ML20203F191
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| Issue date: | 04/15/1986 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Simpson A SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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| AC30-1-29, NUDOCS 8604250075 | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:/ UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t y e g wAswiNorom, o. c. rosss g l %.... gf + April 15, 1986 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Alan Simpson, Chairman Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
At the February 19, 1986 hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and in your subsequent letter of March 12, 1986, you asked that we submit to the Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation a comprehensive report, and Commission recommendations, on alternative approaches to funding the programs and activities of the NRC. The requested report is enclosed. Note that, because of changes made at the Commission level, the report differs from the staff report contained in SECY-86-102 that was requested by your subcommittee and sent under separate cover. The enclosed report summarizes (1) NRC's experience with license fees; (2) relevant legal decisions on license fees; (3) recent events on the subject of user fees; (4) a limited survey of existing user fees including possible assessment of fees on NRC licensees to reimburse the Treasury for FEMA's Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program; and (5) review and evaluation of user fee alternatives. The report identifies four alternatives for the assessment of fees and three alternatives for the use of the revenue collected. While NRC was finalizing the enclosed report, the Congress passed H.R. 3128 on March 20, 1986. This bill was recently signed into law by the President. ine bill contains the requirement that NRC submit a report to Congress within 90 days of enactment of the bill; the content of the report is described in Section 7601(a). H.R. 3128 also requires that NRC assess and collect annual charges from its licensees beginning 45 days af ter receipt by the Congress of said report (per Section 7601(b)). The Commission is in the process of having the report required by Section 7601(a) prepared, and will submit that report at the appropriate time. In the meantime, however, Commissioners wish to express the following views now: 8604250075 060415 PDR COMMS NRCC CORRESPONDENCE PDR
. ~ i A majority of the Commission believes that the approach taken in Section 7601(b) of H.R. 3128 for the assessment of fees from our licensees is the least favorable alternative for the NRC, and prefers alternative four in the enclosed report. They want to so indicate it in the forthcoming report to the Congress required by Section 7601(a) of H.R. 3128. In the meantime, they request your assistance in having Section 7601(b) replaced by their preferred approach. Commissioner Roberts provided his views in the statement submitted on April 4 for inclusion as part of the subcommittee hearing record. Commissioners Zech and Bernthal also believe that we should state now that revenues collected through the assessment of fees and civil penalties should continue to be deposited directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury and that NRC's programs and activities should continue to be funded from annual appropriations. However, Commissioner Asselstine prefers that the NRC receive a more direct form of budgetary " credit" for the fees assessed its licensees and thus would recommend Alternative 3. The Commission strongly believes that the operation of NRC should not be contingent on the collection of fees. In view of the recent enactment of the bill, I do not believe the Commission should provide a reconmended approach at this time. Rather. I believe that the Commission should take the enclosed report into con-sideration when reporting to Congress based on the requirements in Section 7601(a). Sincerely, h/ /) ,! g-(( f a L., m _;,,os zt. r .) l Nunzio J. Palladino 1
Enclosure:
As stated cc: Senator Gary Hart
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report on User Fees To Senate Committee on Envircnment and Public Works Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation On March 12, 1986 the Senate Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation requested the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) to provide a comprehensive report on alter-native approaches to funding the programs ard activities of the Commission. The report to be submitted by the Comission is to irclude an evaluation of the various alternatives, including the amount and source of funds that would be generated by each alternative, a detailed discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative, the Commission's recommendation on each, and draft legislative authority where the Commission recommends a given alternative. The Committee has requested that the alternatives include the: (1) Administration's proposal that the NRC impose a fee of $500 per million watts of rated thermal capacity on all operating nuclear power plants, in partial recovery of NRC's costs for regulating those plants; (2) use of the Nuclear Waste Fund to pay for those Comission expenses related to implementa-tion of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; and (3) approach contained in Section 7601 of H.R. 3128, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. The Cemittee has specifically requested the Comission to structure each such approach in a manner that will emphasize three objectives: (1) the funding mechanism should ensure that there is a reasonable and equitable relationship between the fee assessed and the benefits of service provided; (2) the funding mechanism should provide some form of budgetary " credit" to the Commission for the fees assessed, so that such fees are applied to NRC activi-ties and programs for which the collection of such fees can be justified, rather than simply applying the funds collected to reduction of the federal deficit by depositing them directly in the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury; and (3) the funding mechanism should avoid or minimize any regulatory conflict of interest. This report provides a background on user fees, as well as an evaluation of several alternatives on the assessment of fees and the use of their revenues. The report is divided into six sections. These sections are: NRC Experience with License Fees; Relevant Legal Decisions on Fees; Recent Events on the Subject of Fees; Survey of Existing User Fees; and Review and Evaluation of Alternatives. A. NRC Experience With License Fees The NRC's predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), adopted its first license fee schedule in the fall 1968. The authority to collect fees was based on Title V of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (10AA), 31 U.S.C. 483(a) (now codified at 31 U.S.C. 9701). That fee schedule covered power reactors, test and research reactors, fuel reprocessing plants and certain materials licenses, i.e., by-product material contained in large irradiators, critical quantities of special nuclear material and low level waste disposal activities. The license fees were designed to recover a part of the costs of services attributable to identifiable recipients (e.g., processing of applications for reactor construction permits and operating licenses). Only those costs that were
associated with the review of a license application and related to a specific identifiable beneficiary were used in the cost base for the establishment of the fee schedule. An annual fee was established to cover the cost of license amenoments and renewals. Activities and services such as inspections, compliance and enforcement, rulemaking, standards development, administration of the Agreement State Program, export licenses, required hearings for facility construction permits, or those of the Advisory Conraittee en Reactor Safety were excluded from consideration for fee purposes. Also, all costs incurred in the safety research program were excluded. The revenues received from these fees were deposited to the AEC account and AEC's annual appropriation was reduced by the amount of estimated revenues to be collected. At first this approach did not present a problem. However, it became one in the early 1970's because of the increasing amount of the estimated fee assessments and because of the slippage in the issuances of reactor construction permits and operating licenses. Since the revenues resulting from these fees were collected upon issuance of the permit or license and since there was slippage to the actual issuance dates, it was extremely difficult to accurately estimate the amount of revenues to be collected in a given fiscal year, As a result, the total amount of funds available for operation was not known until the end of the fiscal year. In recognition of this problem, at the time the NRC was formed, the NRC appropriation was for the full cost of operating the NRC and all fees were deposited to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. The NRC's initial license fee schedule was revised / updated in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978 and 1984. The revenues collected from licensees (riaterial and facility licenses) since fiscal year 1979 are as follows: (Dollars in Thousands)I FY 1979 $ 7,017 FY 1980 20,767 FY 1981 12,404 FY 1982 14,485 FY 1983 16,881 FY 1984 15,613 2 FY 1985 79,220 Total $166.387 I Excludes collections from civil penalties. 2 The fee schedule effective June 20, 1984 implemented progressive billings as opposed to a one-time billing when the operating license was issued. As a result, all NRC costs incurred in the last 10 years for construction permits and operating licenses under review were billed in FY 1985.
