ML20125E277

Requests Reproduction of Encl Notice Sheet,Ltr Notice & Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Re 10CFR170 & 171

ML20125E277
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Issue date:	07/16/1992
From:	Holloway C NRC OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER
To:	Philips J NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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FRN-57FR32691, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171 AE20-2-017, AE20-2-17, NUDOCS 9212160282
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MEMORANDUM FOR:

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Assistant for Fee Policy and Rules Office of the Controller 4

SUBJECT:

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF

. FINAL REVISIONS TO 10 CFR PARTS 170' AND 171 Please reproduce 15,000 copies offthe attached-1) notice sheet and 2) letter notice to "All Parts 30, 40, 50, 61,-70, 71,f72,.73 i

and 110 Licensees, Applicants and Vendors" and 3)fthe Notice of Proposed.Rulemaking relating to fees for FY 1992.

The final rule 4

is scheduled to be published.in the Federal Reaister in the-next few days.

As we have discussed, your Branch will reproduce-the notice sheet, the'1etter notice, and the proposed rule rather than wait until it.is published in the Federal Reaister~because-the bills will be mailed upon publication of the rule.

This will expedite the mailing process and hopefully the final rule will reach licensees at the same time as the final rula is published and the bills are received.

Please take the necessary steps'to have the notice sheet, letter notice and the final rule mailed first class to the following in a timely manner:-

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,The external distribution should include:

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' Utilities and vendors (11S).

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Research and Test reactors (11R)-

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Power plant managers'(11M) p d.

' Vendors (11V)

NMSS-type 111censeessin thd NMSS data base, e.

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including. sealed-source device registrants, and Part 71 certificato a nd approval holders.-

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All. Agreement States (CY)-

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All Non-Agreement States (CJ) h.

Interest groups and organizations (XI)_

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Export _and import licenses

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The address labels for category "e" above are being provided to your office by Maureen Moriarity, Steven Baggett, and Eloise Richardson.

The address labels for categories i and j are being provided to your. office by Diane Dandois, Chief, License Fee and Debt Collection Branch.

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Ire internal distribution should include all branch chiefs and above in the followina offices:

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. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation b.

Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data c.

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards d.

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research e.

Office of International Programs f,

Office of State' Programs q,

Office of Public Affairs h.

Office of Congressional Affairs 1.

Office of the General Counsel j.

All regional offices k.

Advisory Committee on-Reactor Safeguards 1.

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste m.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication n.

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1,000 copies to the License Fee and Debt I

Collection Branch, MNBB-4503, for distribution as needed Your prompt attention in expediting this distribution is appreciated.

Any copies remaining after distribution is completed should be sent to Glenda Jackson in_MNBB-4503.- If there are any questions, contact me on.X24301.

Please let us know the date the distribution is made'in order for us to alert licensees who call'concerning this' matter.

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A sistant for Fee Policy and Rules office of the Controller j

Enclosure:

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Notice Sheet 2.

Letter Notice to Licensees with Final Rule Revisions for 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171

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The address labels for category "e" above are being provided to your office by Maureen Moriarity, Steven Baggett, and Eloise Richardson.

The address labels for categorie0 1 2nd j are being provided to your office by Diane Dandois, Chief, License Fee and Debt Collection Branch.

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The internal distribution should include all branch chiefs and above in the followina offices:

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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation b.

Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data c.

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards d.

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research e.

Office of Internationcl Programs f.

Office of State Programs g.

Office of Public Affairs h.

Office of Congressional Affairs 1.

Office of the General Counsel j.

All regional offices k.

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 1.

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste m.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board n.

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication i

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1,000 copies to the License Fee and DGbt Collection Branch, MNBB-4503, for distribution as needed Your prompt attention in expediting this distribution is appreciated.

Any copies remaining after distribution is completed should be sent to Glenda Jackson in MNBB-4503.

If there are any questions, contact me on X24301.

Please let us know the date the distribution is made in order for us to alert licensees who call concerning this matter.

C.

James Holloway, Jr.

Assistant for Fee Policy and Rules i

Office of the Controller

Enclosure:

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Notice Sheet 2.

Letter Notice to Licensees with Final Rule Revisions for 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 DISTRIBUTION: OC R/F, OC S/F, JHolloway,JFug$hs, LHiller, DDandois, DGrimsley (ADM), GJackson (OC)

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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO FINAL REVISIONS TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S LICENSE FEE REGULATIONS IN 10 CFR PARTS 170 AND 171-FOR FY 1992.

THE-F.TNAL CHANGES AFFECT ALL APPLICANTS FOR AND HOLDERS OF NRC LICENSES,.

CERTIFICATES AND APPROVALS.

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-) The final decision of an agency deductions nor crechtable in a CSRS Commission. Washington, DC 20655..

.ying an individual coverage while serymg in an approved secondary component as described in i 646.304(b). Telephone 301-492-4301.

i position because of failure to meet the suppusseManY lesP0nasaT10st (d)(1) The CSRS definitione of law I. Backsround.

i conditions in i 642.803(b) may be enforcement officer under 5 USC it. Responses to comments.

appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board under procedures 8331(20) and firefighter under 5 USC.

!!!. Final Action--Changes lacluded la Final prescribed b, the Board.

8331(21) are a plicable to service Ruk.

performed be ore an em loyee hwie IV. Section-by.Section Analysis.

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14. In i 642.806. paragraph (a)is subject to chapter 84 ifi e sou

[a3 ImPadegoncal revised to read as follows:

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VI. Paperwork Reduction Act steiement.

I 642.804 @wei (i) Subject to CSRS dedtrne at the vit Regulatory Analys6s.

demnnensuono, ght of coverage time it was performed (inc.Nel service VIII. Regulatory Flexibility Analys6s.

that becomes creditable under FERS 11Beckfit Analysis.

(a) Upon deciding that a position isa annuity computation rules);

law enforcement officer or firefighter (ii) Performed before 1987 and not g, gg position, each agency head must notify subject to retirement deductions; or Public I,aw 101-40s, the Omnibus j

OPM (Attention: Asaociate Director for (iii) Pstformed after 1988 and not Budget Reconciliation Act of1000 1

Retirement and insurance) statms the subject to mtirement deductions but is (OBRA-00), signed into law on

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title of each position, the number of creditable in a CSRS component as,

November 5.19ea requires that the NRC incumbents whether the poestion is described in i 84ew304(b).

recover approximately 100 percent of its ngorous or secondary, and. if the -

(2) The determination of whether any budget authority less the amount j

position is ngorous, the esublished.

service meets the CSRS definktions of appropriated from the Department of l

maximum entry age (or if no maximum law enforcement officer under 5 USC Energy (DOE) administered Nw: lear entry age has yei been established, the 8331 (20) or firefighter under 5 UAC Weste Fund (NWF)for FYs 1991 through

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date by which it will be established).

8331(21) taust be made in accordance 1995 by assessin The Director of OPM retaas tha with the provisions of !Nbpart I of Part and annual fees.g license. inspsetion.

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authonty to overrule an age.acy head's 831 of this chapter.

On July 10.1991 (56 FR 31472). the determmation tnat a posit.on is a rigorous or secondary pveition, except Iada.aes [ W NRC published a finalrule in the j

such a determination under 5 USC

16. in i 842.aos, the tenn 10. year" is Federal Register which established the il17)(B)(concerning certain revised to med "> year"la peregraphe part 170 professional hourly rete and the l

loyees in the Departnients of the (b). (c)(1)(ii), and (c)(2)(ii).

meterials licensing and inspection fees erior and the Treasury) or under 5 as well as the part 171 annual fees to be l

USC 8401117)(D)(concerning certain (pit poc. e2-1730s Phl 7-22-e2: e 4s am) assees~l to recover a ximately 100 positions primarily involved in detention siussecoes e percent of the FY1991 De July -

activities).

10.1991. flaal ruw oecame effective August 9.1991. In addition to NN establiabing the FY 1991 fbes. the August

15. In ( 642.80s. paragraph (e)is C000000000000-9.1901. final rule established the mg % g og go, se tence o b int uctory 10 CFR Porte 170 anaf 171

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• April 17,1992 (57 FR 13625). with an.

la) Any service as an air traffic asemer: Nuclear ReptulatwF effective date of May 18 tehd.De -

controller, within h meaning of this Comminaica.

hmited change to part 170 allows the r fte a uary I nelrule.

NRC to bill quarterly for those Hoemas o-Gemed before that date-is included fue that am curandy buled any si" m dstermming an employee's length of - suessoasm%e Nacisar Regulatow h "g 8"

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USC.8412(e) for the purposes of charged to its hfla ' eman miu retirement eligibility and for mandatory The amendments are necessary to _$C's size sunderds.D as ths anwity is based on a se(pa) ration - into law on November 5.19ea whichseparatio annual fu d 81.a00 pw He==aad cakgwy is condawd fu FY 1983.

from wrvice w as sfter 1908. -

mandates that the NRC recover Hownw. a loww der smaH eenty fu d e

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• De FERSdefinitions of.

firefighter under 5 UAC 4401(14) and approximately 100 percent of its budget $400 pw Ucmind cakgwy be been lsw enforcement officerimder 8 UAC' authority in Flecal Year (FY) 1903 less sembhehed Tw smau 6=ina==== m i amounts appropriated freen the Necieer non-pedit organizadone with M

"(17) are not oppbcebte to servloe-Weste Fund (NWF).The assent 10 he receipto dless thanSasom and mean rmed-sovermnantal"" witha recovesed ler FY 1993 le oppr=Imately populados of Een dianM c.

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g403.5a h (2) After 1988 sad before ha em' ENECMMEf, August.34490f.'.

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-first becomes subtectto datterse( t. pan peument^;._.

NRCpubhehed the proposed ndedbet...

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rule.

equivalents) by malor program for FY

? basic methodology used in the Response. The NRC believes it has 1992 and Table 111 shows the budgeted posed rule was uncnanged from that provided safBaent informatiori costs (salaries and benefits.

sd to calculate the part 170 concerning the FY 1991 budget to allow administrative support. travel and other

,fessional hourly rste. the specific effective evnination and constructive GaA contractual support) which must tensis licensing and inspection fees comment on the pmposed enla.In part be recovemi through fees assessed for i

' aart 170, and the part 171 annual fees 111. the Sectson-by. Sections Analysis of the hours expended by the direct FITS.

he final rule published July to.1991 the proposed rule pubilebed April 29.

The budgeted costs beve increased $38.8 FR 31472). Because the public was 1992 (57 Rt 180e7). the NRC provided a million as compend to FY 1991 levels.

vided an opportunity to comment on dotaded. '

E= of the FY 1992 Die increase reflects the amount basic approach, pohcies and budgeted aeste for the vances classes of required by the NRC to effectively todology used in the July 10.1991, licensensibeing assessed feen. In accomplish the mission of the agency.

il rule and because these comments,, addition. the Nnc R. ;- _ _-- pertinent The specific details regarding the budget re fully addressed in that fhtal rule, to the developmentof thelses to be for FY 1992 are documented in the NRC requested public commear only assessed wereplacedin the Public NRC's publicatioer" Budget Estimates.

I the issus of whether the methodology Document Room (PDR) on April 29,1992. Fiscal Teorer1999.1998" (NUREG-1100 apted in FY 1991 wee propesty for public restow.no workpapere Volume 77, which is available to the

)ited to the FY 1992 budget autherwy, provide additionellaformation public. Given the increase in the budget

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concerning the L L st of the fees-it is necesseryto increase the 1992 includingtin FY 1996 budgeted hourly rete toromver It)0 percent of the

~he NRC received nineteen puhuc tesources.at the embectivity level foe the budget se required by OBRA-90, ne nments by the close of the comment majoeproyeses.h respueses shown in NRCis unebie to use the CPI orother mod en May 29.1992, and sab the workpapesa act the same as those indicesin the development of the NRC litional ten commaats by the close of idenhfied in the Ptve YearPlanfor FY hourly rete or thefece to be essessed einess on June 22,1992.neme

!getand are displayed at the lowest under 10 CFR parte 170 and 171 because nments were evaluatedin the level, the subactivity level, as in the Ftve i the hourly rate wereincreased by only

<elopment of this finalrule.

Year Plan.

three to four percent over the FY 1997

)f the twenty nine mmmanta.twa

2. Comment. A fespoonunenter*

levels, the NRCoould not meet the re from power reactaclicenseesrae indicated het the heariyrans of tt219er tr-sentatives and tweattassen.. FY 1998 6e seven pa===*incesses om-etstutory mandatereqotrement of Netoons mawned withother. FY 1991)is not luettned and thatth" OBRA-40 totoeover approximately 100 rt 2es

.enses. including eleven NRC had notindicated thatitla percent of theNRC bodget authonty

2. ment letters frosa the uranlunk incurring an incream in the area of

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tustry or their representatives. Copies. salaries. benefits. and overhead but 3* C##

"""i" ill comment letters received are reabee esinereeseenoted NRC indicewd &W 6eimpation d the -

tilable for inspecuan in the NRC spending.He commenters pointed out annual fees in certain instances bears alic Documerit Room. 21201. Street, that the NRC p J

' retelias no " reasonable relationship to the cost V. (Lower Level), Washington. DC.

increased by approximately 115 percent of providing ngulatory services and siany of the comments were similarin over a seven year period while the emf m se eOBRA-90 in ure. For evaluation purposes these Consumer Pnce Indeir(cpl? has shower that they haveact boom

• fairly and mments have been grouped. as-an inflation rate of about 22 percent for equW aHoested aug bases aropriate, and addressed in the the same period. De commenters Con =naae= reb aspeed. for example. that atut of the narrow focus of this ftnal recommendedthattha NRC heingits FY the NRC should not charge two fees for e.

1992 hourly rete back in une with.the.

CM process coved by two heenus or b

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costs shoeld e bee alloca to

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regulates.%is would be threeto four bghe uressum facihues as

1. Commer:t. A few commentere-percent a year or an hourly rase o(Sue, empered to low'ennched uramum iicated that theNRC has notprovided go, py goes,n facilities. Another commenter stated -

Ticientinformatiouron which to -

suggated thatitisinappooprisNte.

that la le not fair and equitable to assess aluate ths fees to be essessed forFY' raise the A

' rate and a highee fee for a UF. converter than for 12.nese commenters stated that th' - inspenstan fesaby r parouse.h a milllicemes. One commenter susseeted.

IC violated the Adwdnietrettre mm a

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6.a diet the NBC, that it is not considered "precucable to cedum Act(APA)byfailingtw un the CPterother hidiomake.

aseeen alLliosaseos of a class to

. mde en explanation ofhow it arrived' deteraaninginture adl==*===*= to ite, co=(=== ate har reveenne lost from other l

tts finsi determination of the annual hourly reten.

clasesooflisensen,h==== of bcense es. ptrticularly as they apply to flael 4'esponse.DeNK profeestoseg terminatione and thes he should be cte facilities. ney also stated that the har any rete is established to recover provided an accountinsof the IC did notprovide sufBelentdetat op esedmetelysosperimma of the compaaaae easte forNRCgeneric acerning the NRC badget tevertfrther Congr==aia=athyappassed hadpit.neen activales,e.s:.rula==Han upgrading we +changerirr theproposed role. it e eve thaiN w w.as afeguards.rmponemanas, modifyme ar s re====ad=d testthe

.egessedbyOBRMas 8eth the =.nh t

standard review plans. overseene K

publicly evallableiteFtve' and budgeted costa need by the NRCla regional programe and. developing tar Pten orother documents wie aar the develagensma alths.houslyseteret inspecdon programs.

.~utvaleselevetof detaf toprevkgrthe 3123 for FY 1901 ace discussedladetail.

F 7 m InIBe Enalrule published formattoerasemesaryto eBow aar in the perm Seessedir.8bellen.

July 10,isst (5EFEguang.thaNRC recttveevelessoiret andpermR-Analysis.fbr f TfR3Boiesgeopened indreanal GaER la est gracticalta '

recteditoessene tv praetdr rule (57 PR*MFDr example.Thbre It alfocate costs on the basis of such

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i e as difference in processes and language indicates that money from the fullcost of regulatory services aer or not the facdity has more these programa may be retained and associated with the reclamation process.

l safety problems than another facility at used for salaries and expensee Response:To recover 100 percent of a spredic pomt in tune. it must be associated with those activities. One recognized that NRC genenc safety and commenter recommended that NRC the budget the NRC assesses two typee f

safeguards costs included in the annual

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fee are not related to a specific

- review its FY 1993 allocation of funda of fees. Pirst. llcense and inspection fees are secessed under 10 CFR part 170 to individuallicensee. Coste related to a and confirm that the Nuclear Weste recover the costs to the NRC of Fund (NWF) appropriation of about $20 j

speedic application. license or approval million includes St.7 million in providing individual services to specific I

that provide an identifiable service are applicants for, and holders of.NRC

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recovsred under the fee reguladone of to activities in order to avoid doubleadministrative costa for hig CG part 170, For the generic and other payment by utilities, once through their rendered in response to an apphcation fees are billed for specific services regulatory costa not recovered under to mill / kwhr peyment to the NWF and filed with the NRC for review or an CFR part 170, the NRC,in compliance again through the annual charge that inspection conducted by the NRC.

with the requirements of OBRA-e0lhas' recoupe total NRC adadaistrative costs. Second, annual j

alloceted these costs to major classes of Response. De NRC providee some 10 CFR part 171 to recover NRC generic licensees. The law permite, and the NRC I

has established, a schedule of annual technical assistance to foreign and other regulatory costs not recovered charges that assesses differest annual governments and internatanal under to CFR part 170. Ele is the charste for different liconesse or claenes organisations on a reimbureable basis process used to charge ureolum of licensees. To the extent precucable and participates in cooperative research recovery licensees. Dus, there le no programs. For example, the Omrdbus and where necessary for a more fair and Budget Reconcthetion Act. FY 19e7double charging of fees to urenlum t

equitsble allocation of costs, a major requires that the NRC certify containere fee recovers only those costo not recovery licensees because the annual class oflicensees was divided into that wdl be used to transport plutonium subclassee. Within a class or subclass of through United States air space and that recovered under 10 CFR part 170. -

licensees, the costs were uniformly

6. Comment. A few commentere all costs incurred for thle certification be submitted comments on the allocated to each licensee in the class or reimbursed by the foreign country subclass based on the prendee that there involved. Examples of international methodology need by the NRC to i

is no sigmficant difference in the genenc develop the lower tier emeu entity fee of and other regulatory services provided cooperative research inclede the

$400 established by the NRC effective

-h licensee within a classer participation of Finland and Speln in May 18,19escWhile opplauding the NRC

• se<This approach and principle severe accident t===4 Austria on i

used for all classee-of bconsees.

source term research, and Kores on for developing a lower tier email enety fee, commestore recommended that the Therefsre, the NRC cannot provide each piping integrity reeeerch. Dese costs

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boenses an accounting of the component are not inc6ededin NRCs budget (t) Expand the criteria as to what costs for NRC generic and other request but are paid for by the foreign consututes a "small endty" and that a rtgulatory acovities.However, the governement orinternational-activiti:e associated with a specific organisation for which the work le being sliding scale fee should be considered class oflicensees are summarised in this performed.nese activities are therefore bened on ability to payt

. (2) Reev==ine the method of rule and detailed in publicly available not included in the computation of 100 aHocadon of costs, particularly the fee workpapere. With respect to license percent fee recovery for the funds lower tier small entity fee of $400 -

terminsuona that occurred durms FY appropriated to the NRC and are -

1991. it must be recosmaed that for FY therefore not charged to licensees because these coaunentere believe that 1992 ths base or total numberof.

through the asseesneemt of user feea.

it is inherently unfair to enable " mon lleensees has decrossed for some

%ese monies are separetely identifled - and pop" operations to remain in clasets of licensees, and therefore the -

in the esency's flamadat systems, and business yet force modest companies, fees must be increased in FY 1992 in -

are deposited and disburned for the with comparably small reolographic ordtr for the NRC to recover performance of the functions for which testing departments, to subsidise them: -

they are collected.

