ML20125E277
| ML20125E277 | |
| Person / Time | |
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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) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20125E155 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-57FR32691, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171 AE20-2-017, AE20-2-17, NUDOCS 9212160282 | |
| Download: ML20125E277 (36) | |
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) MEMORANDUM FOR: John D.'Philips, Chief Printing & Audiovisual Services Branch ADM/DFIPS k FROM: C. James Holloway, Jr.-
} 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 4
Proposed.Rulemaking relating to fees for FY 1992. The final rule
- 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:-
j 1. ,The external distribution should include:
a.
b.-
' Utilities and vendors (11S) .
Research and Test reactors (11R)-
c.- Power plant managers'(11M) p d. ' Vendors (11V)
- e. NMSS-type 111censeessin thd NMSS data base,
{ including. sealed-source device registrants, 3 and Part 71 certificato a nd approval holders.-
- f.
- All. Agreement States (CY)-
Rg . All Non-Agreement States (CJ)
- h. Interest groups and organizations (XI)_
.i. Export _and import licenses
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.i 1 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.
- 2. Ire internal distribution should include all branch chiefs and above in the followina offices:
- a. . 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
- n. Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication ,
i o. 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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M C James olloway, Jr.
A sistant for Fee Policy and Rules office of the Controller j
Enclosure:
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- 1. 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.
- 2. The internal distribution should include all branch chiefs and above in the followina offices:
- a. 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
- 1. Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste
- m. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board i
- n. Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication
- o. 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:
- 1. 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,.
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-) The final decision of an agency
. .ying an individual coverage while deductions nor crechtable in a CSRS Commission. Washington, DC 20655. .
- 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
- i conditions in i 642.803(b) may be (d)(1) The CSRS definitione of law I. Backsround.
! appealed to the Merit Systems enforcement officer under 5 USC it. Responses to comments.
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.
I performed be ore an em loyee hwie IV. Section-by.Section Analysis.
- 14. In i 642.806. paragraph (a)is subject to chapter 84 ifi e sou revised to read as follows: we e-- [a3 ImPadegoncal (i) Subject to CSRS dedtrne at the VI. Paperwork Reduction Act steiement.
- I 642.804 @wei vit Regulatory Analys6s.
- demnnensuono, ght of coverage time it was performed (inc.Nel service VIII. Regulatory Flexibility Analys6s.
(a) Upon deciding that a position isa that becomes creditable under FERS 11Beckfit Analysis.
annuity computation rules);
law enforcement officer or firefighter (ii) Performed before 1987 and not g, gg j
position, each agency head must notify subject to retirement deductions; or Public I,aw 101-40s, the Omnibus 1
OPM (Attention: Asaociate Director for (iii) Pstformed after 1988 and not Budget Reconciliation Act of1000 Retirement and insurance) statms the subject to mtirement deductions but is (OBRA-00), signed into law on
{ 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 ngorous or secondary, and. if the - described in i 84ew304(b). recover approximately 100 percent of its j (2) The determination of whether any budget authority less the amount position is ngorous, the esublished .
l maximum entry age (or if no maximum service meets the CSRS definktions of appropriated from the Department of entry age has yei been established, the law enforcement officer under 5 USC Energy (DOE) administered Nw: lear 8331 (20) or firefighter under 5 UAC
] date by which it will be established). Weste Fund (NWF)for FYs 1991 through 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.
} authonty to overrule an age.acy head's 831 of this chapter.
determmation tnat a posit.on is a On July 10.1991 (56 FR 31472). the j
rigorous or secondary pveition, except Iada.aes [ W NRC published a finalrule in the Federal Register which established the such a determination under 5 USC 16. in i 842.aos, the tenn 10. year" is
- 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 USC 8401117)(D)(concerning certain (pit poc. e2-1730s Phl 7-22-e2
- e 4s am) assees~l to recover a ximately 100 l percent of the FY1991 positions primarily involved in detention siussecoes e De July -
activities). 10.1991. flaal ruw oecame effective
. . . . . August 9.1991. In addition to
- 15. In ( 642.80s. paragraph (e)is NN establiabing the FY 1991 fbes. the August C000000000000- 9.1901. final rule established the se tence o mg % g og go, b int uctory r (
10 CFR Porte 170 anaf 171 g
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Revielen of Poe Scheefuese;100% Fee
[ fina c udes the ed Ic42.soe Trenessenalprovimiene, t -,, FY 1993
- 171 which were issued as a final rule on April 17,1992 (57 FR 13625). with an .
la) Any service as an air traffic effective date of May 18 tehd.De -
controller, within h meaning of this asemer: Nuclear ReptulatwF Comminaica. hmited change to part 170 allows the NRC to bill quarterly for those Hoemas r fte a uary I nelrule.
fue that am curandy buled any si" o-Gemed before that date-is included m dstermming an employee's length of - suessoasm%e Nacisar Regulatow h "g ,, ,,g g,
" ' " 8" Commission (NRC)is amending ao air traffic controllar service under & m M e m W I who
!~ USC.8412(e) for the purposes of licensms. N and annual fece '
charged to its M'applicasta and IW - hfla ' eman miu retirement eligibility and for mandatory The amendments are necessary to _$C's size sunderds.D annual fu d 81.a00 pw He==aad as ths anwity is based on a se(pa) ration - into law on cakgwyNovember is condawd fu 5.19ea FY 1983. whichseparatio from wrvice w as sfter e 1908. - Hownw. a loww der smaH eenty fu d mandates that the NRC recover (b) * *
- De FERSdefinitions of. approximately 100 percent of its budget $400 pw Ucmind cakgwy be been firefighter under 5 UAC 4401(14) and authority in Flecal Year (FY) 1903 less sembhehed Tw smau 6=ina==== m i lsw enforcement officerimder 8 UAC' amounts appropriated freen the Necieer non-pedit organizadone with M
"(17) are not oppbcebte to servloe- receipto dless thanSasom and mean rmed- Weste Fund (NWF).The assent 10 he sovermnantal"" witha recovesed ler FY 1993 le oppr=Imately
.J Before 1987; or -
- g403.5a h - - populados of Een dianM c.
(2) After 1988 sad before ha em' ENECMMEf, August.34490f.' . On Apdl 20,1988(47 FR 14058): thm-
-first becomes subtectto datterse( t . pan peument^;._ . NRCpubhehed the proposed ndedbet. . .
is subject to FEstS'W g je ses JamesNaNegvey.R 0miledam .1n 5X peseemend theHomostes,inspgestemmam th:t service wee neitter selipet 96 CSRS Coneeller. UKMeele'br Ragnhineiyannualfees ~ assessaryJos the4ect -
recover approduseoir too passent ei its .
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, ig onty for FY 1992 less the constructive comments on, the proposed shows the direct FTT.s (full time 3 rop. _aon received from the NWF. 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 i tensis licensing and inspection fees comment on the pmposed enla.In part be recovemi through fees assessed for
' 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
'4**P " " ' ,, 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 nments by the close of the comment tesources.at the embectivity level foe the budget se required by OBRA-90, ne mod en May 29.1992, and sab majoeproyeses.h respueses shown in NRCis unebie to use the CPI orother 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 einess on June 22,1992.neme hourly rete or thefece to be essessed
!getand are displayed at the lowest under 10 CFR parte 170 and 171 because nments were evaluatedin the
<elopment of this finalrule. level, the subactivity level, as in the Ftve i the hourly rate wereincreased by only Year Plan.
)f the twenty nine mmmanta.twa 2. Comment. A fespoonunenter*
three to four percent over the FY 1997 re from power reactaclicenseesrae levels, the NRCoould not meet the indicated het the heariyrans of tt219er tr- sentatives and tweattassen. . FY 1998 6e seven pa===*incesses om- etstutory mandatereqotrement of rt OBRA-40 totoeover approximately 100 Netoons mawned withother. FY 1991)is not luettned and thatth" percent of theNRC bodget authonty 2es .enses. including eleven NRC had notindicated thatitla
- 2. ment letters frosa the uranlunk incurring an incream in the area of & rough few.
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 Commens Regardirig Appianotsaerof b N8' C",*
,g g, ,,,, costs shoeld e bee alloca to
' MetheaWogy.
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' a highee fee for a UF. converter than for raise the A ' rate and 12.nese commenters stated that th' - inspenstan fesaby r parouse.h a milllicemes. One commenter susseeted.
IC violated the Adwdnietrettre mm a n--- 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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- aer or not the facdity has more language indicates that money from the fullcost of regulatory services these programa may be retained and l safety problems than another facility at used for salaries and expensee associated with the reclamation process.
a spredic pomt in tune. it must be Response:To recover 100 percent of associated with those activities. One the budget the NRC assesses two typee recognized that NRC genenc safety and commenter recommended that NRC f safeguards costs included in the annual of fees. Pirst. llcense and inspection fees
} fee are not related to a specific - review its FY 1993 allocation of funda are secessed under 10 CFR part 170 to
- and confirm that the Nuclear Weste recover the costs to the NRC of j individuallicensee. Coste related to a Fund (NWF) appropriation of about $20 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
} recovsred under the fee reguladone of to activities in order to avoid doubleadministrative costa for hig
! CG part 170, For the generic and other fees are billed for specific services
- payment by utilities, once through their rendered in response to an apphcation regulatory costa not recovered under to mill / kwhr peyment to the NWF and CFR part 170, the NRC,in compliance filed with the NRC for review or an again through the annual charge that inspection conducted by the NRC.
j with alloceted the theserequirements costs to major classes of OBRA-e0lhas' of recoupe total NRC adadaistrative costs. Second, annual licensees. The law permite, and the NRC Response. De NRC providee some 10 CFR part 171 to recover NRC generic I has established, a schedule of annual technical assistance to foreign and other regulatory costs not recovered governments and internatanal under to CFR part 170. Ele is the charges that assesses differest annual 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 19e7 double charging of fees to urenlum t
equitsble allocation of costs, a major recovery licensees because the annual class oflicensees was divided into requires that the NRC certify containere fee recovers only those costo not 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
- allocated to each licensee in the class all costs incurred for or reimbursed bythle the certification foreign country be submitted comments on the 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 cooperative research inclede the and other regulatory services provided $400 established by the NRC effective participation of Finland and Speln in
-h licensee within a classer May 18,19escWhile opplauding the NRC
- se<This approach and principle severe accident t===4 Austria on for developing a lower tier email enety i source term research, and Kores on ,
used for all classee-of bconsees. fee, commestore recommended that the Therefsre, the NRC cannot provide each piping integrity reeeerch. Dese costs . NRC -
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 -
appropriated to the NRC and are -
terminsuona that occurred durms FY therefore not charged to licensees because these coaunentere believe that 1991. it must be recosmaed that for FY through the asseesneemt of user feea. it is inherently unfair to enable " mon 1992 ths base or total numberof . %ese monies are separetely identifled - and pop" operations to remain in lleensees has decrossed for some business yet force modest companies, clasets of licensees, and therefore the - in the esency's flamadat systems, and are deposited and disburned for the with comparably small reolographic fees must be increased in FY 1992 in - performance of the functions for which testing departments, to subsidise them: -
ordtr for the NRC to recover 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 pertaining to the license orincome total- appropriation for the FY 1993 budget,
- occur within the class wiu raise the fees generated froen the entire entity for the remainder of the liconeses within adadaistrative support funds was composed of various departments; and -
that class. allocated to the HigMavel Weste
- 4) AHow emell county gruernmental
- 4. Comment. A few coaumenters Regulaeon program beoed epon the fuu. - jur(isdictione to deduct the p time equivalent stafBeg badgeted for indicated that the NRC may have incorporated cittee and villages not intppropriately included certain that program. Funde for the NRC High- within the jurisdictional powers of the -
budgeted costs in the fee base. One !Avel Nuclear Weste Regulation county, program are approprinted from the j commenter indicated that the proposed flesponse neee types of coaunente Nuclear Weste Fund. th=aa== are not were addressed by the NRCla section _)
rule did not show any offsets to FY 19eg - charged fees for the administrative s salaries and expenses frees revenues ' II, Responses to coaunents, item B., of !
