ML20214A280

Rept on Assessment & Collection of Annual Charges

ML20214A280
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Issue date:	07/07/1986
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ML20214A282	List: IA-87-196, Annual Fee for Power Reactor OLs & Conforming Amend, 10CFR51 & 171 Final Rules.Annual Fee Will Recover Allowable NRC Budgeted Costs for Providing Regulatory Svcs to Power Reactors W/Ols.Fee Schedule Under 10CFR170 Unaltered ML20214A280 ML20214A292 ML20214A298 ML20214J460 ML20214J488 ML20214T241
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FOIA-87-196 AC30-1-19, NUDOCS 8611190364
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amtet on the Assess'umt and Collection of Anrual Omrges

! A. Backgreurd on April 7,1994, the Pzweident signed R.R. 3128 (P.L.99-272) to aska i changes in opending ard revenue provielens for purposes of deficit rahactim ard progres igrtueent consistant with the budget process.

Section 7601 of P.L.99-272 requires the lhaclear Itogulatory Ommaisaien #

a Occ) to semit a report on the anaessment and collectim of armual dappes

, from persons licensed by the commission pursuant to the Atmic sheriry Act 1 j of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) to fund all or part of the activities t i con & acted by the Comsdssion pursuant to such act. Specifically, the ]

report is to includes (1) the artent to which the Oceedssion's existing f, statutory or segulatory authority to assess and collect annual charges, including the authority of the comedesim to asaees and enllect same i '

pursuant to Title V of the offices Appeupriation Act of 1952 .

(IchA), is adeguate to ansble anodesica to assess ud collect sees }

acumeneurste with the value of the benefit sendered to the licenses and the cost to the w aa w of sendering sud berefits (2) the aerents i '

eurrently assessed and maatmeted purment to amisting statutsuy er asp-1 story authority and the purposes sor Wdch aus sees are collectode 3 and (3) any secuessendatime of the Omudssion for anpending the existing y, i

statutory authority to assess and mitart fees, including the Ouedesion's 1 justification for suen engension. 4 l

3. Ektent of Ekletins Statutomy Authcrity to Assess and Collect Arveaal .

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' I j Prior to enactment of P.L.99-272, the authority of the 15C to collect a i

fase was based on Title V of the Indeperdant Offican Ayy.y-iatim Act of l 1952 (20h4), 310.8.C. 403(a) tame cod'flad at 31 U.S.C. 9701). the Isc's 7 '

I pr=t==ssor, the Atomic hergy enmadasien (ABC), adqtad its first license i fee sche &de in the fall 1M4. Asieng other thinge, an annual fee was  ;

I setablished to cover the cost of license asentants and runsunla, i

! On March 4,1974, the U.S. Sgreen Qasst durMed two cases Wdch .

I challenged the validity of annual license fees assessed by the Pederal i 4

communicaties omnisalm (rec) and the hderal Power omedesim eder authority of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (20AA). l ne court cease resultad from the of tio lanpage in IchA and

the lasunting Oes circular A-25, O mqpes," with respect to W at y t

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' are to be included in the fee base for annual seas. '

l i Yn IIstlenal Cable hievisim v. thited states, 415 U.S. 336 (1974) and i Nderal power Ommissim v. IIow Ihaland Power Oscann 415 U.S. M5 (1974), p the sgrume Court restrictad'the applicatlan of ICAA to swid an unconsti- 4 tuticmal tam. The court held that a fee suet bear a relationship to the i

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i special benefits given to the aplicant or lioerwee by the agency action lJ l

and that a tax resulted from the agency's attspt to reccuer all of its j costs th!Vupt fees 1R{ Coed on the ITgulated indu8try.

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t l Follmafag the pidance set fcrth in those suptwo court decisions, as tell as m&esquent aw 4 aims Amterpreting the 204A issued by the courts of appeala, the canadesian in 1978 prtmaalgated a reviand fee ededale.

