ML20203L366
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| Issue date: | 02/17/1998 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Domenici P, Inhofe J, Schaefer D HOUSE OF REP., SENATE, APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
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February 17,1998 The Honorable Dan Schaefer, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed is NRC's FY 1998 initia..end first quarter base table. This table reflects changes since the NRC budget submission to the Congress in February 1997.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed is NRC's FY 1998 initial and first quarter base table. This table reflects changes since the NRC budget submission to the Congress in February 1997.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
Enclosed is NRC's FY 1998 initial and first quarter base table. This table reflects changes since the NRC budget submission to the Congress in February 1997.
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e Initial and First Quarter Base Table Enclosure February 6,1998 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS$10N FY 1998 INITIAL AND FIRST QUARTER BASE TABLE #1 COMPARABILITY ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE REYlSED BUDGET STRUCTURE (Dollars in Thousands)
FY 1998 President's Budget in the FY 1998 President's Organization Based Programs Budget Structure '
FY 1998 President's Budget Cost Center 8tructure Reactor Program
$237,217 Nuclear Materials and Nucle &rWeste 84,604 Program Management and Support Program 154,479 Inspector General Program 4,800 FY 1998 Oraanlration Based Budaet Structuro Regulatory Program
$224,526 Regulatory Effectiveness Program 99.631 Managerrent and Support Program 150,343 Regulation of Department of Energy
,000 Inspector General Program 4,800 TOTAL NRC
$481,300
$481,300 1These changes ar'e discussed on the followireg pages.
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Initial and First Quarter Base Table Enclosure February 6,1998 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission FY 1990 INITIAL AND FIRST QUARTER BASE TABLE #1 COMPARABILITY ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE REVISED BUDGET STRUCTURE FOOTNCTE #1 FY 1998 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IN THE ORGANIZATION 4 ABED STRUCTURE The NRC's FY 1998 budget structure has been revised to be more consistent with the agency's January 1997 reorganization. The new budget stracture is organization based and includes five programs - RegWatory Program, Regulatory Effe;tiveness Program, Management and Support Program, Regulatien of Department of Energy, and Inspector General Program. The following comparability adjustments resulted from NRC's implementation of the organization-based structure.
Regulatory Program The Regulatory Program now includes all resources for the offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), and State Programs (SP). Under the FY 1998 President's Budget cost center structure, these resources were primarily included in the Reactor Program (NRR), the Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Waste Program (NHSS), and the Management and Support Prog'am (SP).
Regulatory Effectiveness Program The Regulatory Effectiveness Program now includes all resources for the offices of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AEOD),
investigations (01), and Enforcement (OE). Under the FY 1998 President's Budget cost center structure, these resources were primarily included in the Reactor Program (RES, AEOD,01, and OE) and the Nucivar Materials and Nuclear Waste Program (RES, AEOD,01, and OE).
Management and Support Program The Management and Support Program was primarily unchanged from the FY 1998 President's Budget cost center structure, with one exception, the SP resources were moved to the Regulatory Prograra Regulation of the-.,.partment of Ewrgy Program The Regulation of the Department of Energy (DOE) Progrant was added as a new program.
- Under the FY 1998 President's Budget cost conter structure, these resources were primarily included the Nuclear Materinis and Nuclear Weste Program.
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Initle: and First Quarter Base Table Enclosure February 6,1998 inspector General Program The current structure for the Inspector General Program is unchanged from the FY 1998 President's Budget cost center structure.
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$224,526 5-4,577
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$222,112 Regulatory Effectiveness Program 99,631
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335 149,790 3,963 i,153,753 Regulation of Department of Energy 2,000 1,000 0
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0 225 5,025 702 55,727 TOTAt. NRC
$481,300 5-8,500
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$6,165 5480,138
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3 This is the total of NRC's FY 1998 appropriations of $472,800,000 and the utilization of $1.172.870 and proposed use of 16.165,0001r. funds unobligated at the end of FY 1997 and carried over into FY 1998.
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I hitial and First Quarter Base Table Enclosure February 6,1998 U.S. NL:, lear Regulatory Commission FY 1998 INITIAL AND FIRST QUARTER BASE TABLE #2 COMPARABILITY ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE REVISED BUDGET STRUCTURE FOOTNOTE #2 CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION REDUCTION Public law 105-62 reduced NRC's FY 1998 budget request by $8.5 million including $2 milllors reduction specifically applied to the Nuclear Waste Funo and $1 mi!!!cn increase specifically applied to Regulation of the Department of the Energy (DOE).
