ML20136J402
| ML20136J402 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/11/1997 |
| From: | Landau M NRC |
| To: | Holloway C NRC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20136J108 | List:
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| References | |
| FRN-62FR8885, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171 AF55-1-024, AF55-1-24, NUDOCS 9703200100 | |
| Download: ML20136J402 (3) | |
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Here is a' revised press release based on your changes.
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NRC PROPOSES TO AMEND LICENSING, i
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l The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection and annual fees charged to its license applicants and licensees.
The proposed amendments implement the requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 which mandates that the NRC recover approximately 100 percent of its budget authority - less appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund -- in fiscal years
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TheCommission'sbudgetauthorityforfiscalyear1997is$476.8million,ofwhichp..,(.7 g
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about $11 million has been appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund, and $3.5 milliond activities related to commercial vitrification of waste stored at the Department of Energy's Hanford, Washington site.
Both activities are excluded from licensee fee revenues by law.
This leaves a budget of approximately $462.3 million which NRC must collect in fees The
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In the proposed rule. NRC is increasing the fiscal year 1997 annual fe l
approximately eight percent above those for fiscal year 1996 due to a decrease inrifees, l
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pr.amarily-an theaceas. relating-to-the#e' view of. applications.for..rkactot_opereino 11 censes i-and +he reu%ef--ste@cd plant-apphcations.-
l The 1997 annual fees are; i
- $2.972,000 for power reactor licenseess from $2.746,000 in fiscal year 1996:
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-- $57.200 for nonpower (research and test) reactor licensees, from $52.800 in fiscal j
year 1996:
-- $2.600.000 for high-enriched uranium fuel facility licensees, from $2.403.000 in fiscal year 1996:
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-- $1.276.000 for low-enriched fuel fabrication facility licensees which manufacture fuel for nuclear power plants, from $1.179.000 in fiscal year 1996;
-- $14.000 for radiographers, from $13.000; and
-- $23.500 for broad scope medical licensees, from $21.700.
The Commission's proposed amendments also include revisions to hourly rates charged for the reactor and nuclear materials programs, as well as revisions to licensing application and amendment fees to reflect the agency's cost of reviewing these documents.
Written comments on the proposed amendments to Parts 170 and 171 of the Commission's regulations should be received by They should be addressed to the Secretary.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Attention: Docketing and Services Branch. The proposed amendments were published in the Federal Register on February i
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