ML20043H050
| ML20043H050 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/22/1990 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA) |
| To: | Jeanne Johnston HOUSE OF REP., APPROPRIATIONS |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19330E503 | List:
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| References | |
| FRN-55FR21173, RULE-PR-170 AD23-2-56, NUDOCS 9006210497 | |
| Download: ML20043H050 (1) | |
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Subcomittee on Energy and Waur Development Comittee on Appropriations United States Senate Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
On December 1,1969, the Comission published proposed changos to 10 CFR Part 170 of the Comission's fee regulations in the Federal Register.
By letter dated November 29, 1989, we informed you of the issuance of the proposed rule indicating that the amendments would (1) establish a ceiling of $50,000 for topical report reviews; (2) update the schedule of fees in 10 CFR 170.31 for small radioisotope programs including the addition of a fee for byproduct material applications for decomissioning; (3) amend 10 CFR 170.20 to change the cost ser professional staff-hour from $86 based on the FY 1989 budget to $95 per 1our based on the FY 1990 budget; (4)(delete exemptionprovisionsin10CFR170.11(a)(3)(5)addanewexemptionprovisio andclarify(a)(4)and(a)5)for ease of administration in collecting fees;
-in 10 CFR 170.11(a)(11) to provide that Indian tribes and Indian organizations will be exempt from payment of fees; and (6) revise 10 CFR 170.12(h) to request that bills in excess of $5,000 be paid by electronic fund transfer in accordance with U.S. Department of the Treasury cash management initiatives.
Enclosed is a copy of the final rulemaking for 10 CFR Part 170 that has been published in the Federal Register with an effective date of July 2, 1990, This final rulemaking is being issued basically as proposed on December 1, i
1989, except for (1) a downward adjustment to the professional staff-hour rate in 10 CFR 170.20 (from $95 to $92 per hour) based on changes made by Congress in the Commission's FY 1990 budget and (2) based on public copinent, the $150 application fee in 10 CFR 170.31 is being eliminated for these applications where fees are assessed based on the full cost of the review.
Sincerely, NM h
Dennis K. Rathbun, D rector Congressional Affairs Office of Governmental and Public Affairs
Enclosure:
Final Revision to 10 CFR 170 cc: The Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield 7
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