wi from cooperative nuclear Nuclear Weste Fund. support costswhich are suocated to the . the finallimited rule pub resserch programe, services NRC on April 17,1993 (88 FR 13ess,- -
- ru..ered to foreign geoerunente and
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13e27) Brie 9y, the NRC ladicated that intirnational organisettees, and the indicated that to eensen See Category any reduction in fees for emeu eneties 2.A.(2k Cines I, fees for sitee <
mtterialandinformeemreesses must bepaid by otherNRClim ,
' a thcotendonpropaneTMsasumenter reclamation essenes noted that the FY 1segraethestantion boomene theseitypassi feellitiestodoable see ' charcas and that whee shelewer tier ess '
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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. l 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 toi,
.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
! stablishing the size standards andin deconversion activities (UP. to UF.) and activities under a single license. The I UF. conversion and the license that i :e promulgation of the final rule commenter noted that one UF. converter only authonzes UF. conversion. The to 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 i
sed m the same manner as used by the substantially larger share of NRC of the two licenses in the subclass 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 l ioddy our approach in this area. for all claanes oflicensees. surcharge instudea a portion of low. level 7 '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 waamrunasfamama6f aseastheJY1eek . IIconsenunshindhmUE meheness.heand, that in ender as he hdied fee esumseb3 ham
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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
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because OBRA-90 allow 1991 levels have no reasonable i of fees from any person"s the and "all " collection day public comment penod was being to the cost of providing relationship provided because OBRA-Go requires regulatory services. particularly when
- licensees". That person, whether a that NRC collect the revised FY 1982 the licensee pays separately on an 1 licensee or not, commenters argued, is fees by September 30.1992, and that in required to pay fees to cover the NRC's hourly basis for all other services order to comply with the public law, received from the NRC. Commentere 4
cost of providmg the services or thing of fees would have to be assessed on an
- value. pointed out that no other licensees or i expedited basis to ensure collection of
} partResponse. With respect 170 fees saaessed pursuant to the 10 CFR the required fees by the end ofclass to the the of hcensees is sub}ect to the same fiscal exorbitant level ofincrease as fee
- year (57 FR 18096), hirty days Category 10.B.QA Program Approval
' independent Offices Appropriation Act represente a sufficient time to provide Holdere.
(IOAA) of 1952, the NRCis precluded. commente particularly because the NRC under the IOAA frorn assesemg fees ter is not changing the approach or Response. OBRA-00 and the Federal agencies for specific services accornpanying Conference Report
. methodology for assessing fees that it provide that to the maximum extent rendered.The OBRA-00 limits annual adopted in FY 1991, j practicable, the annual fee shall have a fee assessments to licenseee of the NRC.
- 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
, are burdensome, impede economic more fatir and equitable allocation of mstances certain activities are not
- attributable to an existing NRC licensee growth, do not incorporate market costs a majorclass oflicensees wee or class oflicensees. With regard to m+h - and do not provide a strong. systematic cost benefit further subdivided into subclasses. For i NDC activities for DOE under the example. NRC costs for the arenma.,
j 'um Mill Tallings Radiation Control realisation. recovery clan ofliceneses were
- JMTRCA), the NRC is prohibited Res OBRA-ep r m.. er the f0AA from assessing such to promulgete each ryea $ms a user feeb NRC aHocaud furbr k " Class i " " Class 11."
and "Other" facuities. Within a j part 170 fees to Federal agencies.%e schedule that wHi rosek in the collection subclass, the cost was uniformly j fess cannot be aesessed to DOE under- by the and of the Ascalyestcf a sun, allocated to each license in the subclass OBRA-90 and 10 CFR part 171 because approximating too percent of its budget, based on b premise that there is ao DOE does not possess a Dcense or minus the appropria%on recorved trora sigruncant diHerence in the genervo and approval.Thus, the NRC has assessed the Nuclaer Weste Pand. Any delay in other regulatory services provided to
' the publication of this rule would result each license within a subclass. Bis fe[ons ba ed o t$e o e en port in the NRCs lashdity to annet its approach and pnnciple were used for all uidsnee that the costs be " recovered statumnly imped d== h is for d===== d homems, from such licensees as the Commission coHecting W 1998 user ines. nerdm.
The costa suocated to the hr=====
in its discretton determines can fairty, the NRC must publish this rule at this equitably and practicably contribute to time. within the Class I subclass are for the 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 not from uranium recovery licensees as 1171.13. Category 2.A.(2) for uramum subclass oflicensees and that are not 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 FR 31488: July 10.1991).Deinterection licenses within the Class I subcises.
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 NRC generic regulatory activttles for reeraaland the auscation of costs to b 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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- - - t'ederal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations s hs 'orm s" >caticn of costs to holders c' cretificates, registrations, and ich e resuis in an annual fa that approv31s .no either filed for - The annual fee should be based on the 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. 1. I.egah Mm storage only Peensee prior to lanuary 1 With respect to QA plan approvals, 1992. All other i!censees and approval te NRC experienced a significant Comment. Commenters indicated that 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 gmficant decrease in the number of exemption request would be handled on the assessment of snhual fees wett fully 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 rdit to ricover the costa for plans 31473-31475).%e NRC's approach 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
> t) ' C proposal to exempt tross the sebetantial number of its P-:r:::: in Y reduction in the number of licennes 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.
bitrary ta estabhsh such a deadline the budget for uranium recovery
- 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. licensees Section 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 ccame effective W.esting further overly expensive medical regulation.
%ere were four groups of comewnts Response.OBRA-90 requires NRC to lirificaron as '. 4rmation concerning that were not within the scope of the recover too percent of 8ts budget
'te cnnual feesheeeed. N NRCle Proposed rule, and therefore were not authority throush fees.no fees being esponding to these requesta se quickly evaluated foe the purposes ofleasing
.s 'le but it was enable to respond this final rule.Briefly, they are- . assessed for FY 1992 fulfill this n cppropriate setion on all of the De legality of the fees to be essessed requirement.He budget is developed by the NRC submitted by the President to cqw .e before the end of the 8ecal year by the NRC:-
- n September 30.19et.%erefore,bened the Com and approved by the b appropriatensee of the NRC- Congrees.b beste for b NRC FY in the number of requests Sled, the . budget and negolatory progrees:
%==%m will exassyt hees theFY 1g92reeeerces are explainedia the 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 thou lawsets are pending. Under this through heannes and wntlen questions results in increased fees of over 2.000 percent over 1990 fee levels to some final rule. fees for most licenses will increase because -
and answers. N FY 1992 NRC hearings medical 16censees while the risk io the are documented, for example,la the patient mu the same.The (1) NRC's budget has increesed. %Is 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 exereming such exorbitant fees on the Representatives. One Hundred Second industry which has notincrossed the terminated or combined since the FY Congress. First Session Part e %e 1991 finen rule wee edepted.This has risk of r=Aa*= amposure to b pubbe resources resulting from this review and or to its pattests. reedted in fewer beeneece to per for the 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: ~
consistent with thin approved budget in the slas'of=='s th facilitise were addresudof A. Amendments use of the to Part im feesfor esaterm1, and ordst to comply with OBRA 40.no facilities. Materrols. Import and Export 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 Four amendements have been mede to i providing services to the beneficiarias of that31513).The approach, and f* Mon findadid no not beeia adopt 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
- 3. Impeet of Fees on IJcensoso e pecbr g,, gp m - q g, 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 for State and local gevarmnente be per bar m $123 per hour ($214Jee per reestablished. approximately $4e2.5 mlHfon in FY 1992 direct F114 %e reta to based m the FY Respones. %e ho through partimlicensing and 199e direct FIT.s and that portion of the reg:rding the as===pect leewee inspection fece and part 172 annual fees. FY 19e2 budget that is not rmand
==nt of the annoel %e NRC enumates that approxtmately thmagh the apprepnotion from the fees were funy addmesed by the c' - - m m the final rule pobhebed $106 mdllon wiR be recoetred in FY 1992 NWF.
from the fees aseeemed under part im july 10.1991 (soo Section IE., Response Second. the current part imhcessag
%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 _
continues to behee, that the praetene Ma incesase in the proiesseenal hoedy result of the rule change effective May esta.
asessement of impacts aseveenkteg 18, teet, which permits the NRC to bill conclusacas reesta appropetete. 1*
1 on a guartedy rether thana
%ird, the NRC is : l;li raft, 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 part171 semual fees, through the FY1992 and expert license apphcations and amendmeets, the NRC ansees fees based on the he t'ammission has not changed the amount of throughpet of materteL the Fourth, the NRCle amendmg $ 1m3 basic approach, policies, or methodology size of the facahty, the amenet er type of material possessed, the salenhourly generated for calculating theeducationalinstitutions..
reto, the spectSc nestertels part 170 pre &sestenal to add a definition for non 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 ths ma==e==nao f less to Agn===a (86 h 'I',,,, P'"'"h8 g8*** # g the final rula publ
.a emi .e effset en o.- FR mm %e,e.ishedluly e in test en f
-r orseen ea p=ami== Asseber- opportunity to comment
.amatar indiented thatlaleestloin on the Cer@== of ran@==
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 themeassiny July 10.1a01.Asmacansgentsan ,,,, y h l c:nvestees a leerthenle lasgesehene addressedby the t'a-%theReal assessed dere menL Anseheraammasamm nela.%atrole has been aantangmann Ptewesenhauseeknowbessmede to.
nieted that the -Wthe RSC - Federetommetby seestalpartiesand pese EPL phet; ll 171:tE and 1FI.1Dese 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
- ollected under part 170 and funds definition for nonprofit educational institutions.