. O The current fee schedule, effective June 20, 1984, is based upon the requirements and authority of 31 U.S.C. 9701 and is set forth in 10 CFR Part 170. The fee schedule raised or eliminated the maximum fees established in the 1978 rule based on FY 1981 costs. For example, the fee for the review of a power reactor operating license is full cost up to a maximum of $3,077,400. The major changes regarding power reactors were: (1) fees for power reactor amendments and inspections were based on the full cost method up to certain specified ceilings vice flat fees; (2) fees were established for the first time for reactive inspections and for 10 CFR Part 55 requalification and replacement reactor operator exam-inations; and (3) for those applications where fees were determined based i on the full cost method, a new billirg procedure was established whereby 1 applicants are billed for the review costs at six-month intervals as the work progresses and inspections are billed quarterly. Material and fuel cycle fees in the revised schedule also were adjusted to take into account the NRC'.s increased licensing and inspection costs. A complete list of the NRC's current license fees, as stipulated in 10 CFR Part 170, is provided in Appendix A. Certain costs under the Ccmmission's 1984 fee schedule in 10 CFR Part 170 continue to be excluded from fees. Some of the areas that are excluded from fees are research, generic licensing activities, standards and code development, contested hearings, international and state programs, the Offices of Inspector and Auditor, Congressional Affairs, and Public Affairs. Research and other NRC generic studies on reactor safety have been excluded from fees by Commission policy decision because of the difficulty in specifically identifying the costs that are related to an applicant, or group of applicants, as the courts have required. B. Relevant legal Decisions on Fees On March 4, 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases which chal-lenged the validity of annual license fees assessed by the Federal Com-munications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Power Commission under authority of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952(10AA). The court cases resulted from the vagueness of the language in 10AA and the implementing OMB Circular A-25. " User Charges," with respect to what " costs" are to be included in the fee base for annual fees. " Costs" have been construed by the courts in a highly restrictive fashion to preserve i l constitutionality. In National Cable Television v. United States, 415 i U.S. 336 (1974) and Federal Power Comission v. New England Power Company, 415 U.S. 345 (1974), the Supreme Court restricted the application of 10AA to avoid an unconstitutional tax. The Court held that a fee must bear a relationship to the special benefits given to the applicant or licensee by the agency action and that a tax resulted from the agency's attempt to recover all of its costs through fees imposed on the regulated industry. On the basis of these cases, the AEC removed annual fees from its fee schedule on September 30, 1974 and announced procedures for the refund of all annual fees collected. From 1974 to 1984, refunds were made totalling $6.5 million. t +
On December 16,19/6, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued four opinions which invalidated a revised FCC license fee schedule. These are: National Ass'n. of Broadcasters v. F.C.C., 554 F.2d 1118 (1976); Capital Cities Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C., 554 F.2d 1135 (1976); Electronic Industries Ass'n., etc. v. F.C.C., T5TT.2d 1109 (1976); and National Cable Television Ass'n., Inc.~ v. F.C.C., 554 F.2d 1094 (1976). These cases provided additional guidance to the NRC concerning what crl-teria should be used in establishing fees and what costs were to be included in fees. Based on this guidance the Comission published a proposed fee schedule on May 2, 1977 which became a final rule on March 23, 1978. Subsequently, several electric utilities and two waste disposal licensees challenged the 1978 fee schedule in the U.S. Court of Appeals, for the Fifth Circuit. The petitioners argued that the schedule was invalid because fees were being assessed to applicants and licensees in circum-l stances where both the licensee and the public receive benefit fr:.n the services rendered by the NRC. On August 24, 1979, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fif th Circuit issued an opinion (Miss. Power & Light v. U.S. Nuclear l Regulatory Com'n., 601 F.2d 223 (1979); cert. den. 444 U.S. 1102 (1980)) upholding in all respects the NRC 1978 schedula and the guidelines for fees. As utilities began withdrawing their applications for power reactor l construction permits in 1979 and 1980, the NRC billed the applicants under the 1978 schedule for the withdrawn applications. Several applicants questioned the authority of the NRC to bill for withdrawn applications under the 1978 regulation. Although the NRC believed the 1978 regulaticn clearly stated that charges would be assessed whenever any review is brought to an end, it nevertheless published on hovember 10, 1980, a pro-i l posed interpretive rule to clarify the agency's intent. The final inter-pretive rule was published effective November 6, 1981. These interpretive amendments to 10 CFR Part 170 were intended to remove any misunderstanding l about the Commission's intent to charge fees on withdrawal, denial, suspen-sion, or postponement of action on an application. On November 25, 1981, i 1 17 electric utilities petitioned for review of the rule in the'U.S. Court I of Appeals, First Circuit. On July 19, 1982, the First Circuit Court of Appeals decided New England Power Co. v. U.S. Nuclear Reg. Com'n., 683 F.2d 12 (1982), concerning the assessment of fees for withdrawn appli-l cations. The Court held that the NRC may not bill applicants for the cost l of reviewing withdrawn applications if the request for withdrawal was l filed before November 6, 1981. As a result, the Commission cancelled outstanding invoices totalling approximately $11 million for withdrawal requests filed before November 6, 1981. On January 31, 1986, the Commonwealth Edison Company filed a petition for i review of the June 20, 1984 fee schedule in the U.S. Court of Appeals. ( Seventh Circuit. The principal arguments being made by Commonwealth Edison Company relate to whether the NRC imposed license fees in an impermissibly retroactive manner and whether, in enacting governmentwide legislation relating to debt collection, Congress intended to preclude independent regulatory agencies, such as NRC, from charging interest and a penalty fee for late payment of debts. The NRC brief in response was filed on March 31, 1986.
C. Recent Events on the Subject of Fees On April 16, 1985, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Subcomittee on Energy and the Environment, reported H.R. 2040, authoriz-ing expenditures under Title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA). Section 4 of H.R. 2040 proposes that the Department of Energy (00E) transfer funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to NRC and certified by the Comission to be expended in FY 1986 and FY 1987 in carry-ing out its responsibilities under Title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. The Subcommittee Ifmited such transfers to $22 million in FY 1986 and $25 million in FY 1987. H.R. 2040 has not been acted on by the House of Representatives. It should be noted that since H.R. 2040 restricted NRC's use of the Waste Fund to Title I activities, certain high level waste activities performed by NRC would not be reimbursable from the Waste Fund as they are contained in Title II of the NWPA. These include (1) work on the test and evaluation facility should 00E opt to build one; (2) siting research; (3) environmental assessments associated with con-struction of a test and evaluation facility; and (4) actions for demon-stration programs for the dry storage of spent fuel at civilian nuclear power reactor sites, if the objective is to establish one or more technologies that the Comission may approve for use. On September 23, 1985 the Senate Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation requested the NRC's views on a House of Representatives Comittee on Energy and Comerce proposal to direct the NRC to assess and collect annual user fees from NRC licensees. The NRC provided its views on October 1, 1985 (Appendix 8). A variation of the original Energy and Comerce Comittee proposal is contained as Section 7601 of the Consolidated Osnnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (H.R. 3128). Section 7601 would require NRC to establish by Rule, an annual charge for its licensees, that when added to other amounts collected, is estimated to be equal to 33 percent of the costs incurred by the Commission. In a December 13, 1985 letter to Representative James T. Broyhill, the Director of the Office of Manage-ment and Budget (OMB) stated that the Administration strongly supported the provision of H.R. 3128 that would establish an NRC user fee and urged the Congress to incorporate it in the final Ccnference Agreement on the Reconciliation Bill. H.R. 3128 has recently been passed by the Congress and has been signed by the President. As requested, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of Section 7601 is addressed in the Review and Evaluation of Alternatives section of this report. During discussions with OMB on NRC's FY 1987 budget request, the OM8 again urged the NRC to seek a method by which NRC could obtain moneys from the Nuclear Waste Fund sufficient to meet its future needs in carryiig out its responsibilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Additionally, the OMB urged the NRC to prepare draft legislation which would provide the authority for NRC to collect fees from NRC licensees up to 50 percent of the amount in its annual budget. This latter recommendation was included in the President's FY 1987 Budget of the United States Government (page 4-12), submitted to Congress on February 5, 1986. It stated:
n, '\\, The administration is proposing that the NRC impose a fee of $500 per million watts of rated thermal capacity on all operating nuclear power plants, in partial recovery of NRC costs for regulating nuclear power plants. It is estimated that this fee will increase receipts $0.2 billion annually, beginning in 1987. As requested, ar.inalysis of the advantages and disadvantages of this f proposal is addressed in the Review and Evaluation of Alternatives section of.this report. !.3'.^# On February 25, 1986, the Heuse Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, reported to the Committee on the Budget their views and estimates on the proposed budget for FY 1987. In this report, the Committee endorsed the Administration's proposed fee on all operating nuclear power plants. However, the Committee recotmended that the revenues from the user fee be used to directly offset,the aprropriations provided to the NRC and not be paid into the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. D. Survey Of Existing User Fees On ; January 15, 1986 the Comission received a request from the Administra-tive Conference of the United States to provide support for a thorough i studj to look broadly at the fee structure and methods of funding govern-ment programs from charges levied on those who use particular services. Because of increasing interest in the concept of user fees, the Comission decided to support the study and so notified the Administrative Conference on February 10, 1936. The study is now underway and is scheduled for com-pletion in about six months. Although this more comprehensive study is still being conducted, the staff did survey some existing user fee legisla-tionst'o provide background material for this report. l A survey was made of a number of Federal agencies which seemed to be candidates for having some type of fee assessment authority other than the i authority available to them under the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952, 31 U.S.C. 9701. Also, a review was made of the statutory authority of States to assess user fees in connection with their regula-tory activities. In all, the staff identified three statutory models which are examples of the range of user fee concepts. The fir'st involves-the sale of steam pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, 30 U.S.C. 1004. Section 1004 provides for: "A royalty of not 29 less than 10 per centum or more than 15 per centum of the amount or value of steam...." The revenues collected pursuant to this section are paid directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. s m The second involves an assessment of fees to cover the cost of administer-
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ing the programs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of the Department of Energy. The statutory base for the FERC regimen is 16 U.S.C.S. 803. Implementing Regulation > are at 18 CFR 11.22 et seq. In i summary, the statute provides for the fees to be paid by licensees of FERC for: 4 k + -e -,.~
. i ... the cost of the administration of this Part [16 U.S.C.S. 792 et seq.];.... The determination of the amount of the fee is set forth in the regulations and varies, but the basic thrust is to recover the cost of administration. With respect to using the revenues collected, the FY 1986 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (P.L. 99-141), provides that FERC may ? retain revenues collected and, as these revenues are received during the fiscal year, the appropriated funds are reduced, i.e., offset revenues andamountoffeescollected.{pC1984AnnualReportindicatesthesource The F against appropriations. The third situation is an example of a state approach. Appendix C is a list of the several states that assess various entities to recoup all or part of its costs of regulation. This complete list was compiled and published in the 1984 Annual Report on Utility and Carrier Regulation, published by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions. i The State of Maryland was selected as an example of a state that seeks to recoup 100 percent of its Public Utility Commission cost of regulation. The statutory basis for the State of Maryland fee is set forth in Article l 78,188 of the Annotated Code of Maryland. It reads as follows: 188. Payment of expenses of Commission; fees. (b) Estimate of costs and expenses; bills to public service companies. The chairman of the Commission shall estimate prior to the start of each State fiscal year the total costs and expenses, including (1) the compensation and expenses of the Commission, and its officers, agents and 1 employees, (2) the cost of retirement contributions, social security, health insurance, and all other benefits required to be paid by the State for the personnel of the Commission, 3/ ees and charges collected by the Commission from regulated companies F totalled $47,244,297. Of this amount, more than $34,000,000 was collected for annual charges assessed FERC-licensed hydroelectric projects. This amount represents fees for fiscal year 1983 expenses which were assessed and collected in fiscal year 1984 as well as $12.5 million in late collections from prior year's billings. 4 Filing fees for electric utilities, natural gas pipelines and producers and oil pipelines amounted to more than $5,800,000. Finally, a total of $9,917,000 was collected for headwater benefits determinations, charges j for use of Indian lands, public lands, government dams, and local use. The 59,917,000 collected for headwater benefits and other charges were returned t to various state and federal agencies. The remaining $39,527,581 for annual charges and filing fees were used to offset the Commission's fiscal year 1984 cost of $88,249,430, resulting in a net cost of $48,721,849.
and (3) all other items of maintenance and operation expenses and all other direct and indirect costs; but excluding the costs of maintaining testing equipment reimbursable under subsection (c) hereof. Based on this estimate, the chairman shall determine the amount to be paid by each public service company, and a bill shall be rendered to each public service company. The bill for each public service company shall be rendered on or before May first of each year, and shall be for the amount equal to the product of the estimated costs and expenses of conducting the Comission's total operations during the ensuing State fiscal year multiplied by the proportion which compares the gross operating revenues for the public service company derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve-month period as determined by the chairman, to the total of the gross operating revenues derived from intra-state utility operations for all public service companies in the State which are assessed under this section over the same period. The minimum assessment for any public service company shall be $10. Moneys for the Maryland Public Utility Comission are initially appropriated from the State treasury. The treasury is then reimbursed by the moneys collected from its public service companies. The specific provision is as follows: Source of payment of expenses. All costs and expenses of the Public Service Comission shall be included in the State budget and paid pursuant to appropriation in the first instance from the State treasury. The State treasury shall be reimbursed therefere by payments to be made thereto from all moneys collected pursuant to this section. The total of the costs and expenses shall be borne by the public service companies subject to the Comission's juris-diction, to be assessed in the manner provided in this section. A number of States have similar regimens with respect to their Public Service Corporations and Public Utility Comissions. The staff also looked at such agencies as the Bonneville Power AJministra-tion and the Southwestern Power Administration. However, it was felt that their activities were not analogous, consisting mainly of the sale and purchase of power or sources of power. A review of the statutes pertinent to the Environmental Protection Agency did not reveal any authority for fee assessment other than the generic authority available to Federal agencies under the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952, 31 U.S.C. 9701. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) testified on March 5,1986 before the Senate Subcomittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, Comittee on
9 Appropriations that: "In 1987, legislation will be proposed to establish a fee structure through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission so that the owners of commercial nuclear power plants would reimburse the U.S. Treasury for 50 percent of the costs associated with [ FEMA activities for] offsite emergency response planning... [these fees] would be collected oy the NRC and forwarded to the U.S. Treasury to offset the costs of this program." The NRC opposes this approach because we believe FEMA should assess and collect its own fees. E. Review and Evaluation of Alternatives To fulfill the Committee's March 12, 1986 request to report on approaches to funding the programs and activities of the Commission, it is best to separately evaluate the alternatives for assessing fees and the alterna-i tives for using the revenues collected. As such, this section of the report is divided into two parts. The first discusses alternatives for the assesseent of fees and the second discusses alternatives for the use of the revenues collected. Appendix D summarizes the estimated amount of fees to be assessed by the NRC and the source of the revenue in FY 1987 for each of the alternatives presented in Part 1. Appendix E summarizes the estimated annual staff-years required to administer each alternative presented in Part 1. Part 1: Assessment of Fees Alternative 1: Assess annual charges for regulatory services provided up to an amount not to exceed one-third of the NRC's costs in a fiscal year (when added to other amounts collected by the Commission), f l Section 7601 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 requires that NRC assess and collect annual :harges from its licensees on a fiscal year basis. The maximum amount of the charges assessed in any fiscal year cannot exceed an amount that, when added to other amounts collected by the Commission, is equal to one third of the costs incurred by the Commission for that fiscal year. Any charge assessed in this i manner should be reasonably related to the regulatory service provided by the Commission, and fairly reflect the cost of that service.. The amount of the charges assessed is to be established by rule. The legislation contains the requirement that NRC submit a report to Congress on the Commission's authority to collect annual charges prior to enactment of the provisions of H.R. 3128 including the authority provided pursuant to the Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1952. This report must be sub-mitted within 90 days of enactment of this legislation. H.R. 3128 also requires that NRC assess and collect annual charges from its licensees - beginning 45 days after receipt by the Congress of said report. Advantages: 1. Extends the principle that the beneficiaries of the services provided from the generation nf nuclear power would pay for the cost of regulation. h ~ _ -, _, _ _,. _ _ _. _ _. _, _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _.. _.
