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{{#Wiki_filter:32146            Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      reader, the ADAMS accession numbers                    revised fee-recovery framework, which COMMISSION                                              and instructions about obtaining                      eliminates the 10 percent limit on fee-materials referenced in this document                  relief activities. Accordingly, the NRC 10 CFR Parts 15, 170, and 171                          are provided in the Availability of                  will no longer provide a fee-relief credit
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[NRC-2018-0292]                                        Documents section of this document.                  (when the amount budgeted for fee-FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      relief activities is less than the 10 RIN 3150-AK24                                          Anthony Rossi, Office of the Chief                    percent threshold, which would have Financial Officer, U.S. Nuclear                        decreased annual fees for licensees) or Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee                                                                                assess a fee-relief surcharge (when the Regulatory Commission, Washington, Recovery for Fiscal Year 2021                                                                                  amount budgeted for fee-relief activities DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                            7341; email: Anthony.Rossi@nrc.gov.                    is greater than the 10 percent threshold, Commission.                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            which would have increased annual ACTION: Final rule.
fees for licensees) as part of the Table of Contents                                      calculation of annual fees for each
 
==SUMMARY==
:    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                I. Background; Statutory Authority                    licensee fee class.
Commission (NRC) is amending the                        II. Discussion                                            In FY 2021, the NRCs fee regulations licensing, inspection, special project,                III. Public Comment Analysis                          are primarily governed by two laws: (1) and annual fees charged to its                          IV. Public Comments and NRC Responses                  The Independent Offices Appropriation applicants and licensees. These                        V. Regulatory Flexibility Certification                Act, 1952 (IOAA) (31 U.S.C. 9701), and VI. Regulatory Analysis                                (2) NEIMA (42 U.S.C. 2215). The IOAA amendments are necessary to                            VII. Backfitting and Issue Finality implement the Nuclear Energy                                                                                  authorizes and encourages Federal VIII. Plain Writing Innovation and Modernization Act                        IX. National Environmental Policy Act agencies to recoverto the fullest extent (NEIMA), which, beginning with fiscal                  X. Paperwork Reduction Act Public                      possiblecosts attributable to services year (FY) 2021, requires the NRC to                          Protection Notification                          provided to identifiable recipients.
recover, to the maximum extent                          XI. Congressional Review Act                          Under NEIMA, the NRC must recover, to practicable, approximately 100 percent                  XII. Voluntary Consensus Standards                    the maximum extent practicable, of its annual budget less certain                      XIII. Availability of Guidance                        approximately 100 percent of its annual XIV. Availability of Documents                        budget, less the budget authority for amounts excluded from this fee-recovery requirement. In addition, the                  I. Background; Statutory Authority                    excluded activities. Under Section NRC is also making improvements                                                                                102(b)(1)(B) of NEIMA, excluded A. Statutory Authority                                activities include any fee-relief activity associated with fee invoicing to implement provisions of NEIMA.                          Revised Fee-Recovery Framework for                    as identified by the Commission, FY 2021 and Subsequent Fiscal Years                    generic homeland security activities, DATES: This final rule is effective on waste incidental to reprocessing August 16, 2021.                                          The NRC is amending the licensing,                  activities, Nuclear Waste Fund ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                    inspection, special project, and annual                activities, advanced reactor regulatory NRC-2018-0292 when contacting the                      fees charged to its applicants and                    infrastructure activities, Inspector NRC about the availability of                          licensees. These amendments are                        General services for the Defense Nuclear information for this action. You may                    necessary to implement Public Law                      Facilities Safety Board, research and obtain publicly-available information                  115-439, NEIMA (42 U.S.C. 2215). The                  development at universities in areas related to this action by any of the                    NEIMA fee-related changes, effective                  relevant to the NRCs mission, and a following methods:                                      October 1, 2020, include (1) repealing                nuclear science and engineering grant
* Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                  the prior fee-recovery framework and                  program.