M*,'@ [*'*"* "*'"ta#**as #*
- 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 additional $15 million is estimated to be annual fee of $1.800 per licensed $251 million to operstmg power collected from part 170 fees m FY 1992 reactors:
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 ule effective May 18.1992, which $1.9 retllion to other matenals permits the NRC to billlicensees on a standards. The lower tier small entity licensees.
annual fee of $400 per licensed category in addition, approximately $8.2 million quarterly rather than a semiannual for certain materials licenseen, which basis. must be collected as a result of was adopted by the NRC and became Second, i 171.18, Category 2.A (2), is continuing the $1.800 maximum fee for effective on May 18.1992, will apply for imendtd to dwide Cla as I facilities in FY 1992 (57 FR 13825: April 17,1992). small entities and the lower tier small
- he uranium recovery class oflicensees entity fee of $400 for certain licensees. In 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 of its budget authority in accordance 171 are based on the increased with OBRA-90, the NRC will recover thos2 licensees who do not generate profess > anal hourly rate. The part 171 ateruum mdl tailings. $5.4 million of the $8.2 million from 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 considIred for an exemption from the that are not reactorlicensees.
to part 171 do not change the underlying annust fees file their respective basis for part 171: that is. charging a This distnbution resulta in an exemption requests withm nmety (90) additional charge (surcharge) of class of licensees for NRC costs Jsys from the effective date of the rule approximately 3272.000 per operating attnbutable to that class of licensees. power reactor: $155,100 for each HEU, estsWhing the annual fees. As in FY The changes are constatent with the 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 each other fuel facdity license and Conference Committee Report, which exeu.,aion requests and reemphastzes states that the " conferees contemplate waste disposallicense in Category 4 A:
- ts intent to grant exemptions sparmgly. that the NRC will continue to allocate $1.800 for each matenals licensee m a 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 $2.8 mit! ion per reactor, this will result pnnciple that licensees who require the in an annual fee of approximately $3.1 ermmztion with the NRC and were not greatest expenditures of the agency's iubject to the FY 1991 annual fees. million per operating power reactor. The resources should pay the greatest total fuel facility annual fee would be Niany other licensees have either cailed annual fee." 136 Cong. Rec at H12692-3r wntt:n to the NRC smce the final rule 93- between approximately 30.1 mdlion and 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 assigned to the license.
activity, relating to the amendments to 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 from ths FY 1992 annual fees those a w $ classes oflicensees previously Scense s, and holders of certificates, a a nons) identified. A further discussion and egistrations, and approvals who either exs or wes= hews -
breakdown of the specific costs by 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/
storage only license during the period % Q' '****
Noreo.or ne.csars 30, , The NRC notes that in prior litigation 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
to' ho held a license or approval Circuit concluded that the NRC "did not m er 1,1991, are subject to the FY 7h****'Y $ abuse its discretion by failing to impose uniensi veers - 'sts the annual fee on sillicensees," Morida 1992 ennual fees.
Fourth, i 171.19 is' amehded to credit m Power H.ight Co. v. NRC 846.F.2d 756, .
h2 quarterly partial paymente made by ca w ,.m.,un, w w w a 770 (D.C. Cir.19es), cart. damed.100 8.
userenes & 2as Ct.1952 (1989). As noted earlier, the .
- ertain licensees in FY 1982toward their T*
FY 1992 annual fect.. Sit.s confess esPubhela101-60sIsam acknowledged the D.C Circuites holding i,
Federal Regieter / Vol 57. No.142 / *Ihursday, July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32000 te Commission was within its legal TasLE li.--Au.ocATiose or DinscT FTEs
. tion no' to impose fees on all TaaLE lit.-FY 1992 BUDGET AUTHORITY licensees. av MuoA Paoomap-Congnued BY Moon CATEGORY--Contmuod IDoew, e menene t IV.Section.by.Section Analysis "**' amern The following analysis of those 8m9, t,,, pm , ,,,,,,, go,eci pra.
~
stctions that are affected under this Nucesar Weimes a Lougoves wasm final rule provides additional semy 4 Sangueron Repsson.i.--
W Asoceed m W m- m '{
explanatory information. All references 88"' ""d 294 5 W m % Ram Str3%ur are to title 10. chapter I. U.S. Code of 7, o Federsi Regulations. nucener u smer n a ena suo -
part - r3 o Section 270.22 Schedule of Fees for Pcrt170 Totn eroca FTt -
- 1813 0 Production and Utilization Facilities.
Review ofStandard Referehce Design Section 1702 Definitions so r?an"reeYr Rooonen S Voowman andlinpon e Approvols. and Special Projects. Inspections hpon Ucensu.
The definition of a nonprofit e*' *h"th came,we,w ** opm,emon ,
esperu- nelicensing and inspection fees la 1 edue:tionalinstitution is added to mort ener sgmd e this section.' which are based on full. cost specifically identify those applicants NwF emerem
- eme owwmeno oneTw emerene emere ans es=natoes e. me recovery, e'v*o"w'*are revised to reflect the FY and licensees that are exempt from fees 1992 budgeted costs and to more undst l 170.11(a)(4) of the Commission comoletely recovw costs incurred by the regulations, Since the FY 1991 final rul* 2. NRC FY 1992 budgeted costs are wes published. many licensees have allocated, in Table 111. to the followm8 Comminion in providing licensing and four mair)r categories: inspection services to identifiable commented that the NRC has not (1) Salaries and benefits, recipients. The fees assessed for dsfimd 6 term and that h criteria (2) Administrative support. services provided under the schedule ustd by the NRC to classify licensees as nonprofit educationalinstitutions ar* (3) Travel. are based on the professional hourly (4) Program support. rate as shown la i 17020 and any direct not clear. De NRC la defining the torta
" 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 charged directly through the variou, assessed at the FY 19e2 rete shown in lited by a nationally recognised categories of fees.
accrediting agency or association, who I 170.2a ,
is 1: gally authonzed to provide a 4. All other costs (i.e Solaries and Since July 10,1991, the NRC has program of organized instruction or ' Benefits. Travel. Administrative - continued to receive commenta 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 i 170.21. Facility Category K. Based on programs are available to the public. collected by allocating them uniformly experience in implementing these fees over the total number of direct FrEs. for h first time, the Commission is Using this method which was 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 a report applications currently on file for FY 1991.%e method is se follows. Activittee '
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 smesse teamma sama 1 set, will not be bhd to the applicant.
.p,,, sse Any professional hoors e=pandad for the cues, T, as useer areyn os ** '
is.4 review of topical report applicottoes, me Twai w neuest sea. revisines or afpla====**
- %,ese hosess sas.: to a topieel suport on er after Aegent e -
~ 1*s2 sessay test, aseanseemed at the appinnable rete Teesausges- ; esas ==*=l'hahad by l 17eX
32700 i'ederal Register 1.Vol 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations Se Port 171 hit 70JJ Schedule of Teerfor payment wiu ensure avoidance of a Licenscs and Other Regwatory Semces, includmg Secu n 171.5 Minidon interest, administretsve, and penalty charges, inspections andImport and Erport N definition of a nonprofit 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
- C se at FY 1991 final rule on July 10.1991, to this sIction are modified to recover more completely the FY 1992 costa P g, August 9.1991, the effective date of the II * ' 8 rule, many licensees filed requests for incurred licensing and by inspection the Commission services to in providing publib y ve termination with the NRC and were not idenufiable recipients. Those flat fees. d' subject to the FY 1991 annual fees, which are based on the average time to
- [,"
g d t ausdb Many other licensees have either called 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 el pere:nt across the board to reGect the -
incre:se in the professional hourly rate from $115 per hout in FY 1991 to $123 hb W d(D 1
public or nonprofit educational the da a clanfication and information conceming the annual fees assessed.N NRC is 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 a legally authortmed to provide a on the number of requests filed, the NRC stand:rd rules of anthmetic so that the is exempung fan the FY 1992 antiual am unts rounded would be dominimus program of organised instruction or 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 degrees, and whose educational who nther Aled for termination of their utmet $100. Fees under 31.000 am 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 rcdiography licensee (Ca tegory 3.0.) will during the penod October 1.1991.
Paragraph (a)of this sectionla through December 31.1991. All other p2y revised license and inspection fees as' ve: amended to require that requesta for licensees and approval holders who
- 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 7 - uoo 7
7
- estabuabed for the prompt fulng of taco exarnpdon aquesta.The NRC is,
'the annual fees in thle section are revised to reflect the FY 1992 budgeted sonnmane coets. paragraphe (b)(3), (c)(2). (d), and 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 .
The increase is opplicable to fee Immediately fouowing the e5ective date approximately 100 percent of the NRC 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 any exemption requesta filed beyond to operatin
' Th2 increased fees an assessed for been w,a M g power applications filed or inspections that date wiu not be considered.The in termsreactors. They have of the NRC's NRC.la maldag this change,is not ' FY 1993 programs and program conducted on or after the effective date intending to changeits exesapdan of this rule. Based on experience in elements.% rewlting total base 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
- 15. ther- 2 is ====deng the- c- ;' " its intent to grant reactor base annual fees for FY 1992 existing fee categorws to provide for have inasesed about seven percent exempdans spenagly.Therefore, the above the FY 1991 annual fees.It is mon equitable flat fees by arraadhug NRCatsongly " ._ r the filingof the number of fee catagenes noted that the power reactor annual fees 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, staff hours plus any contractuak of additional collections which are 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 af bib licensees on a quarterly rather than 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 Regulations 32791 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 StaW Reactor Doesgne Renoem . . . . .
$ 1.100 14 9 1.100 14 9 Other Pewwwe ..~ - , 2.438 56 4 2.434 $6 4 Reactor Lcense RenemeL 350 82 -
S9 1913 Improvemones to RepAmears 13 7 1.013 13 7 Reactor raw Evenmoon 2.800 14 5 2.800 14 5 Eveauseon of Lacenese Pereonnecs 7ie 33 2 71s 33 2 Reactor Accioen *. : - ._ 600 33 4 600 33 4 Human Portormece Eveessant 400 10 1 400
.- 10 1 Reactor Opermear E_ ___ -
400 3J 600 6.620 32 Reessure ineoeceans 55 8 6.25$ 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 RSSR Program Toess 23 1 32.430 10598 Nacnear Seeeey Reneergi pd3Rt aneogney of Reecear Cargonerm Pmeru Damage so Reecear Cores 27.650 t 7.S 26.150 17 4 Reecear Consorenere N _ _ _ 19.666 26.5 19.456 26.2 Advancoe Reactor Rennercet 13.822 10.5 13.922
.- 10 $
Genorc Seleer teous % -
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 edSR Preyers Teesi-6Jt6 17.5 3.110 84 87.334 128 7
.teer Menened and Low Leses weses Safeer apel Befogares RepAmmert w-senemeses unename ens eussenen -
Dreat ereevese Aeneeshemmenenet seesposee 4es es .t C -- 52S 13 2 40s 1.tDO 6s NMLLWSSR Program Tma 28.1 12S 3.7
$30 '
10 6 Soeost and Inesooneere Romous, t . , and EA.-;
Degnosec Svenmeofe Inocere c 350 7.0 350 NRC inament Reaperne 70 50 30 50 30 Operamenes Does Anafpus 1.9eo
- 27.0 1.900 27.0 Portormance inoessere 2.167 -
25.0 2.087 23 0 Operemoner Deane' C - - - 1.047 40 - 1.047 40 2.014 S0 2.018 50
' SsRsE Program T*' __
7.530 et 0 Totei
_ 127,824
_. 1J87,9 5 Bees n- ; toes :
% --. nor poecy sessene, et esses sleeutense to wie egereeng power vesseor cease of kasusse. The base toes do not uwsues cosse esecesed to operenne Power Renomme. 30as mesaNoset Toesi Sese Fee Assense Adescen$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 rwetLevyrerycareenesene
- 2. Seeser Veder 2 d" es een nna 3, g, g,seg i -
' men ann
.n.