Gunsistant tdth the )sticial decialane, let assessed fees may on persons tein are identiflathla teosipta of 'special benefits

• conferred by specifi-1 onlly identified activities of the Igc. She tosu

• ial benefits

• j includes services sendosed at the of a recip and all services

! necessary Sor the leonesmo of a posit, license, appswal, or j amenbent, er other souvices to assist a meiplant in comp 1 l tdth statutesy er ablige touler the ommeisolan's -

i tics:c. Stiere the flestaan of the specific benefietary of Inc activity la abacuse, es eget of the activity tee mot included in the oost i .

hasta dur $ses. With this sentrictJan, the let tea mot able to recover ,

embetantial "Weneria" easts soumed by the in p' rwiding services '

to the nuclaer ensamt*.y het tenid tore not fiele to a specific sociplast. as ISM, the encledad ecsta included ou& items as sessard

($127.5 millimal, generis 1Acanning activities ($30.6 million), standards j

devolagment f$16.2 edilian), and ansepaeude ($7.1 ed12Aan) der a ednismi esamt et sist.4 etium, moverthmaass, tem m e has ennaged, selated to peer seactor sepalatama.

the 11adted authers of j

r 31 U.S.C. 9M1, to mmllar* stans fimoal 1979 1 8166 edilism. De h=4a= hollowes , trith aansytJan of a ser

{ omiliope an eses, it has === dad ==a See mallmetaan oder 31 U.S.C. 9701. '

4 sectlas M01, p.L.96-372, seguires that the 1st asemos and sollect

'anrmal desyso' in additian to other mowsts onl2ected by the h=im

ender prior authority, i.e., 31 U.S.C. SMt. seiernes 310.5.c. 9701 i , speake la tems et ansvices er things of sales pooridad by the esvassumnt j *to a person,' the ser pourista seguins tam mitmetaan of anreint ear,es j hy the Inc fuem its 'h in guteral, se as the eheugno are

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.! hesia of illa amt authority the luc trill amen! $ses to:

) O) the eparatore of 14aansed neeleer seactore teste are der the puryone of

! generetlag elastricity Q) the agpticanta Sor liaanees for peer zeectore ender estive WC seriews and (3) the enlacted meterials 11aaneses meer parts 40 and 10. Etfactively, this trill seen that the annemely man.imana generie easts, that ans salated to segulatory

) earvices pswided to lisanoese trill now be , sus that, in addition to other secuta sollected by the ftsedealan, the amount will not

. escoed 33 sessent of the Isc's fiscal year anste. It le anticipated that Esc easts la these areas t411 tauntly me grestar than the statutorily Aegeend esilimp.

C. Putounta Chmr41Y Assapeed Meer RNieting Authority The andating fee asedula,10 cm part 170, set out fees for see aguia-tery services that sec prwides for facility and matariale lieensees.

The part 170 fee s&edula laplananta Title V of the Indeperdent offloes A6propriatim Act of 1952 (65 Stat. 290s 31 U.S.C. 9701) (!0AA). The l

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3 authorizes IMC to charge fees for special benefits rendered to identifiable perseas measured by the "value to the recipient" of the agency service.

I under the Conselldated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1945 (P.L.

!99-272), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is autherf red to assess and

! cellect annual charges free licensees an amovat no greater than thirty-three percent of the Commission's costs for conducting its regulatory activities.

Preposed 10 CFR Part 171, draf ted in response to Section 7601 of p.L. 99 272, would establish an annual fee to be paid by each person who has an operettag Ilconse app 1tcation under active review by the MAC, each persea une possesses a Itcense to operate a nuclear power reacter, and each persen the holds a major materials license issued under le CFR part 40 or M.

By cesgarlsen P under 10AA. b.L. FY 99-272 1987 is more under comprehensive proposed Part 171,than the NRC entsting wouldauthority recover

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i ey to $134 milllen in cos,ts. Under existing Part 170, the NRC would recover saly an estimatad $37 eiIlion in cests.