https://www.regulations.gov and search                  replacing it with a revised framework                    In FY 2021, the fee-relief activities for Docket ID NRC-2018-0292. Address                    and (2) requirements to improve the                    identified by the Commission are questions about NRC dockets to Dawn                    accuracy of invoices for service fees.                consistent with prior final fee rules and Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407;                          Effective October 1, 2020, NEIMA                    include Agreement State oversight, email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For                        repealed Section 6101 of the Omnibus                  regulatory support to Agreement States, technical questions, contact the                        Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, as                  medical isotope production individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                    amended (OBRA-90) (42 U.S.C. 2214),                    infrastructure, fee exemptions for non-INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                    and put in place a revised fee-recovery                profit educational institutions, costs not final rule.                                            framework for FY 2021 and subsequent                  recovered from small entities under
* NRCs Agencywide Documents                        fiscal years, requiring the NRC to                    § 171.16(c) of title 10 of the Code of Access and Management System                            recover, to the maximum extent                        Federal Regulations (10 CFR), generic (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                      practicable, approximately 100 percent                decommissioning/reclamation activities, available documents online in the                      of its total budget authority for the fiscal          the NRCs uranium recovery program ADAMS Public Documents collection at                    year, less the budget authority for                    and unregistered general licenses, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                        excluded activities. For FYs 2005                      potential U.S. Department of Defense adams.html. To begin the search, select                through 2020, OBRA-90 required the                    Program Memorandum of Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For                  NRC to recover through fees                            Understanding activities (Military problems with ADAMS, please contact                    approximately 90 percent of its budget                Radium-226), and non-military radium the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR)                    authority for the fiscal year, less                    sites. In addition, for FY 2021, the reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-                amounts for the activities excluded from              Commission identified international jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@                  fee recovery under OBRA-90 or other                    activities, not including the resources nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number                    legislation. The 10 percent of the                    for import and export licensing, as fee-for each document referenced (if it is                  remaining budget authority not                        relief activities to be excluded from the available in ADAMS) is provided the                    recovered through fees was historically                fee-recovery requirement.
first time that it is mentioned in this                referred to as fee-relief activities. In this            Under NEIMA, the NRC must use its document. For the convenience of the                    final rule, the NRC has established a                  IOAA authority first to collect service VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00002  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                            32147 fees for NRC work that provides specific                which fully satisfies Section 102(d)(1)                how many hours are being expended on benefits to identifiable recipients (such              and partially addresses Section                        each of the various activities within a as licensing work, inspections, and                    102(d)(2) of NEIMA. The new                            project. To further these efforts, the NRC special projects). The NRCs regulations                standardized process improved                          standardized its Cost Activity Codes in 10 CFR part 170, Fees for Facilities,              accountability and oversight within the                (CACs) for all agency activities to clearly Materials, Import and Export Licenses,                  NRC to ensure that fee billing data is                provide licensees with consistent and Other Regulatory Services Under                    correct before appearing on a licensees              descriptions of the work being the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as                      invoice. Standardizing the fee validation              performed across licensing actions, Amended, explain how the agency                      process defines roles and                              inspections, and over multiple dockets.
collects service fees from specific                    responsibilities for performing fee                    Invoices for service fees are now beneficiaries. Because the NRCs fee                    billing validation and certification; this            presented in a more useful and readable recovery under the IOAA (10 CFR part                    standardization process also improves                  manner and hours and costs are no 170) will not equal 100 percent of the                  accountability and internal controls by                longer commingled. As a result, the agencys total budget authority for the                adding management oversight to                        NRCs invoices provide stakeholders fiscal year (less the budget authority for              improve the accuracy of fee billing data.              greater transparency regarding fees.
excluded activities), the NRC also                      The NRCs new process will lead to                        In addition, in October 2019, the NRC assesses annual fees under 10 CFR                  improved internal and external auditing                released an electronic billing (eBilling) part 171, Annual Fees for Reactor                    of service fee invoices to ensure                      system. This public-facing, web-based Licenses and Fuel Cycle Licenses and                    accuracy, transparency, and fairness of                application provides persons assessed Materials Licenses, Including Holders of                invoices. The process requires offices                service fees, including licensees, Certificates of Compliance,                            with fee billable charges to regularly                immediate delivery of NRC invoices, Registrations, and Quality Assurance                    review and certify hours and costs to                  customizable email notifications, the Program Approvals and Government                        validate the charges before the NRC                    capability to view and analyze invoice Agencies Licensed by the NRC, to                      sends a bill for service fees. On an                  details, and access to the U.S.
recover the remaining amount necessary                  annual basis, external financial                      Department of the Treasury systems to to comply with NEIMA.                                  statement auditors will conduct an audit In addition, Section 102(b)(3)(B)(i) of                                                                    pay invoices. The eBilling application of a sample of invoices to determine                  provides persons assessed service fees, NEIMA establishes a new cap for the                    whether the NRC is accurately invoicing annual fees charged to operating reactor                                                                      including licensees, increased billing in accordance with the NRCs fee                      process transparency and has increased licensees; under this provision, the                    schedules. Therefore, the NRCs annual fee for an operating reactor                                                                            applicant and licensee confidence in the invoices will be reviewed and audited                  assessed fees and charges.