4, treesses t e sea enn g ,, . : Jo, . a 2 sea man
- 4. tryon 3 *
- s seanon
- 7. Commesp.1 's-
- een nng
- 4. Cessuouses Poets 1 --
- eeen een
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1702 $'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 -
- 10. Deoso Canyon 2 2 640.000 11.Faney1 _ -
__ m . , -
2A44.000
- 12. Feney 2
_ - - - -.00 2 866.000 m 2.856.000 13 Gene - .do 14 Haddam Nect - .
, e as t ann 15 Hans t-e .
7 ana n00
. do m.
16 incnen Pont 2. 2.464.000 60 ,
17 incnen Pont 3 2.456.000 do - 2 nas nnn 18.Nowounae 00
- 19. Westone 3 -
- 2A64,000
-. 00 -
20 Norm Anne 1 2.404.000 m .9 ama nnn
- 21. Norm Anne 2 _.- do 22 Poet Seacri 1 - 2.486.000 do 23 Poet Seacn 2 - 2AS4A00 m s and nna
- 24. Prene leaand 1 00 2 asa nnn
- 25. P ame leiend 2 00 26.Roemoon2
- 2,ana ann
' a 2266A00
- 27. Setem 1 00
- 28. Sesom 2 2A04.000 do - - 2maaaan-
- 29. San Onotre 1 o0
- 30. Seentoom 1 2A40A00 m 2asanna
- 31. Souen Tesee 1 do
- 32. Sowei Tomas 2. 2.484.000 no -- '.
33 Summer 1 2.864A00 00 -
- 34. Sorry 1 2.864.000
- .- do -
31 Surry 2 2.06&e00 .
00 _-
36.Trcean. - 2.864.000 00 37, Turkey Posie 3 PS40.000
- 38. Turkey Pome e
-.co - -
2.064.000 oo 39 Vogos1 -.do 2.806.000
- 40. Voges 2 2.004A00 Ao , 2amaann
- 41. WoM Cnssa 1 . 40
- 42. Z'on n 1 2 ama nna 00_
4J ' 1 do
. ' _ 2MS.8W 4 ha 1 2.masann PWh40s Condenser _ 2 man aan 4 ce 2 00
- 44. ss 1 - saanman 80
- 47. Coot 2 2A00A00
. 60 s aan nna 44.McGidre1 00
- 40. teoGuse 2 2AA&S00 do 2.ge0A00
- 50. Seousven 1 oo St. Seesoyen 2 2.se0A00 Nmsecon Enonsenry m 2.880.000
- 1. Arterman 2 PWR Large Dry Conessunent
- 2. Casvert CWs 1 2AGO.000
-.A0 2.000.000
- 3. Camut CI8te 2 do 4 Ft. Calhoun 1 2. ann nnn 40 2A00A00 5 Weste Yermee 40
- 6. Mansons 2 2.WOA00 00 2A00.000
- 7. Passemen 00 2 aan ann
- 8. Teso vense 1 do 9, Peso Verde 2 2.844.000 do 2.844.000
- 10. Peso verse 3 00
- 11. San Onofre 2 k.344.P00 4o 2A64A00
- 12. San Onofre 3 0o
- 13. St. Luce t a 2A44800 14 SL Luos 2 2.800AOS
- 00 samamma
- 15. Water 9ere 3 40.
Dcock & Wdcou: 2A40A00
- 1. Artartese 1 PWM Large Dry Contenment
- 2. Crystal Rever 3 2.amaaan no ?aannna
- 3. Deve Besee 1 .do 4.Oconee1 2.amaann m 2.8OE400
- 5. Oconee 2 - 00
- 6. Otones 3 . 2aannna e0 2.setA00
- 7. Three Wee ledend 1 00 moral Elecene 2 asa nna
- 1. Browns Ferry 1 Wert 8
- 2. Browns Ferry 2 2.810.000 do
- 3. Browns Feny 3 2.810.000 00
- 4. Onmemen 1 2A14800 00 S. " meness 2 2A14A00 do n1 2A10.000 Peart er y 2A10A00 hiertl
- 2A10,000
. Aen
- do
- 9. Creass e 2A10A00 40 2A10A00'
- 10. Duane Aer==* 40 11.Fenes2 221&000 do ' 2A10AES
- 12. F 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 ;!
2.s21.000 19 Lrnench 1.. . 00 -
20 1,u*enet 2 ..
. ...-- . 30 -
2.921.000
- 21. tasenone 1 _._. M m ...
2 a21.000 Met L- . . - -
2.821.000 22 Monaceno. _-
. . So - 2.a t0.eQO 23 Nne me Point 1 -- --
2a we Wee Posnt 2
-m 2.s1Q.000 Men a- 2.510.000 25 Ore'er Creen -
. _ - __ Uem 4 -- -
2 st1.e00 21 Peene Scene 2 ._ -
40
.J ts to,OIC
- 27. Peach Bottom 3 -
LafoA00 23 i eny 1...--- ..
_do - - -
2a Pegrun . Wort in 2Ato.000 Wert 1 - 2.810.000
- 23. Chas Gtme 1.. .
2.St0.000 31 Quas Otes 2
__. _- .m -
2314400 3Mart . 40 -
32 ewer Bend 1.- - .
. 2,810 21o m.
31
- _ -; 1
- 34. *_ . Wert s. _4.
Est&000
__a3- _ do 2.821.000
% Vermont Yarmae 2.s21.000 Je Wesnington Nucaner 2 -.
- - - ' Mart t --
Other Reactors uesa u __
2.sia000
. . . 2.s14.000 1 B.g Roet Point _
GE Dry Contenment.
t Yannee Aowe ... _ - 2.s10.000 3 Aancno Seco
.. _ pressmenouse PwR Or* ':--- . _ -
B4W PWR4ry Contan.. ore 2.sSa.000 4 Three Mae mana 2 . . - -
2.000,000 B&w Pwn-Ory Contenmore 2.e06.000 TS* -Other Reactors" listed in Table De FY 1992 budgeted costs related to V
t, not been included in the fee base the additional charge and the amount reactor.of mmlon n00-soz. coo per.opere ting power 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!
ca pry as coem bu8e*8 in this final rule. herebF grants partial 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.
- 3. Acq, not eteenneen to en moes. Paragraph (d)is revised to show.in NRC in accordance with i 171.11.The me Nac ecersee or ones os teene.
total amount of $78L300 to be paid by " summary form, the amount of the total the two licensees has been subtracted from the total amount to be saaessed
"*EQOgO m
ese pousset 00E uranse,. um FY 1992 annual fee, including the surcharge. to be assessed for each major operstma reactors as a surcharge. The T*htg Aedenen Coseot type of operating power reactor. '
NRC. In this final rule, hereby grants full pgyggrgph {g) je revised to Show the exemptions frcm the FY 1992 annual g Q,,,*,*,**'* ,, ,g, Act Sd '
amount of the FY1992 annual fee for program and ottomasonal see. non-power (teet and research) reactors, fees for Rancho Seco andnree Mlle pense aceinhos Ishnd 2 based on the fact that these
- 80S "' io" *** 58***' 7.s in FY 1992. 3557.000 in costs are reactors are either permanently or * * ' " attributable to those commercial and prematurely shut down and do not a 7amrii - m m mes-5
.7 Fedevel governament licensees that are licensed to operate test and research intInd to operate in the future. 2. Austenes act asessess oest 170 s._
cenang ens tiese: eon pose or cert Teacers. AppMag these costs uniformly Paragraph (b)(3)is revised to change to those nonpower reactors which are the Escal yeat references from FY 1991 in evees peu esmo on Comma-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 annual fee for each operating power 54 Sectiert 171.M AnneelFeer Matermfr reactor shown in Table V.This
- licensees. Holders of Certificasse of tem e,,mu,e e ne essesses*io emes Compliance. Holders ofS aledSource turcharge recevass those NRC budgeted esser seensore van perse esenveen costs that are not directly or solely **'0'7' and Device Negretratiorts. Holders of at' *able to operating power reactors.
.e Quality Assurance Program Appreenis.
t totes buseseee - 2s.7 8"'ICr8'"nt Agesicsae Licenseuf 67 irtheless must be recovered to 'h' NAC cv j with ahe requirements of OBRA-
- 90. & NRChas continued its previous W annual additional charge la & latroductio "
pohey decdo60s to recover these costa denretned as Wwe being revised to dn to - M(cfle from cperating power reactors. lastitutions in the list identifying the 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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327tM Feder6 R?sistee / Vol. 57, No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations ch this paragraph is necessary be decreased from the amount shown in the allocation of costs to Cass I facilities in
- 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, dividing the cuuent Cass i facilities into category is $1.800 for a small entity in Tables VI and Vl! show the NRC 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 vely, The costs mill tailingt and those faci!! ties that do 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 N eMYK 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 Emnt emuseon 30 1 st.2eo 77 2 scegueros acenem0/r9"" 25.0 36 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 Totas y 2.154 l 534 l l r otas ease Fee Amount Asocesso to Fuss F --
Lese Part 17o Fued Facevy Fees asila nemen 3 7 nemen Part t71 Base Fees tar Fund Faame==
$99 neaan esm ' 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 a Amount e octaned try naemonmg sie erect FTE tmee ce rete perFTE and ecos%O the program sieport Anos.
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 Rache;on protocean/heeM) e#"**
15.75o 52 $180 .3 (L265 17 5 3.877 113 Totes
%r 3.867 116 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
.evienmorung l 1.000 2sLr 446 113 l
NadLLWSSR progree tonal 2.417 17r 9 ~
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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 1 Ba5E FEES -ContVWod 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
..._ . s. - too eo Tow _ . . . . . . . . -
143.s r l s.374 l se amoum ooccea e uvenne viere <eewa e tv murer g ein erect rtt emee ow rose ser FTE and sonno ine pogram esceon #vra i
The allocation of the NRCs 38.9 expendhe elNRC resources should Jhoa in budgeded costs to the he constant is the multtple necessert-pay the greetest ennuel fee. It is dividu:1 foal facahties is based, as in to recover $31.3 million and is 2.8 for FY f 1991, pnmanly oe the conferees' esnamated that appeandmaaaky to peroesd test The unique costs am any spee e4 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
.ould pay the greatest anr=tal fee. 1992. unsque eceu of opproximistely $1.1 the SLO rah for =e==1u= recovery is milhom was,idnesAed for the misdical cause the two high. enriched fuei mulactunng facilities possem attrsb= amble to those solut4an minlet improvement psegress whun is licensees who do not generate ureatem 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, gg , and h $100.000 we extrecaios ofmatala and rare earthe4
'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 d'aed *** # * --**
Class I foollRie*-Ster.3oot incrwesed abeet 80 parcent above the FY 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 n Em:ned Fwet genenscosta of $172.M has been materish 'icensees is about 20 percent
- N s 4accom ere st. ora um spread W to those hennenes who highM than the FY 1991 amount. Second.
sa.m held spessenergemeest teamses for b number d knms to be mesed w co- 1.c72 ias7 a.iro recespt and starese of spent fasi at en M im in FY 1992 hu deaused sanies..... 2.544 a.is. 4.seo
- 8" "" '""I I" "I aW 21 row bh ee FY 1991 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
- - ans ses $31.3 mtm== etariketehis to the at these levels la order to comfy with
$ * ", us appr F.200dieurse esotessel the mandate of OBRA-oo to recover g3 eos users and sugletsease, b MC has appassumately 100 percent of the NRC's vesenenowne 150 533 FY1st badget authority. A materials or'eussen ses conunned to huse the a====4 See se due Enginsumus Part 170 apphaettes sad rootime' licensee 8e*f Pey a reduced annuel fee if as inspection fees.
m E===== the ~ " 4,u sas the licensee quahEm as e armall estify
_"""""*-.- and inspection fees are indica'tive of the under the MtCs esse steaderds and '
Eegneereg (wcomen iso sms-complextty of the license, this approach certifies thetit is a small entity on NRC ses continues to provide a proxy for
- Form $20.
sao 3.t se 4.ose alloemthe the esses to the altnes*
ca orsese catsgenes of ana====es hased on how To recover the $5.0 million a=e Man attributable to the trensportesion cleas much it cesse MC to seculate seek Fwees Ca$y.Mb M M of Heseness.31.2 methan wit be cora 4 set me, coonnees to consider the hopection asteemed %e $se Departenent of Energy frequenorh b6 (DOE) to coverou ofits tmasporte6os
,,,s,,e ,mes - Ma ge 7se fregneasyseindlameterof theemiserrisk casks underCategory18.De formaineg j ,,
e and resulting regulatory costs tmpones for profic l .n
- ena ese associatedwith the categories of
, , ,, g, sies holdere pproved plans. bc s.oesl siae for QA to
- 1. nis anocation of the costa as ,, ,,,,_ .annant w e.nus cat.s end .
nbutable to uranium recovery is also $1JD02oriseers caly.