(3) Clarify whether the groes annual approximately 100 percent of its budget.

With respect to the NWF receipts are considered income Because the coste are allocated to a generated only from the activities elsse oflicensees, any taradnettons that - 31.7 mt!! ion of the NRCe total-appropriation for the FY 1993 budget, pertaining to the license orincome

- occur within the class wiu raise the fees for the remainder of the liconeses within adadaistrative support funds was generated froen the entire entity allocated to the HigMavel Weste composed of various departments; and -

that class.

Regulaeon program beoed epon the fuu. - jur(isdictione to deduct the p

4) AHow emell county gruernmental

4. Comment. A few coaumenters time equivalent stafBeg badgeted for indicated that the NRC may have intppropriately included certain that program. Funde for the NRC High-incorporated cittee and villages not budgeted costs in the fee base. One

!Avel Nuclear Weste Regulation within the jurisdictional powers of the -

county, program are approprinted from the commenter indicated that the proposed Nuclear Weste Fund. th=aa== are not flesponse neee types of coaunente j

rule did not show any offsets to FY 19eg - charged fees for the administrative were addressed by the NRCla section

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salaries and expenses frees revenues '

II, Responses to coaunents, item B., of s

Nuclear Weste Fund. support costswhich are suocated to the. the finallimited rule pub wi from cooperative nuclear NRC on April 17,1993 (88 FR 13ess,- -

resserch programe, services

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- ru..ered to foreign geoerunente and intirnational organisettees, and the indicated that to eensen See Category 13e27) Brie 9y, the NRC ladicated that mtterialandinformeemreesses 2.A.(2k Cines I, fees for sitee <

any reduction in fees for emeu eneties must bepaid by otherNRClim reclamation essenes todoable charcas and that whee shelewer tier ess

' a thcotendonpropaneTMsasumenter boomene theseitypassi feellities see '

noted that the FY 1segraethestantion already charged fees ander part 170 for-entity fee of sees done not elimimete the-impact of the fees en eseed emettee,it -

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2804 Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thttroday, July 23. 1992 / Rules and Regulations i d lly reduces the tropact for would result in the NRC not meeung the sigmficant difference in the genene and

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.tsees with relative]y low groes statutory requirements of OBRA-90 that other regulatory services provided to i naual receipts of less than $250.000 and NRC recovec approxamately 100 percent each of the licenses.

;r small iovernmental jurisdictions ofits budget authonty for FY 1992.

The same NRC regulations (e g,10 cith a relatively low population ofless

8. Comment. One commenter CFR part 40). guidance (e.g., Regulatory

,an 20 000. With respect to the questim indicated that the NRC did not properly Guides) and polices are applicable to f whn consututes gross annual apply the methodology in FY 1991 to one both the licznse which authonzes aceipts, the NRC stated clearly in of its licensees who conducts multiple deconversion activities (UP. to UF.) and

! stablishing the size standards andin activities under a single license. The I UF. conversion and the license that

e promulgation of the final rule commenter noted that one UF. converter only authonzes UF. conversion. The to i

4tablishing the lower tier small entity operates multiple activities under a CFR part 40 genene safety regulations

-e that the term " annual receipts"is smale bosome and therefore a are apphed in the same manner to each sed m the same manner as used by the substantially larger share of NRC of the two licenses in the subclass i

l nall llusinese Ahr mistration (SBA). In budytod costs alW=ted to UFs independent of the source matenal i

3 CFR 121.402(b)(2). annual receipts are ' converters abound be assesse,d to the activittee authonzed by the two licensee efined "* *

• to include an revenue in one licenses that is conducting multiple The NRC costs attnbutable to the UF.

{.hataver form received or aanseed activities. For the some reeson, the subclass are more related to the fact om whctever sources * * *"(54 FR commenter indrated that this licensee that a license exista, not to the UF.

2647: Dscember 21.1989)(57 FR 13825; should be assemed a substanually a.amdacrunns process. Thus a uniform pnl17,1992).Therefors the tarm larges portion of the low level waste allocation of costa to each license mnual gross receipts" refers to the (LLW) surcharge.

results in an armual fee that has a censee's ent te buamesa, not solely Response. %e NRC has reexaramed reasor'able relationship to the genenc i

?ceipts ficm liesnand activities.For the alhauoe of costs to the UFs and otaer regulatory servicee provided.

utposu of qualdytes as a small convetsson Iwan=. This reexamination The su. charge portion of the annual overnmental junsdicuon under the has been an==plishedmthin the fee mcludes NRC budgeted costs that

RC fee regulations, the population *of a framework el the OBRA-40, are not artnbutable to the UF. subcissa.

I aunty includes the population of all accompanytag Conference Report, and However. it is assessed to the licensees

. ties, towns, and villages within the the fundamental pnncaples used by the 1:4 the subclass for policy ressons. For aunty, The NRC finda no basis to Comminisa in establishing annual fees-the UF. subclass of licensees, the ioddy our approach in this area.

for all claanes oflicensees.

surcharge instudea a portion of low. level l

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'nast Onecommentar OBRA.40 and the secompanymg-waste cosas and costs not recovered id that he had subamated a Conferesse Repoet pamde that sathe from smallentales.In the Conference eti.

at rulemaking to the NRC to maximum extent preme=hles the manna! Report. Congrees indicated that these mew tha FY 19s1 methodology so thet fee shall have a reaan==h&= relationship types of cosas "may be recovered froes

edical hcanseestould be treaaed lika to the costof providing regulatory such bcessess as the Commissen. in its

.mdar licensees. The comunanter services to the insenseen. Consistent discretion. determines can fairly, elieves the NRC is obligated to address with the law and the guidance in the equitably, and practicably contnbute to

e concerns raised in the petnionin Conference Report, the NRC allocated their payment." Followmg this guidanca 4rms of whether the proposed fee its budgeted genencand other the NRC decided to uniformly allocate

hedule for FY 1992 is consistent with regulatory coete not recovered frons to these costs to each fuel facility resultmg ne methodology adopted in FY 1991.

CFR part 170 bcense fees to the major in the same surcharge for each license.

he comrnantar suagesta that the NRC classes of licensees.To the extent

9. Comment. Several commenters istitute an immediate moratorma practscable and where nomssary for a indicated that it appeared ae if uranium I

reezmg fres at FY 19911avels until the moes fair and equitable allocation of licensees are being billed for agency etition is considered in its entirety, costs a assiorelese ollicensees was overhead that is not attnbutable to the Response. he NRC is not obligeted to further ashdivided into subclassee. For regulation of the uramum mming ddress the concerns raised in the exanapie NRC costs for the fuel facilities industry. These commenters noted that a etition of rulemaking filer with the class of licensees were allorniad further considerable amount of the agency

.RC bsfore adopting the final rule to UF. converston. HEU fuel fabrication. rescuras am likely dedicated to stablishing fees for FY 1992.The NRC LEU fuel febrication and other licenses. interagency work for the Department of learly stated when it pubhahad receipt Within a subclass.the cost wes, Energy (DOET such 64 NRC review of f the petition for rulemaking in the uniformly allocated to each heaa** in DOE's reclamation plans for title 5 ederal Register that "NRC intends to the subclase based on the premise that uratuum null tailings sites and onsider the issues :maedby the therwis no saganacent difference in the interaction with the Environmental eutioners after the rulemakingaction generse and othee regulatory seevices Protection Agency (EPA) on tiv ecessary to eetablish the licanae and provided to each license within e promulsetionof regalations.The

.nnual fees for FY 1992 is subclasa.his approach end prindple commenters acted that these agencies amplet:d * * *.The petitioners' were used for all classes of licensees.

are not btued int these NRC activities onc;rns will be considered within the ne costs =ltaeasarito thelicenses which are associated with uranium antext of the review and evaluadonof within theUFu subcians are for the recovery. ne --ters disagreed he fee program lor FY igenwhich tall selety gemaae andethersegulekory-with the NRCs pesetion that all e-

r.d as part of the NRCs activities that are attnbutable to this substantive renaew at DOE aitesis

o.

.Y tion of Publiciaw subclass allisemeers and that are act-essentially ea=ylaaad poor to the l

.01.., (57 E120:12:May12.leB2A recovesed by toc 2R part 170 license a pplicatans isc e seenrei license for ther The NRC has not yet -- M that andlampeenleefsemnese weeas were site. ne en==amenes sue =%-

i valuation.Toadoptanimmediate alienated andesumier enamah al ik tuser with NRCa lmesupsennehaar eI DBRh een-i waamrunasfamama6 aseastheJY1eek. IIconsenunshindhmUE meheness.heand, that in ender as he hdied fee esumseb3 ham f

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senters argued that the teet is Response. The NRC indicated in part 71 Quality Assurance (QA) Pleas

.ier "any person' receives a service section I. Background. of the proposed that have increased 200 percent over i

or ining of value from the Commlesion rule published Apnl 29.1992, that a 30 1991 levels have no reasonable

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because OBRA-90 allow of fees from any person"s the " collection day public comment penod was being relationship to the cost of providing i

and "all provided because OBRA-Go requires licensees". That person, whether a that NRC collect the revised FY 1982 regulatory services. particularly when the licensee pays separately on an licensee or not, commenters argued, is fees by September 30.1992, and that in hourly basis for all other services 1

required to pay fees to cover the NRC's order to comply with the public law, cost of providmg the services or thing of fees would have to be assessed on an received from the NRC. Commentere 4

pointed out that no other licensees or value.

expedited basis to ensure collection of class of hcensees is sub}ect to the same i

Response. With respect to the 10 CFR the required fees by the end of the fiscal exorbitant level ofincrease as fee

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part 170 fees saaessed pursuant to the year (57 FR 18096), hirty days Category 10.B.QA Program Approval independent Offices Appropriation Act (IOAA) of 1952, the NRCis precluded.

represente a sufficient time to provide Holdere.

commente particularly because the NRC Response. OBRA-00 and the under the IOAA frorn assesemg fees ter is not changing the approach or Federal agencies for specific services methodology for assessing fees that it provide that to the maximum extent accornpanying Conference Report rendered.The OBRA-00 limits annual adopted in FY 1991, j

fee assessments to licenseee of the NRC.

practicable, the annual fee shall have a Thus, the NRC does assess annual fees

2. Commer t. One commenter reasonable relationship to the cost of j

under 10 CFR part 171 to Federal indicated that sections of the proposed providing regulatory services to the j

agencies to the extent that those Federal regulation should be included within licensees. Consistent with the law and agencies have a license or approval /

President Bush'o moestorium of new the guidance in the Conference Report, i

certificate frorn the NRC. As indicated in regulations. nis cx>mmenter argued that the NRC allocated its budgeted gemarte j

the Conference Report accompanyrns the fees for source asterial heennes. _

and other regulatory coste not recovered OBRA-90, the Commiaston must collect especially fee Category 2.A.(2). Class L" from to CFR part 170 licenas fees to the a pproximately 100 percent of its budget do not meet key aspects of President major classes of licensees. To the extant j

through fees, even though in some Bush's regulatory initiative because they practicable and where necessary for a mstances certain activities are not are burdensome, impede economic more fatir and equitable allocation of attributable to an existing NRC licensee growth, do not incorporate market costs a majorclass oflicensees wee m+h - and do not provide a further subdivided into subclasses. For or class oflicensees. With regard to i

NDC activities for DOE under the strong. systematic cost benefit example. NRC costs for the arenma.,

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'um Mill Tallings Radiation Control realisation.

recovery clan ofliceneses were Res OBRA-ep JMTRCA), the NRC is prohibited to promulgete each yea $ms b NRC aHocaud furbr k " Class i " " Class 11."

m.. er the f0AA from assessing such r a user fee and "Other" facuities. Within a r

j part 170 fees to Federal agencies.%e schedule that wHi rosek in the collection subclass, the cost was uniformly j

fess cannot be aesessed to DOE under-by the and of the Ascalyestcf a sun, allocated to each license in the subclass OBRA-90 and 10 CFR part 171 because approximating too percent of its budget, based on b premise that there is ao DOE does not possess a Dcense or minus the appropria%on recorved trora sigruncant diHerence in the genervo and approval.Thus, the NRC has assessed the Nuclaer Weste Pand. Any delay in other regulatory services provided to the publication of this rule would result each license within a subclass. Bis fe[ons ba ed o t$e in the NRCs lashdity to annet its approach and pnnciple were used for all o e en port uidsnee that the costs be " recovered statumnly imped d== h s for d===== d homems, from such licensees as the Commission coHecting W 1998 user ines. nerdm.

The costa suocated to the hr=====

i in its discretton determines can fairty, the NRC must publish this rule at this within the Class I subclass are for the equitably and practicably contribute to time.

safetygeneric and other regulatary their payment." These costs are being

3. Comment. Several commentare.

activities that are attnbutable to this recovered from power reactor Heensees, addressed b proposed change to the subclass oflicensees and that are not not from uranium recovery licensees as 1171.13. Category 2.A.(2) for uramum recovered by10 CER part 170 license implied by the commenters.nis was recovery hamneees.no commenters and inspection fees.These costs woes noted in the discussion in the Anal rule Indicated that dividing the carmnt Class allocated uniforndy to each of the eight of the surcharge for power roectore (88 _ 1 facilities toes two classes, which has licenses within the Class I subcises.

FR 31488: July 10.1991).Deinterection the dient dlucmasius the ammel Ese -

. Uniforum allocation is based on the that NRC has with EPA le necessary for for a min by13e percent ed the W -

punise that the is no sign *==a

'NRC to develop and execute NRCs 1991 levels, does not seem leottSed or differencein the generic and othee generic safety regulatory programs, reasonable 6ad that the proposed rule regulatory eervtoen provided to seek of priminly as a resett of the Clean Air does not distingutsh between motsve and the eight hea-The NRC ha, Act.Thus, some of these coste are for inactive facilities.The coaunenters reeraaland the auscation of costs to b NRC generic regulatory activttles for stated that because inactive mill sites Clase i uranium recovery facdsues. %is uranium recovery facihtien and have undergoles reclametters de not generete reexamination has been a--

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'orm s" >caticn of costs to holders c' cretificates, registrations, and The annual fee should be based on the ich e resuis in an annual fa that approv31s.no either filed for -

amount of material, of the size of the as a re:sonable relationship to the terminac.. of their licenses or licensee's operation.

antric and other regulatory services approvale Or filed for possession only/

rovided.

storage only Peensee prior to lanuary 1

1. I.egah Mm With respect to QA plan approvals, 1992. All other i!censees and approval Comment. Commenters indicated that te NRC experienced a significant holders who held a license or approval OBRA-90 fails to set forth adequate 2mber cirequests from QA approval on October 1.1991, will be subject to the standards to guide NRC's discretion in ald;rs to change their plans during b FY 1992 annual fees.This would not, setting annual charges under part 171, aat yscr. Many QA approval holders however; preclude a licenne frnm filing Therefore, the fees amount to a " tax" undid their plans, within the window a specific exemption request with rather than a " fee" and NRC lacks legal i opportuni*y provided by the NRC.

respect to the FY 1992 fees after authority to promulgate and assess the htse QA approval holders downgraded December 31.1901 and within ninety charges.

e authoested use of the plan from days of the effective date of this rule as Response, he legal issues, including

'abricalitn and use" to "use" only.

- specified in 10 CFR 171.11. An the issue of " tax" vs. " fee", involved in 5:se ch:nges have resulted in a exemption request would be handled on the assessment of snhual fees wett fully gmficant decrease in the number of a casr.by-tase basis. As in FY 1991. the addressed in the final rule published on ans cuth:rizmg " fabrication and up" N7.C cans to continue a very high July 10.1991 (Section 111. Responses to ad an inr:rsase in the number of plaa.:

threshold of eligibility for exemption Comments, item A., Legal issues (56 FR athormns "use only".%erefore. in requests and reemphas(zas its intent to 31473-31475).%e NRC's approach rdit to ricover the costa for plans grant exemption 3 spermgly. With satisfies alliegal requirements.

2thorizmg "fabncation and use" from respect to the er mment that licensen w:r approval holders, it is necessary now be given the option of canceling the

2. Appropneteness of NRC Budget and i assess a much higher annual fee then license or appe val and avoid the FY Regulatory Program

as assessId h FY 1991. Similarly, to 1992 fee, the Ni,C notes that licensees Comment. Dere were several tecvtr th2 costs for plana autonzing were put en rotice in the proposed rufe commenters who questioned the size of ise enly" from an increased nuWe of published April 12.1991,and againin the NRC budget and regulatory program.

.an h:Idtre has resulted in a lower the final rule published July m 1991 Some commenters indicated that they anual fee for these approval holders, that the NRC would aseen annual fees would expect a decrease in the NRC

4. Comment. One ra==anter oblested that would significantly impact a budget because of the significant

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' C proposal to exempt tross the sebetantial number of its P-:r:::: in reduction in the number of licennes Y

inual fee those 1"::: who order to recovee100 percent ofits within the post year and the fact that les

.erminatica or possession only budget authority for FY 1991 through FY Maine became en Agreement State unns the pened October 1.19et, 190s.no NRC mailed copies of both the during FY 1992.Other commenters do trough December 31.19et..nis -

propose ( md filial notices to each not believe the 42 percent increase in ammenter indicated that it appeared licensee.

the budget for uranium recovery bitrary ta estabhsh such a deadline

5. Casunent. A few commenters activities over the previous yearis hen ch:nges to a license occur clalmed ti.at NRC intends to make the justifled given the current sina of the

.roughout the year and that licana=es final rule establishing the FY 1992 licensed uranium industry. Woe

,ould be pernutted to file exemption license and annual fees effective upon commenters noted that there are no quists related to the FY 1992 fees eher Pubhca' ion in violation of section 563(b) active conytntional uranium mines and

'edmber 31.1991. Another coaumenter of the Administrative Proceders Act.

milla in the Units 10:e,...ml only three idicated that in cases where b fees Response.L NRC clearly stated in commercially operating in situ leach a va subetantially increased. licenseesSection I. Background, of the proposed facilities.by argued that the fee of nould now be given the option of rule that, as in FY 1991, the Anal rule

$238.700 appears groesly out of-line with anciling the license or approval and would beooaw effective 30 days after the degree of NRC involvement for ius svud b annual fee for FY 19es.

publication in the Federel Register.m uranium recovery sites. Commenters Respones in the W-:::f rule, the NRC will send a bill for the aseount of suggested that the NRC-

'ommission indicated that during the.

the annual fee to thelicensee or (1) Freeze fees at FY 19911evels; no month period from the pubucation certificate, registration or approvel (2) Distribute copies of the NRC f the FY 1991 final rule on July M 1991. holder upon blication of the finalrule. budget to licensees for approval or

) August 9.199L the effective date of Peyment is on the effective date of disapproval and

,e rula many licensees filed requests the rule (57 FR 100ese Apul.12.1992).