9 Disadvantages: 4 1. It is not clear what additional " costs" could be included in the 1 annual charges and still meet court requirements for charging fees under 10AA. The standards set forth in this legislation are unclear and have not clearly been differentiated from 10AA standards. Costs to be assessed under 10AA have been construed by the courts in a highly restrictive fashion to preserve constitutionality and to avoid an unconstitutional tax. The Supreme Court has held that a fee must bear a relationship to the special benefits given to the applicant or licensee by the agency action. It appears that the legal problems identified by the Supreme Court in distinguishing fees from taxes (see Section B of this report, Relevant Legal Decision on Fees) may be present in Section 7601 of H.R. 3128. 2. The amounts collected by the Comission are not to exceed 33 percent of the Commission's budget when added to other amounts collected by the Comission. It is not clear whether civil penalties are incluoed in the phrase "other amounts collected by the Commission." If they are included, then a serious question is presented whether the Comission should be placed in the position of appearing to financially benefit from its own enforcement actions. 3. The tine schedule for promulgating regulations under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act will be difficult, if not impossible, to i meet. Other alternative approaches could probably be implemented earlier. 4. The combined charges ceiling of 33 percent of the Commission's budget for each fiscal year would likely result in the requirement for an annual rulemaking to assess the annual fee. This would be extremely burdensome and difficult (if not impossible) to accomplish. 5. This legislation will impose a large administrative workload that could result in a significant amount of resources being expended on evaluating, assessing, allocating, collecting and accounting for r fees. Alternative 2: Obtain access to the Nuclear Waste Fund and continue the current license fees assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701. One of the principal purposes of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as set forth in Section 111(b)(4), was to " ensure that the cost 2 j of carrying out activities relating to the disposal of (high level) waste and spent fuel will be borne by the persons responsible for generating such waste and spent fuel." To carry out that purpose, Congress established the Nuclear Waste Fund and authorized the Secretary of Energy, under Section 302(d)(1), to make expenditures from the Fund for, among s {- other things, " licensing" activities under Titles I and II of the NWPA. i I e - -. ~_.. - _ _ - _ _ _ _... _. _. _ _. _. -. ~. _. _. _. _, _ _ _ _ _, _. _. _,
The NWPA does not, however, clearly authorize the Secretary to make expend-itures from the Fund to cover the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's costs of reaching licensing decisions. Nor may the Commission legally charge the Department of Energy (DOE) a fee for NRC activities under the NWPA. Since enactment of NWPA, Congress has appropriated funds directly to NRC for NWPA-related activities. These activities include extensive reviews of DOE's site characterization program prior to formal submission of a license application for authorization to construct a repository and non-generic research for which DOE, as the only license applicant author-ized under the NWPA, would be the only clearly identifiable recipient of NRC preparations for its licensing decisions. ] These issues entail careful consideration of another statutory priority. In Section 114(f) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Congress provides that "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or otherwise detract from the licensing requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as established in Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438)." Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act established an " independent" Commission to which were transferred all the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Atomic Energy Commission. The independence of the Commission's licensing and regulation of DOE activities 4 under the NWPA must not be compromised. Legislation would have to be designed to carry out both priorities set forth in existing law. As such, this alternative would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended to provide for recovery of NRC's licensing and related costs of the Commission's high level waste program. It would require the Secretary of DOE to pay each fiscal year an amount equal to the amounts appropriated to the NRC and certified by the Commis-sion to be expended during the fiscal year to carry out its high level waste program. It would also clearly state that the NRC is solely respon-sible for determining its program respon:ibility under the NWPA and the costs it incurs pursuant thereto. This alternative would not affect the NRC's existing license fee program conducted under 31 U.S.C. 9701. 1 Advantages: 1. Extends the principle that the beneficiaries of the services provided from the activities generating high level waste and spent ) fuel would pay for the full cost of disposal, including the NRC's cost in carrying out its responsibilities under the NWPA. 2. The NRC's regulatory integrity would be maintained by excluding the Secretary of DOE from having any authority or responsibility for directing NRC's program content or the amount of moneys NRC expended on the programs. 3. Would more clearly reflect the total cost of the Nation's High Level Waste Program.
Disadvantages: 1. Although DOE would not have oversight of NRC's activities, NRC should expect DOE to exert influence to protect the Waste Fund for DOE purposes, especially when DOE makes its annual determination of fee adequacy. 2. Sir.ce DOE would pay NRC from the Waste Fund, NRC may need to provide DOE with an estimate of total high level waste program costs to enable DOE to assess a waste fund fee. As such NRC would need to establish capability to develop planning and life cycle cost model to estimate costs through facility closure (40 to 50 years). Alternative 3: Implement the Administration's proposal to assess a fixed fee for all operating nuclear power plants. hRC's current fee schedule would be slightly modified. In the President's FY 1987 Budget of the United States Government (page 4-12), the Administration proposed that the NRC impose an annual fee of 5500 per million watts of rated thermal capacity on all operating nuclear power plants. This alternative would amend the Atanic Energy Act of 1954 as amended to provideforpartialrecoveryofNgg'slicensingandrelatedcostsfor regulating nuclear power plants. -- It would require that any person who holds a license issued under Section 103 or 104.b of the Atomic Energy Act to operate a utilization facility in excess of 50 million watts of rated thermal capacity (excludes research and test reactors) to pay an annual fee of 5500 per million watts of rated thermal capacity. Separate license fees would not be assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 for operating power reactors (e.g., amendments, inspections). The NRC's remaining license fee program (e.g., fees for power reactor construction permit and operating license applications, standard design applications, topical reports filed by vendors, non-power reactors, and materials licensees) would be retained and assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701. I The costs to be recovered will be in excess of the traditional " licensing fees" imposed under the 10AA in that they will encompass costs for carrying out activities such as the NRC's reactor safety research; resolution of unresolved safety issues; resolution of generic safety and human factors issues; standards and codes development; integrated plant safety assessment reviews; and development of policy statements such as severe accidents, standardization, advanced reactors, deferred plants, etc. i l
= _- -- - 13 - 1 Advantages: 1 1. Extends the principle that the beneficiaries of the services provided from the generation of nuclear electric power would pay for the cost of regulation. 2. Would implement the Administration's proposal and intent of Congress to increase revenue receipts. 3. Would not be subject to the restrictions placed on the assessment of license fees by the Supreme Court in National Cable Television v. United States, 415 U.S. 336 (1974) and Federal Power Commission v. New England Power Company, 415 U.S. 345 (1974) because Congress would be enacting a tax. 4. Requires fewer NRC resources to implement than license fees collected pursuant to the 10AA or the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. 4 Disadvantages: i 1. Future changes to the fee rate (i.e., $500 per million watts) would require new legislation. This disadvantage could be minimized by including an indexing provision in the legislation. j Alternative 4: Impose a fixed annual fee for operating power reactors and do not assess license fees for power reactors under 31 U.S.C. 9701 nor cbtain access to the Nuclear Waste Fund. This alternative would amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended to provideforpartialrecoveryofNg'slicensingandrelatedcostsfor regulating nuclear power plants. - It would require that any person that holds a license issued under Section 103 or 104.b of the Atomic Energy Act to operate a utilization facility in excess of 50 million watts of rated thermal capacity (excludes research and test reactors) tgj j pay an annual fee of $625 per million watts of rated thermal capacity. - Separate license fees would not be assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 for power reactor construction permits, operating licenses, reactor operator 3/ Ibid. 2_/ 4/- This fixed annual fee was computed based on the following assumptions: (1) total revenues received from users (excluding revenues from civil penalties) should coproximate 50 percent of NRC's budget, i.e., about $200 million; (2) NRC would not obtain access to the Nuclear Waste Fund nor con-tinue to assess separate license fees for power reactors; (3) NRC's license fee collections for non-power reactors and material licensees would continue at about $4.4 million annually; and (4) the total rated thermal generati' j 1 capacity on September 30, 1987 is estimated at 313,581 million watts (based on caseload projections of 114 licensed power reactors by the end of FY 1987). 3 I e6 r em -rw, -v--- m -w ,---,--ew-e v,,-, - - - - - - - - - - -, --n~---- --,---+-~,-,-e-- - + - - - - - - - - - -, - ~v-,- +
= - 4. 4 examinations, license amendments, inspections, standard design applicants, or i topical reports filed by vendors. The NRC's license fee program for non-power reactors and materials _ licensees would be retained under l 31 U.S.C. 9701. NRC would not obtain access to the Nuclear Waste Fund. 1 Advantages: 1. Extends the principle that the beneficiaries of the services provided from the nuclear generation of electric power (and the resultant I high level waste and spent fuel) would pay for the cost of regulation (and disposal). j 2. Would meet the intent of the Congress and the Administration to increase revenue receipts. s 1 3. Would not be subject to the restrictions placed on the assessment of licensee fees by the Supreme Court in National Cable Television v. United States, 415 U.S. 336 (1974) and Federal Power Conmission v. i New England Power Company, 415 U.S. 345 (1974) because congress l would be enacting a tax. 4. Would not require legislation authorizing access to the Nuclear Waste Fund, thereby eliminating any potential conflict with DOE. 5. Easy to administer. Would substantially reduce NRC's cost of administering its license fee program. Disadvantages: 1. Future changes to the fee rate (i.e., $625 per million watts) would require new legislation. This disadvantage could be minimized by including an indexing provision in the legislation. 2. Costs will not be recovered if a utility withdraws application prior to issuance of an operating license. Part 2: Use of the Revenues Collected Below are three alternative methods for the use of the ravenues collected through the assessment of fees, including moneys from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 4 Alternative 1: This alternative would continue NRC's current aparoach on revenue collec-l tions. That is, revenues collected through the assessment of fees and civil penalties would be deposited directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. NRC would continue to have its activities funded from annual appropriations. i a J e-w-< vuw ,vr -y~n-vy--%_.u--e r w .--e.,, y v., y.m -.--y,w,,,-m,, y ,~,v----, --y3 ,-,cg .--..w
Advantages: 1. No changes would be required to NRC's current method of operation. 2. The cost to operate the NRC would not be contingent on the collection of fees. 3. Poses no conflict of interest in reactor licensing. Disadvantages: 1. Does not provide a highly visible form of budgetary " credit" to the Commission for the fees assessed. Alternative 2: This alternative would allow NRC to retain and use the revenues collected from the assessment of fees. These revenues would be deposited directly in NRC's account. NRC's annual appropriation would be reduced by the amount of the estimated revenues to be collected. For example, a $405 million budget request might be funded by an appropriation of $205 million and estimated fee collections of $200 million. The revenues collected through the assessment of civil penalties would continue to be deposited directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. Advantages: 1. Provides a direct form of budgetary " credit" to the Commission for the fees assessed. Disadvantages: 1. Requires modification to appropriation language with risk of uncertain outcome. 2. NRC's rate of obligations would be controlled by the rate of collections, thereby causing uncertainty in the planning and execution of agency programs. 3. The cost of operating NRC would be contingent on the collection of fees. If the NRC collected less than the estimated revenues, the NRC would have to curtail its operations accordingly. If the NRC collected more than the estimated revenues, they would only become available for NRC use pending supplemental budget authority by OMB and Congress, which would be highly speculative. 4. Poses a possible conflict of interest in reactor licensing. Any action to delay or deny a license could result in a loss of revenues.
