ML20154B064
| ML20154B064 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 08/12/1988 |
| From: | Chilk S NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| References | |
| FRN-53FR24077, REF-10CFR9.7 AC95-2-08, AC95-2-8, M880805B, NUDOCS 8809130198 | |
| Download: ML20154B064 (3) | |
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IN RESPONSE, PLEASE UNITED STATES REFER TO: M880805B j'\\
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August 12, 1988 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM FOR:
Victor Stallo, Jr., Executive Director for Operations
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b.SamuelJ. Chilk, Secretary t^
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - AFFIRMATION / DISCUSSION AND VOTE, 4:15 P.M.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5,
- 1988, COMMISSIONERS' CONFERENCE ROOM, ONE WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, MARYLt.ND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) 7 1
SECY-88-225 - INTERIM RULE FOR COLLECTION OF REQUIRED FEES MANDATED BY CONGRESS (PUBLIC LAW 100-203) i i
i The Commission by a 4-0 vote approved interim revisions to 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 which would lift certain license fee ceilings to provide for NRr collection of not less than 45% of its budget through license fees.
I The attached modifications were also approved.
(3ubsequei?.ly on August 8, 1988 the Secretary signed the Federal Register Notice).
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On June 27, 1988, the NRC published in the Federal Register (53 FR 240
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a proposed rule that would amend its regulations in 10 CFR Parts 170 ar.d 17(^
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eM chang 4ag the hourly rate under Part 170; remov4egfceilings on certain L
collections under Part 170; charg4*t for each routine and nonroutine J
inspection; raism the annual fee Her Part.171 when necessary, based on the principle that those 1 ;ensees requiring the greate*,t expenditure of resources shouldpaythegreatestfee;includkcollectionsfromtheDepartmentof Energy Nuclear Waste Fund in agency collections; removk the application fee l
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and defer /4*r recovery of costs for standardized reactor designs; and remov&ng fLL_ v dmendment JpplicatiGM ftes for reactors and reactor-related (topical) reports.
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~>11 d T h U.k of these proposals are intended to help the NRC meet its statutorily mandated requirement to recover not less than 45 percent of its budget for each of fiscal years 1988 and 1989 through fees and other collections authorized by law. The increase in collections from 33 percent of the f4RC's budget to not less than 45 percent is mandated by section 5601 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act uf 1987 (OBRA - Pub. L. 100-203).
In its Federal Register notice on proposed amendrents to 10 CFR Parts 170 i
aro 171, the Ccnriission recuested coments on a second option for recovery of not less than 45 percent of its buoget.
Under that option, the Comission would not amend 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 other than to raise the annual fee i
The adjusted invoices based on this interim rule will be sent to licensees on approximately August 15, 1988, af ter the rule is published in the Federal Register.
These invoices will be due and payable upon issuance.
In accordance with current regulations, interest on the invoices will be waived if the invoices are paid within 30 days of their issuance. Licensees were notified with their April and July quarterly invoices under 10 CFR Part 171 that there wculd be an additional invoice, based on the new statute, in FY88.
it is exp;cted that a nd ruk bee ca the prepe5ed revisi n J 10 CT-n
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Jarn 170 and 171 will be published to-be-effeet-ive-fer TYSO. Adoption of the second optien far FY88 requires that 5171.15 be arrended to reflect collections of not less than 45 percent instead of the current 33_.p nt ceiline e qtotal 1
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fee collections.
This interim rule wil e superseded by t#Tinal rule.sf'<4 & g result 4:9 ' m e proposed revision of 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 published in c % f.<.'u )
(G Q the Federal Register on June 27, 1988, 2:n h h ' b d ij M lished. het rule
,e st, will apply to fees for FY89.
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g..__ Based on current estimated collecticns under 10 CFR Part 170 of
$41.3 million and anticipated total collections under 10 CFR Part 171 of N
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$99.5 million, the Conmission trust collect an additional $36.2 million in order 1,
to redch the collections cbjective, of-cot 1655 tkn '5 percent-tJ-4ts-fVS4
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licensed pcwer reactor. The annual fees for thcse plants previously granted a P h
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