(3) Appoint an outside reviewer to at termination with the NRC and were h fully satisfies alllegal evaluate b scope and effectiveness of

.ot subject to the FY 1M1 annual fees. -

G rts.

the NRC medical program because the hny cthes licensees have either ceBed r wntten to the fC since the final rule C Comments Beyondthe Scope increases are tied to unnecessary and overly expensive medical regulation.

ccame effective W.esting further

%ere were four groups of comewnts lirificaron as '. 4rmation concerning that were not within the scope of the Response.OBRA-90 requires NRC to

'te cnnual feesheeeed. N NRCle Proposed rule, and therefore were not recover too percent of 8ts budget esponding to these requesta se quickly evaluated foe the purposes ofleasing authority throush fees.no fees being assessed for FY 1992 fulfill this

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'le but it was enable to respond this final rule.Briefly, they are-.

n cppropriate setion on all of the De legality of the fees to be essessed requirement.He budget is developed by cqw.e before the end of the 8ecal year by the NRC:-

the NRC submitted by the President to the Com and approved by the

n September 30.19et.%erefore,bened b appropriatensee of the NRC-Congrees.b beste for b NRC FY in the number of requests Sled, the.

budget and negolatory progrees:

1g92reeeerces are explainedia the

%==%m will exassyt hees theFY himpoetof thedoseoulicaneses; NRC's Badget Estimesse. Please Yeees sez anomal fee >those licenesses and ands 19es-1see (NUREG-1100t Volume 7).

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Federal kasietoe / Vol. 57, No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulahons 333e7 ante for the resources are has apphed is unrustified beceuse it tauroughly addressed by the Congress results in increased fees of over 2.000 thou lawsets are pending. Under this final rule. fees for most licenses will through heannes and wntlen questions percent over 1990 fee levels to some increase because -

and answers. N FY 1992 NRC hearings medical 16censees while the risk io the (1) NRC's budget has increesed. %Is are documented, for example,la the patient mu the same.The pubbcation Energy and Water has resulted in a corresponding incrone commenter ausgested that oorne Drvslopment Appropriations for FY consideretton be given to the in the professional hourly rete: and 1992-Hearmas Before a Subcomanittee (2) Approximately 2.000 heensee, on Appropriations. House of commeasurate risk to the patient before have requested that their licensee be Representatives. One Hundred Second exereming such exorbitant fees on the industry which has notincrossed the terminated or combined since the FY Congress. First Session Part e %e risk of r=Aa*= amposure to b pubbe reedted in fewer beeneece to per for the 1991 finen rule wee edepted.This has resources resulting from this review and or to its pattests.

decision process are those necessary for F=f a-Thelaamas of basing teos costs of regulatory activitin not NRC to implement its statutory on the armount of material paw recovered under to CFR part 1m responsibilitius, %e fees must be the 0: ~=='s facilitise were addresudof use of the esaterm1, and A. Amendments to Part im feesfor consistent with thin approved budget in the slas'of th facilities. Materrols. Import and Export ordst to comply with OBRA 40.no by the NRC in the Regulatory Flexibatty facensee, and Other Repletory agency mses an extraordinary effort to Analysia in appendix A to the final rule Services ensure to the maximum extent possible published luly 10.1991 (56 FR Silu-that fees are related to the cost of i

providing services to the beneficiarias of 31513).The f* Mon did not adopt Four amendements have been mede to that approach, and finda no beeia for part 170.%ese amendmente do not the NRC activity Questions relating to altering its approach at this time, change the enderhtng bases for the the NRC budget Lpproval process were regulation-that lee, be asesseed to also addressed in the final rule HI. Flaal % lachsdod in applicants, persons. and IMases for published by the Commission on luly 10. yleeg gule.

specafic ideonfiable servi.ts rendesed, 1991. In Section III. Responses to OBRA-90 requires that the NRC These revisions also comply with the Comments, item E Othercomments. (56 recover approximately 100 percent of its guidance hs die Confmend Cosamene FR 31682).

FY 1992 budget authorit. Including the Report on OBRA-to that fees assessed g,, gp m - q g,

3. Impeet of Fees on IJcensoso e

pecbr oral pd Appropdation'Act (10AA) recover the.

wet Severalcoaumentere received from the NWF. b fuH cet to se NRC d au bh seed concern about the hopect of licanae and annual fees. y assessing mgelatoey serv 6ces each appbeams m-

..ees. Some commentere indicated For FY 1992, the NRC's budget Heensee sce h thtt en exemption aboeld be offered to authority is $512.3 million, of which 11st the agency *6de profe=L=al nonprofit med6 cal institutkme ebener to approximately $3D.0 million has been houdy rets wh6ch is used to demmine nonpeofit educationalinstite*me end appropdated from the NWF.%erefore, the part m fees. ia incueeed fron: 8115 th:t the previous exemptice,; rom fees OBRA-to requime thet the NRC collect per bar m $123 per hour ($214Jee per for State and local gevarmnente be approximately $4e2.5 mlHfon in FY 1992 direct F114 %e reta to based m the FY reestablished.

through partimlicensing and 199e direct FIT.s and that portion of the Respones. %e ho reg:rding the as===pect leewee inspection fece and part 172 annual fees. FY 19e2 budget that is not rmand

==nt of the annoel fees were funy addmesed by the

%e NRC enumates that approxtmately thmagh the apprepnotion from the

$106 mdllon wiR be recoetred in FY 1992 NWF.

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m m the final rule pobhebed from the fees aseeemed under part im Second. the current part imhcessag july 10.1991 (soo Section IE., Response

%1e estimate represents an increase of and Waretaa feesin il1m21 and to comments, item B1. Mejor pehey

$15 million over that est6 mated to the.

170.316ar an appbcents and licensees

!seuss--Cono6deration of noneeseer proposed rule because of one additional

-re taurensed by seven pwcent to meest impacte in assessing fees.)De IGtC quartedy blDingin FY19es.%Is la the _

Ma incesase in the proiesseenal hoedy continues to behee, that the praetene result of the rule change effective May esta.

asessement of impacts aseveenkteg 18, teet, which permits the NRC to bill

%ird, the NRC is : l;li raft, conclusacas reesta appropetete.

1*

1 on a guartedy rether thana Fac6hty Catagery K. and imit,

4. Fe:s Based on MaterialPossessed semlannual basis (Apr017.1902; 57 FR Category II, to enske further refinements and Size of Operation 13625). The remaining 8387.5 million to the exisetag fee categones for impat Comment. Commsentase omgested that would be recovered through the FY1992 and expert license apphcations and part171 semual fees, amendmeets, the NRC ansees fees based on the he t'ammission has not changed the amount of throughpet of materteL the basic approach, policies, or methodology Fourth, the NRCle amendmg $ 1m3 material possessed, the salen generated for calculating the part 170 pre &sestenal to add a definition for non size of the facahty, the amenet er type of educationalinstitutions..

hourly reto, the spectSc nestertels by the heensed necetten the cesspeettive licansing and inspection fees ta part im g,n-A PwmhAi' WEms condition of certain markeneendedtog and the part 171 annual fasesset forth in I##

O FR mm %e,e.ishedluly in test (86 h 'I',,,, P'"'"h8 g8*** g ths ma==e==na f less to Agn===a o

the final rula publ

.a emi.e effset en o.-

f e

en

-r orseen ea p=ami== Asseber-opportunity to comment on the Cer@== of ran@==

.amatar indiented thatlaleestloin bes6c approach, policies, and-3'88"'ouoen an@@ Assunmar and equiseide,andis connery to the

= ^ - '

• n use Pmgraar inmutof canymes.in essunuut anal rule /ITeen d in the July 10.1a01.Asmacansgentsan h meassiny

,,,, y l

c:nvestees a leerthenle lasgesehene addressedby the t'a-%theReal Ptewesenhauseeknowbessmede to.

assessed dere menL Anseheraammasamm nela.%atrole has been aantangmann pese EPL phet; ll 171:tE and 1FI.1Dese nieted that the -Wthe RSC -

Federetommetby seestalpartiesand amended to increasethe esmem6 Issosee

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32698 Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday, luly 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations F

to recover approximately 100 Fifth, i 171.S is aroended to add a

' eda 58 2 *** w =a peu -.. of the FY 1992 budget lese fees definition for nonprofit educational M*,'@ [*'*"* "*'"ta **as

ollected under part 170 and funds institutions.

appropnated from the NWT. It should be De NRC notes that the impact of this The 528.9 million identified for those noted that the amount of the annual fees final rule on small entities has been activities which are not identified as for several classes of licensees han waluated in the Regulatory Flexibihty either part 170 or part 171 or the NWF in decreased from the amount shown in the Analysis (see appendix A to this final Table I are distnbuted among the NRC proposed rule. The reason for the ruk). Based on this analysis, the NRC is classes of licensees as follows:

decrease m annual fees is that at continoms for FY 1992 a maximum

$251 million to operstmg power additional $15 million is estimated to be annual fee of $1.800 per licensed reactors:

collected from part 170 fees m FY 1992 category for those hcensees who qualify

$1.9 million to fuel facilities: and because of the change m the part 170 as a small entity under the NRC's site

$1.9 retllion to other matenals ule effective May 18.1992, which standards. The lower tier small entity licensees.

permits the NRC to billlicensees on a annual fee of $400 per licensed category in addition, approximately $8.2 million quarterly rather than a semiannual for certain materials licenseen, which must be collected as a result of basis.

was adopted by the NRC and became continuing the $1.800 maximum fee for Second, i 171.18, Category 2.A (2), is effective on May 18.1992, will apply for small entities and the lower tier small imendtd to dwide Cla as I facilities in FY 1992 (57 FR 13825: April 17,1992).

entity fee of $400 for certain licensees. In

he uranium recovery class oflicensees The amounts to be collected through order for the NRC to recover 100 percent nto two classes. The additional annual fees in the amendments to part category IClass li) would recosmze 171 are based on the increased of its budget authority in accordance with OBRA-90, the NRC will recover thos2 licensees who do not generate profess > anal hourly rate. The part 171

$5.4 million of the $8.2 million from ateruum mdl tailings.

annual fees have been determmed usm8 operating power reactors and the Third, i 171.11 is amended to require the same method used to <letermme the

hat licensees who with to be FY 1991 annual fees. These amendmenta remamma $.8 million from large entities that are not reactorlicensees.

considIred for an exemption from the to part 171 do not change the underlying This distnbution resulta in an annust fees file their respective basis for part 171: that is. charging a exemption requests withm nmety (90) class of licensees for NRC costs additional charge (surcharge) of Jsys from the effective date of the rule attnbutable to that class of licensees.

approximately 3272.000 per operating estsWhing the annual fees. As in FY The changes are constatent with the power reactor: $155,100 for each HEU, 19 NRC plans to continue a very Congressional guidanc6. in the 1.EU, and UF. fuel facility; 33a 800 for u

shold of eligibuity for Conference Committee Report, which each other fuel facdity license and waste disposallicense in Category 4 A:

exeu.,aion requests and reemphastzes states that the " conferees contemplate

$1.800 for each matenals licensee m a

ts intent to grant exemptions sparmgly. that the NRC will continue to allocate The NRC notes that durmg the one, generic costs that are attnbutable to a category that generates a sigmficant nonth penod from the publication of the given class of licensee to such clasa" amount of low level waste; and $150 for FY 1991 final rule on July 10.1991, to the and the " conferees intend that the NRC other materials licenses. When added to eflectiva date of :he rule on August 9, assess the annual charge under the the base armual fee of approximately 1991, many licensees filed requests for pnnciple that licensees who require the

$2.8 mit! ion per reactor, this will result ermmztion with the NRC and were not greatest expenditures of the agency's in an annual fee of approximately $3.1 iubject to the FY 1991 annual fees.

resources should pay the greatest million per operating power reactor. The total fuel facility annual fee would be Niany other licensees have either cailed annual fee." 136 Cong. Rec at H12692-between approximately 30.1 mdlion and 3r wntt:n to the NRC smce the final rule 93-becm2 efrective requestmg further

$2.3 million. The total annual fee for

lanficction and information concernmg C FY 1992 Budgeted Costs materials licenses would vary

=he annual fees assessed.The NRC is The FY 1992 budgeted costa by major depending on the fee category (ies) esponding to these requests as quickly activity, relating to the amendments to assigned to the license.

is possible but was unable to respond parts 170 and 171 are shown in Table 1.

These additional charges not directly md take action on all of the requests or solely attributable to a specific clan anor to the end of the fiscal year on TABLE l.- RECOVEM or NRC's FY 1992 i NRC licensees or costs not recovered September 30,1991. Therefore, based on O N AL N TW from all NRC licensees on the basis of

he number of requests filed, the previous Commission policy decisions Commission, for FY 1992, is exempting would be recovered from the designated

$ classes oflicensees previously a

w from ths FY 1992 annual fees those Scense s, and holders of certificates, a a nons) identified. A further discussion and breakdown of the specific costs by egistrations, and approvals who either exs or wes= hews -

iled for termination of theirlicense or P* $ 70 (*c*na* arms nicocean i een saco major classes of licensees are shown in loso sectioriIV of this final rule.

ipproval or filed for a possession only/ % Q' storage only license during the period 30,,

The NRC notes that in prior litigation Noreo.or ne.csars e over NRC annual fees, the U.S. Court of October 1,1991, through December 31, F w Feceana

995 *11 other licensees and approval soere Fw sano.

9 s Appeals for the District of Columbia 2

Circuit concluded that the NRC "did not to' ho held a license or approval 7h****'Y

$ abuse its discretion by failing to impose er 1,1991, are subject to the FY m

uniensi veers -

1992 ennual fees.

'sts the annual fee on sillicensees," Morida Fourth, i 171.19 is' amehded to credit m

Power H.ight Co. v. NRC 846.F.2d 756,.

ca w,.m.,un, w w w a 770 (D.C. Cir.19es), cart. damed.100 8.

h2 quarterly partial paymente made by userenes &

ertain licensees in FY 1982toward their 2as Ct.1952 (1989). As noted earlier, the.

FY 1992 annual fect..

Sit.s confess esPubhela101-60sIsam T*

acknowledged the D.C Circuite holding s

i,

Federal Regieter / Vol 57. No.142 / *Ihursday, July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations32000 te Commission was within its legal TasLE li.--Au.ocATiose or DinscT FTEs TaaLE lit.-FY 1992 BUDGET AUTHORITY

. tion no' to impose fees on all licensees.

av MuoA Paoomap-Congnued BY Moon CATEGORY--Contmuod IDoew, e menene t IV.Section.by.Section Analysis

"**' amern 8 9, t,,, pm,

,,,,,,, go,eci pra.

m The following analysis of those

~

stctions that are affected under this

'{

Nucesar Weimes a Lougoves wasm W Asoceed m W m-m final rule provides additional semy 4 Sangueron Repsson.i.--

294 5 W m % Ram Str3%ur explanatory information. All references 88"' ""d are to title 10. chapter I. U.S. Code of 7, o Federsi Regulations.

nucener u smer n a ena suo -

Section 270.22 Schedule of Fees for part r3 o Production and Utilization Facilities.

Pcrt170 Totn eroca FTt -

• 1813 0 Review ofStandard Referehce Design Section 1702 Definitions s r?an"reeYr Rooonen S Voowman e Approvols. Special Projects. Inspections andlinpon and hpon Ucensu.

o e* came w ** opm,emon esperu-The definition of a nonprofit nelicensing and inspection fees la 1

' *h"th, e,w ener sgmd this section.' which are based on full. cost edue:tionalinstitution is added to mort e

NwF emerem Tw emerene toes me e'v*o"w'*

recovery, are revised to reflect the FY specifically identify those applicants

• • eme owwmeno one emere ans es=na and licensees that are exempt from fees 1992 budgeted costs and to more e.

undst l 170.11(a)(4) of the Commission regulations, Since the FY 1991 final rul*

2. NRC FY 1992 budgeted costs are comoletely recovw costs incurred by the wes published. many licensees have allocated, in Table 111. to the followm8 Comminion in providing licensing and commented that the NRC has not four mair)r categories:

inspection services to identifiable dsfimd 6 term and that h criteria (1) Salaries and benefits, recipients. The fees assessed for ustd by the NRC to classify licensees as (2) Administrative support.

services provided under the schedule (3) Travel.

are based on the professional hourly nonprofit educationalinstitutions ar*

not clear. De NRC la defining the torta (4) Program support.

rate as shown la i 17020 and any direct

" nonprofit educational institution" as a

3. Direct program support. the use of program support (contractual services) public or nonpro6t educational contract or other servloes in support of cost expended by the NRC. Any l- % tion whose pnmary function is b line organisation's direct progrem. le profewional houw expended on w ahw ion. whose programmare -

arcluded because these costs are the effective date of this rule would be lited by a nationally recognised charged directly through the variou, assessed at the FY 19e2 rete shown in categories of fees.

I 170.2a accrediting agency or association, who

4. All other costs (i.e Solaries and Since July 10,1991, the NRC has is 1: gally authonzed to provide a

' Benefits. Travel. Administrative -

continued to receive commenta program of organized instruction or study, who provides an educational Support. and Program Support regarding the fees assessed for import progr2m for which it awards *cademic contracts / services for C&A activities) degrees, and whose educational represent "in house" costs and are to be and export licenses in accordance with programs are available to the public.

collected by allocating them uniformly i 170.21. Facility Category K. Based on over the total number of direct FrEs.

experience in implementing these fees Using this method which was for h first time, the Commission is Section 17020 A verage Cost per amending the existing fee catesones in ProfzssionalStoffHour desenbedin the final rule published july this section to provide for more 10.1991(86 FR 31472), and excluding equitable flat fees by expanding the This section is amended to reGect an agtncy. wide professional stan.bour rate ingesta "'

lloca d numba of fw categories, based on FY 1992 budgeted costs.

uniformly to the direct FIEs (16131

"" * # I *#E*1 I* '

Accordingly, the NRC prof=='aa=1 staH. ruulu in a mk M 8314.80s pw FIEfoi, provide that for thoes applications hour rate for FY 1992 for all fee '

FY lest.De Direct FTR Hourly Rate le currently on Ble and poeng-categones that are based on full cost is 3123 pw how (rounded 2 b newest completion, the ;E PI bours -

$123 per bour, or $214.300 per direct FIE* whole dollar).Mk rem k calculahd by expended up to the e5ective date of thie

- na rate la based on the FY 19eg emot dividtag 3346.a inimasi by the number of mle will be asseawd at the pedemional FIT. and NRC budgeted costs that are direct Fits (1613 FIT) and the number ratw utablished fw the lune 2n 1984 not recovered through.the a tion. of productive hours in one year (1.744 January at teek laly 2.19ea and laly -

from the NWF no reto is tad hours) as indicated in OhEB Circular A.