Alternative 3: This alternative would continue to fund NRC activities from annual appropriations but allow NRC to retain and use the revenues collected from the assessment of fees. However, the amount appropriated would be offset (reduced) as revenues are received. The revenues collected would be deposited directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury and trans-ferred to NRC's account as an offset of NRC's appropriation. This method has been used for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission since 1984. The revenues collected through the assessment of civil penalties would continue to be deposited to the General Fund of the U.S. Tre. sury. t Advantages: 1. The cost to operate the NRC would not be contingent on the collection of fees. 2. Poses no conflict of interest in reactor licensing. 3. Provides a direct form of budgetary " credit" to the Commission for the fees assessed. Disadvantages: 1. Requires modification to appropriation language with risk of uncertain outcome. F. Recommendations Recommendation on the Assessment of Fees There is no direct benefit to the Commission resulting from the imposition of user fees on NRC licensees. However, if the intent of the Congress is to raise revenues that would offset a large portion of the cost of operation of the NRC, a benefit to the taxpayers could be perceived by placing a more direct burden on users of NRC services. The Commission supports this concept. The means to establish a user fee to raise revenues to offset the cost of NRC operation should (1) be easy to design and implement, (2) be handled by Congressional legislation rather than by Commission rule, and (3) be relatively stable. A majority of the Commission believes that Alternative 4 -- Impose a fixed annual fee for operating power reactors and do not assess license fees for power reactors under 31 U.S.C. 9701 nor obtain access to the Nuclear Waste Fund -- is the most appropriate mechanism and is the most cost efficient to administer. Appendix F provides draft legislative authority to implement Alternative 4 Given the disadvantages identified in Section E of this report, Alternative 1 -- Section 7601 of I the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act -- is clearly the least desirable approach. It should be recognized from the previous discussion on alternatives that a fee structure could be established using components of the present license fee system, the specified user fees, the Nuclear Waste Fund, etc. However, the Commission believes that as more components i r n, ,,.,,,_n.,,-- c--.. .----.n- - -.. -~---.-------.,
are included in a fee structure, the methods used to manage and administer the assessment of fees become increasingly costly and complex. Recommendation on the Use of the Revenues Collected The Commission strongly believes that the operatien of NRC should not be contingent on the collection of fees (Alternative 2). Commissioners Zech and Bernthal believe that revenues collected through the assessment of fees and civil penalties should continue to be deposited directly to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury and that NRC's programs and activities should continue to be funded from annual appropriations (Alternative 1). Commissioner Asselstine prefers that the NRC receive a more direct form of budgetary " credit" for the fees assessed its licensees i and thus would recommend Alternative 3. In view of the recent enactment of H.R. 3128, Chairman Palladino does not i believe the Commission should provide reco.. mended approaches for either I the assessment of fees or the use of the revenues collected at this time. Rather, he believes the Commission should take this report into con-sideration when reporting to Congress based on the requirements of Section 7601(a) of the legislation. Commissioner Roberts provided his views in the statement submitted on April 4 for inclusion as part of the Senate Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation hearing record.
APPENDICES A. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rules and Pegulations (10 CFR Part 170). B. Chairman Palladino memorandum to Senator Sirpson, dated October ',1985. C. Assessment of Costs of Regulation compiled and published in the 1984 Annual Report on Utility and Carrier Regulation. Published by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissions. D. Estimate of Fees That Would Be Lollected in FY 1987 Under Alternatives 1-4 E. Estimate of Annual Staff-Years Required for NRC to Administer Each Alternative. F. Draft Legislative Authority. e
APPENDIX A PART 170--7EES FOR FACILmES ANO MATERIALS UCENSES AND OTNER REGULATORY SERVICES UNDft TNE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, A5 AMENDEO Osrunat Paovtstowe Sec. 170.1 Purpose. 170.2 Scope. 170.3 Definitions 170.4 Interpretauona. 170.5.Commurucations. 170.11 Exempuona. 170.12 Payment of fees. 170.20 Average cost per profeestonal staff. hour. Semtsets or Peas 170.21 Schedule of fees for produccon and utilizauon facil!Lles revive of standard reference designs approvals, special projects, and Inspections. 170.21 Schedule of fees for matertala 11 censes and other regulatory servtces. 170.22 Schedule of fees for health and safety, and safeguards inspecuens for materials licenses. l l ~ -,-
4 { 170.1 10 CPR Ch. I O-1-45 Edition) see. source material. or special nuclear cla-Drronesarsav tertal; 170.41 Pa11ure by applicant or licensee to (g) An applicant for or holder of a pay prescrtned fees. production or utilization facility con. 170.51 R!aht to revtew and appeal of pre-struction permit, operating license, or. acribed fees. manufacturing !! cense issued pursuant Actuoarry: 31 U.S.C. 9701. 96 Stat 1051: to Part 50 of this chapter, sec. 301. Pua.1. 92-314. 84 Stat. 222 (42 (h) Required to have examinations UAC. 2201wn ase. 201. 40 StaL 1342, as and testa performed to qualify or re-amended (42 UAC. 8441). Qualify individuals as Part 55 reactor Socacs: 33 PR 1o024. Aug.1,1968: 33 FR operators: 11587. Aus.15.1968, unless otherwtas noted. (!) Required to have routine and Omrzaat Paovtstows non routine safety and safeguards in-spections of activities licensed pursu. I 178.1 Purpees. ant to the requirementa of this chap.' I']) Applying for or is holder of an The regulations in this part set out ( fees charged for licensing services ren-approval of a umM refe m dered by the Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission as authorized under Title V of design for a nuclest steam supply the Independent Offices Apprcpria-synem of balance of plant., tion Act of 1952 (65 Stat. 290; 31 (k) Applying for or already has ap-U.S.C. 4434) and provisions regarding plied for review of a facility site prior their payment. to the submtssion of an appUestion for a construction permit: (33 FR 10024. Aus.1. Is44; 33 FR 11547 (1) Applying for or already has ap-Aus. 18, 1964, as amended at to FR 8794 plied for review of a standa.rdized Mar. 3.19731 spent fuel fa. ility design; or 9 178.2 % (m) Applying for or has applied for since March 23, 1975. review of an Except for persons who apply for or item under the category of special hold the permits. Licenses, or approv-projects in this chapter that the Com-als exempted in i170.11. the regula-mission completas or makse whether tions in this part apply to a person or not in conjunction with a Ucense who is: application on file or that may be (a) An appucant for or holder of a fued. specific byproduct material 11oense (n) An applicant for or holder of a 11-1ssued pursuant to Parta 30 and 32 cense. approval, determination, or through 38 of this chapter. other au)horization issued by the (b) An applicant for or hef:ler of a Commimion pursuant to 10 CPR Part specific source material license lasued 61. pursuant to Part 40 of this chapter. (c) An app!1 cant for or holder of a (40 FR 21301. Mar 21.19841 i specific special nuclear material 11-l cense issued pursuant to Part 70 of IIM O*0"h this chapter._ As used in this part: (d) An appucant for or holder of spe-(a) " Byproduct material" means any cific approval of spent fuel casks and radioactive material (except special shipping containers lasued pursuant to nuclest material) yielded in or made Part 71 of this chapter; rad'osctive by exposure to the radi-l (e) An applicant for or holder of a ation incident to the process of pro-specific Ilosene to posscas power reac. ducing or utilizing special nuclear ma-ter spent fuel and other radioactive teriaL l materials manadatad with spent fuel (b)" Government agency" means any storage in an independent spent fuel executive department, commian'on. in-storde installation issued pursuant to dependent establishment, corporation. Pvt 72 of this chapter; wholly or partly owned by the United (f) An applicant for or holder of a Statas of America which is an instru-i specif!c approval of sealed sources and mentality of the United States, or any 1 devices containing byproduct material, board, bureau, division, service. office. l l l r ---- --
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- q Commission i U O.3 officer, authority, administration, or 0.25 millicurie of fission products per other establishment in the executive gram of U"; and branch of the Government.