licensee, to the maximum extent                        by both internal and external parties.
practicable, shall not exceed the annual                                                                          To address the third action, the NRC The second NEIMA accurate                          is modifying the regulations under 10 fee amount per operating reactor invoicing action also concerns the                    CFR chapter I to provide a standard licensee established in the FY 2015 final transparency and fairness of the overall              process for licensees and applicants to fee rule (80 FR 37432; June 30, 2015),
billing process. The NRC is firmly                    efficiently dispute or otherwise seek adjusted for inflation (see Section II, committed to the application of fairness              review and correction of errors in Discussion, FY 2021 Fee Collection and equity in the assessment of fees. All              invoices for services fees (see Section II, Revised Annual Fees, of this final rule).                                                  10 CFR part 170 service fees are                      Discussion, FY 2021Policy reassessed and published in the Federal                Changes, of this final rule).
B. Accurate Invoicing                                  Register on a yearly basis. In January Section 102(d) of NEIMA requires                    2018, the NRC redesigned its invoices to              II. Discussion three sets of actions related to NRC                    add clarity and transparency for its                  FY 2021 Fee CollectionOverview invoices for service fees assessed under                stakeholders; new features included an 10 CFR part 170. First, as stated in                    invoice legend of NRC acronyms and                        The NRC is issuing this FY 2021 final Section 102(d)(1) of NEIMA, the NRC                    the names of individual NRC staff and/                fee rule based on the Consolidated must ensure appropriate review and                    or the contractor company, if applicable,              Appropriations Act, 2021 (the enacted approval prior to the issuance of                      who had performed the work associated                  budget). The final fee rule reflects a total invoices for service fees. Second, as                with the charges were added. In                        budget authority in the amount of stated in Section 102(d)(2) of NEIMA,                  addition, the NRCs staff hours and                    $844.4 million, a decrease of $11.2 the NRC must develop and implement                    contractor costs were listed separately                million from FY 2020. As explained processes to audit invoices [for 10 CFR                on invoices so the recipient could view                previously, certain portions of the part 170 service fees] to ensure                        the subtotals for the two different                    NRCs total budget authority for the accuracy, transparency, and fairness.                categories of costs. Finally, the NRC                  fiscal year are excluded from NEIMAs Third, as stated in Section 102(d)(3) of                implemented a new data structure to                    fee-recovery requirement under Section NEIMA, the NRC is required to modify                  more effectively account for and track                102(b)(1)(B) of NEIMA. Based on the FY regulations to ensure fair and                          all billable work at the project level. The            2021 enacted budget, these exclusions appropriate processes to provide                        structure included a data element called              total $123.0 million, consisting of $91.2 licensees and applicants an opportunity                an Enterprise Project Identifier (EPID),              million for fee-relief activities, $17.7 to efficiently dispute or otherwise seek                which provides useful details regarding                million for advanced reactor regulatory review and correction of errors in                      the type of project or work that is being              infrastructure activities, $11.7 million invoices for service fees.                            billed. Inspection report numbers were                for generic homeland security activities, jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 The NRC developed and implemented                    converted to EPIDs to provide more                    $1.2 million for waste incidental to process improvements to ensure                          information, and descriptions of                      reprocessing activities, and $1.2 million accurate invoicing for the first two                    inspection activities were added to the                for Inspector General services for the actions. First, in July 2019, the NRC                  invoice. Using this data structure                    Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
implemented a new agencywide process                    enabled the NRCs licensees and other                  Table I summarizes the excluded to standardize the validation of fees,                  persons assessed service fees to identify              activities for the FY 2021 final rule.