Ameniny m.pa % g speanse i
ud ca thm conferees' guidance that The sessmet ceresse of the FY1ser.
ensen who require the greatest Fallespeemen Prtsetty)x caneteet4.(Uniqu base annualfees for eB materiale category cases) u u is sumemarised a foHowe:
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} 32706 Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday July 23, 1992 i Rules and Regulations i
'IALS LICENSES BASE ANNUAL FEE licensees that generate a significant VII. Regulatory Analysis l
RANGES amount of low level waste for purposes
! With respect to part 170, this final rule
' of the calculetion of the $1.600 surcharge 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* Commission's fee guidelines. When '
! P m 7 M o ennense sess a 4A and 17. which also generate and/or 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
" Of the Se 2 million not recovered from March 4,1974. in its decision of National l PQene Partri- nanaconenen
' S43o e sam small entities. $A nullion is allocated to Cable Television Association. /nc. v.
si.soo to as2.sco. fuel facilities and other materiale UnitedStates. 415 US 36 (1974) and i os aemoscove umanet P*'t 72-wiesooneers licensees. %is results in a surcharge of Fedem/ Power Commission v.New l $43.000. .- $150 per category for each licensee that EnglandPbwer Company. 418 U.S. 345 i
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
'Emunes we annuar les ear e few menery j
[o'"M*"#*"** ,e'e'*.*e*c.".M e,ene e **"** facility, licensee. a for high enriched example, pays afuel basefabrication . chargepersons Io identifiable fees for specialbybenefits measured the rendered 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
} pcrograph (d) of this final rale.This program pays a base annual fee of ;
i surchtrge connnues to be shown, for Appeels for the District of Columbia,
$12.200 and an additional charge of j
! conv$nience, with the applicable National Cob /e Television Association
$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 budgeted costs of $3J miDion relating to Broodcastere v. Federal l his section le revised to give credit i L' Communications Commission. 554 F.2d i
lisposal generic activities because for those partial payments made by lite (D.C. Cir.1976); Electronic ent of the RW is generated by
{ t aconsees. Although these NRC certain licensees in FY 1992 toward their Industries Assocsotion v. Federal FY 1902 annual fees.De NRC
- Ew disposal regulatory activities are anticipates that the Aret, second and - Communications Commission. 554 F.2d j not directly attributable to materials 110s (D.C. Cir.1976) and Capital Citiee third quarterly payinents for FY 1992
- licensees. the costs nevertheless must be Communicofion. Inc. v. Federal
- recovered in order to comply with the wdl have been made by operating power Communications Commission. 554 F.2d
- requirements of OBRA-90. no reactor licensees and some matenals 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 purposes.
be assessed.The NRC wiH'ediust the 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
! annual b is due on the effective date of AfiS8i88/P P/ Pbwer ondl.ight Ca v. U.S.
av tese the rule and interest eacrues froni b , Nuclearitsgulatory Commissions est i ccesary as comes **" 8 F.2d 223 (5th Cir.1979), cert. denied 444 .
effective date of the rela. However.
l
,,',,",$'y" 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. fuH cost of providing smicer 4 effective date of the rule.-
.sene Nac nonnese er mens as s.
i carmee, seu 40% es LLW essones V. Envireassental hapact: Categorical identifiable beneficianes: (2) the NRC -
9enanc acwe.e. could properly assess a b for the costs
! 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 g " -
gM g hearings and of administrative and.
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-i level weste (1mes un e} es renower. is not sublest to the requirassomasef4he+ levei sodioessive weste burialWear and?
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.
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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
- i. 1, engtese passed Public Law Authonty 31 U.S C,9"ot. 90 Sut. lost sec.
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).
r charges that fairly and equitably (42 U s c. ss4n or 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-
- f the NRC bcdget authonty be This final rule establishes the educot ona/ institution is added to read
,, roitow,:
ecovered. To accomplish this statutory schedules of fees that are necessary to equirement, the NRC, in accordance implement the Congressional mandate vith i 171.13. is publishing the final 5170.3 Definttions.
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.
_censees. matenals licensees, and means a public or nonprofit euucational registrations, and approvals, including institution whose pnmary function is olders of Cernficates of Compliance, those licensees who are classified as egistrations of sealed source and education, whose programs are small entities under the Regulatory accredited by a nationauy recognized
- evic2s and QA program approvals, and Flex 2bility Act.The Regulatory
- overnment agencies. OBRA40 and the Flexibility Analysis, prepared in accrediting agency or association, who
- onference Committee Report s legauy authonted to provide a accordance with 5 U.S.C. act. is 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 ersices provided by the Commission; statMour, 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 qt l 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 owtr rezctors the Commission IJst of Subjects under il 170.21 and 170.31 that are 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 i antamment, and the location of the - Byproduct material, import and export professional staff. hour rate equivalent 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 professional staff. hour rate for the NRC 10 CFR Pbet 171 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 ect ye to 3327A:
payment penalties, Nuclear matmals-1
" paragraph, Category K. and footnotes 1
" ' 8 eptember 18,1986), was challenged and mtjalS P
a nuclear phsid in its entirety in Florido Power nd Leht Company v. (.tnited States, 846 material. Holders of certificates, knd "** 2 to the table are revised to read as registrations, approvala, Penalties. g 170Jt Schedu6e of toes for prooucean 2d 765 (D.C. Cir.1988). cert. demed'
- '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 i r/onda Power n Lig e PART IN FOR FME MATERIAL.S,MPORT AND N g Net an {
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LICENSES, AND OTHER REGULATORY designs, requalification and teplacement latory F1axibility Analysis exammations for reactor operators, and 11 SERY1CES UNDER THE ATOMC special prpects and holders of h ..dC is required by the Omnibus MERM AN M As a- 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 -
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categor s eno twee ce fees Feen r8 Feomv ensgense and noeof Imee cosa esse sensees se aan===== ime amen.
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,c e% as,s,.a,, a igen, ,=e em n,y see iscenes to meene ew essenen annet csonge to ine socacent Any processonst useri+oure es.
uenses vor m import and emort on*y of pre. ossemens enormeeen es ses caem sosease a a o on eno u m o.ies e ,,eare,en erweso aa ree-a sser== - r==mu me. =*nswo moes"*I=en ee ===a = a e'iee seimpy so.
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or tne acaen eocaceaen-acr enraw ,_. e4soo
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Otherweek me toto Case for v4 ooense we IW teseemere and sapest and' oneP-
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, ma comrassen revww. Euceme Suwum inas, et se rose poem. s mem> seems as me
, re or torme go,erwners - - - aceans osna es est emmene esem reguletory services andholders of i
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- t280 7eer,,"oe*.'*M aris ii, new,gM carescries curewer on as owso eessen ofservices.This schedule weesase==a includestees for hes!th and safety and neeen orosessens on wemeese somesemessis ames moussesemerseen soiemen, e e',
safegnardsinspecdons Are
- = -ie to sw wincese ese or one vue opphcable.
4 l SCHEDULE OF MATEMALs FEsa tsee sooenoese et and as inesol cowoory
- etenera mes,peamee a Fee *
- 1 Soccaal riudeer rnefoneR I
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I meceseoes Fuseese Mouerw Norecuene __ 5AOest
- 8. Menese les - a- ene sensegoes seems heel et en sioseeneous seems tasseenagesemanaat gepgIk FA Cost
! u.enen. Benewes. " --._ _
inspeceans- FurCtet i 3eesse.
Norwovene . FearCast C. Menees ior r-- peeCem,
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i Federal Redster / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursd:y, July 23. 1992 / Rules and Regulations 327D9 i
SOEDULE OF MATERIALS FEES-Contmued i
(See loomosse et end of teteel Category of metense sceness and type of tese '
Feeaa
- 2. Sowce metenet A Lcenese for possesson and une of sowce enetenet vi recovery operemone suen as meng e.wtu W heecNeoctung reanng w wmum heaemuonoe. cre tiuving esseore, on eacnen0e facesse ene e proceenne o' c'oe contannou sourte oncentras to matenes tar estracea er thonum.
asonzng ocauthng the poseeemon hcename ene manterence of asugggreme faceny m e steney piemoco-possesson of tryprochact wease matenet W trom towce emeterwa recm ope Leenos Aenewed. ^.w4. -.; .._
inspectone . . . - - - - FJ Coet, Rousne -
Nonrouane .
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Rene.es . 120 i_ _
---.-,-- . - 120 i inmoocecra - - 120
! Roware Noarovene - ._~
- 310 C. As oeer sowpe metenes scensest . 370 Ascaceton-New ecerme -
Renewel -
. - - - _ : 650 ineoectona .