(iii) Pact!!tles in which processing is (c) " Materials License" means a by-conducted pursuant to a license issued prod. net material license issued pursu-under Psits 30 and 70 of this chapter, ant to Part 30 of this chapter, or a or equivalent regulations of an Agree. source matertal license issued pursu. ment State, for the receipt. possession, ant to Part 40 of this chapter or a spe. use, and transfer of irradiated special cial nuclear material license issued nuclear material, which authorizes the pursuant to Part 70 of this chapter, or processing of the irradiated material a license for the storage of spent fuel on a batch basis for the separation of issued pursuant to Part 72 of this selected fission products and limits the chapter. process batch to not more than 100 (d) " Nuclear reactor" means an sp. grams of uranium enriched in the iso. paratus, other than an atomic weapon. tope 235 and not more than 15 grams designed or used to sustain nuclear fis-of any other special nuclear material sion in a self-supporting chain rene* (h) "Research reactor" means a nu. tion. clear reactor licensed by the Commis. (ei "Other production or utilization sion under the authority of subsection facility" means a facility other than a 104c of the Act and pursuant to the nuclear reactor licensed by the Com-provisions of I S0.21(c) of this chapter mission under the authority of section for operation at a thermal power level 103 or 104 of the Atomic Energy Act of of 10 megawatts or less, and which is 1954. as amended (the Act), and pursu* not a testing facility as defined by ant to the provtsions of Part 50 of this paragraph (m) of this section. chapter. ggy.* Sealed source" means any by. (f) " Power reactor" means a nuclear product matertal that is encased in a reactor designed to produce electrical capsule designed to prevent leakage or i or heat energy licensed by the Com* escape of the byproduct matertaL mission under the authority of section g).. Source material" means: l 103 or subsection 104b of the Act and (1) Uran! m or thortum, or any com-pursuant to the provtsions of I $0.21(b) or i 50.22 of this chapter. bination thereof, in any physical or (g) " Production facility" means-Ch'"IC*I IC'"; (1) Any nuclear reactor designed or (2) Ores which contain by weight used primarily for the formation of one twentieth of one percent (0.05".) plutonium or uranium-233; or or more of (t) uranium. (11) thorium, or (2) Any facility designed or used for (111) any combination thereof. Source the separation of the isotopse of ura. matertal does not include special nu. nium or the isotopes of plutonium, clear material. i except laboratory scale facilities de. (k) "Special nuclear material" signed or used for experimental or an. means: alytical purposes cnly; or (1) Plutonium, uranium.233. urani. (3) Any facility designed or used for um enriched in the Laotope 233 or in the processing of irradiated materials the isotope 235. and any other matert. containmg special nuclear material al which the Commission pursuant to except: the provtstons of section $1 of the Act. . (1) IAboratory scale facilities de. determines to be special nuclear mate. signed or used for experimental or an. rial but does not include source mate. alytical purposes. ~ rial; or (!!) Pacilities in which the only spe. (2) Any material artificially enriched cial nuclear materials contained in the by any of the foregoing, but does not Irradiated material to be processed are include source material. uranium enriched in the isotope U" (D " Manufacturing !! cense" means a and plutonium produced by the Irra. license pursuant to Appendix M of distion if the matenal processed con. Part 50 of this chapter to manufacture tains not more than 10-' grams of plu. a nuclear power reactor (s) to be oper. tonium per gram of U" and has fis. sted at sites not identitled in the 11 sion product activity not in excess of cense application.
l l 170,3 10 CPR Ch.1 (1 1-45 Edition) (m) " Testing facility" means a nucle-(1) Routine inspections designed to ar reactor !! censed by the Comminston evaluate the !!censee's activities within l under the authority of subsection 104c the context of the !!censee having pri-of the Act and pursuant to the provi-mary responsibility for protection of sions of I 50.21(c) of this chapter for the pubile and environment, j opersuon at: (2) Non-routine inspections in re-i (1) A thermal power level in excess sponse or reaction to an incident, alle-of 10 messwatta: or sation followup to inspection deficien. (2) A thermal power level in excess cien or inspe'-tions to deterinine imple-of 1 megawatt. If the reactor la to con-mentation of safety lasues. A non rou-tain: tine or reactive inspection has the (1) A circulating loop through the same purpose as the routine inspec-a core in which the applicant proposes tion. to conduct fuel experiments; or (u)" Person" as used in this part has (11) A 11guid iuelloading. or the same meaning as found in Parta (111) An experimental facility in the 30, 40. 50 and 70 of Title 10 of the core in excess of 16 square inches in Code of Federal Resulations. croes4ection. (v)"Part 55 Reviews" as used in this (n) "Ut1Uzation facility" means any Part means those services provided by nuclear reactor other than ne de-the Commiamson to administer requau-alsned or used primarily for the for-fication and replacement examina-mation of plutonium or U"* and any tions an:t testa for reactor operators H. other equipment or device determined censed pursuant to 10 CFR Part 55 of by rule of the Commission to be a uti-the Commia= ion's regulations and em-11aation faciuty within the purview of played by Part 50 licensees. These subsection 11cc of the Act. services also include related items such (o) (Reserved] as the preparation, review, and grad-(p) " Human use" means the internal ing of the examinations and tests. or external administration of byprod-(w) " Reference systema concept" uct. source, w sN nuclear materi-means a concept that involves the al, w the tsd.000 thenfrom, to human beinsa. 2Tview of an entire facility design or (q) " Nuclear Steam Supply Systets,. major fraction of a facility design out-consists of the mactor com, reactor side of the context of a license applica-tlon. The standard design would be coolant system, and related anutttary g g,, y,,g g ,,,3, systems including she emergency core
- cauona, cooung system: decay heat removal system: and chamtal volume and con-(z) " Advanced reactor" means any nuclear reactor concept other than
) nam of plant" consists of the !!sht water reactors and high tempera-remaining systems, aampananta. and ture gas cooled reactors. structures that comprise a complek (y)"Applicadon" means any request nuclear power plant and are not in-fUed with the Commer fw a c!uded in the nuclear steam supply permit license, appmval, exempdon, certincate, othat permiaston, or for 7s""hpe.iai,,o,ects - mese => om- -vi - requesta submitted to the CoomLlaston (s) The phrase "nview la completed for review for which fees are not oth-as used in this part means that the erwise specified in this chapter. Esam-review has been brought to an end. pies of special projecta include, but are whether by reason of tasuance of a not thnited to, topical and other report permit. Ilmnas, approval, certificate. reviews. early site reviews. waste soudt. era pelon, w other form of pe fication faculues, route approvals for s 2n. or whether the app!! cation is shf[wnent of radioactive materials, and 'O services provided to cutify Ucensee, action on the application is postponed vendor, or other private industry per. by the applicant-sonnel as instructors for Part Se rene. [33 FR toest. Aus.1. toes. as amended at se for operators. FR 148. Jan. 6.1971; 3s FR 30254. Nov. 2. (t) "Inspecuons" means: 1973; to FR s794. Mar. 3. ISTS: 43 FR 7218.