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32148                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE IEXCLUDED ACTIVITIES
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2021 final rule Fee-Relief Activities:
International activities (not including the resources for import and export licensing) ..................................................................                                                  $24.7 Agreement State oversight ...........................................................................................................................................................                      10.4 Medical isotope production infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................                              7.0 Fee exemption for nonprofit educational institutions ...................................................................................................................                                    9.3 Costs not recovered from small entities under 10 CFR 171.16(c) ..............................................................................................                                                7.8 Regulatory support to Agreement States .....................................................................................................................................                                12.3 Generic decommissioning/reclamation activities (not related to the operating power reactors and spent fuel storage fee classes) .....................................................................................................................................................................................          14.9 Uranium recovery program and unregistered general licensees .................................................................................................                                                3.7 Potential Department of Defense remediation program Memorandum of Understanding activities ...........................................                                                                      1.0 Non-military radium sites ..............................................................................................................................................................                    0.2 Subtotal Fee-Relief Activities .......................................................................................................................................................                    91.2 Activities under Section 102(b)(1)(B)(ii) of NEIMA (Generic Homeland Security activities, Waste Incidental to Reprocessing ac-tivities, and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board) ..............................................................................................................                                    14.1 Advanced reactor regulatory infrastructure activities ..........................................................................................................................                                17.7 Total Excluded Activities ..............................................................................................................................................................                123.0 After accounting for the exclusions                                    recovered through 10 CFR part 171                                          direction for the NRC to use $35.0 from the fee-recovery requirement and                                      annual fees. Table II summarizes the                                        million in prior-year unobligated net billing adjustments (i.e., for FY 2021                                fee-recovery amounts for the FY 2021                                        carryover funds, including $16.0 million invoices that the NRC estimates will not                                  final fee rule using the enacted budget                                    for the University Nuclear Leadership be paid during the fiscal year, less                                      and takes into account the budget                                          Program, which replaced the Integrated payments received in FY 2021 for prior                                    authority for excluded activities and net                                  University Program. The NRC does not year invoices and current year                                            billing adjustments. For all information                                    assess fees in the current fiscal year for collections made for the termination of                                    presented in the following tables,                                          any carryover funds because, consistent one operating power reactor), the NRC                                      individual values may not sum to totals                                    with the requirements of NEIMA, fees must recover approximately $708.0                                          due to rounding. Please see the work                                        are calculated based on the budget million in fees in FY 2021. Of this                                        papers (ADAMS Accession No.                                                authority enacted for the current fiscal amount, the NRC estimates that $190.6                                      ML21119A024) for actual amounts.
year and fees were already assessed in million will be recovered through 10                                          In FY 2021, the explanatory statement CFR part 170 service fees and                                              associated with the Consolidated                                            the fiscal year in which the carryover approximately $517.4 million will be                                      Appropriations Act, 2021, also includes                                    funds were appropriated.
TABLE IIBUDGET AND FEE RECOVERY AMOUNTS 1
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2021 final rule Total Budget Authority .........................................................................................................................................................................            $844.4 Less Budget Authority for Excluded Activities: ....................................................................................................................................                        &#xa5;123.0 Balance .........................................................................................................................................................................................        721.4 Fee Recovery Percent .........................................................................................................................................................................                100 Total Amount to be Recovered: ..........................................................................................................................................................                    721.4 Less Estimated Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR Part 170 Fees ................................................................................                                                    &#xa5;190.6 Estimated Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR Part 171 Fees .........................................................................................                                                  530.8 10 CFR Part 171 Billing Adjustments:
Unpaid Current Year Invoices (estimated) ...................................................................................................................................                                    2.1 Less Current Year Collections from a Terminated ReactorIndian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit 2 in FY 2020 and Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Unit 3 in FY 2021 ...........................................................................................................................                                &#xa5;2.7 Less Payments Received in Current Year for Previous Year Invoices (estimated) ....................................................................                                                      &#xa5;12.8 Adjusted Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 Fees ..................................................................................                                                      708.0 Adjusted 10 CFR Part 171 Annual Fee Collections Required ............................................................................................................                                        $517.4 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 1 For each table, numbers may not add due to rounding.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                                  32149 FY 2021 Fee CollectionProfessional                                          The NRCs professional hourly rate is                                    to hours is the product of the mission-Hourly Rate                                                                derived by adding budgeted resources                                        direct FTE multiplied by the estimated The NRC uses a professional hourly                                      for: (1) Mission-direct program salaries                                    annual mission-direct FTE productive rate to assess fees under 10 CFR part 170                                  and benefits, (2) mission-indirect                                          hours). The only budgeted resources for specific services it provides. The                                      program support, and (3) agency                                            excluded from the professional hourly professional hourly rate also helps                                        support (corporate support and the                                          rate are those for mission-direct contract determine flat fees (which are used for                                    Inspector General). The NRC then                                            resources, which are generally billed to the review of certain types of license                                      subtracts certain offsetting receipts and                                  licensees separately. The following applications). This rate is applicable to                                  divides this total by the mission-direct                                    shows the professional hourly rate all activities for which fees are assessed                                  full-time equivalent (FTE) converted to                                    calculation:
under &sect;&sect; 170.21 and 170.31.                                                hours (the mission-direct FTE converted Professional                  =      Budgeted Resources                                                              $732.2 million
                                                                                                                                                                                =------                                =      $288 Hourly Rate                            Mission-Direct FTE Converted to                                                  1,684x1,510 Hours For FY 2021, the NRC is increasing                                      FTE amount; therefore, as the number of                                      The FY 2021 estimate for annual the professional hourly rate from $279                                      mission-direct FTE decrease the                                            mission-direct FTE productive hours is to $288. The 3.2 percent increase in the                                    professional hourly rate can increase.                                      1,510 hours, which is unchanged from FY 2021 professional hourly rate is                                        The number of mission-direct FTE is                                        FY 2020. This estimate, also referred to primarily due to a 2.1 percent increase                                    expected to decline by 17, primarily due                                    as the productive hours assumption, in budgetary resources of approximately                                    to: (1) The completion of probabilistic                                    reflects the average number of hours
                                          $15.0 million. The increase in budgetary                                    risk assessment reviews related to                                          that a mission-direct employee spends resources is, in turn, primarily due to an                                  lessons learned from the accident at                                        on mission-direct work in a given year.