400 Rouww
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. 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 .&,
. . 2.200 I # v:w scensee bJt mesenal tar possesson tor commeraal esotemert and noe et spyproshaca meneruf issues pwagste to part 30 of Wue chapest tor procemeeg er
{ aceton4eser coereo--
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1.400 A-_-,
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_ 2,100 C Lceruse M purmaant to H 32.72. 32.n. ene/or 32.74 et vue cresear annonom0 =_t.-
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or T; one cameewon or r% of gereresore reeGent hRe 1848/or aesceo e*d movioso contestn0 Dyprochsct matenet A- . t acertoe -
Aenewes . - . 3.800 s *
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1.500 2.000 0 Lxeneen ena amoroven emane owmare to H32.tr. 32.73. ene/ar 32.74 of sus onesear eueionang generenors, reagent hee ene/or sources or eences not munonng proossung of tyyproeust enseenet esseison or ree v ~- = econee _
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. 1.200 h oeroons
. 330 Rousne Norwovens -- _ SW
_ 1.300 E.
stemmed C
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S1o knoeceans .- 270 Aoura Peorvosene
_ 400 .*
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for eraeeson pweness- f=======i and una of less Wien 4000 cestee of tyyproeJet snesereof m sessed sources tot malheon ofeesseenste e emece u
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%ete .*5 vesu6ne . 82 1.e00 ,
mesepisposes
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295D
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' Norewene ese 74 J. Lcermee newed pwouare so macert 5 of part 32 os se chsener to aseeues esmo contatung paradhsca miseenmL that seese se review R =>Io perspe generWr Scount witer pet seriene pur4reeracurteif uruser part.1T of mas chapear*3T of fue chapter, encept spooho beenees am r-maa et aseen met moveeboere or esonesw e n
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inspeceans' 679 Rouenen Nonrcuerw Sep N Lcensee socono# es seenstat eueurer Caengerr 3p: h er cear tunneces, escept (1) Acenese Wiet eumspus onsy caserseen ene/or seek1.000 teemes acesses aus massee t o see toen N teuer one try Sepues sw Guearen weses desseek eessener aus mW ab ear homen egnease me tem emmesses esi, em auf 40 Aensuref . 1.WD-
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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 er oe of imme
- 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 r o s level for thethe peepene of contrngency store 0e or cornmeroes land me=d tiy Wie honnese; cr scenses authormrg corengency teorage of Icur wease et me see ed nucasar Secedges k' enumer person mWierend to feopus er e4iese Of eash 16 power reactors. or hconese weasefor of recess of wes Leonse, renewel. amendment i
inspecean1L
. Fue ConL Aotarue .. . .
avonrovens- .
- FuS Cent v
_ FuS Cott I
B Lconese spechcae authorarig sie recesis of essee prisothes em scasos meannet, or assoas eiucteer een of mosano6 pecnequrg Appacesork eese orhonroe repecaegne the meseneL The scensee mis espons of vus meesmas by tenster to anosfer enet person euetonsed Renenos,.
_ 3.geO
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intoecticrie: _ 316 Aoutane .--
menrvtnamne .
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'neo8Cecret -
286 Rousne -... _ , .
Norgomane 5 wee loggiry . 1.M
_tJoe 4 Leonese than hees encongear racerposeeneen stuches; and une of Dyproshact tretenai, sowtm menennt and/or speast reacdear mesensa lor uma bom uns urwope6 mis tecer seeses emer Acc=cewee scense-Aenewei -- -
Amencynere . 3.ses
. 2.M inececoortti Nuene SM vousne, 800 mee nor possemeon and une of typroeuct an ; tor home ".- % wecer aan*== egg j dies, sensuel ernerwruere I
inesessons Aousne _ FACens P*onrousto ---
740 6 Nucteer tensioneet 1300 A.Aconcenors-eeew Lcensee earecorue- commeroeg enen,enn ene inuncyy os some contammated use byprochact vnneenal aowce masonat or specast n ucemes menennt Aanswet --
As1; a.
.. 1.000 1.508 mecocoons:
3?9 Rousne __ -
Nenroumme 1.100 7 Human une of N M towce, or speaal m -- mesenet 2A00 A Lcermes estes tenneenedmued Sw1uent in loseWierapy to seveces: part 30,36. eQ. erte 70 of too crispear tar ftween une of siDyprocksol nietenal eensee mien s er spese sesenes eum et omsme AppleCatiorWNew beense _ - .
Renewes Arnanomene
_W MO Inesececma Aousyie . 400 l --
%ervounie _
use
- 8. boereas es broso eccee ===a to #nessam aestumons or eso or pero pnyespans ihneuere a2Ane , .
w peris 30,33. 45 e0 ene 70 is seamaiceb are oevenopment sources ccoiannes m tesotherapy incsuteng cocces; hwnsm ime of tp@podact detetennL emospt Econess Ier Dieseener aumentet oossee sam Ariahres=aa how scense Aeneses 3.NO .
) Insanctoner -
300 l nouene . _
Pecowousne
_ uw 1.Je9 C. Omar scensee seuse pursuere to parts 30. 35. eo, ena 70 as ses casepter tor human ime ofesOveronus ner enesene metener, M= encept
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12M2 Federal Register / Vol. 57, No.142 / Thursday, July 23. 1992 / Rules and Regulations SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS FEES-Cont >nued (See tootnoses sp end of teoie) i Category of me'eres acerees e'id tne of fees
- Fee ;
Mepeceone Rouane , , . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . , . . . . - . -. 740
- Norvousne ~ .. - . . . . .- .. . . . . - . . _ . . . - - . . 740 d
) Devce. proact or seeed so6sce estety evolueeort 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. .. .. . . _ . . -
_ 1300 IMoectont 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.. e . . d orvice - . . . . . . . . . - . . - _ ..- . . . .. . . . -... . . . ~ . . . 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 L-e ; n7. tource ... . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. . . - . ~ . . . _ . . . . . 250 letoeceans.
Rouene .- . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . - -... - Fue Cost Nonrousne ._ _ _.. Fuu Cost
, 0 Seseev oveesaton of eessed so6scos careesnrq evoroduct meienes. nource moments or species nucieer metened. manufactured vi accoroence seem the unusue i speancatore of, and sor une py, e origie appecent oncept reacicr haet:
! Ame=*m eecri acasoe . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . _ . . 370 A. -- a . .;. 2 Z 7.eGsee . . , - . . . . . . . . . . . .. _ . . . . , .. .. ., . 120 innoeceans Rougne
' . Fun Cost Norvouarie . . . . .. . fun Cost
- 0 T~ . of reasoecome metener A son of caste, paceegos, and engorig contorere.
Y
- d. Renesset Ar'enoment . . . . . . _ . . . ... .._ .. . - . Fue Cost Aorw Houane .. Fun Cost Norvousne .
. . . . . . .. . Fue Coet, B Evenmeon of to CFR part 71 questy escurence programe.
< Appen.~ . Y4 ._ . . . . . . . . . _ . . - .. ... , 250 Reressed . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . - . . . , . . . . . - . . , 250 Amonament tespeceoner
. _ . _ . . _ . _ . . . . , . . . . .. _ 250
%sene ... _. _ _ . . . .s.... . . . . . . , _._.. _. . . _ . . . . . . . Full Cost 8sonrousne
, .._.....m ... ... Fue COJ t1 Reviour et starettena2ed spent fuse teorsa.
Sooroved. Renewes, AvtonorMnt _ .
8 in Cost
- epeceane -.__-....... . ... , . . . . _.. , _ ...a. Fue Cost
- 2 Sooc al prosectr Acteowese arW pr====e==vtcenang actNmaa .._. . . . . . . _ . - m.. . Full Cost msoectone r, .
. . . _ . Fue Coet.
O A Scent kses storage ch.en Carecate of Compaance Accroves _ _ _ . _ _ .. . . . . . - . _ . _ . Fust Cost.
Asuancments, rgrvisions. erW * -- J. _ . Full Cost.
Resporoval .
..__ . .. _ . . . . . _ _ . .a Fue Cost 3 efearamic ro6esed to spent tue6 storage caen Cer1Wacets of Compearco Aouane Fue Cost peonrouane - . - . .
Fue Cose j C #nsoectone russied to storage of opent tune unoer 9 72.210 of eue cnepeer-Rouane. . . , , . . . . _ . . .- . . . . . . Fue Cost
- eorvtaanne . . . . . . . Full Cost.
t4 SvproeJct, source, or spooel twtaar metano6 aconses and other ecorovas autrtarmrq oncommenesorwng oecontaminetson, reciemenon. or $4e restorecon achestes caseuent to 10 CFR perte 30,40,70. are 72 of sus cnepter Accreves, Reneuret Amendment - . . . . . -. fun Cost Poececrt:
Routre ..
... . . . . . . . Fuel Cost.
Norvousne - _ _ . . . . . _ . . _ . Fuf: Cost
- 1i Imoort are Esport acermee
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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, 32713 f SCNDUUE OF h44TWALs FEES-Contirtued i (See tooincnes et end of tonal l Category of netenede Ererses and type of fees
- Fee a l ApC" - ecoree _
Amenemens - _ .
3.133 i'
OADDecehon.new AcC4Ce'Joninconee for esport or @ port of OPer melonese not #equireig Comfructiori review, - __ 3.100
-- _ E2ecuore Grencit reveger a torempt g(neprense tem Amenomont _,
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. , 1M a
E L4ror anews a revamendment ew of any esport or eport hcense to entend the e4eenon amen, cg earnesec e esorvraaon 1.200 sencen so est regere er mene em l Amendmerit . . . , , . _ , , ,
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e6 Acciprocny . . _ . .
- 120
, Agreement a
coscanon (eerm State eengsceneses av Form 241) emo cenews ecomiese m a em Agreement State unour the reciprocny proweens of 10 CFR 15a24 i, reo e
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_ 6eo entrechore;
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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 tw een tomasse of new Isosses r
ees essested el 9te cost ete espessarie eled IPy Agreernent State scensees accor%eNec e Dv the prescreed appeteam fee lor escri teiegory, empest 9tet must tie to regen
' m a pcanone is, ocereas eeuw ng mese esen one see ensegory es seemet smacener mesennt er eeurce mei argec1reon too ror Ine regreuet tee teamgory" and
, W brenewooergwawsuimew IM Accacemens sur ecenses dese=8ess wieurterconsesy mE must De socorvossed av se essacenari ese et 3125 000.
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i
'eet tc) fr e Categenes Herweevsesessenet " 1A 18.1E. 2A,4A. 58. ICA.11.12. t3A. eno San are sue upon neuecense by pie Co
"- ter rensuer es acenese and see wenn mies to accor encept are inet noseceton ave upors toes eartry essenemoso the Cr ter sanoeuf as aconses and esessene ar'wce to hA coallose See Cen'oereed by me prescrees rere .