Regulatory Program
$ 4,577,000 The Regulatory Program reducilons include 50.9 million for decreased salaries and benefits needs, $2 million in the Nuclear Waste Fund setivities, and $1.7 million for the following activities: eliminates funding for States to perform the independent environmental monitoring and the thermoluminescent dosimetry programa, eliminates funding for license renewal work except for activities associated with the receipt of applications from Calvert Cliffs and Oconee, and reduces support for nuclear facility threat assessment.
As a result of budget reductions to the Nuclear Waste Fund in FY 1996, FY 1997, and FY 1998, the NRC is unable to keep pace with the national high-level waste program in areas dealing with waste package corrosion, repository design, and alternative engineered barrier designs / enhancements. Work in these areas will be postponed until FY 1999 and work to resolve issues dealing with design of surface facilities, repository operational safety, and development of a complete Standard Review Plan for DOE's license application that had been previously deferred and was planned to be resumed in FY 1999, will no 'ntinue to be displaced until at least FY 2000.
Regulatory Effectiveness Program
$ 4,035,000 The Regulatory Effectiveness Program reductions include $0.2 million for decreased salaries and benefits needs and $3.8 million for the following activities: eliminates most experimental work in the severe accident risk research program, eliminates a center at Brookhaven National Laboratory which served an a repository of methods and techniques employed by the nuclear industry to mitigate occupttional radiation doses, eliminates grant with National Council on Radiation Protection for conducting a survey of industry waste discharge and environmental monitoring methods, reduces funds for information technology, eliminates research which would have allowed extension of risk assessment techniques to the nuclear materials regulatory area, reduces contractor support for earth sciences research which assesses the effects of seismic activity on nuclear facilities, eliminates the Nuclear Safetv Joumal, and eliminates the educational grants program.
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' initlal and First Quarter Base Table Enclosure February 6,1998 Management and Support Program 8 888,000 The Management hnd Support Program reductions include $0.4 m llion for decreased salaries and benefits needs, and $0.5 million to curtall selected maintenance for NRC's White Flint buildings and reduce express and certified mall services.
EY_111Z.CORIBAC_T_C_QMMIIMMIA The following adjustments in funding are from FY 1997 funds which were ceitified as available for specific contracts to be issued during FY 1997, but which were not awarded until after the end of the fiscal year (during FY 1998). These funds are part of the NRC's FY 1997 unobligated funds carried forward into FY 1998 and have been reallocated for obligation to the same contracts for which furds were committed during FY 1997.
Table #3 Program Description of FY 1997 Contract Commitments Amount (Dollars in Thousands)
Regulatory Renovations to the Region 1 Office
$13 Program New copiers for Region lli 150 Total NRC
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REPROGRAMMING ADJUSTMENTS FIRST QUARTER PROGRAM CHANGER The program changes shown in Table #2 resul'.ed from funding adjustments and the use of i
$1,010,000 in unobligated carryover funds.
Regulatory Program
$500,000 This increase is to ensure an orderly closeout oi.ne NRC contract for States to perform independent environmental monitoring and thermoluminescent dosimetry programs, and for Nuclear Waste Policy Act activities.
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$40,000 1
This reduction was for decreased salaries and benefit noods.
Management and Support Program
$335,000 Th!s increase includes additional FY 1995/1996 Worker's Compensatiort costs billed by the Department of Labor this year; design, development, and delivery of the Program and Resource Management Training program; and NRC's program evaluation contract.
Inspector Genere! Program b225,000 This increase is to acquire an inspector General reporting system.
ERO M Regulatory Program
$1,500,000 This contract support increase provides additional funds to reduce delays in technical reviews of proposed licensee conversions to the improved Standard Technical Specifications and to conduct technical reviews of the proposed restart of Millstone.
Management and Support Program
$3,963,000 This contract support increase is to procure the additional infrastructure (hardware and software) required for the agency to proceed with its Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); to procure an agencywide integrated resource management system; and to purchase, develop, and implement other minor information technology applications, inspec' ' General Program
$702,000 This increase is to obtain contractor support to conduct financial audits, for additional informatio tn echnology needs, and other minor admir,lstrative costs, s
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