10.1 set, slee as appropriate. For topical using the identical method metaN 7g apwformance of r'am oiej report applications currently on file for FY 1991.%e method is se follows.

Activittee a which am still pending completion of the

1. All direct FTEs are identified in revkw. and for which review costs have -

Ttbh 11 by major program, Taats 91.4Y 1992 SucesT AtmonrTV reached the applicable fee ceiling ey h CATemosrY wtabilshed by the July 2.19ea rule. the costs lacerted after any applicable Tet..-Mocation or Descf FTEs ID*8'* * awn) -

cedlag was rescised throesh Aegnet B.

8Y 1 set, will not be bhd to the applicant.

smesse teamma sama sse Any professional hoors e=pandad for the

.p,,,

cues, T, as useer areyn os **

is.4 review of topical report applicottoes, me Twai w neuest sea.

revisines or afpla====**

sas.: to a topieel suport on er after Aegent e -

- %,ese hosess 1*s2 test, aseanseemed at the appinnable rete

~

sessay Teesausges-esas

==*=l'hahad by l 17eX

32700 i'ederal Register 1.Vol 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations Se 70JJ Schedule of Teerfor Port 171 hit a Licenscs and Other payment wiu ensure avoidance of Regwatory Semces, includmg Secu n 171.5 Minidon interest, administretsve, and penalty inspections andImport and Erport N definition of a nonprofit

charges, Licenses.

educationalinstitudon is added to The NRC notes that during the one N licensing and inspection fees in Provide clarification and to more month period from the publication of the FY 1991 final rule on July 10.1991, to this sIction are modified to recover C se at more completely the FY 1992 costa P

g, August 9.1991, the effective date of the rule, many licensees filed requests for II 8

incurred by the Commission in providing publib termination with the NRC and were not licensing and inspection services to y

ve subject to the FY 1991 annual fees, idenufiable recipients. Those flat fees.

• • • • [,"

d' d

t ausdb Many other licensees have either called g

which are based on the average time to revi:w an applicauon or conduct an the NRC to clasmfy licensees as or written to the NRC since the final rule inspecu,on are increased by seven nonpront educational lnatitutions are became effective requesting further the clanfication and information conceming pere:nt across the board to reGect the -

elhb d(D the annual fees assessed.N NRC is W

1 da

a incre:se in the professional hourly rate from $115 per hout in FY 1991 to $123 public or nonprofit educational WPopding to thm mquests as qdckly per hour in FY 1992. After application of hun eau primary fustia le 88 possible but it was unable to respond the seven reent increase to the flat decedu. Mon m

and take appropriate action on all of the mattnals ees, the amounts were accredited by a na recognized requests before the end of the fiscal year -

rounded, as in FY 1991, by applying accrediting agency or association, who on September 30.1991. brefore, based stand:rd rules of anthmetic so that the a legally authortmed to provide a on the number of requests filed, the NRC am unts rounded would be dominimus program of organised instruction or is exempung fan the FY 1992 antiual and convenient to the user. Fees that are study, who provides an educauonal im those ---

. ami holdes of great:r than $1.000 are rounded to the program for which it awards academic certificates, registretsons, and app ovela utmet $100. Fees under 31.000 am degrees, and whose educational who nther Aled for termination of their y

rounded to the neerest $10.

programs are available to the public.

licensee or approvals or filed for For sxample, an industrial Section 171JJ F.xernptions

-

:: ":: only/ storage only liceness during the penod October 1.1991.

rcdiography licensee (Ca tegory 3.0.) will Paragraph (a)of this sectionla through December 31.1991. All other p2y revised license and inspection fees amended to require that requesta for licensees and approval holders who as' ve:

exempeon from the annualfees be &d held a license or approval on October 1.

by the haanaam within ninety (90) days 1991, are subject to the FY 1991 annual ceere FY itse fronL the effective date of the final rule fees

• Nf eetablinhang the annual ione. Baeed on the NRC's exponence with the filing of Section 172.25 AnnualFee: Reactor Acescomm ss.oco 7

siano exemption requests under the FY 1991 Opcoung Licenses Aan==el t**o 7

L800 final role, & deAned time pened must be

'the annual fees in thle section are 7

• estabuabed for the prompt fulng of revised to reflect the FY 1992 budgeted 7

uoo 7

taco exarnpdon aquesta.The NRC is, coets. paragraphe (b)(3), (c)(2). (d), and sonnmane therefore. limiting the filing of (e) are revised to comply with the ineo ceen 1500 7

voo exemption regesans to the 90 day period requirement of OBRA-90 to recover.

Immediately fouowing the e5ective date approximately 100 percent of the NRC The increase is opplicable to fee of the rule estabushing the anneal fees, budget for FY 1992. Table IV shows tlw categories 1.C and 1.D 2.B and 2.C; 3.A Absent extraordinary &

through 3.P. 4.B through 9.D.10.B and 13.

budgeted costa that have been allocated

' Th2 increased fees an assessed for any exemption requesta filed beyond to operatin been w,a g power reactors. They have that date wiu not be considered.The M in terms of the NRC's applications filed or inspections NRC.la maldag this change,is not '

FY 1993 programs and program conducted on or after the effective date intending to changeits exesapdan elements.% rewlting total base of this rule. Based on experience in policy. As in FY 1991, the NRC pleas to annual fee amount for power reactors is implementing the import and expert conth a very high ougsbutty threshold also shown. On the average, the power license fees easeemed under fee Category forexempden aqueens and reactor base annual fees for FY 1992

15. ther-2 is====deng the-c-

' " its intent to grant have inasesed about seven percent existing fee categorws to provide for exempdans spenagly.Therefore, the above the FY 1991 annual fees.It is mon equitable flat fees by arraadhug NRCatsongly "._ r the filingof noted that the power reactor annual fees the number of fee catagenes exemption requests.by uoeneses who have decraesed from the amount shown For thow boensang. inspection,and have pmviously had exemption requeste in the proposed rule.The decrease in review fees assessed that are booed on. denied unless them are significantly power reector anneel fees is the result '

full-cost recovery (oost for g ' H changed circumstances, of additional collections which are staff hours plus any contractuak Exemption requeste.cr any requests estimated from part 170 power reactor-services), the revised heerly rete of $123. to clarify the bet wiB act, per w. extend fees because of the rule change effective -

to abown in i 170.att appues to those the interesti- ; +f for payment of May as,19es, which pennits the NRC to pr lnal staf home expendedan or the bul.Bil's are des on the efective bib licensees on a quarterly rather than af affective date of this rela..

date of the final sule.Thoreleverenly a semiannual basis.

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Federal Redstar / Vol. 57 No.142 / Thursday July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations32791 TAata IV.-ALLocAT)oN or NRC FY 1992 Buo0ET To power REACTORS Base FEES 8 Profem esernent meet Amoceaed to power j

reecere W I' support (S.

Drect FTE KI Reactor Sategy one Salegaarco RepAmeon (RSSRr Power Reactor Accecotone Renewe

$ 1.100 14 9 1.100 14 9 StaW Reactor Doesgne Renoem Other Pewwwe..~ -

2.438 56 4 2.434

$6 4 Reactor Lcense RenemeL 350 82 S9 Improvemones to RepAmears 1913 13 7 1.013 13 7 Reactor raw Evenmoon 2.800 14 5 2.800 14 5 Eveauseon of Lacenese Pereonnecs 600 33 4 600 33 4 7ie 33 2 71s 33 2 Reactor Accioen *. : -

400 10 1 400 10 1 Human Portormece Eveessant Reactor Opermear E_ ___

400 3J 600 32 Reessure ineoeceans 6.620 55 8 6.25$

53 7 Repor4esee inspectorm 2039 203 9 Soeaeared ineoeceona 5.258 206.7 5.258 200 S Prosece Meregemore 3.197 OSS 3.197 60 S tronene Acevees sesser -

1568 1568 Eveswetone -

6.sts of 0 e.ste er 0 RepAmecry A_ _ _

33S 24 2 335 23 1 RSSR Program Toess 32.430 10598 Nacnear Seeeey Reneergi pd3Rt aneogney of Reecear Cargonerm 27.650 t 7.S 26.150 17 4 Pmeru Damage so Reecear Cores Reecear Consorenere N _ _ _

19.666 26.5 19.456 26.2 Advancoe Reactor Rennercet Genorc Seleer teous %

13.822 10.5 13.922 10 $

13.050 22.5 13,0$0 22 S Devemooms amt improvent Repassone 4.313 24 1 4.313 24 1 Severe Accolone. - _ - _

6.450 22.0 SJ00 13 4 Remenon Preseasonateefei E" 2.12$

6.0 2.125 60 6Jt6 17.5 3.110 84 edSR Preyers Teesi-

.teer Menened and Low Leses weses Safeer apel Befogares RepAmmert 87.334 128 7 w-senemeses unename ens eussenen -

Dreat ereevese Aeneeshemmenenet seesposee 4es es

.t C --

1.tDO 28.1 12S 3.7 52S 13 2 40s 6s NMLLWSSR Program Tma

$30 10 6 Soeost and Inesooneere Romous, t

, and EA.-;

Degnosec Svenmeofe Inocere c 350 7.0 350 70 NRC inament Reaperne 50 30 50 30 Operamenes Does Anafpus 1.9eo 27.0 1.900 27.0 Portormance inoessere 2.167 25.0 2.087 23 0 Operemoner Deane' 1.047 40

- 1.047 40 C - - -

2.014 S0 2.018 50

' SsRsE Program T*'

7.530 et 0 Totei 127,824 1J87,9 5 Bees n- ; toes :

et esses sleeutense to wie egereeng power vesseor cease of kasusse. The base toes do not uwsues cosse esecesed to

% --. nor poecy sessene, operenne Power Renomme. 30as mesaNoset Toesi Sese Fee Assense Adescen$es power Asasewe. 's300A niment less Esemesse Pa

' Amours a seemmes imr sommeleis sie meet FTE enne sw som por FTE and seeng sw propem eisport hawsk Based ca the ininemaenon in Table W FY 1982 are the amounts shown in Table V below for each nudeer powet

. the base enamel fees to be acesseedfor 7 opereting license.

-TaautN.-8Aan AseNUdk FEES POROPERATWeG PoWEftMEACToRS+

Ramse e ce,,,e,ses,. t,,e.

. A, sines ese y,

i ses.or venor1

2. Seeser Veder 2 rwetLevyrerycareenesene es een nna d"

3, g, g,seg i

.n.

' men ann 4, treesses t e sea enn g

Jo,.

a

4. tryon 3 2 sea man

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7. Commesp.1

• een nng

's-

4. Cessuouses Poets 1 --

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$'ederal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations TAaLE V.-8Aas AwsuAL FEES Pom OPtmATwo Powtm RfAcroms--Cononued Reactors Contamment Wpe I Armuni tee

9. Datwo Canyon 1 00 2 640.000

10. Deoso Canyon 2 m

2A44.000 11.Faney1 _ -

-.00

12. Feney 2 2 866.000 m

13 Gene -

2.856.000

.do e as t ann 14 Haddam Nect -

e 15 Hans t-7 ana n00 do 16 incnen Pont 2.

2.464.000 m.

60 17 incnen Pont 3 2.456.000 18.Nowounae do 2 nas nnn 00

19. Westone 3 -

2A64,000 20 Norm Anne 1 00 2.404.000 m

21. Norm Anne 2

.9 ama nnn do 22 Poet Seacri 1 -

2.486.000 do 23 Poet Seacn 2 -

2AS4A00 m

24. Prene leaand 1 s and nna 00

25. P ame leiend 2 2 asa nnn 00 2,ana ann 26.Roemoon2 a

2266A00

27. Setem 1 00 2A04.000

28. Sesom 2 do -

2maaaan-

29. San Onotre 1 o0

30. Seentoom 1 2A40A00 m

31. Souen Tesee 1 2asanna do 2.484.000

32. Sowei Tomas 2.

no 2.864A00 33 Summer 1 00 2.864.000

34. Sorry 1

.- do 2.06&e00.

31 Surry 2 00 2.864.000 36.Trcean.

00 37, Turkey Posie 3 PS40.000

-.co -

2.064.000

38. Turkey Pome e oo 2.806.000 39 Vogos1

-.do

40. Voges 2 2.004A00 Ao 2amaann

41. WoM Cnssa 1

. 40

42. Z'on 1 2 ama nna n

00_

4J '

1 2MS.8W do 4

ha 1 2.masann PWh40s Condenser 2 man aan 4

ce 2 00 44.

ss 1 -

saanman 80

47. Coot 2 2A00A00

. 60 44.McGidre1 s aan nna 00

40. teoGuse 2 2AA&S00 do

50. Seousven 1 2.ge0A00 oo St. Seesoyen 2 2.se0A00 m

Nmsecon Enonsenry 2.880.000

1. Arterman 2 PWR Large Dry Conessunent 2AGO.000

2. Casvert CWs 1

-.A0

3. Camut CI8te 2 2.000.000 do 4 Ft. Calhoun 1

2. ann nnn 40 5 Weste Yermee 2A00A00 40

6. Mansons 2 2.WOA00 00

7. Passemen 2A00.000 00

8. Teso vense 1 2 aan ann do 9, Peso Verde 2 2.844.000 do

10. Peso verse 3 2.844.000 00

11. San Onofre 2 k.344.P00 4o

12. San Onofre 3 2A64A00 0o

13. St. Luce t 2A44800 a

2.800AOS 14 SL Luos 2 00 samamma

15. Water 9ere 3 40.

Dcock & Wdcou:

2A40A00

1. Artartese 1 PWM Large Dry Contenment 2.amaaan

2. Crystal Rever 3 no

?aannna

3. Deve Besee 1

.do 4.Oconee1 2.amaann m

5. Oconee 2 -

2.8OE400 00

6. Otones 3.

2aannna e0

7. Three Wee ledend 1 2.setA00 00 moral Elecene 2 asa nna

1. Browns Ferry 1 Wert 8 2.810.000

2. Browns Ferry 2 do 2.810.000

- 3. Browns Feny 3 00

4. Onmemen 1 2A14800 00 2A14A00 S. " meness 2 do 2A10.000 n1 Peart er 2A10A00 y

hiertl

• 2A10,000 Aen

• do 2A10A00

9. Creass e 40 2A10A00'

10. Duane Aer==*

40 221&000 11.Fenes2 do '

12. F 2A10AES As -

2A1GAOS-

Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / nursday, July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32703 TAeLE V..-OAsE ANwuAl. Fsts Foe OPERATWG Powe REACTORS-Contmved Reactre i

Cg w. M fype l Annue fee t3 "wems GJf '

1 A Match 1..----

Ma4 IN t5 Hatch 2

' Wert t--

2$t0.000 18 Mope Cassa 1.

00 -- -

2 3to.000 17,LsSese 1-

. 00.

2.s to.000 ta LaSano 2.

Mart ll-2.a10.000 19 Lrnench 1..

. 00 -

2.s21.000 20 1,u*enet 2..

. 30 2.921.000 2 a21.000

21. tasenone 1

_._. M m 2.821.000 Met L-22 Monaceno.

2.a t0.eQO

. So -

23 Nne me Point 1 --

-m 2.s1Q.000 2a we Wee Posnt 2 Men a-2.510.000 25 Ore'er Creen -

Uem 4 --

2 st1.e00 21 Peene Scene 2

.J ts to,OIC 40

27. Peach Bottom 3

.. _do - - -

LafoA00 23 i eny 1...---

Wort in 2Ato.000 2a Pegrun 2.810.000 Wert 1 -

23. Chas Gtme 1..

2.St0.000

.m 31 Quas Otes 2 2314400 3. 40 -

32 ewer Bend 1.-

2,810 21o 31

• Mart m.

34. *_

_ -; 1 Est&000

__a3-

. Wert s.

_4.

_ do 2.821.000

% Vermont Yarmae

' Mart t 2.s21.000 Je Wesnington Nucaner 2 -.

Other Reactors uesa u 2.sia000 2.s14.000 1 B.g Roet Point _

t Yannee Aowe GE Dry Contenment.

3 Aancno Seco

_ pressmenouse PwR Or* ':---

2.s10.000 4 Three Mae mana 2 B4W PWR4ry Contan.. ore 2.sSa.000 B&w Pwn-Ory Contenmore 2.000,000 2.e06.000 TS* -Other Reactors" listed in Table De FY 1992 budgeted costs related to V

not been included in the fee base the additional charge and the amount of mmlon n00-soz. coo per.opere ting power reactor.

t, J historically they have been b charge are calculeted as follow

• grauad either full or partial avamptions On the basis of this calculation. an from the annual fees. With respect to Big operating power reactor Beever Valley Rock Point and Yankee Rowe. the NRC.

rv tese L for==% would pay a base anaim!

in this final rule. herebF grants partial ca pry as coem bu8e*8 fee of $2.855.000 and an addidamal exemptions from the FY1902 annual

'"d"* *' charge of $272.000 for a total anneal fee fees based On requesta filed with the of $3,127.000 for FY1992.

NRC in accordance with i 171.11.The

3. Acq, not eteenneen to en moes.

Paragraph (d)is revised to show.in me Nac ecersee or ones os teene.

summary form, the amount of the total total amount of $78L300 to be paid by the two licensees has been subtracted

"*EQOgO FY 1992 annual fee, including the surcharge. to be assessed for each major from the total amount to be saaessed m

ese pousset 00E uranse,. um type of operating power reactor. '

operstma reactors as a surcharge. The T*htg Aedenen Coseot NRC. In this final rule, hereby grants full g Q,,,*,*,**'*

,,,g, Act pgyggrgph {g) je revised to Show the Sd '

exemptions frcm the FY 1992 annual amount of the FY1992 annual fee for fees for Rancho Seco andnree Mlle program and ottomasonal see.

non-power (teet and research) reactors, pense aceinhos 7.s in FY 1992. 3557.000 in costs are Ishnd 2 based on the fact that these

• 80S "' io" *** 58***'

attributable to those commercial and reactors are either permanently or a 7amrii - m m Fedevel governament licensees that are 5

prematurely shut down and do not intInd to operate in the future.

2. Austenes act asessess oest 170 s._

.7 licensed to operate test and research mes-Teacers. AppMag these costs uniformly Paragraph (b)(3)is revised to change cenang ens tiese: eon pose or cert the Escal yeat references from FY 1991 in evees peu esmo on Comma-to those nonpower reactors which are een poscy-not exempt from fees results in au to FY 1992. Paragraph (c)(2) is amended

• Ac*,mes won nororoet annuag fee d$55.700 per operatbg to h b h d b surcM IUt

" - elInnentone 68 license.

FY 199L which is added to the base lors d* enesse Sectiert 171.M AnneelFeer Matermfr annual fee for each operating power 54 licensees. Holders of Certificasse of reactor shown in Table V.This tem e,,mu,e e ne essesses*io emes Compliance. Holders ofS aledSource turcharge recevass those NRC budgeted esser seensore van perse esenveen and Device Negretratiorts. Holders of costs that are not directly or solely

**'0'7'

.e Quality Assurance Program Appreenis.

at'

• able to operating power reactors.

totes buseseee -

2s.7 8"'ICr8'"nt Agesicsae Licenseuf 67 t

irtheless must be recovered to

'h' NAC cv j with ahe requirements of OBRA-

& latroductio

90. & NRChas continued its previous W annual additional charge la being revised to dn to - M(cfle pohey decdo60s to recover these costa denretned as Wwe lastitutions in the list identifying the from cperating power reactors.

