ML20236Y420
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| Issue date: | 05/21/1998 |
| From: | Funches J NRC |
| To: | Gerard Jackson NRC |
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| FRN-63FR31840, RULE-PR-140, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171, RULE-PR-2 AF83-2-013, AF83-2-13, NUDOCS 9808120185 | |
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Date: 5/21/981:18pm Subject Draft Public Announcement-Final Fee Rule l Jesse,
[- Attached file is a Draft public announcement (redline / strikeout) on the final fee rule. In Mindy Landau's absence i have been I
working with Victor Dricks in OPA on the Draft. Please let me know if you have any suggested changes. I hope to have the fee rule packcge to you this af ternoon.
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NRC AMENDS LICENSING, INSPECTION AND ANNUAL FEES
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its Itcensing, inspection and annual fees.
The amendments implement the requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 which mandates that the NRC recover approximately 100 percent of its budget authority - less appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund -- in fiscal years 1990 through ;
1998 by assessing fees.
The Commission's budget authority for fiscal year 1998 is $472.8 million, of which $15 g
million has been appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund. In addition, $3 million has been appropriated for NRC's activities related to commercial vitrification of waste stored at the Department of Energy's Hanford, Washington, site and the pilot program for the external regulation of the Department of Energy. Funding for these activities is excluded from license fee revenues by law. This leaves a budget of approximately $454.8 million which NRC must collect in fees. The total amount to be recovered is approximately $6-4 7.5;million less than that recovered the previous fiscal year.
The number of licensees paying annual fees has decreased. The Zion nuclear power station, in Illinois, ceased operating this year, while the Haddam Neck (Connecticut), Maine Yankee, (Maine), and Big Rock Point (Michigan), plants all ceased operating last year.
As a result of the decrease in both the budget and the number of licensees, the fiscal year 1998 annual fees are about the same as those for fiscal year 1997. Fees for fiscal year 1998 decrease by about one DJ percent. Thb retc.,;t; ; ch;ng; in the f;n pub l;;hed in the prepc::d rub. F;;; :n the prepend rub ;;;; be ;d en :n ;;;; i.;ted d;;; when th; l xnn; a;uld ;;rtfi it had perm,;nently rem.;;;d fu;l frera the Zien nu;b;r p;;;r t; bne. The fx; in ;
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The 1998 annual fees are:
- $2,976,000 for power reactor liensees, from $2,978,000 in fiscal year 1997;
- $57,300 for nonpower (research and test) reactor licensees, from approximately the same amount in fiscal year 1997;
- $2,604,000 for high-enriched uranium fuel facility licensees, from $2,606,000 in fiscal year 1997;
- $1,278,000 for low-enriched fuel fabrication facility licensees which manufacture fuel for nuclear power plants, from $1,279,000 in fiscal year 1997; 5:(M,000 for radiographer;from. $14,100 in fiscal year <1.997f The amounts from fiscal year 1997 remains largely unchanged for broad scope medical licensees, who are charged $23,500.
The Commission's amendments include a decrease in hourly inspection and licensing rates, adjustments in rates for license reviews, full cost recovery for resident t
inspectors, and charges for overtime and costs incurred up to approximately 30 days after issuance of an inspection report.
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The NRC !s also planning to examine the current annual fee exemption policy for }
l licensees undergoing decommissioning or holding possession-only licenses. Currently, '
licensees decommissioning their facilities who store their spent fuel in a spent fuel pool are not assessed an annual fee. But licensees who store spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installation, must pay such a fee. Any changes to this policy would be included in the fee rule for the next fiscal year.
The final rule will be available in the Federal Reaister. and published on the Internet at http://ruteforum.llnl. gov l
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Pads 2,140,170 and 171 RIN: 3150-AF 83 -
Revision of Fee Schedules; 100% Fee Recovery, FY 1998 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. The amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), which mandates that the NRC recover approximately 100 percent of its budget authority in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998, less amounts appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF). The amount to be recovered for FY 1998 is approximately $454.8 million. The NRC is also providing additional payment methods for civil penalties and indemnity fees, as well as annual and licensing fees.
j EFFECTIVE DATE: (60 days after publicatio'n in the Federal Register.)
Copies of comments received and the agency workpapers that support these final changes to 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments received may also be viewed end downloaded electronically via the interactive rulemaking website established by the
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