1,255,500

New cost to the Federal government

$1,245,132.00

Source:

Current Part 73 Supporting Statement