Total bedseesd costs + Total number of types of small entities that may be opmenas peerer remotore -ses.7 eligible to pay a reduced annual fee.The

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Feder6 R sistee / Vol. 57, No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 327tM

?

ch this paragraph is necessary decreased from the amount shown in the allocation of costs to Cass I facilities in be

ducationalinstitutions were proposed rule. The decrease is the result the current rule to determine whether inn..tently omitted from the final rule of the additional collections which are there is a sigmficant difference between published on Apnl17.1992 (57 FR estimated from nrt 170 fees because of the regulatory services provided to

' 13625), relating to reduced annual fees a rule change effective May 18,1992.

operating in-situ facilities that do not for certain small entities. Paragraph which permits the NRC to billlicensees generate mill tailings as cornpared to (c)(4)is revised to indicate that the on a quarterly rather than a samiannual other licensees in Class 1.The NRC is maximum annual fee per licensed

basis, category is $1.800 for a small entity in Tables VI and Vl! show the NRC dividing the cuuent Cass i facilities into FY 1992, program elements and resources that are two classes to differentiate between Paragraph (d)is revised to reflect the attnbutable to fuel facil those facilities that generate ura.rtium FY 1992 budgeted costs for matenals materials users, respern,ities and mill tailingt and those faci!! ties that do vely, The costs licensess, including Government attnbutable to the uranium reco>ery not generate uranium rmll tailings agencies licensed by the NRC. These class oflicensees are those associated because there am genem mgulatory fees are necessary to recover the FY. ' with uranium recovery licensing and activities (e.g., appendix A to 10 CFR 1992 genenc costs totalling $46.4 million inspection. For the uranium recovery Part 40) that are necessary to regulate dpphCable io fuel facilities, uranium class of licenses, the current Category uranium milliallin88-recovery facilities, holders of 2.A.(2) for Class I facilities is further For transportation, the costa are those transportation certificates and QA divided into Case I and Cass 11 budgeted for transportation research, program approvals, and other matenals facilities. Class 11 facilities are those licensing, and inspection. Similarly, the licensaes, meluding holders of sealed -

solution mining licensees, pnmarily in-budgeted costs for spent fuel storage are source and device registrations. it is situ and heap leach facilities, which do those for spent fuel storage research, noted that the amount of the annual fees not generata uranium mill tailings. The licensing, and inspection.

for some ciasses of licensees has NRC has reexamined the uruform TABLE VI.-Au.OCATM OF NRC FY 1992 3UOGET To FUEL FAcsWTY BASE FEES Total program emmere i Asocesso io suas incer mMx eMYK N

M tev Ameserec namnew pcecy and oncommemoang

$2.ars sa siso e

essa Program Tone:

1so e

Nuoeer iden nea and Lo= Lees weses sesser ano see giaros Reginneors Fuse tec=nes sc.nweeceare s2.46o 30 1 st.2eo 77 2 Emnt emuseon 25.0 36 scegueros acenem0/r9""

ea6 21 e a15 16.7 poecy, threat ene ownt ^

a S25 13J 45 4

Decomrmanorwn0 1000 2s 1 54 47 wtLwsSA Program Totai j

i s74 l 52 a y

2.154 l 534 l l

Totas r tas ease Fee Amount Asocesso to Fuss F --

o asila nemen Lese Part 17o Fued Facevy Fees 3 7 nemen Part t71 Base Fees tar Fund Faame==

$99 neaan

' Base amuss i.e ricones as costs oweuteten to irw bas baser cines as acermees, The tme see ese not reiude coene asocsimo to oss ecmoes ear posey esm a Amount e octaned try naemonmg sie erect FTE tmee ce rete perFTE and ecos% the program sieport Anos.

O TABLE Vll.-ALLOCATM OF FY 1992 BuoGET To MATERIAL USERS BASE FEES Total Amocated to mesoness usare Suppori x FTE g

- se,e,,.e.emn on -

Human tectors 15.75o 52

$180

.3 Rache;on protocean/heeM) e#"**

(L265 17 5 3.877 113 Totes 3.867 116

%r ndetenes and Lour Level wease Essesy and Sesegenros Regiammort r'0/tng-man of memorisse uaere

$2.1s0 110 5

$1.971 9e S

(

evenmuon _

tEL2 13 1 l

.evienmorung 1.000 2sLr 446 113 l

NadLLWSSR progree tonal 2.417 17r 9 ~

,w

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Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday, bly 23. 1992 / Rules sted Regnistions 32195 Tam.E VII.-JuocATioN or FY 1982 SucoET To Mattle A4. USERS Ba5E FEES -ContVWod 1

tow Loca s m awe ae.

me.e Progmm FTE Pr suasort : K gug,ogr,am

,, g, g FTE ocal and indecendent Am, Irwshgacene, and En8ertA epe,,non,aiee, m m

Tow

. s.

too eo l

s.374 l 143.s se amoum ooccea e uvenne viere <eewa tv murer g ein erect rtt emee ow rose ser FTE and sonno ine pogram esceon #vra ressors.

i e

i i

The allocation of the NRCs 38.9 expendhe elNRC resources should he constant is the multtple necessert-Jhoa in budgeded costs to the pay the greetest ennuel fee. It is to recover $31.3 million and is 2.8 for FY dividu:1 foal facahties is based, as in esnamated that appeandmaaaky to peroesd test The unique costs am any spee e4 f 1991, pnmanly oe the conferees' of the 82.0 nah for uraniam 2 covery costs that the NRC has budgeted for a idance that licensees who require the is attrsu&nble to enma malla (Class I specific category of M _ For FY eatest expenditure of NRC resources facilities). ApproaWaately 20 percent of 1992. unsque eceu of opproximistely $1.1

.ould pay the greatest anr=tal fee.

the SLO rah for =e==1u= recovery is milhom was,idnesAed for the misdical cause the two high. enriched fuei attrsb= amble to those solut4an minlet mulactunng facilities possem licensees who do not generate ureatem improvement psegress whun is a tegic quantities of nuclear materials, rM tailings (Class Il facilities). he attributable to medr.a! heensees:aboos l 3re NRC genene safety and safeguards remaining 20 percent is allocated to the

$200.000 in cosas wese skata6ed u Stn (3.g phy:1 cal security) are other uranium recovary facauties (e.g.

being eeW=ier his %e radiotrophy

nbr*-his to thesc facilities, extrecaios ofmatala and rare earthe4 gg

, and h $100.000 we

'Jr s approach, the beu ennual The raahing anamel faea for each class W u Witthh

!t a facility la shown below, ofIlcanseeaew irradierbows.On b weep, h materiale enneal fees for W 1991 are Class I foollRie*-Ster.3oot incrwesed abeet 80 parcent above the FY d'aed *** # * --**

Close II feelBueo-WE280t 1pc,1 ermest fees.h reason for this sane. I Other Geo614ee*-ass ase, 9a** l

• 7*'"

s6.Lainaeese is twofold.Ftret, the For spent feelsearece hcomene the FY 1992 budgeted amount attributable to genenscosta of $172.M has been materish 'icensees is about 20 percent n Em:ned Fwet

• N spread W to those hennenes who highM than the FY 1991 amount. Second.

s st. ora um sa.m held spessenergemeest teamses for b number d knms to be mesed 4accom ere w co-1.c72 ias7 a.iro recespt and starese of spent fasi at en M im in FY 1992 hu deaused 8" "" '""I I" "I aW 21 row bh ee FY 1991 sanies.....

2.544 a.is.

4.seo levais about s.000 to about 7.000l.

".e'."e"n"e"O*

To equiteidy and faldy allocaes the ne manim met be estabhahed pe=or.__. -

iso sss ses $31.3 mtm== etariketehis to the at these levels la order to comfy with

• - ans appr F.200dieurse esotessel the mandate of OBRA-oo to recover users and sugletsease, b MC has appassumately 100 percent of the NRC's us g3 eos vesenenowne 150 533 ses conunned to huse the a====4 See se due FY1st badget authority. A materials or'eussen Part 170 apphaettes sad rootime' licensee 8e*f Pey a reduced annuel fee if Enginsumus inspection fees. E===== the ~ " 4,u the licensee quahEm as e armall estify and inspection fees are indica'tive of the under the MtCs esse steaderds and m

sas as Eegneereg complextty of the license, this approach certifies thetit is a small entity on NRC (wcomen iso sms-ses continues to provide a proxy for Form $20.

sao 3.t se 4.ose alloemthe the esses to the altnes*

To recover the $5.0 million ca orsese catsgenes of ana====es hased on how much it cesse MC to seculate seek attributable to the trensportesion cleas a=e Man Fwees Ca$y.Mb M M of Heseness.31.2 methan wit be 4

set me, coonnees to consider the hopection asteemed %e $se Departenent of Energy cora frequenorh b6 (DOE) to coverou ofits tmasporte6os

,,,s e mes Ma 7se fregneasyseindlameterof theemiserrisk casks underCategory18.De formaineg

,,, ge j,,

e and resulting regulatory costs tmpones for profic l

.n g,

ena ese associatedwith the categories of holdere pproved plans. bc s.oesl siae sies

.annant for QA to w e.nus cat.s end.

1. nis anocation of the costa as,,,,,,_

nbutable to uranium recovery is also

$1JD02oriseers caly.

ud ca thm conferees' guidance that Ameniny m.pa % g speanse The sessmet ceresse of the FY1ser.

i ensen who require the greatest Fallespeemen Prtsetty)x caneteet4.(Uniqu base annualfees for eB materiale category cases) u u is sumemarised a foHowe:

I

__. _ _ __ _ 1 _. _.- __ _ -. _. _ _. _. _ _ _. _,..,. _ _. _

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32706 Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday July 23, 1992 i Rules and Regulations

'IALS LICENSES BASE ANNUAL FEE licensees that generate a significant VII. Regulatory Analysis i

l RANGES amount of low level waste for purposes of the calculetion of the $1.600 surcharge With respect to part 170, this final rule category os nceree I

annues see.

are in fee Categories 1.B.1.D. 2.C,3.A.

was developed pursuant to title V of the l

i 3.B, 3.C. 3.1. 3.M. 3.N. 4.B. 4.C 5.B. 6 A.

Independent Offices Appropriation A;t Part70-e r w cnes sa a en.nort and 7.B. N surcharge for Categories of 1952 (!OAA)(31 USC. 9701) and the

?

'u*

4A and 17. which also generate and/or Commission's fee guidelines. When '

P m 7 M o ennense sess a dispose of low level waste, is $36.800 for developing these guidelines the part io-v. coneon _ sast. coo.

Category 4A end $36.000 for Category Commusion took into account guidance part 40-viarwm ssa soo io sis 7.soo.

17.

pwrided by the U.S. Supreme Court on l' PQene Of the Se 2 million not recovered from March 4,1974. in its decision of National

' S43o e sam small entities. $A nullion is allocated to Cable Television Association. /nc. v.

Partri-nanaconenen si.soo to as2.sco.

fuel facilities and other materiale UnitedStates. 415 US 36 (1974) and i

os aemoscove umanet licensees. %is results in a surcharge of Fedem/ Power Commission v.New l

P*'t 72-wiesooneers

$43.000.

$150 per category for each licensee that EnglandPbwer Company. 418 U.S. 345 i

M O"'

is not eligible for the small entity fee.

(1974). In these decisions, the Court held i

On the basis of this calculation a fuel that the IOAA aubrises an agency to I

'Emunes we annuar les ear e few menery

• "** ,e'e'*.*e*c.".M **"** facility, a high enriched fuel fabrication. charge fees for special benefits rendered j

[o'"M*"#

licensee. for example, pays a base Io identifiable persons measured by the e,ene e

j annual fee of $2.170,000 and an "value to the recipient" of the agency.

Paragraph (c)is amended to establish additional charge of $155.250 for EW service.The meening of the IOAA was j

ths additional charge which is added to activities and small entity coste. A further clartfled on December 16,1976.

the b:ss annual fees shown in medical center with a broad-scope by four decisions of the UA Court of

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pcrograph (d) of this final rale.This program pays a base annual fee of Appeels for the District of Columbia, i

surchtrge connnues to be shown, for

$12.200 and an additional charge of National Cob /e Television Association j

conv$nience, with the applicable

$1.750. for e total annual fee of 313.950 v.FederclCommunicofions c:tesones in paragraph (d). The for FY 1992.

edditional charge recovere Commission. 554 F.2d 1004 (D.C. Ctr, approximately to percent of the NRC Se tion 171*19 PeY"'at 1976):Norional Association of Broodcastere v. Federal l

budgeted costs of $3J miDion relating to his section le revised to give credit Communications Commission. 554 F.2d i

L' lisposal generic activities because for those partial payments made by lite (D.C. Cir.1976); Electronic i

ent of the RW is generated by certain licensees in FY 1992 toward their Industries Assocsotion v. Federal

{

Ew disposal regulatory activities are aconsees. Although these NRC FY 1902 annual fees.De NRC t

Communications Commission. 554 F.2d anticipates that the Aret, second and -

110s (D.C. Cir.1976) and Capital Citiee j

not directly attributable to materials third quarterly payinents for FY 1992 Communicofion. Inc. v. Federal licensees. the costs nevertheless must be wdl have been made by operating power Communications Commission. 554 F.2d recovered in order to comply with the reactor licensees and some matenals requirements of OBRA-90. no licensees before the finalrule is 1135 (D.C. Cir.1976). These decisions of l

Commission has continued the previous effective. nerefore. NRC will credit the Courts enabled the Commission to policy decision to recover payments received for those three develop fee guidelines that are still used approximately 40 percent of these EW quarters toward the total annual fee to for cost recovery and fee developement costs from materials licensees. The FY be assessed.The NRC wiH'ediust the purposes.

t 1992 budgeted costs related to the fourth quarterly billin order to recover Th' 08""l**IO",8 f** I"id'}i"" "

tdditional charge and the amount of the the full amount of the revised annual upheld on August 24.1979, by the UA.'

I ch:rge are calculated as follows:

fee. As far FY 1991.psyment of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in AfiS8i88/ P/ Pbwer ondl.ight Ca v. U.S.

annual b is due on the effective date of P

av tese the rule and interest eacrues froni b,

Nuclearitsgulatory Commissions est i

**" 8 F.2d 223 (5th Cir.1979), cert. denied 444.

,,',,",$'y"effective date of the rela. However.

ccesary as comes l

interest wiu be weived if payment le UA 1102 (1980).%e Court held that (1) i reos ved within 30 days frorn the the NRC had the authority to recover the

i. Acw e ra swesessee m en w.

effective date of the rule.-

fuH cost of providing smicer 4

.sene Nac nonnese er mens as s.

identifiable beneficianes: (2) the NRC -

i carmee, seu 40% es LLW essones V. Envireassental hapact: Categorical could properly assess a b for the costs 9enanc acwe.e.

s3.4 Exclusien of providing routine inspectione.

The NRC has determined that this.

necessary to ensure a licensee's l

Of the 33.8 million in bodgeted costs final rularia the type of action described compliance with the A:omic Energy Act i

shown above for EW activities. 50 in categorical enclusion 10 CFR.

and wtGapplicable regulationer (3) the percent of the amount (St.s miulon) are 51.22(c)(1).Derefore, neither an NRC could charge for costs incurred in i

allocated to fuel facilities included in.

environmental impact statement nor an. r r Go environmental reviewe

' - part 171 (19 facihties), as fouows:

environmentalimpact a-t has.

required by NEPA (4) the NRC property 3155.100 per HEU. LEU. and UFe facility been propered for the final reguietteer included the costs of uncontested'.

14.400 for each of theother 8 bl I

as.no remaining 50 pescent (St.g gM g hearings and of administrative and.

g technical support services in the les i.

,n) are aDocated to the material

%Is final cule a==*h mainfosenesien schedule: (6) the NRC could assess a b -

licensees in categories that generata krw min.csea= W and,W for renewing a license to operata a krw-level weste (1mes un e} es renower. is not sublest to the requirassomasef4he+ levei sodioessive weste burialWear and?

i 31.s00 per matenele lionesse except for - Peperwerk Eedession Act aftsee144-(4) the~ NRCs febe were not arbittery or 7. those in Categerler4A and ly.%ose U:8.C. 3005 et sew- - - -

cepetciosa.

l 1

- - -. - - - -. - - - - = - - - - - - - - -

Federal Registar / Voh 57. No.142 / Thursday, July '23,1992 / Rules and Regulations 327trl V

ipect to Part 171, on November budget authonty through the assessment Authonty 31 U.S C,9"ot. 90 Sut. lost sec.

i. 1, engtese passed Public Law of user fees. This Act further requires 301. Pub L 92,114. se Stat 22:(42 U S c.

'01-No, the Omnibus Budget that the NRC establish a schedule of

ote. sec 201. se stat.1:42 as amended Reconcthetion Act of1990(OBRA-90).

charges that fairly and equitably (42 U s c. ss4n ror FYs 1991 through 1995, OBRA-90 aHocates the aggregate amount of these

2. In i 170.3. the definition nonprofit equires that approximately 100 percent charges among licensees-educot ona/ institution is added to read

f the NRC bcdget authonty be This final rule establishes the

,, roitow,:

ecovered. To accomplish this statutory schedules of fees that are necessary to equirement, the NRC, in accordance implement the Congressional mandate 5170.3 Definttions.

vith i 171.13. is publishing the final for FY 1992. The final rule results in an anount of the FY 1992 annual fees for increase in the fees charged to all Nonpro[if educationc/ m.sf...a a piratmg reactor licensees. fuel cycle licensees. and holders of certificates.

means a public or nonprofit euucational

_censees. matenals licensees, and registrations, and approvals, including institution whose pnmary function is olders of Cernficates of Compliance, those licensees who are classified as education, whose programs are egistrations of sealed source and small entities under the Regulatory

evic2s and QA program approvals, and Flex 2bility Act.The Regulatory accredited by a nationauy recognized

overnment agencies. OBRA40 and the Flexibility Analysis, prepared in accrediting agency or association, who

onference Committee Report accordance with 5 U.S.C. act. is s legauy authonted to provide a pecifically state that (1) the annual fees included as appendix A to this final rule. program of organized instruction os study, who provides an educational e f$51 5 1 less e IL Backfit Analysis program for which it awards academic

. mounts couected from part 170 fees ne NRC has determined that the degrees, and whose educational no the funds directly appropnated from backfit rule,10 CFR 50.109. does not pr grams are available to the pubbc.

,e NWF to cover the Commission's high apply to this fit.al rule and that a backfit wel waste program; (2) the annual fees analysis is not required for this final

3. Section 170.20 is revised to read as nell, to the maximum extent rule. The backfit analysis is not required IOU

• 8 recticable have a reasonable because these amendments do not elationship to the cost of regulatory require the modification of or additions i 170J0 hwage cost pw profesponal

statMour, ersices provided by the Commission; to systems, aTuctures, components, or nd (3) tha annual fees be assessed to design of a facility or the design.

Fees for permits, licenses,

,ose hensees the Commission. in its approval or manufacturtng license for a amendments, renewala, special projects.