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4 The Cameissfes, la compilance with P.L.99-272, has issued for public comment a proposed rule that would add a new put to its regulattens to prescribe an annual fee for all persons the have an operating Ilconse app 1tcaties under active NRC revlow, who held a Ilconse to operate a nuclear power reacter, and who held a major materials license issued under 10 CFR Part 40 er 70. The annual fee would recover allowable NRC budgeted costs for reacter-related and certain asterIals related regulatory services.

The proposed annual fee would recover those costs currently assessed under

{ the authority of Title V of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952 (31 U.S.C. 9701) and, in addition, generic costs for reactor related l

and esterials-related regulatory services not previously recovered under 10 CTR Part 170.

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i la estab11 thing the basis for determining the annual charge for reactors,

! a statistical analysis was initiated on ' talted agency cost data for regelettag individual units and multiple unit sites, in reference to authorized power level in thermal negawatts. Although prettsinary results j show a slight positive corralstion between regulatory costs and power

level, the large variabl11ty in the data does not allow for a meaningful projection. If additional analysis shows a statistically significant i relationship between power level and regulatory costs, the Commission will i take that into account in determining the form of the final rule. Since no significant predictive relationship exists between regulatory costs and l power level, the proposed rule leposes a unitora annual charge for each j as,pilcant for and holder of a license for a nuclear power reactor, we-u----w.. .m--_a _,w--wvr-- m---,w-eww- - - ~ - - - - , - - - - - - - -

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4 the prigoemd sula imposes a modest anmal fee on moue enterials l

licensees. These are prudcminantly licanases auth;rised to possess and >

to use sipdficant Wties of special inaclear seterial in fuel 1 procosaing and fabrication, or slydficant quantitias of source matarial j la the uranium fumi cycle. These licensees ripresent ecomercial i

eparations, and fairness requires that they bear a fair share of their j Esplatory Goets. 7 i

Under part 171, sees will not be collected for costa in the areas of  !

(1) bypro&act antarials other than for se fusi cycle regulatory costs covered by part 40s (2) construction t rwieves (3) topical reportas j (4) preliminary and final desipi asprtwal swiauss (5) 10 CrR part 55 l ,

eneminations and certificationst and (4) ren-pcasar reacters. Peas are -

collected sor sepalatices of these areas now edar 10 CFR Part 170. l asileving small materials liconemos of Seen la consistent with ractica 7601.

i Saking into consideration the Congressional vier, the large ins 6er of

-all licenemos, the selatively small fees tedch would be collected, and '

j the costs of =^ 89-ing meh a collection prognen, the Comedesian

] putpoems not to collect anranal sees trtan maall asterials licensees. L l the arvasal sees Scr FY 1987 would bei i

$1,010,000 r'

j maclear Dauer anector 1

Grardan mesi Fabrication 45,000 I

} Uranium Busafloortes Prtzhacticn 14,500 f i Orarden meal 380 7,000 4 l Advanced meal 280 7,000 nrantam neocnery - mL11s 23,000 .

l In adattian to the as'erandi es,ored by the majority teach is set sorth in i the preposed runs, the e% is also interestad la receivine views an -

an alternative meer teddi all beneficiaries af ht==% services .

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)l sculd pay fees. that the annust darge for asectors I I

l would be <=htated by the ant forth in the prepoemd part 171 (with a s11Wt, modificatian to account ser it. rease fees meterials licensees). Nousvar, meterials licensees and other roc tants of regulatory ,

services apart fatm mucimar power reactor applicants and consees would i pay the fees greenntly set forth in 10 Cym part 170 gursuant to the Independent Offices appropriations Act. The amount collected under this  ;

l 1 alternative aggeoech would also aggeMants one-thize of the WC budget. I

! power moneter applicants er licensees would pay tely $20,000 per l year per udt less emder this alternative then would in the f i putycealfavoredbythems)crity. Me 11oeneens col voly would pay aspetadantsly $2.7 edluen per year more.