(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 ust be MJdeersed is preocutbed by Wie e enesee or esess l
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
-enomens tee nor e id let amonenens seestne are eseregnant too coengary een nosecoeon try me C1 - ende escst. For mese esonese to suseret er mee ses cannones esuesses sossenese usena eens ein to sua cuese (s 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 s eor n C to a scense or accrevet tiet woned rograrn to e nouser too category must to accorgereed feet to) Appecesans to semenete toereas eumanaris emne menoress proyama, ones es er N assie r er desweenenseen pressee av noteuepectas tel s'soecess Asse-seperses essesges se be eseeemed c
a eemene Sasse acenesse one sonsuce aceween a non scu each rousne end notro; ens ; veneen onresnood, anc1nssng espectone conouctw by m 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 ie aseeesse e N especeans we bised on tre crofesserief s". aft asse teilbareG to conthJc5 One unepecean services ceste incurved we be adena Lessness co weg enore inen one ce emespuese Ipy Wie rete erup epescates e essest ecosction
- s 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 sch Ccc _ 117f 12 fat see Footnoes S tar omer esoscean nosest .
een was not he energes ser artere etume Dy em Conmesman t>sumretroen iO cf the Code of Fsomre Regnessono te4,10 CFA 3ELt1 edk $4, 7034, 736, to eie
'e 10semenenesse C1514of 2.202 or Ier apue guy ester escacne near er fiepeaner si enec6 regeneses of eteer see Ste WSftpves e e tre form edesconet tee lororseemed e erones ansceereenestant, este scisse eveseses letter sees econsvel engen et Categeneeetiety Sihevessenen escugPt 30. reOort er ofter lor'st in edemort 90 me lee e
- FJ cost fees we Ine emessasies metas en N esseeneeses enest eroe are enesessumes careecent esoport s e= vices esperuset Far fices especeewis assency on to treti6e ettecaveandoste ior08wnsen it'se ruletoes nel Deare eenusenee deternened seems esreses at wie procammones sie seneDeWee eies seenlorassises De June ter eso sma== sie pseasessmes sen s fu*ei Aav 2.199 e6 Soproonste For 1 hoes essessmeno currency on ese for ernsch ressur geeh fieue 20 reecMed
, 1984. Jeriuery el 30,19et, ,Aapr 2.1990. ene Jusy 10.1981, r especohle fee cespig etWieshed tyv N Jhane 20,1984, ent' t on to v 0 susem Die=~--t An, x are see
- _ sienseurs essen9 enemisme ses== esmessene mese cuenge en er meer of me sammy reveses, so een wie reacmas cost sueugh eienstes Jertuefy 28,new M M eue anytie espeamm N ts, t 17020. a6 scorconsie, excess tar teoscal recorts shoes som essee MM Com useist eesses eport 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 setamusemest tie tween t soum er o se eseecaseL Any pressmacesis Neum asaansed rang saae eNama onmor ener Asep.et 9,1981, we tio esenates et to especease rete seenhound a g 170JtL
{ 1EL20 in no seteeventl's we sie tow se
- 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 Aererasiesanween ensemane er reur acunema er runeuesaver me aceree.se eesur43 bcerees sem comer moet eigueensle rnague end scenes nucseer mecenaf m eensed goiacee Int use et gougne
- erisevaa fee for fee Celegory IC orer.
- For a 6:ense annonase eseesses sesengessac eenseemons or menneectunng sieteeston a poes se of eacft facesspt escept Stat 8 fte smeltine seamsbesens ese espassed enesip a eryt usent, e asespe eispecten toe we tie se caractaan ---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.
suthonty Sec. 76ct. Pub. L 99-2r2. too a * * *
- SI,,,
t sto. as amended by sec. 5eot. Pub. L (3) Generic activities required largely 4o3. tot-Stat.13m as amended by Sec. a mmntbn may, upon for NRC to regulate power reactors, e.g.,
- 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 crer i by a nationally recognized timely payment in full ensures follows:
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 .22 7 3122 4a s ware L 24 2 e1o 272 3 082 74 o M4't #
Maria HI e 2.s21 .272 3093 24 1 Sungnouse 4( 2sto .272 J os2 ( 12.3 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 H8888's enested seurm and Datos per acerosa td research) reactor licensed unde.r.
irt 50 of this chapter except for those Regesoremone.Hoteere of Queety Assurance **
- Approrets and h j actors sxempted from fees under genoe ga,mg -
senes cuaneeses and enies nos.cor.
171.11(a). are as follows: , , , , ,
pront orgerweeano (gross annum rece.ney i
(c) A licensee who is required to pay s2som e sa s numon Si m
- 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 '*
s,nes gewompanie6 piesceone (sn-l certification. the licensee may pay 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 -._. i.soo
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4 Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday, Niy 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32715 i for each category applicable to the 1 ) The maumurn annual fee base certificates, registrations or approsals I .uai fee plus surcharge) a sm(all entity license (s). subject to fees under this section are as is required to pay for FY 1992 is $1.800 (d) The FY 1992 annual fees for follows:
materials licensees and holders of i SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS tSee footnotes et end of taceel ANNUAL FEES AND FEES FOR GovEA 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 Low Ersched Fuet . . - 52.170.000 SNW124 70.te3 B&W Fuet Company. .. 2.170.000 Comtiusten EngmeenrS (Homoses) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _
$N W l168 70-1201 Cornouseon Engmeerng meoncel...
6a3.000 SNM 33 70-36 Generse Eiectnc Company
. . . _ . . . . . 083.000 1
SN W 1067 70-1100 ,
5,emeat Nucteer Power.--- . _ . . - SNWlog7 E43.000 Westegnouse E'ecinc Cct.
. . _ - 70-t t t3 l 683 000 SNW1227 70-1257 643 000 4 SN W1107 70-8164
) 6a3 000 4 Category os maiones bconnee Fgg 4 4 4 4 Sorenarge ,. . . . ~
A. n(2) As otner scocses nucW meieres beoenes not MCauded m 1 A (1) eDoW lor possession and use of grams or more of peutotuum e 200 8155250 u sessed Surer' erne -form or 350 grams or more at conuaned U-235 e unseesed torm oru200 grarne rm..- or -.._-
more of U-233 m nsawed fo
- 72.000
- a Surcturge L*enses .lor receipe and sacrage of apare tues se en edependere opent fust escrego matenaton HSFSl)-
38.860
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_ _ - - a3.000
- teenees tor fioenesson couen0 udsy skerencence arcnerge eru.lyrers and une of specuni nucteer maionet m seesed sources y ems. contemed n oewices u t.750
{ As other sceoes nucteer meterms h t;00
.....s consneuie e ceca em se aenod conees. 150 that ecued
!. I A (2)- a p50 iieicept necesesiorauinonrmg ce m eneseer. aca ine scense. speoal nucceer sneeenes e unseemd sorm m cor.wowri Sorenerge ... . -- -a .
a pe, = same sees u osair cm. gory E. I consee 'or sne operation of a uranium ennchment teemty .... . ._ --
121) j 2 Socco meter.ar 1.750 N/ A *
- A.Sorenerge (1) L. censes
.._ .- -.._,..-for possessson and use of sourcs matenal for retowng uranium mde concentrates to urett m h
. . . _ . . u enaftvende .~
381.000 i 62) Lgenses for possess.cn and see of source meiertoi e recovery operatene even as numng essd _ . - . , 155 250 l *acar;es and e procesong of ores conwwng towce maneral for entracean ofernetes cenerpossemaica then uteruum or ino r
of evoroduct = esse me:ene. OpnrN trom source metenal recovery opersoons, star'dey mooes .
eseas wed rio autnermng as licenses outnoreng i
' C'ete i tecWees ' - e ance of a aseme r ea C:ase il facees L . . . . .
m.--
- other tacartise ...
167.500
( Surcwge _ _ , - - -
_ _ - - 73.200 l 58.800
- 8 SurCnarge.
Lcenses . wrmen authorize onfy the posseenen use and estaesoon of cource metenes tor n i.,- 150 i
C. t.s etner source metenes scennes.- 430 i . _ . . -
Surenerge -- __- 150 i - _ _ - -
1 Cypromet metenac _ m.m .
3.000 1.75i
[ A. Oconses of Orced acces tar & end wee of byproesct mesones eeued pursuant to perte 30 and 33 e r l
manufacanng Surtnerge of Nome conterwig Dyprochact metensi lor comrneraal esedeuton. c t ue enapeer for proceemng or
- m. -
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9M0 Bgen Ctrer heeneesDyproductnor goesseman and use of byproesct metense neuedorpursuant to part 301.7t0 of true enepter f
- e contemmg metensi for commerosi eseeumon
- r. Si.renerge .
manutectone of 4 400 c.reestnoueon teenseeof esued pwowere to H 32.72. 32.73. and/or 32.74 os ine enspear ::A. % the procm or eret.750 ramo ofiermar==*aam
...m_
m and eseeuoon or nati ectuose M posessmen and use of tource matenes toe ernemen0nceweed same heeree . audiereed on the pursuant to part e0 Surcneme --__ .
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10.900 i D. Uceneca and approvem neued pursuere to H 32.72. 32.73, and/ori 32.74 os true enseest suinonang ..
1.750 essenaten
- reGoonermecouacals. generete a. restere tute ereuer sources or dovesse not eercesing or reesseueon proceanne ce se trypros ct a
meteneL T?ue coengary afeo l
sicludet M t-am and une et sowte mesonal for aresseng outeorsed purteent toc upart heenes
- eO 08 Wes chapter when e l d l
enarge- ,-- _ --
ed on Wie Game -
3.M mee not poenemen and == w erproaci meiene e es ed nowc= nor wee on a mennen ,m ~
sm se erueid feels.eholded crues) t50 SupWieraa - wn.cn = sowoe e not removed
_ a.500 F.sowoeLaceness e esposed for possemelon Ior eveeseen pwpones- wed use et less tien 10.000 cames of tyypreshace meestal e esafed sowcas ._
150 ear ereenm Surcsta= nstonese m weten Ine 4.000 o tource Lmenses e empened ser poneaemen ter muassen purposee. and ens et 90.000 tunes or more of inorosset menenes m messed soween en m esma se 150 ear eress
- L, 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-.. -.. . . 1
. . . . . _ . - . . . . _ . s.-~~.., . _.- 150
? ceness issued pursuant to s@ pert 9 of part 31 of thee eftepeer to detreuse name Contesnerg tiyproduct malenes or cuantities of tWDroduct i
rened that do not regare sessed ecurte endler device review to persone genere44y iconeed W part 31 of ines chapter, e: cept epocdc 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. _.
-. - - . _. . t50
! 4 other spects byproduct metenef sceriese. Sucept thoes m Categense 4A Wirough 90 - ... 2.100 1 urcnerge . . . .
, . , . . . . . . . , . t50 l lseo escotel and prDcteeing" l ay eueerumg Wie recept of wease tuvipothat mecenal, sowoe mesensi, or toecial nucoser metense from osner pervons for i irenese me
- ga maa's*co=nengency esorage or commeruel tone easpoesi by M teenseer. or toenese eusierums conengency storage of Iqw esse 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. _ .. z, 5 84.500 M@.. -wm ==. we . m . 38.I$
! ucenese specmceor euenoneng wie recess of weses byeroduct mesenet, sowoe mesoneL or nosome nucosar enesenal tem gener persons for, 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 .1
- 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 -. - ._ -g . 11.000
[ Nrtnerna _ .. .1.750
- ciese ieuner.es LCer'eme for commercel Colesceon ensligunday of esmo corvennensees wiel Dyprelluct metered, source instenal. or speaaf fiucanor masonal S.100 r trener, . . . .. __ ._ ; ._ 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 .
... ~. 1M Lconnes of brose scope seuse en nuecal vienessons or two er more anyesenere swesent to parte 30. 33. 35. e0 ene 70 of fue cetector
- wmoreng resseren ene oswescoment eiclueng Inwnen use of typreeset finsteruf escept econese for Dypreeset masenst tource metenet, or
- cecial fiucacer rneienst m seelee towces conumed m tesesterapy geweses, Tles escegory afeg inceusse vie poseeesen one use of so;srce
! *esere for sneeeerg wnen eueionros on ene same soones e
- s .
-. ., 12.200
- Surenerge- . .. .
