ML15152A008

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Enclosure 2 - NUUREG-BR-0254 Payment Methods
ML15152A008
Person / Time
Issue date: 06/01/2015
From:
NRC/OIP
To:
Baker S -- 415-3229
References
Download: ML15152A008 (2)


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FedEx or overnight mailings must be delivered to:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Bank Government Lockbox SL-MO-C2GL 1005 Convention Plaza St. Louis, MO 63101 You must file your Taxpayer Identification Number with the NRC. NRC Form 531 can be viewed and printed from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. Select Business with NRC; then select License Fees; and scroll down to Payment Terms, Options and Forms. You can also obtain a form by calling Fees at (301) 415-7554.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer will promptly respond to all requests for information. Please contact the office at:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OCFO/DFM/LFT Mail Stop T-9E10 WASHINGTON, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-7554.

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APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150-0190 Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request:

5 minutes. This collection solicits information that will allow the respondent to transfer funds electronically. Forward comments regarding burden estimate to the Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction Project (3150-0190), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC.

20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.

The following are payment methods accepted by the NRC for payment of an annual fee, a proposed or imposed civil penalty, a full cost licensing or inspection invoice, an application fee, a revision to a reciprocity application, a registration fee, or other fees.

The Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) Network is a highly reliable and efficient nationwide batch-oriented electronic funds transfer system. The ACH is governed by operating rules that provide for the interbank clearing of debit and credit transactions and for the exchange of information among participating financial institutions.

A growing number of transactions involving the collection of funds by Federal agencies are being made through the ACH Network. The Federal government is the largest single user of the ACH Network, originating and receiving millions of transactions each month. At the NRC, collections via the ACH Network have been_incre~sing each year si.nce.1996.

ACH offers several advantages :overchecks:

  • Preferred method of payment

~Provides automatic bill. payment

  • Eliminates postage fees
  • Eliminates l<ist:checks.
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The NRC is currently accepting credit cards for payment of annual fees, full cost licensing and inspection fees, new license fees, revisions to reciprocity applications, civil penalties, and other fees. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. If you wish to pay by credit card, complete the authorization form included with your invoice or civil penalty. You may also print a copy of the forin from the NRC Web site. The URL is* http://www.nrc.

gov. Select Business with NRC; then select License Fees; and scroll down to Payment Terms, Options and Forms. The authorization form is NRC Form 629, Authorization for Payment by Credit Card.

Mail the completed credit card authorization to:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Bank P.O. Box 979051 St. Louis, MO 63197-9000 Be sure to reference your invoice number if you are paying a bill. If you are submitting an application fee for a new license or a revision to a reciprocity application, just state this in the invoice field.

If you are paying a civil penalty, reference the EA number in the invoice field.

The NRC can receive funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Fedwire Deposit System. The basic wire message format below complies w.ith the Federal Reserve Board's standard structured third-party format for all electi<iriic funds transfer (EFT) messages.

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~ROERING BANK AND RELATED DATA

. TREAS NYC/CTR BNF-/AC-31000001 OBI-

~ SENDER-DFl-NAME *The Federal Reserve Bank will automatically insert this information.

@I RECEIVER*DFl*NAME *Treasury's name for deposit messages is "TREAS NYC."

The sending bank will enter this name.

@PRODUCT CODE - A product code of "CTR" for customer transfer should be the first data in the RECEIVER-TEXT field. Other values may be entered, if appropriate, using the AB/l!s options. A slash must be entered after the product code.

@AGENCY LOCATION CODE (ALC) *THIS ITEM IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.

IT MUST APPEAR ON THE FUNDS TRANSFER DEPOSIT MESSAGE IN THE PRECISE MANNER AS STATED TO ALLOW FOR THE AUTOMATED PROCESSING AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNDS TRANSFER MESSAGE TO THE AGENCY LOCATION CODE OF THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY. The ALC identification sequence can, if necessary, begin on one line and end on the next line; however,.

the field tag "BNF=" must be on one line and cannot contain any spaces. The NRC's 8-digit ALC is: BNF=/AC-31000001 fJi) THIRD*PARTY INFORMATION* The Originator to Beneficiary Information (OBI) field tag "OBI=" signifies the beginning of the free-form third-party text. All other identifying information intended to enable the NRC to identify the deposit-for example, NRC annual fee invoice number, description offee, 10 CFR 171 annual fee, and licensee name-should be placed in this field.

The optimum format for fields 7, 8, 9, and 1 O using an 8-digit ALC is as follows:

TREAS NYC/CTR/BNF=/AC-31000001 OBI=

The optimum format, shown above, will allow 219 character positions of information following the "OBI=" indicator.

If the licensee's bank is not a member of the FederarHeserve System, the non-member bank musttransfer the necessary information and* funds to* a member bank, which then must transfer the information arid funds to the local Federal Reser\\ie Bank.

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