, a s'

. determines can fairly, facility or the procedures or part 55 requalification and replacement l

qt and practicably contnbute to organization required to design, exammations and tests, other required near,. yment.nerefore, when construct or operate a facility, reviews approvals, and inspections evelopmg the annual fees for operating under il 170.21 and 170.31 that are owtr rezctors the Commission IJst of Subjects based upon the full costs for the review ontmu:d to consider the vanous 10 CFR Porf 170 eactor vendors, the types of or inspection will be calculated usmg a antamment, and the location of the -

Byproduct material, import and export professional staff. hour rate equivalent i

actor. The annual fees for fuel cycle licenses, Intergovernmental relations, to the sum of the average cost to the censees, matenals licensees, and Non payment penalties, Nucleare agency for a professional staff member, olders of certific.ates. registrations and matenals. Nuclear power plants and mcluding salary and benefits.

oprovals and for licerrsis issued t reactors. Source matenal. Special admmistrative support. travel, and

overnmznt agencies take into account nuclear material certain program support. He ne type of facility or approval and the 10 CFR Pbet 171 professional staff. hour rate for the NRC lasses of the licensees.

based on the FY 1992 budget is $123 per pcrt 171. which estabhshed annual Annual charges, Byproduct material.

hour, Intergovernmental relations. Non-

4. In i 170.21 the introductory payment penalties, Nuclear matmals-ect ye to 1

3327A:

paragraph, Category K. and footnotes 1 P

" ' 8 eptember 18,1986), was challenged and mtjalS knd 2 to the table are revised to read as a nuclear phsid in its entirety in Florido Power nd Leht Company v. (.tnited States, 846 material. Holders of certificates, 2d 765 (D.C. Cir.1988). cert. demed' registrations, approvala, Penalties.

g 170Jt Schedu6e of toes for prooucean

'b' and veksom honm, m of standard preamble and under the authonty of the retwenceo design appewaas, speceas s e on e i

bu wer Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended.

t and impon and upon iso legally challenged.'As a result of.

and 511.S C. 552 and 553. the NRC la 13 Supreme Court decistottin Slanner adopting the followmg amendments to Applicants for construction permits.

Mid.American Pipeline Co 100 S. Ct. 10 CFR parts 170 and 171.

manufactunna licensea, operating

' 8 (1989), and the enial o ce orari i

x n censu PART IN FOR FME g Net an i r/onda Power n Lig e

{

MATERIAL.S,MPORT AND N LICENSES, AND OTHER REGULATORY designs, requalification and teplacement

'**"*"""i 11 latory F1axibility Analysis SERY1CES UNDER THE ATOMC exammations for reactor operators, and h..dC is required by the Omnibus MERM AN M As a-special prpects and holders of c nstruction permits. Licenses, and other ludget Reconciliation Act of1900to-

1. ha authority citation for part 170 approvals shall pay fees for the ecover approximately 100 percent of its continues to read as follows.

followmg categories of servicaen -

4 Fedesal Respeter ) VoF. 57, No. In / Thursday, Juh 23,1992 / Rules and Rig-l.h 32708 2

1 4

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• imot e,o esport iconses:

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sc7 annom inane acuses uness a crp o on iio ni.emn rewww Te the eeuenos or a een sames acaen follows:

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mg co-or w e onreciar seemy enauerne same vien import andexportlicenses.andother ma comrassen revww. Euceme Suwum inas, et se rose poem. s mem> seems as me aceans osna es est emmene esem reguletory services andholders of re or torme go,erwners - - -

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• • '*"'s"*

t280 curewer on as owso essen new,gM carescries ofservices.This schedule e

includestees for hes!th and safety and weesase==a neeen on we se som mousses er soiemen, e',

safegnardsinspecdons Are orosessens mee ames esemessis em seen e

= -ie to sw wincese ese or one vue opphcable.

4 SCHEDULE OF MATEMALs FEsa l

tsee sooenoese et and as inesol cowoory

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SOEDULE OF MATERIALS FEES-Contmued i

(See loomosse et end of teteel i

Category of metense sceness and type of tese '

Feeaa

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inspectone FJ Coet, Rousne -

Nonrouane.

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A&"-

% econee -

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. 120 120 i

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310 C. As oeer sowpe metenes scensest

. 370

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. - - - _ : 650 ineoectona 400 Rouww Nonrousne,

. 400

=

2 Brortmet enaiener 1,800 erome conterug t>rproihdct metenal ter commercial ase4DueertA UCerees of broad eccoe nor f=*aaman tid use of tryor

. ; f_ r_-; of As-3

% acones Aenewet

. 2.500 Ame s rt-1.500 insDectort a

. 250 W-

.'m Peonrouwee

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.. 2.200 I

bJt mesenal tor commeraal esotemert omencewin0 9' 8enes corese**G

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Federal Rawisame / Vol 57 No.142 / Thurs6v. bly 23,1992 / Rules and ReguleHons 32711 ScHEDULA or MATomats Fus-Contsived (See toowween se and'es saase)

Category of #G toenmes enti e oe of imme

• r Feesa 4 Weste chopose! erw proceseeg A Lcensee spechcasy savaang to receipt of wease thoroshact mesenal owco metanal or special numeer frutonal Dore other pe contrngency store 0e or cornmeroes land me=d tiy Wie honnese; cr scenses authormrg corengency teorage of Icur level the r o s for the peepene of Secedges k' enumer person mWierend to feopus er e4iese Of eash 16 power reactors. or hconese for recess of wes wease et me see ed nucasar wease of Leonse, renewel. amendment i

inspecean1L

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_ FuS Cott I

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a, t.000

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. 3.ses Amencynere

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.. 1.000 1.508 mecocoons:

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nouene Pecowousne uw C. Omar scensee seuse pursuere to parts 30. 35. eo, ena 70 as ses casepter tor human ime of Overonus enesene 1.Je9 metener, encept brennes tot byproouct meewel towce fnetenal or epocal riucseer meesnel m emetod sourose poneneind e il es ner M=

% acense eemost Rensues M

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• Fee ;

Mepeceone Rouane

,.... ~........,.... -. -.

740 Norvousne ~..

d

) Devce. proact or seeed so6sce estety evolueeort

.-...... -.. _... - -.. 740 A. Setery evakation or oevees or products cornanHg Orproouet metenta, source metense, or noecies nuclear me:enet exceos reactor f. set devces for comme <ciai distrewtort A c=*e= +- :;:n oeves _

3500 l

A.

4.- J n 7.devits.

IMoectont 1300 Ramns

., Fun Cost Norvousne Fun Cost 8 $41 sty evehatson of devces or pro &cte conterary byproduct melenal. source retetenet. or specal nutteer fristenet manufactured in accordance entn tM urtous LDecrliceeone of. and lor une Dy, a lengle egiplicant escept reactor fuel dev%es:

S,_----_

7. device.

.. t 700 A..

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. 620 Onecoceorm Rousne Full Cost.

t Norvousne Fun Cost

! C Seeeey evesuonon of neced sources conterung poproect meteriod. source metenet, or species nucteer meteret, escogs reactor fusa. for commercel desveutiort ny, soyros.

...... 740 1

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.,........ -. ~... _.....

250 letoeceans.

Rouene.-

Fue Cost Nonrousne._

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speancatore of, and sor une py, e origie appecent oncept reacicr haet:

Ame=*m eecri acasoe

.. _.. 370 A. -- a..;. 2 Z 7.eGsee innoeceans

,.....,. 120 Rougne

. Fun Cost Norvouarie

. fun Cost

• 0 T~

. of reasoecome metener A

son of caste, paceegos, and engorig contorere.

Y

d. Renesset Ar'enoment Aorw

.._... -. Fue Cost Houane Fun Cost Norvousne B Evenmeon of to CFR part 71 questy escurence programe.

. Fue Coet, Appen.~. Y4

... _.. -....., 250 Reressed Amonament 250

_ 250 tespeceoner

%sene

.s....

Full Cost 8sonrousne

.._.....m Fue COJ t1 Reviour et starettena2ed spent fuse teorsa.

Sooroved. Renewes, AvtonorMnt

• epeceane 8 in Cost

• 2 Sooc al prosectr

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Fue Cost Acteowese arW pr====e==vtcenang actNmaa m..

. Full Cost msoectone O A Scent kses storage ch.en Carecate of Compaance r,

_. Fue Coet.

Accroves

. Fust Cost.

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_. Full Cost.

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C #nsoectone russied to storage of opent tune unoer 9 72.210 of eue cnepeer-Fue Cose Rouane.

• eorvtaanne Fue Cost

. Full Cost.

SvproeJct, source, or spooel twtaar metano6 aconses and other ecorovas autrtarmrq oncommenesorwng oecontaminetson, reciemenon. or $4e restorecon t4 achestes caseuent to 10 CFR perte 30,40,70. are 72 of sus cnepter Accreves, Reneuret Amendment Poececrt:

fun Cost Routre

. Fuel Cost.

Norvousne

1i Imoort are Esport acermee

. Fuf: Cost Oconese eeued purmerit to 10 CFR part 110 of the chacear for the enoort and escort orwy of specei nucteer metenes, source matarei. hyproduct meter el. nesvy eveser, transet or reacasor grade greprete.

A Aapmenean Ior evoort or esport of NEU and other metenese sermen must be reviewed by the Commemore arid the Esecueve Brancn. for ea_moie. tnoes aceone 1 CFR 11440fbk morwoe toenas 0 000 dmore 9.000 1

B. e.-camm for evoort or esport of opened feucteer meannet, fisovy weser. rwamar green greenee. eitunt and source enaderus, and eunel esporte of metenose reseming Emeowese Brenen revour orey, sur cuangas, Wiese eenere trear to CFM 110.41 tem 2H86.

A m ener==

4.000 Amaresmere 4930 C. Aaper' anni tot esort of scussie nisones et LEU reecer lises and esene af cource esseems respenng tenupp gousnenent seawarices crey.

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1 32713 f

SCNDUUE OF h44TWALs FEES-Contirtued (See tooincnes et end of tonal i

l Category of netenede Ererses and type of fees

• Fee a l

ApC" -

ecoree _

Amenemens -

3.133 i'

O AcC4Ce'Jon for esport or @ port of OPer melonese not #equireig Comfructiori review,

- __ 3.100 ADDecehon.new inconee - -

Amenomont E2ecuore Grencit reveger a torempt g(neprense tem 1

., 1M E L4ror amendment of any esport or eport hcense to entend the e4eenon amen, cg earnesec esorvraaon er mene e 1.200 a

anews a rev ew l

Amendmerit.

sencen so est regere e

4 e6 Acciprocny 120 Agreement State sceneses emo cenews ecomiese m a em Agreement State unour the reciprocny proweens of 10 CFR 15a24 acoscanon (eerm eeng av Form 241) i, reo e

_ 6eo n __

_ Pu A entrechore;

_. ~. -.. _...

_. --.-.~ -

Pt/ A Routre one acrvoneria -

-. ; (*)

i r,oce on, seoerein crages se see.n ei we scheouse we ne eensemos tar &

oewces. ano viececacne. The eueessig gneessies ecosy to mese afeges:eres acc+cten, emerine of new Isosse tw een tomasse ees essested el 9te cost ete espessarie eled IPy Agreernent State scensees to regen r

accor%eNec Dv the prescreed appeteam fee lor escri teiegory, empest 9tet m a pcanone is, ocereas eeuw ng mese esen one see ensegory es seemet smacener mesennt er eeurce me e

must tie argec1reon too ror Ine regreuet tee teamgory" and W Accacemens sur ecenses wieur consesy mE must De socorvossed av se essacenari ese et 3125 000.

IM brenewooergwawsuimew dese=8ess ter

'eet fr e Categenes 1A 18.1E. 2A,4A. 58. ICA.11.12. t3A. eno San are sue upon neuecense by pie Co e

i tc) Herweevsesessenet "

"- ter rensuer es acenese and see wenn mies to accor encept inet toes ear essenemoso ter sanoeuf as aconses and esessene ar'wce to hA coallose See Cen'oereed by me prescrees rere are ave upors noseceton try the Cr (di semeneneer asse-.

e ecsoroence eens 9 874

26ek sgenes 1A.19, lE. 2A 4A $8. t0A 1t,12,134, 14) ameadment see sor esca scenes anecess, An esemenson ear en am, enemere is e enesee or esess

(

. ust be MJdeersed by Wie preocutbed o, m crescreed emanament too ser one caempsy enacted try we amenemmit wenes tne amenenese e==awar== ore two one see ensegwy sees he seese l

-enomens tee nor tne regnant too coengary ende escst. For mese esonese eret sossenese suesses to sua cuese (

to sus er mee ses cannones e usena eens ein e id let amonenens sees are ese een nosecoeon try me C1 -

21 Ae. =

. m accarenree een i 170.12tcL 4 os accompereed Dy Wie preepees ma"****""i ese ser Die near emeM.. tar amenenens to a enetsiass scores e tPr the DreeCreeg amenevient les for We sower les teamgory.(3) An anr=resen eor n C to a scense or accrevet tiet woned rograrn to e nouser too category must to accorgereed s

to) Appecesans to semenete toereas eumanaris emne menoress proyama, ones es er N assie er desweenenseen pressee feet tel s'soecess Asse-seperses essesges se be eseeemed r

av noteuepectas a eemene Sasse acenesse one sonsuce aceween a non scu each rousne end notro; ens ; veneen onresnood, anc1nssng espectone conouctw by m c

Ageomens States under me new ;ca

.nvessgevone conoucted try me Omco se erveesegenere and nonroiene vissessono mas seeue wu ow,e.pronmore of to CFR 150 20 traspeceans ressung mcre men one masonese inceries et a engne encatort a toe eques to me regrises see criegory covered tav vis scenese we teen, ensemesm bised on tre crofesserief s". aft asse teilbareG to conthJc5 One unepecean emespues Ipy Wie rete ie aseeesse e N especeans we services ceste incurved we be adena Lessness co weg enore inen one ce erup epescates e essest e

ecosction rees are sue temn nosecoman tiy me Commsena e accarenres me to cnerges a ses squel to sie teertow we caengary coveres tpy the eDWem

• s 117f 12 fat see Footnoes S tar omer esoscean nosest.

een was not he energes ser artere etume Dy em Conmesman t>sumre to 10 C1514 2.202 or Ier troen eie semenenesse of sch Ccc _

iO cf the Code of Fsomre Regnessono te4,10 CFA 3ELt1 edk $4, 7034, 736,

'e eteer see e e tre form or e erones ereenestant, letter es econsvel etiety evessenen reOort er ofter lor'st in edemort 90 me lee e apue guy ester escacne near er fiepeaner si enec6 regeneses of Ste WSftpves edesconet tee lor seemed ansce este scisse eveseses se engen et Categenee Sih escugPt 30.

• FJ cost fees we Ine emessasies metas en N esseeneeses enest eroe are enesessumes careecent esoport s on ti6e and ior wnsen toes are eenusenee seems es sie eies seen assises ter eso sma== sie pseasessmes sen e= vices esperuset Far fices especeewis assency to tre ettecave oste 08 it'se rule nel De deternened at wie procammones reses seneDeWee lor De June fu*ei e6 Soproonste For 1 hoes essessmeno currency on ese for ernsch ressur geeh fieue reecMed e l s

20 1984 J Aav 2.199

. eriuery 30,19et,,Aapr 2.1990. ene Jusy 10.1981, t on to v 0 susem Die are see essen9 esmessene of me reveses, wie cost eienstes new any espeamm N r especohle fee cespig etWieshed tyv N Jhane 20,1984, ent'

=~--t An, x

- _ sienseurs enemisme ses== mese cuenge en er meer sammy so een reacmas sueugh Jertuefy 28, M M eue tie ts, t 17020. a6 scorconsie, excess tar teoscal recorts shoes som essee MM Com useist eesses 860000 ter ease w r. we ne se

to a tocaces report cosecastep or uresor rotese trorn January atL 1988, someyt Aayst 86 test se set tie tween t eport amusemest soum er asaansed on or ener Asep.et 9,1981, we tio esenates et to especease rete seenhound a g 170JtL in no event we sie tow se o se eseecaseL Any pressmacesis Neum rang saae eNama m { 1EL20 sete l's

• ucensees povmg esse unser Categeise I A.18. ems tE se see um-se to has enser Ceseguese 1C and to venne eicam e omte samason a uman a semaneton anse over men me esmee anween ensemane av me aceree.se eesur43 bcerees sem comer moet eigueensle rnague end scenes nucseer mecenaf m eensed goiacee Int use et gougne Aererasies er reur acunema er runeues er

1. erisevaa fee for fee Celegory IC orer.

• For a 6:ense annonase eseesses sesengessac eenseemons or menneectunng sieteeston caractaan of eacft facesspt escept Stat 8 fte smeltine seamsbesens ese espassed enesip a eryt usent, e asespe eispecten toe we tie s a poes se ---a a eowesesse see conopes a mas necean6 e et I

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.RT ANNUAL FEES FOR accrediting agency or association who avoidance of interest and penalty i

AC

/PERATING UCENSES, is legally authortzed to provide a charges. If a partial or full esemption is

! ID Ft.. CYCLE UCENSES AND program of organized instruction or granted. any overpayment will be i

ATERIALS UCENSES. INCL'JOING study, who provides an educational refunded.

)LDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF program for which it awards academic

)MPUANCE REGISTRATIONS, AND degrees, and whose educational

9. In i 171.15. paragraphs (b)(3). (cH2).

JAUTV ASSURANCE PROGRAM programs are available to the public.

(d). and (e) are revised to read as

'PROVALS AND GOVERNMENT follows:

IENCIES UCENSED BY THE NRC

8. In i 171.11. paragraph (b) is revised i 171.15 Annual Fees: Reactor ooersting i The authonty citatien for part 171 is to read as follows:

neenees.

ined to read as follows:

I 171.1 t Esempoons.

SI,,,

suthonty Sec. 76ct. Pub. L 99-2r2. too a

t sto. as amended by sec. 5eot. Pub. L (3) Generic activities required largely a

mmntbn may, upon for NRC to regulate power reactors, e.g.,

4o3. tot-Stat.13m as amended by Sec.

t. Pub. L 101-239.103 Stat. 21oe se application by an interested person. or updating part 20 of this chapter. or end2d by sec. 61o1. Pub. L tot-50s.104 upon its own initiative, grant sur;h operatir.g the Incident Response Center, t 138a (42 U.S.C. 2213k sec. Jot. Pub. L exemptions from the requirements of The base FY 1992 annual fees for each 114. 86 St:t. 222 (42 U.S.C. 220ttwil: sec.

this part as it determines are authortred operating pnver reactor subject to fees

. sa Stet.1242 as amended (42 U.S.C.

by lave or otherwise in the public under this section and due before 11-interest. Requests for exemption must be September 30,1992, are shown in

in i 171.5 the definitton nonprofit filed with the NRC within 90 days from paragraph (d) of this section.

cotionalmstitution is added to read the effective date cf the final rule (c) * *

• initows; establishing the annual fees for which (2) The FY 1992 surcharge to be added the exemption is sought in order to be to each operstmg power reactor is 71.s Dennmone-considered. Absent extraordinary

$272.000. This amount is calculated by circumstances, any exemption request dividing the total cost for these actmties Voirp.ofit educationo! institution filed beyond that date would not be

($29.7 mhilon) by the number of

-ans a public or nonprofit educational considered.The filin8 of an exemption operating power reactors (los).

ititutioe whose pomary function la request hee not extend the date on (d) The FY 1992 part 171 annual fees ucat on, whoae pograms are which the billis payshie. Only the -

for operating power reactors are as i by a nationally recognized timely payment in full ensures follows:

crer PART 171 AMUAt. FEES BY REACTOR CATEth ? f 1 (Feesannwhonel se fee 3CoC21**Com.