o-l Prtwided fcr your infossetion as Attadrent 2 le the Motice of Proposed h I pulansking, isplementing the 90&pt Reconciliaticn Act. In e&iitlan, it L, contains the separate v:aws of Ominnan tech, and camissicners Aterts  ;

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l ss I i E, awanandaHan for Empending the Ddsting Statutory Authority to Assess and Cb11ect Fees sp. withstanding the atme, the cueaissicn beliswa that a&iltional clarifying legislation should be N-:::$ because the standards set forth in Sectica Mel of F.L.99-272 are unclear. Oosts to be assessed under epa bewe been construed by the courts in a asstrict.ive fashion. 'the 94 wen Court ben bold that a fee suet bear a relationship to the special be.afits given to the applicant er licensee by the agency action. secouse it aggears that the lad of clear language that definitively I distinguishes section M01 of P.L.99-272 the ICAA, the legal prtblene l identified by the Agrame court in 30h4 Sese fatun tmses may i

he also puseast in section Mel of F.L. 272.

ly, the cammissism neocamende that the congrees enact clarifying legio , that congress should identify teith grantar p scimien the catagorias of licensees that should be charymd an annual fee, and that

congress should specify the precias secunts of the sees to be leviad, or prescribe the th==nh Dy tedch the Sees are calculated. The Omedaelen believes that legislatica sew to these concerns tsould substantially, if act completely, se& ace the litigative risks to the Isc in implamenting

, an annual see. ther legislative putposal is putaridad as Attactment 1.

stds patposal is the seus as that pewided la the omedesion's Aguril 15,

1996 mayort on Oeur mese andedtted to the senate awttee on snaclear pegulatics. This pseposal tsee haamd en collecting revenues frtan nuclast i power reactor licensees to appstadents 50 pestient of tec's budget (i.e.,

i about $200 sdlliced. This level tses consistent trith the intent of the Aenlaistration's putposal contained in the Proeident's yY 1997 kdset of i the Chited ptstas C m ertsent. In zwieving this putposed legislation, the congrees

) - say went to consider aceseeing fees based on a unifoam amual charge en and poser reactor instead of reacter poser levels i - esy went to consider anaessing fees to anch pereen who has an cperating 11 cones application under active swiew by the Nncs and

- may tant to consider assessing fees to seier reelear meterials 11oeneses in addition to nuclear poner remeter lionneems.

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l 30 sesed the Attede Sne W Act of 19H, as amended, to lagoas a fee e melaar j pAer plaats.

! ne it esseted by the emnets and the asese et megessentatives of the chited states of amerlas an onaveees asemedad, theta ,

1. De Amande hemy Act of ISH, as mandet, la further amended by adding a (

asu section 3R3, as Getam os i

W. 3R3. any poseen ide, en the last er et a disent year holds a  ;

j 1 assess issued under see.143 er SN.h amtiertaist that to i gerate a a*418h heility, and any person edices ty to  ;

i e under see a lammes has met been swahad ,atia11het la isfirst day e the en to last og af a fiacal i et ammt tienni pay to the the sman of sin Bundred -

rim smal ser milliam tutta of the rated thmsmal I j ty, as set Surth in to license, smovided the seted thesent '

espost af that Anst11ty la la enemme of 30 untilan toets.10an a person as agent er sagsesentattw er otherwise authoriand r to set en behalf et skiess $s autherised to aperste a encility, the see shall he applie Me to ame Wted pensen. those persons f to this meetnam en11 est he assessed Sees tender 31 U.S.C.

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fM1. Applicante Sur symratlag licenses pending heesee the i Osudselma en feste legislation hacesse afflective] shall

{ the E '=- , to 31 W.S.C. 3701, all ediergeabla costa j hythe in pocomesing their applications q to

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i 2. asetion 7601 of the caneo11deted m su4et asconciliation Act of l 1995 is supealed.

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