. .- ~. t.750 Otner acerses issuse purmaars to para 30,35. 40. ene 70 of ese crimuser ter human une of Dyprochsct metenal. source nueenal ens /or -
5 soecet nuoner meterus esceos teorums for typresset vneteret, sowce mecenal, or speaal nuc6ser metenes e seesse sources consense in j ve*etnereoy devces Thee category eleo metaene sie aaaaa==i enst use of sowce feiseenal for smisectng wren cuenanned on the semo -
'censee.._..
i , . , . . ,_ ' 4 600 -
- g. SwCnerge . .. -. 1
- ... 150 L nicetenne l Licensee for possession anll une of DypI9esel fassenal entste fnetend. of WecIW rescaer fnetenef tor Crvif se6ense acewiese.m 1 900 l Surc~ie _. - -. 150
' ev . 'uct or seesse source esteey sweeseearc t ans issues for the esteey evenanton of sovices or presuces goneeseng tyyproduct masenal, sowce metenet or spacel riucteer
> mh . except reecear fuse soveces, for commesenal eeweuten 9.300
{ 1 Surenerge.. - 150
} Regqqremone seuse *er the selsef Srehsenen of seween or groescte contemeng Dyppgeuct fnesensL source masenst or toeoni riucesar i . ~4 ener manufacenes ei accoreance aim sie wegue =r-*==aw of. and for toe ey, e soigen espeiant, encout reactor fusi eowicae 4500 l . %rcnerge _ -
- 150 i Resposecono iseuse tor the essesy cuensecon of seelee soween comessig tpypsease mesoress, sowge masenst or spesos nucesar rnesenes, j except reactor fuel. for commerges meeumon 1900
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Fed:ral Register / Vol. 57, No.142 / Thursday, July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32717 Category of marenare licensee p ,
e O n g'stratione essued for the saiety evabation of seaed sources conta'nmq thoroduct mater.nl. source mavat or scec2al n c*e
- venarge ansa-tured e accorcance orth the uniove scocmcaions ot, and for use Dy, a srngie appecant. except rescuir ruse.. u ar mateoal, 5 ..
4 Tiaescorta!cn of reocactrre metonat . . . - .
990 60 a scentCerwcates Fuet. r+gn etLevet compaance viaste end plutoruurn or other pacnage se pacnages _ appowers asued tor oevgn of casas. pactages, and sh ppng conta.nors Cver Casas _ _ ................... .._...
Ni A
- 8 Aporovam issued of 10 CF A Pai 71 quawy assurance programa __
N/ A *
(Jsers and Fabricators ..
Users Sos cearge.. .. . . . _
62 800 1.500 t t $taacerdited noent bel facskties ., . . . _ . .
'2 Specia1 Proects . ... .
150
. . . . . . . . . . Ni A
- O A Spent tuet storego caen Cer%cate ce Comphance ....~........ .... -
N/ A '
B Geneve4 r acennes tar storage of spers Not unoer to CFA 72.210. . . . . ..._,
N/A*
So cea'ge. - . . _ . ~ . . .
a3 000 sa Sveroouct. source, or specmf rucisar metenet hconsee and other accrovede authoreng decomnwsserurg oecontammen n-150 s:te restoraton activrbes owtuent to 10 CFR Parte 30. a0. 70. and 72.. o , reclameten or-1$ Moort and ENDort 4centes -
'6 Aecicrocity -
Ne A '
Ni A
- t F Master maiores nceneet of tiroad scoce mauso to Government agenews.
........'. Ni A e Surcearge .. .
. . . . _ 300 000 it DCE Cearbcstes of Coneance _... ._
36.150
t.200.000
'esvil e say.;s based reNnd on =-or - mmerease hsod stier Octotier m es 1enrwed os each necal fee veer for that thatchange hecal theyear scopeor of aany heeneee pcfton e programthereof o th tfor the hecal ye termneted pnar to Octeoer 1 of eacn becas year. and we amount of the ermunf fee .
r a ennoot a ncenes we not
.aersoe or oncrease the scope onor to October 6 os each hscal year. ues tee east be weswed wnere me econee es 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 . , r to asses and 10 ter sessed ed for eacnauenonrad sources category econcacee ei the hcente to the tcenta. brensees paymg annuet teos undererasesor ,
Category acevotest 1 Aannues (t) toes we
. . are not tutgect to the anrwes toes of category 1 C acoucat.one must ce twed es accoroence with the recurements of parte
- For Fys 1993 through 1995, teos ear mese meienses tceceos win to cae: .
which the 30. fee ea0. 70. 71, or 72 ci the choos pod Aenewal f tol.at R EQasTta for notste and comment Wased and assessed m accoroence with 6171 13 and wel te pubbshed n the A Class secr1
'are, seued reevy I heense tar rare metant and ce eartne.
ecsaose me Scarmee neued tar the ortracton of waruure from uraruurn ore A Clas4 e h extrecean ce ureroam som uratuum cree ecsuomg research and oewemoment scenses An "otner" tee scense mckde n e nctuces bcensee nor entschon
.Two bcennes have Dean neued tur W, for land esposal of specaal nucaner
..enei. the Commenen we conesoer estam an armust see tar trwe type os aceree.
matenel Once 6 TAC
- 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 pnrnarmywattrtauteese w such s as tooncal
, certhcotes to lhe andrecorttL wears topices escorts. are nolof the cesanpe Ossessed Snnuel see
- No annuai noe e chargeo neceune e e not practcat to nomewer e wtwas ouetheytoarethe reisewesy enori ese o coerehng y rc
- Separate ermuss sees we not ce steessed ser pacemener ucenses seued to moocas ensatuhons uno aseo hoed n wo os the acenee ucmar meocme aconses under Categorws 78
- % mctuoes as Certraceres of Comotence suued to 00E.
" 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 category, except Category 18. for which 11. In i 171.19, paragraph (b) and (c) 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.
an additional charge of $1.600 has been gg g g Editorial Note his appendia will not added to fee Categone: 1.B.,1.D, 2.C., [ders o a ce 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, Category 17. l'ayment is due on the effective date of Amendments to 10 CFR Part 175 (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 gones 1E.10.A,11 11,13.A 14, the effectiee date of the final rule. 15 U.S.C. 001 st seq.) establishes as a (c) For f Ya 1992 through1996, annual j B., and 18.1.icensees who qualify as pnnciple of regulatory practice that ....d entities under the provisions of fees in the amount of $100,000 or more agencies endeavor to fit regulatory and i 171.10(c) and who submit a completed and desenbed in the Federal Registee informational requirementa, consistent NRC Form 52s are not subject to the Notice pursuant to iIn.13, shall be paid in quarterly installments of 25 with applicable statutes, to a scale $150 additional chargo, commensurate with the businesses, percent. A quartetty instalhnent la due organizations, and government
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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 gauge beensee noted eat. in h m
. the alternatives to mmimize these ll. Impact on SmallEntities competitive soils testing market, the 4 acts, ne comments received on the annual fees would put it at an extreme 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 Therefors. in recognauon of this about to percent of the wellloggmg I) Sm:ll governmental junsdictions 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.
- nc. . special distncts with a bercent Comments were specifically requested fore theterminating their licenses 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. 4 cme companies would have budget ablic 1.aw 101-508. the Omnibus
. tait Reconciliation Act of 1990 For matenals licensees the increase problems. Many medicallicensees 3RA-90) requires that the NRC in fees assessed in FY 1991 consisted of commented that. in these times of 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
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Federal Register / Vol. 57. No.142 / Thursday. July 23, 1992 / Rules and Regulations 32M9 combined. indicauoos are that other te tion requests were due to the The first alternatrw would result in asseased large annual fees. the i e c impact of the fees. the annual fee bemit m direct proportion i percentage of reduction mey result in to the amount of radioactivity (e.8, I assessing small entitles liceneed under
.. . WRC conunues to recerve wntten number of redroscate sources) and oral comments from smad matenals possessed by the licensee. independent those fee cate 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. i fees a th pect (",
- ha a on small entities. Some of these letters g, *;g To implement Option 3. the NRC 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 C.
amount or the percent of gross receipts 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 feea would apply only to small enuties. To determine a maximum annual fee for busmessee. The Amencen Neelear 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 fees, Because these fees have been charged to 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 ugmficant theimpactRFA. to alleviate of the annual fees on the conttnumg fixed percent of the amount of the fee in impact on them. ln fact each of the specific matenellicense fee i substantial number of small entities. categones. concluded. In issuing the July 10,1991 2 Ahernauves final rule. that the existing materials
. (3) Establish a maximum fee for small license and inspection fees do not have entitles.
Commenters on the proposed mie a significant lmpact oh small entities. . Under Option 1. all small entaties 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 by the NRC for matanals license fee i aublished as a final rule on April 17 be viewed as inconsistent with the 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.
t ilternatives to reduce the impact on to small entittee weeld be paid by other
.msll entities.These comments are NRC licensees.
- ategomed as follows:
Under Option 2 small entities would ?'
-Base fees on some measure of the pay a percentage (e.g.,50 percent) of the Ono.
amount of radioactivity paaaw by pr posed fee h eacWorme category to*8g **
- the licensee (e,g number of sousces).. * * "
-P ,
*s on the frequency of use of small or large the fue is.This option *eswomen - sareo
%- 2.500
' need radioactive saatanal (*+ could eveult in a redecaton in manual fees amas 2,oco vv.. e of patients). that are alreedy relatteely emeG and NRC. (See
-Basi fees on the NRC size standesde for small entities.
that do not have e signi8 cent impact on 7, a subetential munber of sensu entettee. w j However, for those fee categories 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 4 receipt and packagmg. and broad. scope necessanly reduce the impact of the fees junsdictions are typically smaller than 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 entities. Therefore, with a $2.000. Per of 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 than th2 current maximum Agreement establishing reduced annual fees based on gross receipts (size)is the most gg i j State fe2 of approximately $3.800. If the appropnate approach to minimize the 20.ooo-now ] e 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 3
matenals licensees, including contmue the $1.800 maximum annual fee The NRC also determmed the amount 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 ec sm Decanmem subsidy; and (3) how much the annual ! $1.800 for each fee category covered by * *** 7'$' '"D" m 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 ' te.s run s2 son 45 ss measure the reduction in fees because 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 e would include a larger percentage of powtr reactors. j
, While reducing the impact on many j 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. i 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. 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
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However, the Commission estabhabed Therefore. the anaj ysis and conclueaons en annual fee of $400 for the lower tier ! Toess ames e.mr ens a small entities because this amount established in the FY 1991 rule remala valid for this final rule. %% ,,,,,,,y g,,w should ensure that the lower tier small entities receive a reductico (75 percent
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IFR Doc, a2-17o27 Fuad 7-23-42: sted ami The NRC has determmed the annual fee sigmficantly impacts a substantial ,,,e - te77 tir-3E. _ _ __ e number of small entities. A -n-== sme-tese ' i.ees fes for small entities stnh.as a balance 3r. weaseme-bstween the requirement to collect 100 NAMMEN UANAM percent of the NRC budget and the - [> tomodm c. - taas to4o 2.tas Fedend Avtoman Assmindeerentes requirement to consider means of 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 *""""- m (Airessee Desmet tee. e5-Aso-1si Apnl 17,1992, final rule the NRC ~ aseen mew 2.es 2.is:, Anerston oWOR Federed Airway concluded that a maximum annual fee of 2Aoenseenme_ - V-157
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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 2.no 157leanted in the Stews ofNore i - ,ul fees are cons:staat wieb the 2.120 ! tives of OBRA-90, Thus, the womes assumes as - Casehme and Seedi Carches. The Gent P'coan=* rule was puhushedin the Fedend
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-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.
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