ML20236Y439
| ML20236Y439 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/22/1998 |
| From: | Gerard Jackson NRC |
| To: | Funches J NRC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236V991 | List:
|
| References | |
| FRN-63FR31840, RULE-PR-140, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171, RULE-PR-2 AF83-2-014, AF83-2-14, NUDOCS 9808120196 | |
| Download: ML20236Y439 (4) | |
Text
_ _ _ __ , - . _ - - - - . . _ _ - . _ _ - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ - - - - . _ . - _ - _ - - - - - -
RF83 >
From: JesweFunches TWD2,TWP9(GCJ) (r0 g 4 4 k0 To:
Date: 6/22/9812:23pm Subject. Draft Public Announewment-Final Fee Rule Reply Glenda .
Lorna is faxing my comments Jesse
> > > Glenda Jackson 05/21/98 01:18pm > > >
Jesse, Attached file is a Draft public announcement (redline / strikeout) on the final fee rule. In Mindy Landau's absence I have been working with Victor Dricks in OPA on the Draft. Please let me know if you have eny suggested changes, I hope to have the fee rule package to you this afternoon.
Glenda CC: TWD2,TWP9(dbd, jxt),
l l
jl 9908120196 990522 f PDR PR 2 63F1t31840 PDR L i
, , _ - - - . - -- - - - - - - - -- .n ;
+ '9 / AFD w D,'@ [ l NRC AMENDS g (ND ANNUAL. FEES
,' I Y k l l The Nuclear Regulatory licensing, inspection and annual %
fees.
I l The amendments implement the requirements of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act l
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.
l The Commission's budget authority for fiscal year 1998 is $472.8 million, of which 515 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 extemal j regulation of the Department of Energy. Funding for these activities is excluded from license fee revenues by law. This leaves a budget of i rr*MMhS454.8 million which NRC must collect M in fees. The total amount to be recoverec ~i' s approximaTely $4 7.5 million less than that recovered the previous fiscal year.
The number of licensees paying annual fees has decreased. The Zion nuclear power station, in lilinois, ceased operating this year, while the Haddam Neck (Connecticut), Maine Yankee, (Maine), and Big Rock Point (Michigan), plants all ceased operating last year. j J
As a result of the decrease in both the budget and the number of licensees, the fiscal year 1998 annual fees are about the same as those for fiscal year 1997. Fees for fiscal year 1998 decrease by about one 0.1 percent. .This icS$ ch:n;;i- $0 ' :: pubShed h the pre ^^rd r . "00- !- the prep 0=d rt-0:2nd On On estim&d d& Men the Se:::
would-cedfy 't had p Onert!y - =d fue! *r dhsZ!cn ne&:r perfor dSne. Se f :: !-
the R:! rJ ,OSd $0-0TSOSn40 tem l
The 1998 annual fees are:
- $2,976,000 for power reactor licensees, 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;
- 52,604,000 for higl> enriched uranium fuel facility licensees, from $2.606,000 in fiscal year 1997; i l
- $1,278,000 for low-enriched fuel fabrication facility licensees which manufacture fuel for nuclear power plants, from $1,279.000 m fiscal year 1997; i -$14,000 for radiographer, from $14,100 in fiscal year 1997.
1 The amounts from fiscal year 1997 remainslargely unchanged for broad scope medical licensees, who are charged $23,500.
The Commission's amendments include a Acrease in hourly inspection and licensing rates, adjustments in rates for license reviews, full cost recovery for resident !
inspectors, and charges for overtime and costs incurred up to approximately 30 days after l l
l l
\
L j
p pu,v~g -
4 ats .
ud
~
\
( issuance of an inspection report. #' d 0pt,PNI Atm##
fMW /0 M p, s, The NRC is also planning to examii the current annual fee exemption policy for licensees undergoing decommissioning ori bolding possessiortonly 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 ' polichould be included in the fee rule for the next fiscal year. L The final rule will be available in the Federal Reoister. and published on the Internet at http://ruleforum.llnl. goy l
l l.
l
i
\
I at OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER S FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
- ,<* TODAY'S DATE: 9 CFO FAX NUMBER: 301-415-4CFO (4236)
CFO VERIFICATION: _301-415-7322 Lorna P. Pini (Number) (Name)
FAXING TO: M~
(Name) (Organization)
V/s'Sa87 (Fax Number) (Phone Number)
FROM: Jesse Funches 301-415-7322 )
(Name) (Phone Number) }
l i
. Chief Financial Officer _
O-17F1 l (Organization) (Location)
NUMBER OF PAGES: (plus transmittalsheet) 1 MESSAGE:
Thank You.
l l