7 s2 se6 272

$313a

$22 o nowton Eno 15 I e50 7

.22 3122 4a s ware L 24 2 e1o 272 3 082 74 o M4't #

e 2.s21

.272 3093 24 1 Maria HI 4( 2sto

.272 J os2 (

12.3 Sungnouse 51 1 2.a55 272 3127 l 15s S rotaas iog.

...]

33s 3

' Fees====d trr ree: tor venoor we eery ear sense west of sie Racey Mounseen and tar wesengnouse pianis unen ce cono ree,s le) Tha annual fees for licensees.

I 171.14 AnnualFeee lessertain'J

.th:rtzed to operate a nonpoww(test Hottere of CerW#oesos et Comptance, ennumise td research) reactor licensed unde.r.

H8888's enested seurm and Datos per acerosa irt 50 of this chapter except for those Regesoremone.Hoteere of Queety Assurance j actors sxempted from fees under Approrets and h genoe ga,mg senes cuaneeses and enies nos.cor.

171.11(a). are as follows:

pront orgerweeano (gross annum rece.ney (c) A licensee who is required to pay s2som e sa s numon Si m i

- erch es:ctoe 3s6300 Lees inen s2so.ooo am g

gg, an annual fee under this section may pni,e.e,,

pny.c no

,,,ose qualify as a small entity. lf a licensee ern.m rees r qualifies as a small r ntity and provides

$250.000 io sto nwnon.

teco the '%=='d== ion with the proper

** '" M 0" a

certification. the licensee may pay s,nes gewompanie6 piesceone (sn-l c* anne messy supported esses.

reduced annual fees for FY 1992 as sone:einemasons (pooweemr*

tt, 171.18. the introductory text of follows:

20.000 io sim ar: graph (c) and paragraphs (c)(4) (d);

Femme,.,unessmene inn are niit td b) are revised to read as followsc sine er emear sweened. and me sooenso,sesa.es -._.

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) The maumurn annual fee base for each category applicable to the i

.uai fee plus surcharge) a sm(all entity license (s).

certificates, registrations or approsals 1

subject to fees under this section are as I

(d) The FY 1992 annual fees for follows:

is required to pay for FY 1992 is $1.800 materials licensees and holders of SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS ANNUAL FEES AND FEES FOR GovEA i

tSee footnotes et end of taceel Category of meierse hconses i Speces nucear matenet Annues see, i e 3

A si) Lcenses

• possewon and use of U-235 or piutonium for toes tenneeton aceweee.

mgn enref ed bei i

Lcense No.

Uda'.

Baccoca and Mces....__

Nucteer Fuel Services..._,.. _-..... _

SNM42 70-27 52.170.000 Low Ersched Fuet SNW124 70.te3 2.170.000 B&W Fuet Company...

Comtiusten EngmeenrS (Homoses)..

$N W l168 70-1201 6a3.000 Cornouseon Engmeerng meoncel...

SN W 1067 70-1100,

E43.000 SNM 33 70-36 083.000 Generse Eiectnc Company 1

5,emeat Nucteer Power.---

SNWlog7 70-t t t3 l 683 000 Westegnouse E'ecinc Cct.

SNW1227 70-1257 643 000 4

SN W1107 70-8164 6a3 000

)

Category os maiones bconnee 4

Fgg 4 4 4 Sorenarge,.

... ~

8155250 4

A. (2) As otner scocses nucW meieres beoenes not MCauded m 1 A (1) eDoW lor possession and use of 200 n

u sessed form or 350 grams or more at conuaned U-235 e unseesed torm or 200 grarne or more of U-233 m nsawed fo Surer' erne -

grams or more of peutotuum e u

rm..-

72.000 a L*enses lor receipe and sacrage of apare tues se en edependere opent fust escrego matenaton HSFSl)-

Surcturge.

., ~. ~. -

a3.000 38.860

• teenees tor fioenesson and une of specuni nucteer maionet m seesed sources contemed n oewices u couen0 udsy skerencence eru.lyrers t.750 arcnerge y ems.

{

As other sceoes nucteer meterms h

.....s t;00 consneuie e ceca em se ae conees. eicept neceses auinonrmg speoal nucceer sneeenes e unseemd sorm m cor.wowri that ecued 150 Sorenerge...

nod a p50 ii ce m eneseer. ior aca ine scense.

a pe, = same sees u osair cm. gory I A (2)-

-a E. I consee 'or sne operation of a uranium ennchment teemty......_ --

121) 2 Socco meter.ar j

1.750 A. (1) L. censes for possessson and use of sourcs matenal for retowng uranium mde concentrates to urett m h N/ A *

• Sorenerge.._.- -.._,..-

u enaftvende.~

62) Lgenses for possess.cn and see of source meiertoi e recovery operatene even as numng essd 381.000 i

• acar;es and e procesong of ores conwwng towce maneral for entracean of rnetes cener then uteruum or ino 155 250 l

of evoroduct = esse me:ene. OpnrN trom source metenal recovery opersoons, as wed as licenses outnoreng star'dey mooes e ese autnermng rio possemaica r

C'ete i tecWees ' -

e ance of a aseme e a i

C:ase il facees L r

other tacartise m.--

167.500

(

Surcwge 58.800 73.200 l

8 Lcenses wrmen authorize onfy the posseenen use and estaesoon of cource metenes tor n i.,-

430 SurCnarge..

150 i

C. t.s etner source metenes scennes.-

i Surenerge --

150 i

1 Cypromet metenac 3.000

_ m.m A. Oconses of Orced acces tar & end wee of byproesct mesones eeued pursuant to perte 30 and 33 e r 1.75i

[

manufacanng of Nome conterwig Dyprochact metensi lor comrneraal esedeuton.

c t ue enapeer for proceemng or Surtnerge m.

l i

B Ctrer heenees nor goesseman and use of byproesct metense neued pursuant to part 30 of true enepter f 1.7t0 9M0 gen *e contemmg Dyproduct metensi for commerosi eseeumon or manutectone of Si.renerge r.

c. teensee esued pwowere to H 32.72. 32.73. and/or 32.74 os ine enspear ::A. % the procm or ere l

4 400 t.750 reestnoueon of ramo ofiermar==*aam

...m_

nati ectuose M posessmen and use of tource matenes toe ernemen0 audiereed pursuant to part e0 m and eseeuoon or same heeree.

Surcneme nceweed on the

. - ~

D. Uceneca and approvem neued pursuere to H 32.72. 32.73, and/or 32.74 os true enseest suinonang essenaten 1.750 10.900 i

i reGoonermecouacals. generete a. restere tute ereuer sources or dovesse not eercesing proceanne se trypros ct or reesseueon ce sicludet M t-am and une et sowte mesonal for aresseng outeorsed purteent to part eO 08 Wes chapter when e l d meteneL T?ue coengary afeo a

l heenes l

enarge-c u ed on Wie Game -

3.M mee not poenemen and== w erproaci meiene e es ed nowc= nor wee on a mennen,m ~

t50 sm se erueid feels.eholded crues)

SupWieraa wn.cn = sowoe e not removed F. Laceness for possemelon wed use et less tien 10.000 cames of tyypreshace meestal e esafed sowcas ear ereenm 150 a.500 sowoe e esposed Ior eveeseen pwpones-Surcsta=

nstonese m weten Ine o Lmenses ser poneaemen and ens et 90.000 tunes or more of inorosset menenes m messed soween ear eress 150 4.000 tource e empened ter muassen purposee.

• L, en m esma se 14,400 IN

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.d-l Category of masoness teenees

(""d',

l To m pwwem io seo.i A e p.t 3 of ese eneo. = eteeuie d.mo conioning t p,oduci maione mi rose,. os.uos re w

. - pore io saempt from the kcenesng rw _ of part 30 of sie enester, escope nosofic seconess autnorung a

_ ^

of aeme thgt j twS Deen Guthorued for orstreutaon to Cornorte esenet Wom the scenesne reoaremonte of part 30 of lhe cnapter.

6.300 j artferge.~...

.m.,

m_

.~ _

150

enses itsued purewa'il to subpart A of part 32 of eus chapter so estreute nome contammg Dyproduct metonal or osanates of Dyproduct l 4teria fMi ao not focuire Oevre evaluaton to persorte enemm kom the honocq requiremente of part 30 of ttus ef$ apter. encept for

( ac*c iconses autnormag reeeveution of nome ut ha tusen authonrad for meannron to persono esempi Irom tne acenoeg

• 3arer'ients of part 30 or trus chapter..

e F.600

, Jrcherie _

m...

. ~ -

t50 fn eegere steued pursuant to subpert 9 of part 32 of IFwe chapter to estreuse nems cornasrung byproduct malenal that tosiare seeeed towce

- +ct oeves revew to persone generney bconeso unoer t. art 31 of true cnapter. encept voote hcensee authoreng reestnewton of noms

.il neve Deen eutnorged for estnouson to persone genereHy hcensed under part 31 of eQCeapier....

4..-

? $O0 J srcnerge-.. -....

s.-~~..,

150 1

? ceness issued pursuant to s@ pert 9 of part 31 of thee eftepeer to detreuse name Contesnerg tiyproduct malenes or cuantities of tWDroduct rened that do not regare sessed ecurte endler device review to persone genere44y iconeed W part 31 of ines chapter, e: cept epocdc i

j enese eumormrg &W of some ehet hevo toen eushonted for esseuten to pereoski generesy bcensed unoer part 31 of the

'epter,

_...... ~.,.

6 000

, ' arenerge _..... _.

.._m 1S0 conses of troad sceos far poseeeeem aml use of byproeuct metensi neued purwent to part 30 and 33 of true enapoor ser researce end

.vssopment that do not avelorUs Commertnet estreueon,...

..m....

....m...-

m.....

......m...

?400 senerge -,...~...........

1.750 3tner hconces for pomoessson and use of byproskset metenes eeued purewris to part 30 of true enepter for reeseren erid savesoament that 1 a not eumonze commercel eseeuton.,...

1700

eterge -

S750

_ icensee enct authortre serwces lor cour hceneses. escent til hcensee that sushorue onsy Cherston ano/ar toen esseng eensuces are

]..osect to tne tese sesosied a toe Category 3P. and t2) tcorest enal autrionne masse assonei servese are sunsect so tre some cosahed m

, - g Categorse 4A. 48. ano 4C 4400 f senerge....,. ~....-..

t 750

,.censee ear posseemon and use of byproouct maional eeued pursuant to part 34 of Imse chapest for edueenes reeogreony coerehensL This j vegory eso anciuose the possesson ene use of source mesonal for eresseng mAnonroe pwsuant to part 40 of snee enapest when

, atnanzee on the same hconee L.

t2.600 1 ;urcr'erge.

2.100 t50

! 4 other spects byproduct metenef sceriese. Sucept thoes m Categense 4A Wirough 90 -

1 urcnerge t50 l lseo escotel and prDcteeing" irenese maa's*co=nengency esorage or commeruel tone easpoesi by M teenseer. or toenese eusierums conengency storage of Iqw esse ay eueerumg Wie recept of wease tuvipothat mecenal, sowoe mesensi, or toecial nucoser metense from osner pervons for l

i me

• ga i ac wease et sie see of nucasar power reactore or econess ter secest of wease from seier persons for monarecen or seier

!w schagrig of resuseig wease and voeiesse. ene earuser of pechages to anoener person eueioroes to roowve or espess os woese t

a sse.

5 84.500 M@..

-wm z,

! ucenese specmceor euenoneng wie recess of weses byeroduct mesenet, sowoe mesoneL or nosome nucosar enesenal tem gener persons for, 38.I$

==.

we m

j "O purpose of pecaegng or repecespng tne fnelenoL The econsee we espose of tie metenes by Weneser to enceter pereen enstiormee se

, acerve or orspose of tne mesoref t 3.000

=_.

( urcharge 1.750

.. ~

l acenese spec *ceny eutnaname sie recept of propecaeges weses typroeuct ensieres, sowoe sneennes. or specol nucesar fnetenal kom j -fner persone. The scensee wel eesome of sie metanal by trenefer to anoeier person euemenses to recorre or,e.,=a== of tie menerne.-

7.000

wrenerge.....

.~

t.750 i

.e loggag-

! ucensee for possesmon and use of Dyproeuct mesonet sowee meterei, one/or eseani eucesor megenes for wee eagyng was surveys. ene,

j acer saseos omer inen slese nooerie eener eeuese -

50.300

acner,

-150 I. L. censes for possesson and Wee of Dyproeuct meteral for flose Doosng encer Slueet 11.000

-g

[ Nrtnerna

.1.750

- ciese ieuner.es l trener, LCer'eme for commercel Colesceon ensligunday of esmo corvennensees wiel Dyprelluct metered, source instenal. or speaaf fiucanor masonal S.100 r

vs0 f 4 men wie os evprosset. source. or esecur nucosar masenst

, Leennee esuso pursuent to parte 30. 35, e0. ene 70 of ves onesear ser tiumen use of evoroeuct mesonnifeowce masones. or speces i wcmer mceena6 m sesses sowces consense e tusseieresy sowsoes. Ties category eseo siseusse vie fia======m oms use of source mecenal l wr sneeseng wnen evenonzee on sie same soones...

14 200 l harCnerge

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O n g'stratione essued for the saiety evabation of seaed sources conta'nmq thoroduct mater.nl. source mavat or scec2al n c*e e

• ansa-tured e accorcance orth the uniove scocmcaions ot, and for use Dy, a srngie appecant. except rescuir ruse..

990 5 venarge..

u ar mateoal, 4 Tiaescorta!cn of reocactrre metonat 60 a Cerwcates et compaance or other pacnage appowers asued tor oevgn of casas. pactages, and sh ppng conta.nors scent Fuet. r+gn Levet viaste end plutoruurn se pacnages _

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r sa Sveroouct. source, or specmf rucisar metenet hconsee and other accrovede authoreng decomnwsserurg oecontammen n-a3 000 s:te restoraton activrbes owtuent to 10 CFR Parte 30. a0. 70. and 72..

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'esvil e say reNnd or merease m es enrwed fee for that hecal year or any pcfton thereof for the hecal ye

.;s based on =- - m hsod stier Octotier 1 os each necal veer that change the scope of a heeneee e program o th t r a ennoot a ncenes we not termneted pnar to Octeoer 1 of eacn becas year. and we amount of the ermunf fee ues tee east be weswed wnere me econee es

.aersoe or oncrease the scope onor to October 6 os each hscal year.

wel be encreased or seduced enere an amendmene or revisson e amend to accrow A read t'y that persort For ihnee aconnes that authopte more than one acewwy on a sengie to asses ed for eacn category econcacee to the tcenta. brensees paymg annuet teos under Category 1 A (t) r and 10 ter sessed sources auenonrad ei the hcente

.. are not tutgect to the anrwes toes of category 1 C erasesor acevotest annues toes we acoucat.one must ce twed es accoroence with the recurements of parte 30. a0. 70. 71, or 72 ci the choos

• For Fys 1993 through 1995, teos ear mese meienses tceceos win to cae:

which the fee e pod Aenewal f tol.at REQasTta for notste and comment Wased and assessed m accoroence with 6171 13 and wel te pubbshed n the A Class I heense ecsaose me Scarmee neued tar the ortracton of waruure from uraruurn ore A Clas4 e h secr1 seued tar ce extrecean ce ureroam som uratuum cree ecsuomg research and oewemoment scenses An "otner" tee scense mckd

'are, reevy metant and rare eartne.

.Two bcennes have Dean neued tur W, for land esposal of specaal nucaner matenel Once 6 TAC n e nctuces bcensee nor entschon

..enei. the Commenen we conesoer estam an armust see tar trwe type os aceree.

• Stancercrred spore ques W oert it ens 72 Certrhc890e of Compters:e end spegel re s e unsues a LLW espones teenee ser evprod tecause the genanc costs os regAmerg eiese ecernas are pnrnarmy attrtauteese to lhe wears of the ces pe w w such as tooncal recorttL are nol Ossessed an Snnuel see

• No annuai noe e chargeo neceune e e not practcat to nomewer oue to the reisewesy enori ese o

, certhcotes and topices escorts.

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" No annuat see t'as been estaaeroned e~a there are curreney no hconsees et the penicuar too category le) A surcharge is proposed for each

11. In i 171.19, paragraph (b) and (c) category, except Category 18. for which are revised to read as follows:

on October 1. lanuary 1 April 1 and luly a ban annual fee is required. The 1 of each fiscal year, Annual fees ofless surcharge consists of the following-yg g than $100,000 shall be paid once a year.

(1) To recover costs relating to LLW Dated at RochvilleJiaryland tMs ath day disposal generic activities, an additional b) For W 1992 through W 1991 the olluly,1992.

charge of $155.100 has been added to fee Commission will adjust the fourth For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Catrgones 1.A41) and 2.A41); an g g,p g,gy additional charge of $38.800 has been reactors and certain materials licensees addId to fee Categones 1.A42) and 4.A.:

to recover the full amount of the revised Executive Directorfor Operotsons.

gg g g Editorial Note his appendia will not an additional charge of $1.600 has been [ders o a ce added to fee Categone: 1.B.,1.D, 2.C., fical tr on,or appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.