Nucleer Regoletery Commission j 170.11 Feb. 21.1978: 48 FR $4144. Dec.1.1981: 40 for teaching, training, or med! cal pur. FR 213o2. May 21.19641 poses, except human use, or for by. product material, source matettal, or 4 I IIE3 I"8' special nuclear material to be used for Except as specifically authorized bF teaching, training or medical purposes. the Commission in writing. no inter
- except human use, or in connection pretation of the meaning of the 4egu. with a facility, other than a power re.
!stions in this part by an officer or em-actor, used for teaching, training. or playee of the Commission other than medical purposes, except human use. Gen "g]t tge(tau (5) A construct'on permit or ucense go binding upon the Comminaion. applied for by, or issued to, a Govern-ment agency, except for a ut1Hastion I170.5 Communications. fact!!ty designed to prod"ce electrical AH communications concerning the or heat energy pursuant to section 103 regulations in this part should be ad. or 104b of the Atomic Energy Act of dressed to the Executive Director for 1954, ta amended. Operation. UA Nuclear Regulatory (6)-47) (Reserved) Cornminaion. Washington D.C. 20$$5. (8) A license authortzing the use or Communications may be delivered in source material as shielding only in de-person at the Commission's offices at vices and containers, provided, howev. 1717 H Street NW Washington D.C. er, that an other licensed byproduct or at 7920 Norfolk Avenue.,Bethesda. material, source material, or special M d. nuclear material in the device or con-(40 FR 8794. Mar. 2.19751 tainer Will be subject to the fees pre-scribed in i 170.31. s 17s.Il r.semptions. (9) A Ucense for possesalon and use (a) No application fees. license fees, of byproduct material, source matert-renewal fees, or inspection fees shan al. or special nuclear material applied be required for: for by, or issued to, an agency of a (1) A license authortzing the export State or any political subdivision only of a production or utilization fa-thereof. except for licensos which au-cility. thorize distributton of byproduct ma-(2) A license author 12ing the export terial, source material, or special nu-only or import only of byproduct rna-clear material, or products containing terial, source material or special nucle-bypreduct material, source material, ar material. or special nuclear material, or licenses (3) A license authortsing the receipt, authorizing services to any person ownership, possession, use, or produc-other than an agency or po!!tical sute tion of byproduct material, source ma-division of the State. terial, or special nuclear material inct. (10) Activities of the Commtmalon un-dental to the operation of a produc. dertaken, pursuant to Part 75 of this tfon or utilization facility licensed under Part 50 of this chapter. includ. chapter, solely for the purpose of im. Ing a license under Part 70 of this plementation of the US/IAEA Safe-chapter that authortsee possession and guards Agmment. storage only of special nuclest matert-(b)(1) The Comminafon may. upon al at the site of a nuclest reactor for application by an interested person, or I use as fuel in operation of the nuclear upon its own initiative, grant such ex. l reactor gr at the site of a spent fuel emptions from the requirements of I processing plant for processing at the this part as it determines are author. plant, except for licenses authorizing ized by law and are otherwise fn the stcrase of low level radlosctive waste public interest. at nuclear reactor sites. (2) Applications for exemption (4) A construction permit or !! cense under this paragraph may include ac-applied for by, or issued to, a nonprof-tivities such as, but not limited to. the it. educational institution for a produc-use of licensed materials for educa-tion facility or utilization facility, tional or noncommercial pub!!c dis-other than a pcwer reactor. to be used plays or scientific collections. i l l
g 170.12 10 CFR Ch.1 (1 1-45 Edition) (33 FR 10034. Aus. t.1964. as amended at 34 review is completed, whiclever is earlj. FR 144. Jan. 8,1971: 38 FR 18173. Sept.10 er. Each bill will ident!f,t the applica. 1971: 31 FR 34039. Nov. it.1973: 38 FR tions and costa related to each !N4NR so[a J y 1. 4'o Amendment fees for matertala licenses" 21301 Mar 31.19s4) and approvals not subject to full cost reviews are payable at the time the ap. 8178L12 Parment of fees, plication is filed. (a) Appheation fees. Each appuca. (d) Renewal /ses. All applications for uon for which a fee is prescribed shall renesals subject to fees based on the be accompanied by a remittance in the full cost of me mytew must be accorn. fun amount of the fee. No application panied by an application fee.cf 8150. win be accepted for filing or processed Fees for renewal of permita and 11 prior to payment of the full amount censes and other required approvals specified. Applications for which no subject to full cost reviews are payable remittance is received may be returned upon noufication by the Commianlon. to the applicant. All app!! cation fees Each app!! cant wiu be billed at six. win be charged tr!!spective of the month intervals for an accumulated Comminaion's disposition of the appl!. costa on each application that the ap. cadon or a withdrawal of the applica. plicant has on file for review by the Uon. Commisalon. and each six month (b) Iicense fees. Fees for review of period thereafter or when the review applications for permits.11eenses, and is completed, whichever is earlier. facility standard reference dealsn ap. Each bill will identify the applications provals are payable upon notification and the costa related to each. Renewal by the Comminaion. For each applica. fees for materials licenses and approv. tion on which the review charges are als not subject to full cost reviews are based on full costa and the applicadon payable at the time the applicauon is has been pending with the Commis. f!Ied. sion for six months or longer the first (e) Approcal fees. Applications for bul for accumulated costs will be sent spent fuel casks, packages, and ship. at the time this rule becomes effective ping container appmvals. spent fuel and win include all of the applicable storage facility design approvals and review time and contractual costa ex. construction approvals for plutonium pended. Thereafter, each applicant fuel praemaatng and fabrication plants will be billed at six month intervals or must be accompanied by an applica. when the review !s completed, which. tion fee of 8150. Applications for facili. ever is ear!!er. Each bill will identify ty standard reference design approvals the applications and the costa related must be, accompanied by an applica. to each. Uorr fee of 860.000. Fees for applica. (c) Amendment fass and otAef re. tions that are subject to full met re. estred appropels. All applientians for views are payable upon notification by ( license amendments other required the Commf anion. For each application t approvals and requests for disman-for which the review charges are based tling, decommissioning and termins. on full costs and the application has tion of 11aanand actJvities that are sub. been pending with the Commianton for ject to fees based on the full cost of six months or longer the first bill for the reviews must be accompanied by accumulated costs wiu be sent at the an applistion fee of $150. Fees for time this rule becomes effective and a==a*=an*= other required approvals will include all of the applicable and regeset for diamant11ng, decom. review time and contractual costa ex. mi==ianing and termina"a! of licensed pended. Thereafter, each applicant activities that are subject to full cost will be billed at six-month intervals or reviews are payable upon notification when the review is completed, which-by the t'ammission. Each applicant 'ever is ear!!er. Each bul will identify win be !:Uled at six. month intervals the applicadons and the costs related for all accumulated costs for each ap-to each. plication the applicant has on fue for (f) Special profeef fees. All applica. I review by the e ammtssion, and each tions for special projects must be ac. six month period thereafter or when companied by an application fee of i l
~ Nueisse Bdei ommission i 170 21 C 8150. Pees for special projects are pay-quired approvals under il170.21 and able upon notificadon by the Comm3-170.31 will be calculated based upon sfon. For each application for which the full costa for the review using the the revtew charges are based on full foUowing appucable professional staff costs and the application his been rates: pending witn the Commission for six (1) Office of Nuclear Reactor Resu-months or longer the first bul for ac-lauon-442 per hour. cumulated costs win be sent at the ' (2) Office of Nuclear Material Safety time this rule becomes effective and and Safeguards-854 per hour. will include all of the applicable (3) Adytsory Committee on Reactor review time and contractual costa ex* Safeguards-842 per hour, pended. Thereafter, each applicant (4) Atomic Safety and L! censing will be billed at six month intervals or Board Paul-842 m hour. when the review is completed, which. (5) Atomic Safety and Licensina ever is earlier. Each bill wil! !dentify g,,,g to eact ertif cau o 11ce b) Fees r ons based on fun vendor or other private industry per-cost under il 170.21 and 170.32 will be i sonnel as instructors for Part 55 reac-calculated using the following applica. tor operators, there is no application ble omfessional staff rah fee. The Ucensee. vendor, or other re. (1) Office of Inspection and Enforce-c!pients of the services will be buled at ment and NRC Regional Offices-453 six. month intervals for full costa, per hour. (g) Inspection fees. Inspection fees (49 FR 21303. Mar II. Iss41 are payable upon notifiestion by the Commtsston. Inspection costs will in-m,renmz or Pexa ~ clude preparation time, time on site and documentation time and any asso- 0 170.21 Schedule of fees fee gf_9 cisted contractual service costa but and utilisation facilities. review of win exclude the time involved by them standard reference design approvala. Enforcement staff. Office of Inspec-special projects. and inspectices. tion and Enforcement. In the p ocess. Ing and issuance of a notice of viola-Applicants for construction permita. Mon or nalty manufactur' J Um operaung U- ) gN f. pay-censes, approvals of facility standard menta ahan be by check. draft, or reference designs, requalificauon and "D
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operatsrs,"'and special projects and money order made payable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (1) Part 55 review fires. The costa for holders of construction permita. H. Part 55 review services will be subject censes, and other appmvals shan pay to fees based on NRC time spent in ad-the foUowing fees. ministering the examinadons and testa that are generally given at the Sc>esouts ce FAcaJTv Fata reactor site and any related contrac-ts =uswee m em e ness tual costa. The costa also include reist-ed items such as preparing reviewing. ""r**"e""***'****'* and greens of the eraminations and tests. The costs wiu be billed at six.
