ML20198K644
| ML20198K644 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/13/1994 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Shirley Ann Jackson, Rogers K, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| FOIA-97-105 NUDOCS 9710240101 | |
| Download: ML20198K644 (3) | |
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July 13, 1994 MEMORANDUM FOR:
The Chairman Commissioner Rogers Comissioner de Planque FROM.
James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
DAILY staff NOTES OL fr.gagsed Rule Slaned by EDO On July 12, 1994, the Exr.utive Director for Operations approved a final rule that amends IC CfR Parts 170 and 171.
These final amendments to the Commission's fee regulations are necessary to implement the requirements of Public. Law 101-508 to recover 100 percent of the FY 1994 budget authority through fees.
The final rule is basou on an evaluation of the thirty-three comments received on the proposed rule that was issued en May 10, 1994.
Based on a careful evaluation of the comments, the following major changes have been made in the final rule.
1he annual fee for licenses whose primary purpose is to authorize receipt and disposal of lle.(2) byproduct material requiring the establishment of a new tailing )ile (e.g., Envirocare) will be increased from $8,700 to $67,000.
This c1ange is required to appropriately reflect the NRC generic and other regulatory costs attributable to this type of license.
This change will result in the annual fee for uranium mills being decreased from $94,300 to $74,500.
The rule notes that the comments from Allied-Signal and General Atomics regarding their. large annual fee increases raised unusual circumstances.
Therefore, the comments will be considered as case-specific exemptions under 10 CfR 171.ll(d).
The final amendments to Part 170: (1) amend i 170.20 to change the cost per professional staff-hour from $132 per hour to $133 per hour and (2) make minor adjustments to the current licensing and inspection fiat fees to reflect the increase in the professional hourly rate.
The final amendments to Part 171 establish the amount of the annual. fees assessed to operating reactors, fuel cycle licensees, transportation certificate holders, and materials licensees.
The FY 1991 annual' fees for materials licensees have increased about 15%
compared to FY 1993 fees because:
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2 (1) The amount that must be recovered through annual fees has-increased by about-10% from $35.1 million to $38.6 million.
(2) About 300 fewer knaterials licensees are available to pay for
-the costs of regulatory activities that are recovered through annual fees, resulting in an increase in annual fees of about 4r.
The annual fees for FY
- M4 for the uranium recovery class of licensees are less than the FY 1992 fee:; and are higher than the FY 1993 annual fees. The total amount of fees that must be recovered from the uranium recovery class has decreaa d by about 10 percent (from $3.1 million to $2.8 million) compared-to FY 1993; ?.owever, the annual fee per facility has increased for two basic reasons.
First the amount that is exp cted to be recovered through Part 170 fees has decreased as a result of completing the licensing of the Envirocare ll.e(2) byproduct disposal facility.
This requires relatively more costs to be recovered through annual fees. The second cause of the increases is a decrease in the number of licensees in the class to be assessed annual fees for FY 1994.
The annual fees for fuel facilities have increased because the budget necessary to regulate the facilities has increased and the number of
- licensees has decreased, The annual fees for power re actors have decreased as a result ci the reduction to the budget-for power reactors.
The FY 1994 annual fees are compared to those assessed for FY 1993 in the following table:
Ranae of Annual Fees Class of licensees FY 1993 FY 1994
-Operating Power Reactors
$3.2M to $3.3M
$3 IM Fuel Facilities
$0.7M to $3.3M
$1.2M to $3.2M Uranium Recovery
$21,200 to $58,220
$36,200 to $74,500 Facility Transportation Approval
$1,120 to $67,520
$1,070 to $64,870 Holders Materials Users (small
$400 to $1,800
$400 to $1,800 entity)
Materials Users (other)
$800 to $28,120
$970 to $32,570 Other Licensees
-$65,000 to $382,220
$62,200 to $453,470 This notice informs the Commission that, in accordance with the authority delegated to the EDO, the EDO has signed this final rule. As you are aware, we have requested that the Commission waive the five-day saiting period for an E00-signed final rule in-orde. to expedite the publication of the final fee rule in the Federal Register.
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Feaion I 1.
OSRAM/SYLVANIA An inspection exit meeting and tour _ of the facility will be conducted at OSRAM/Sylvania in Towanda, Pennsylvania to discuss significant issues relative to the licensee's assessment of potential thorium intakes by workers and potential thorium releases from the facility and corresponding off-site dose assessments. The exit with licensee management will be at' ended by Robert M. Bernero, Director of the uffice of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards, Thomas T. Martin, Regional Administrator, Region I, and Charles W. Hehl, Director, Division of Radiation Safety hnd Safeguards, Region I.
Reoion IV 1.
Waterford Steam Electric Station. Unit 3. Enforcement Conference An open enforcement conference (EA 94-105) will be held at 12 noon in the Region IV office on July 13, 1994.
Apparent violations involve engineered safety feature (ESF) ventilation systems being inopereble due to engineering, operations, and maintenance oversights.
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Meetina between URF0 Transition Oversicht Team and Industry anJ State Representatives The Uranium Recovery Field Office (URF0) Transition Oversight Team (TOT) will meet with representatives of uranium recovery licensees, their representative organizations, and with representatives of affected states in the Region IV offices in Arlington, Texas, on July 13, 1994.
The meeting is a continuation of the dialogue begun between the TOT and the regulated community following announcement of the closure of URF0.
During the meeting, NRC representatives will discuss the progress in closure of URF0, including URF0 staff losses; the experience in absorption of licensing activities in the Division of Waste Management and the inspection activities in Region IV; the status of selected ongoing technical and policy issues such as Alternative Concentration Limits for ground-water restoration, Regulatory Impact Reduction, waste fluid disposal alternatives, and guidance applicable to closure of lined tailings disposal impoundments; and planning for a training seminar for licensee staff involved in application of the new Part 20.
Additional topics have been solicited from those invited; and time has been allotted to discuss any suggested topics. All uranium recovery licensees, their representative organizations, and states affected by the closure of URFL have been invited to participate in the meeting.