3. A, 3.B., 3.C., 3.L. 3.M, 3.N, 4.B., 4.C.,

appront of a QA program will be sent a Appendix A to This Final Rule-5 B.,6.A., and 7.B.: and an additional bill for ie full amount of the annual fee Regulatory flexibility Analysis foe the charge of $36,000 has been avucu to fee upon pu..lication of the final rule, Amendments to 10 CFR Part 175 Category 17. l'ayment is due on the effective date of (License Fees) and te CFR Part 171 (:') To recoup those costs not the final iule and interest shall accrue (Annual Fees) recosered from small cntaties, an from the effective date of the final rule, additional charge of $150 has been However, interest will be waived if added to each fee Category, except payment h received within 30 days from The Regulatory Flexibility Act of1960 the effectiee date of the final rule. gones 1E.10.A,11 11,13.A 14, (c) For f Ya 1992 through1996, annual 15 U.S.C. 001 st seq.) establishes as a ....d entities under the provisions of fees in the amount of $100,000 or more pnnciple of regulatory practice that j B., and 18.1.icensees who qualify as i 171.10(c) and who submit a completed and desenbed in the Federal Registee agencies endeavor to fit regulatory and NRC Form 52s are not subject to the Notice pursuant to iIn.13, shall be informational requirementa, consistent $150 additional chargo, paid in quarterly installments of 25 with applicable statutes, to a scale percent. A quartetty instalhnent la due commensurate with the businesses, organizations, and government

. 16 federal Registee / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23. 1992 / Rules and Regulations sdir 'o which they apply. To annual fees for all classes of licensees, small well logging company (a " Mom

v innciple. the Act requires including those classes of licensees with and Pop" type of operation) would age ~.rs consider the impact of a substantial number of small entities.

find it difficult to absorb the annual r actions on small entities. lf the Using the same methodology established fee, while a large corporation would ncy cannot certify th - a rule will not in the FY 1991 rulemaking, the NRC find it easier. Another commenter uficit.tly impact a substantial published a proposed rule on April 29. noted that the fee increase could be ' aber of small entities. then a 1992 (57 FR 18095), that would establish more easily absorbed by a high-alatory flexibility analysis is required the fees to be assessed for FY 1992. volume nuclear medicine clinic. A samme the impacts on small entities . the alternatives to mmimize these ll. Impact on SmallEntities gauge beensee noted eat. in h m competitive soils testing market, the

acts, ne comments received on the annual fees would put it at an extreme 4

o assist in considenng these impacts proposed FY 1991 fee rule revisions and disadvantage with its much larger er the Regulatory Flexibihty Act, the the small entity cernfications received competitors because the proposed adopted size standards for in response to the final FY 1991 fee rule fees would be the same for a two-rmming which NRC licensees indicate that NRC licensees qualifytng person licensee as for a large firm lify as small enuties (50 FR 502411 as small entities under the NRC's size with thousands of employees. embIr 9.1985). These size standards standards are pnmarily those licensed -Some firms would be forced to cancel e citnfixd November 6.1991 (56 FR under the NRC's materials program. their licenses. One commenter, with

21. The NRC size standards are as Therefore, this analysis will focus on the receipts of less than $500.000 per year, aws:

economic impact of the annual fees on stated that the proposed rule would. -) A small busmess is a business with matenals beensees. in effect. force it to relinquish its soil ual receipts of $3.5 million or less De Commission's fee regulations density gauge and license. thereby ept pnvate practice phystuans for result in substantial fees being charged reducmg its ability to do its work .ch the standard is annual receipts of to those individuals, organizauons. and effectively. Another commenter noted millon or less-companies that are licensed under the that the rule would force the company

) A small orgaruzation is a not.for' NRC matenals program. Of these and many other small businesses to fit organiz

tion which is materials licensees, the NRC estimates get nd of the materials license apendently owned and operated and that about 25 percent (approximately altogether. Commenters stated that

. annu:1 receipts of $3.5 million o' 2.000 licensees) qualify as small entitles. the proposed rule would result in I) Sm:ll governmental junsdictions Therefors. in recognauon of this about to percent of the wellloggmg substantial number of small entitles, the licensees terminating ' heir licenses ge wnts of cities. counties. NRC requested comments from small immediately and approximately 25 m ships. villages. school entities on the proposed FY 1991 rule. bercent terminating their licenses

nc.

. special distncts with a Comments were specifically requested fore the next annual assessment. >ultthn of less than 50.000. on (1) how the proposed regulations -Some companies would go out of t) A small educationalinsutution s would affect each class of licensee and business. One commenter noted that th:t is (1) supported by a qualifytig (2) how the regulations could be the proposal would put it. and several di gov:rnmentallunsdiction, or (2) stnictured to further minimize the other small companies, out of , th:t is not state or publicly economic impact on the licensee but still business or, at the very least. make it porttd and has 500 employees or meet the statutory mandate of OBRA-hard to survive. 90. ablic 1.aw 101-508. the Omnibus 4 cme companies would have budget . tait Reconciliation Act of 1990 For matenals licensees the increase problems. Many medicallicensees in fees assessed in FY 1991 consisted of commented that. in these times of 3RA-90) requires that the NRC ov:r cppmximately 100 percent of its (1) en increase of 25 percent in the slashed reimbursements, the proposed iget cuthonty. less appropriations license and inspection fees assessed increase of the existing fees and the n the Nuclear Waste Fund, for Fiscal under to CFR part 170 and (2) a new mtroduction of additional fees would ars (FY)1991 through 1995 by annual fee assessed under to CFR part significantly affect their budgets. essmg license and annual fees. For 171 that ranged from S290 to over Another noted that. in view of the cuts 1991, the amount to be collected was $10.000. A number of small entities by Medicare and other third party aroximitily $445 rmilion and for FY indicated that the 25 percent increase m. carners, the fees would produce a

82. the amount to be collected is license and inspection fees, although not hardship and some facilities would acoximately $492.5 million.

desirable, would not have a sigruficant experience a great deal of difficulty in to comply with OBRA-90, the economic impact on then However, meeting thH additional burden. mmisst:n proposed smendments to many other materials licensees Although it was not clear to what fee regulations in 10 CMt parts 170 commented that the new annual fee extent these impacts would materialize d 171 on Apnl12,1971 (56 FR 1487D1 would have a negauve economic impact at the time the July 10.1991 final rule i the b sis of a carefulevaluation of on then Therefore, the regulatory was promulgated. It was clear that the er (30 comments. the Commission flexibility analysis prepared for the July assessed annual fees would be a uid a final rule on July 10.1991(56 FR 10.1991, final rule, as well as this relatively high portion of the gross 1721. This final rule established the regulatory flexibility analysia, revenues of some licensees and far less ethodology to be used in identtfying concentrates on the annual fee. of a portion for other larger matenal , i fe-M be assessed and determined The commenters on the FY 1991 licer sees. After the final rule was tf

t were assessed and proposed fee rule indicated the published, approximately 2.000 license.

ile a FY 1991. Consistant with the followmg results if the proposed annual approval, and registration terminations ' mf:rence Committee Report fees were not modified-were requested. Although some of these companymg OBRA-00, the NRC fairly. -large firma would gain an unfair terminations were requested because d squitably allocated its budget costa. competitive advantage over small the license was no longer needed or .is resulted in the assasament of - entities. One comumenter noted that a licenses or registratione could be

-.. ~. _ -. - - -. Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32M9 combined. indicauoos are that other The first alternatrw would result in asseased large annual fees. the te tion requests were due to the the annual fee bemit m direct proportion i e c impact of the fees. to the amount of radioactivity (e.8, percentage of reduction mey result in I ... WRC conunues to recerve wntten number of redroscate sources)assessing small entitles liceneed under those fee cate and oral comments from smad matenals possessed by the licensee. independent annual fees. gones relatively large Licensees. These comunents indicate that of whether the licensee meets the stre the $3.5 million threshold for small standard for a small busmess.Thus a Option 3 would establish a maximum i enuties is not representative of small . large diversified firm that owns one fee for all small entitles. Under this busmesses with grosa receipts in the source would get a reduced fee, while a option, a small entity would pay either i thousands of dollars. These commenters small entity, whose busmese may the smaller of the annual fee for the believe that the $1.800 manmum annual depend solely on the use of radioactrve category or the maaimum smcJI entity fee represents a relatively high matersala, would pay a larger fee fee. This alternative etnkes a balance 1 percentage of groes annual recepts for because it has more than one source. between the requirements of OBRA-00 these " Mom and pop" type busmesses. Thus, this alterandve does not and the RFA. which are to consider and Therefore, even the reduced annual fee necessarily achieve the goal of the RFA reduce, as appropriate, the impact of an could have a sigmficant impact on the to minimise the isspect on small enuties, agency's regulatory actions on small abdity of these types of bustnesses to The NRC also belderes that this entitles. nerefore. the NRC has adopted contmue to operate, approach would not reouit in a fair and Option 3 as the most appropriate to Members of Congresa. in many of the equitable allocation ofits genene and redoce the impact on small entitles. more than 100 Congreestonal letters the other costa not rsem m. under to CFR Commenters on the proposed fee rule for i NRC has received smee the July 10L 19F1, pan 17a nefm. th E mtemd FY 1992 did not present ehernatives that fmal rule was published. have exprmd this ap have not been considered prevloesty. fees a th pect (", i ha

• g To implement Option 3. the NRC a

on small entities. Some of these letters g, have suagested that the Commission uam Md not established a maalmum annual fee for should act to further reduce the necessardy reduce the cost foe small small entitles.ne RFA and its econorme impact on those llansees who ent ties that meet the ease standards implementingguidance do not provide conduct limited operations. De Small discussed earlier. Therefore, the NRC specific guidelines on what constitutes a Dusiness Admmistration (SBA), whue aho tested this approach. signiDeant economic impact on a eman commending the Commission for The lut alterneuve would base im entity.nerefore, the NRC has no comntving with and noms the RFA in the on the size standards that the NRC has benchmark to assist in determining the fir ' making, soggested that the used to define small entities. This amount or the percent of gross receipts C. sion should set to further alternauve would ensure that any that should be charged to a smaD entity. alle.. e the impact of the fees on small benents from modifying the proposed To determine a maximum annual fee for busmessee. The Amencen Neelear feea would apply only to small enuties. a small entity, the NRC examined the Society (ANS) also expressed concern nree basic optaana, each using the NRC NRC 10 CR part 170 license and about the impact of the annual fees on size etandamis, were considered for inspection fees established in 1991 and small entitles and suggested that the modifying the annual fees smposed on the 19F1 Agreement State fees for those Commission examme attemattees to small entities: fee categories that are expected to have Turther reduce the impacts, (1) Exempt all small entities which a substantial number of small entitles. nerefore, the NRC considered meet the size standards from annual Because these fees have been charged to

fees, additional alternatives, m accordance small entities, the NRC believes that (Z) Require small ent2 ties to pay a these fees do not have a significant with the RFA. to alleviate the conttnumg fixed percent of the amount of the fee in impact on them. ln fact ugmficant impact of the annual fees on i substantial number of small entities.

each of the specific matenellicense fee concluded. In issuing the July 10,1991 categones. final rule. that the existing materials 2 Ahernauves . (3) Establish a maximum fee for small license and inspection fees do not have entitles. Commenters on the proposed mie Under Option 1. all small entaties a significant lmpact oh small entities. aublished Apnt 12.1991, and comments - would be exempted from fees. However. This conclusion remalna valid for the FY eceived subsequent to publicetion of 1992 fee rule.- he finzl rule on July 10.19tt. and because small entittee would not p*Y any of the generic costs attributable to The manimum fees per year c.harged

omments received on the limited their class of lleensees, this option could in 1991 by several Agreement States and imendments to the fee schedules be viewed as inconsistent with the by the NRC for matanals license fee i aublished as a final rule on April 17 objectives of OBRA-40. Under this categories with a significant number of

'992 (57 FR 13825) suggested option, all the anneel fees attributable small entitles are shown below. ilternatives to reduce the impact on to small entittee weeld be paid by other t .msll entities.These comments are NRC licensees.

ategomed as follows:

Under Option 2 small entities would Ono. ?' -Base fees on some measure of the pay a percentage (e.g.,50 percent) of the amount of radioactivity paaaw by pr posed fee h eacWorme category to*8g **

the licensee (e,g number of sousces)..

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• s on the frequency of use of small or large the fue is.This option
• eswomen -

sareo } need radioactive saatanal (*+ could eveult in a redecaton in manual fees 2.500 amas vv.. e of patients). that are alreedy relatteely emeG and NRC. 2,oco -Basi fees on the NRC size standesde that do not have e signi8 cent impact on 7, j (See for small entities. a subetential munber of sensu entettee. However, for those fee categories w uo

32720, Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rulrs cnd Regulations Ta' N 1 presents the estimated total the frequency of use of the radioactive distribution for counties located in non. fee 170 plus part 171) for matenals matenal. In adoptmg the hily 10,1991. Agreement States w th a population of lics. , assuming maximum annual final rule, the Commission recognized less than 50.000 shows that a population fees for small entities of $2.000 or $1.500 that inherent differences exist in the level of less than 20.000 would ensure and en average number of licensmg nuclear capacity and the frequency of that at least 50 percent of the small actions and inspections per year. lf the source use for many of the classes of counties would be eligible for reduced j maximum annual fee for small entities is matenals licensees. However, as fees (See the data presented below). est:blished at $2.000. the average fee indicated in Section ill of this analysis. This would also ensure that at least 50 per ysar for all of the categories would the Commission concludes that basing percent of other governmental be below the approximately $3.800 the fee on the number of sources. jurisdictions (cities. towns, villages. maximum fee charged by Agreement frequency of use, or amount of school districts, etc.) could also receive States, except for radiography, waste radioactive material possessed does not the benefits because these other receipt and packagmg. and broad. scope necessanly reduce the impact of the fees junsdictions are typically smaller than 4 medicallicensees. The broad. scope on small entities which is the goal of the counties. ms' dical, and waste receipt and - RFA. The Commission continues to packaging licensees are pnmarily large - believe that uniformly allocating the Per of entities. Therefore, with a $2.000. generic and other regulatory costs to the Poousaton maximum small entity annual fee and specific license to determine the amount the average license and inspection fees. of the annual fee is a fair and equitable t e.n5.o0a ,j ,o only small entitles who are way to recover its costs and that 5.ooo-o.ses. is radiographers would pay slightly more establishing reduced annual fees based gg i j than th2 current maximum Agreement on gross receipts (size)is the most 20.ooo-now ] e State fe2 of approximately $3.800. If the appropnate approach to minimize the 25.000-50.000 .J n maximum fee is reduced by $200 (from impact on small entitles. Consistent with $2.000 to $1.800), then all categories of this approach, the Commission will matenals licensees, including contmue the $1.800 maximum annual fee The NRC also determmed the amount 3 radiographers. would pay no more for for small entities. In addition, the of the annual fee that should be each category than the 1991 maximum Commission has created a lower tier assessed to lower tier small entities Agreement State fee of about $3.800 if annual fee for small entities with (less than $250.000 for small busmenes the licensee qualifiss as a small entity, relatively small gross annual receipts or and small non-profit organizations, or i By establishms the maximum annual with a relatively small population (57 FR less than 20,000 population for small fee ' gmall entitles at $1.800, the 13625: April 17,1992). governmental jurisdictions). In a 'ee for many small entities will To implement this action. relatively establishing the annual fee for lower tier bs - .;ed while at the same time small annual receipts were defined. small entities, the Commission retamed matmils licensees, including small Based on data from an NRC survey of a balance between the objectives of the entities, pay for most of the FY 1991 materials licensees and the Department RFA and OBRA-90.This balance can be costs ($22.3 million of the total 127.2 of Commerce industry census, the measured by (1) the amount of costs million) attributable to them. nerefore, followmg data shows the distribution of attnbu'able to small entities that is tha NRC has established and will businesses with annual gross receipts of transferred to larger entities (the small continus, for FY 1992, the maximum less than $3.5 million. entity subsidy); (2) the total annual fee annual fee (base annual fee plus small entities pay, relative to this surchstge) for certain small entities at Decanmem subsidy; and (3) how much the annual ec sm $1.800 for each fee category covered by

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4 fee is for a lower tier small entity, each license issued to a small entity. Nuclear gauge users were used to Note that the costs not recovered from measure the reduction in fees because te.s run s2 son 45 ss small entities are allocated to other $2so-s4ess - 14 22 they represent about 40 percent of the msten:Is licensees and to operating sson.s74su e e materials licensees and most likely j , While reducing the impact on many j would include a larger percentage of powtr reactors. e lower tier small entities than would small sntitles, the Commission agrees other classes of materials licensees. that the current maximum annual fee of As shown. 45 to 55 percent (or about Before presenting alternative fees, the St.800 for small entities, when added to SON of small businesses with gross NRC notes that the number of licensees the Part 170 license and inspection fees. annual receipts of less than $3.5 million filing small entity certifications for the may continue to have a sigmficant have gross annual receipts that are less FY 1991 annual fees is lower than impact on materials licensees with ~ than $250.000.nus, by defining ongmally est mated.The NRC estimated annual gross receipts in the thousands relatively small gross annual receipts as 3.000 certifications in the July 10.1991. cf dollus.Therefore, the Commission less than $250.000, a sigmficant number rule, which would have resulted in an has further reduced the impact on small of small er: titles would be eligible for a estimated cost of about $5 million in the - entitits with relatively low gross annual further reduction of the impact of the small entity subsidy. On the basis of the -

receipts, annual fees. This level would also help response to the FY 1991 billings, the Commenters have suggested that the ensure that those small businesses NRC's estimate is now that there are NRC could reduce the impact of the fees which probably would be impacted the about 2.000 small entities.

frr stitials licensees by basing them. most would pay the lower fee. b following data shows four i icensee's nuclear capacity (e.g. ' A simdar approach was used to define different lower tier small entity fees. i l t. .nber of sources possessed, the - a relatively small governmental their impact on the licensees, and their number of hospital beds, or the amount jurisdiction. Using 1990 data from the impact on the balance between OBRA-of radioactive matenal possessed), or National Associanon of Counties, the 90 and RFA. i a -e-.

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The NRC has determmed the annual IFR Doc, a2-17o27 Fuad 7-23-42: sted ami .__m fee sigmficantly impacts a substantial ,,,e te77 tir-3E. _ number of small entities. A -n-== _ __ e sme-tese i.ees fes for small entities stnh.as a balance 3r. weaseme-NAMMEN UANAM bstween the requirement to collect 100 [ dm taas 2.tas percent of the NRC budget and the - Fedend Avtoman Assmindeerentes requirement to consider means of > tomo c. - to4o 3.340 3R Essam rsducing the irnpoct of the F== d fee esensen - 14 CFR Part 11 on small entities. On the basis'of its D**" "*"--- rats tsts regulatory flexibility analyste and the (Airessee Desmet tee. e5-Aso-1si Apnl 17,1992, final rule the NRC m ~ aseen mew 2.es 2.is:, Anerston oWOR Federed Airway concluded that a maximum annual fee of 2Aoenseenme_ V-157 $1.000 for small entities and a lowee tier gQ-2.sm - 2.no small entity annual fee of Sa00 for small Asemov: Federal Avtauen busmesses and non. profit organizations no enem, anes. 2.pos 2, ass Adminstratism (FAA). DOT. with gross annual receipts of less than at nac--eroes_ 12to 23:e ac.rsese Find euk.conecuan. su nac -ocer s.oso 2.sso $250.000, and small governmental set tenses seeme_ 2fu 2.25 entities with a population of less than 20.000, will reduce the impact on small {y-4 oso saae suessensrn The scnon corrects the desenption of VOR Federal Airway V-entatits. At the same time, these reduced w 157leanted in the Stews ofNore i -,ul fees are cons:staat wieb the 2.no 2.120 Casehme and Seedi Carches. The Gent womes assumes as - tives of OBRA-90, Thus, the P'coan=* rule was puhushedin the Fedend j. ed fees for small entitles maintala a AmMaterenhasts.testSTFEETtsek l batroce between the objecdose of - ac womesuomme (see 4,,, Dusteg the timagested psica to OBRA-90 and the RFA.The NRChas publicaties. themuseef the VMst. s.rss 2Jis Kamene DE, was eksonged to Busysan, t

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E NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l l' f WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 %/ ,o -NOTICE-THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO FINAL REVISIONS TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S LICENSE FEE REGULATIONS IN 10 CFR PARTS 170 AND 171 FOR FY 1992. THE FINAL CHANGES AFFECT ALL APPLICANTS FOR AND HOLDERS OF NRC LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND APPROVALS. w - _ - _. _}}