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((s %,h c=2 d UNITED STATES D3 } NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION j c:Asmmarm o. c. resse 3. a / Cctober 1, 1985 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Alan <. Simoson, Chairnan Subcomittee on Nuclear Regulation Cemittee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, O.C. 20510
Dear Chairman Simeson:
This rescends to your letter of Septemoer 23, 1985, which requested the Cemittee whien would require the Nuclear ReCemission's views o collect annual user fees from NRC Ifcensees.gulatory Comission to assess and Our creliminary review of the crocosed legislation has identified several concerns wnich are discussed below. Under the procosal the Comission is to consider "the relative cost of regulating different categories of its ifcensees," *the imoact... on researen and medical treatment," " rated capacity" H the case of commercial facilities, and "other factors determined to be acc9eriate" in setting tne annual fees. authority, without any controlling standarcs.This is a very broad legislativ This kind of broad delegation resemoles an authori:ation to levy a tax on Comission licenses, whien raises a serious constitutional question. See National Caole Television v. United States, 415 U.S. 336 (1974), and Federil acwer Cc mtssten v. New Enolano acwer Ccmoany, 115 U.S. 345 (1974). The proposed legislation also provides that the Ccemission shall " assess and collect annual charges frem its licensees en a fiscal year basis, beginning with fiscal year.1986," and that "the amount of such charges snail be established by~ rule." There is always extensive public interest in any croposed fee rulemaking and a large volume of coments. Consecuently, it is reasonable to expect at least a year from the time Congress orovides statutory authority to adcotion and imolementation of a final rule. Therefore, NRC would not be in a cosition to collect fees in FY 1986. Moreover, an annual rulemaking to assess tne annual fee, if that is what the language " assess and collect annual charges" would recuire, would be extremely curdensome and difficult if not impossible to acecmolisn. It is not clear now the agency could administer this procosed legislation for budgetary ourcoses. For example, the annual charges assessed are not said until the end of the fiscal year, and the amounts collected are to be retained by the Comission until excenced. As a result of these two provisions, total funding for use by the NRC would not be known or availaole until the end of the fiscal year. Y f fl4 + ~
2 Another concern is unether civil ce"alties are incluced in t. e enrase "otrer amounts collected by the Comission" in section 2(c). If they are inchcec, Onen a serious cuestion is cresented whether one Ccmission snculd ce olacec in the position of financially benefiting from its cwn enfortement actions. Finally, the governmental budgetary cbjectives sougnt in the orcocsee legislation i"volve breacer considerations than the matters for wnien we are directly responsible. Accorcingly, we defer to the views of one Acministration on the broacer questions cresented. I would like to add the following personal observations to the Commission's letter. While I agree with most of the corments identified above, I ce not agree with the imolication that the proposed legislation would necessarily mean a less desirable budget orocess than we have now; rather, I Delieve that the bill has the potential to provide staoility *o a significant portion of our bucget each year. I also want to point out that, with regard to imoosing costs on the end user, the bill follows an acoroach which is already in use, altneugh it is in use to a lesser extent than would be the case in the bill. In any event, the subject is a comclex one, and I would recomend that the concerns described in this letter be resolved before any such legislation,is enacted. Sincerely, l})gul{ndeau- .Tl ~ ' (C L " ~ Nunzio J. P111avno Chaiman cc: Sen. Gary Hart Originated: RM:Schumway
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APPENDIX D U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Estimate of Fees That Would Be Collected in FY 1987 l'nder Alternatives 1-4 (Dollars in Thousands) Alternative Alternative Alternative Alternative Source of Revenue 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 Annual Fee $ 85,000 N/A $156,800 $196,000 1 Waste Fund N/A 24,000 N/A N/A License Fees: Power Reactors I: CP/0L Reviews 8,700 8,700 8,700 N/A Operating Reactor Sendments & Inspections 28,500 28,500 N/A N/A Part 55 Operator Exams 8,000 8,000 N/A N/A 2 Standard Design Reviews N/A VendorTopicalRegorts& Special Projects 400 400 400 N/A Non-Power Reactors .J0 100 100 100 MaterialLicenging& Inspections 4,300 4,300 4,300 4,300 TOTAL $135,000 $ 74,000 $170,300 $200,400 NOTE: Alternatives exclude collections for civil penalties. N/A Not Applicable. I Paid by NRC' Power Reictor Licensees. 2 Paid by Vendor Applicant. 3 Paid by NRC Non-Power Reactor & Material Licensees. 4 Amount assessed is determined by subtracting estimated license fees from 33 percent of estimated NRC costs. 5 Assessed at $500 per million watts of rated thermal generating capacity for NRC power reactor licensees (estimated at 313,581 on 9/30/87). 6 Assessed at $625 per million watts of rated thermal generating capacity for NRC power reactor licensees (estimated at 313,581 on 9/30/87).
Appendix E U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Estimate of Annual Staff-Years Required to Administer Each Alternative Staff-Years Alternative 1 21 Alternative 2 24 Alternative 3 17 Alternative 4 11 Staff-Years required to a' minister NRC's current fee schedule are d NOTE: estimated to be 19. Many of the staff-years set forth above are devoted to collection of fees from materials licensees. O T
i o APPENDIX F DRAFT LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to impose a fee on nuclear power plants. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that: 1. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is further amended by adding a new Section 283. as follows: "Sec. 283. Any person who, on the last day of a fiscal year holds a license issued under Sec. 103 or 104.b, authorizing that person to operate a utilization facility, and any person whose authority to operate under such a license has not been revoked but is in suspension on the last day of a fiscal year, shall on the first day of the next fiscal year pay to the Comission the sum of Six Hundred Twenty Five ($625) Dollars per million watts of the rated thermal capacity, as set forth in the license, provided the rated thermal capacity of that facility is in excess of 50 million watts. When a person designated as agent or representative or otherwise authorized to act on behalf of others is authorized to operate a facility, the fee shall be app-licable to such designated person. Those persons subject to this section shall not be assessed fees under 31 U.S.C. 9701." Applicants for operating licenses pending before the Commission on [date legislation becomes effective] shall pay the Commission, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, all chargeable costs incurred by the Commission in processing their applications up to that date. 2. Section 7601 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is repealed. .}}