increase in salaries and benefits to                                        Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japan; (2) the                                        This estimate, therefore, excludes hours support Federal pay raises for NRC closure of Duane Arnold Energy Center                                      charged to annual leave, sick leave, employees. The anticipated decline in (Duane Arnold); and (3) the reduced                                        holidays, training, and general the number of mission-direct FTE workload associated with significance                                      administrative tasks. Table III shows the compared to FY 2020 also contributed to the increase in the professional                                        determinations, operating experience                                        professional hourly rate calculation hourly rate. The professional hourly rate                                  evaluations, and generic                                                    methodology. The FY 2020 amounts are is inversely related to the mission-direct                                  communications development.                                                provided for comparison purposes.
TABLE IIIPROFESSIONAL HOURLY RATE CALCULATION
[Dollars in millions, except as noted]
FY 2020        FY 2021 final rule    final rule Mission-Direct Program Salaries & Benefits ...........................................................................................................                            $314.6        $335.3 Mission-Indirect Program Support ...........................................................................................................................                      $110.8        $113.2 Agency Support (Corporate Support and the IG) ...................................................................................................                                  $291.5        $283.7 Subtotal .............................................................................................................................................................        $716.9        $732.2 Less Offsetting Receipts 2 .......................................................................................................................................                  $0.0          $0.0 Total Budgeted Resources Included in Professional Hourly Rate ..........................................................................                                          $716.9        $732.2 Mission-Direct FTE (Whole numbers) .....................................................................................................................                            1,701          1,684 Annual Mission-Direct FTE Productive Hours (Whole numbers) ............................................................................                                            1,510          1,510 Mission-Direct FTE Converted to Hours (Mission-Direct FTE multiplied by Annual Mission-Direct FTE Produc-tive Hours) ............................................................................................................................................................      2,568,510      2,542,840 Professional Hourly Rate (Total Budgeted Resources Included in Professional Hourly Rate Divided by Mission-Direct FTE Converted to Hours) (Whole Numbers) ............................................................................................                                        $279          $288 FY 2021 Fee CollectionFlat                                                to applicants for materials licenses and                                    NRC analyzes the actual hours spent Application Fee Changes                                                    other regulatory services, as well as to                                    performing licensing actions and holders of materials licenses. The NRC                                      estimates the five-year average of The NRC is amending the flat                                              calculates these flat fees by multiplying                                  professional staff hours that are needed application fees it charges in its                                          the average professional staff hours                                        to process licensing actions as part of its schedule of fees in &sect;&sect; 170.21 and 170.31                                    needed to process the licensing actions                                    biennial review of fees; these actions are to reflect the revised professional hourly                                  by the professional hourly rate for FY                                      required by Section 205(a) of the Chief rate of $288. The NRC charges these fees                                    2021. As part of its calculations, the                                      Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C.
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 2 The fees collected by the NRC for Freedom of                          hourly rate, per the guidance in the Office of                              indemnity activities are allocated under the Information Act (FOIA) services and indemnity fees                          Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-25,                                  Licensing Actions and Research and Test Reactors (financial protection required of all licensees for                        User Charges. The budgeted resources for FOIA                              products within the Operating Reactors business public liability claims at 10 CFR part 140) are                            activities are allocated under the product for                              line.
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32150                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 902(a)(8)). The NRC performed this                                          &sect; 170.31), as well as certain materials                                      than the NRC. The NRC is allocating review in FY 2021 and will perform this                                    licensing actions (see fee categories 1.C.                                    this surcharge to its licensees based on review again in FY 2023. The biennial                                      through 1.D., 2.B. through 2.F., 3.A.                                        data available in the U.S. Department of review adjustments and the higher                                          through 3.S., 4.B. through 5.A., 6.A.                                        Energys (DOE) Manifest Information professional hourly rate of $288 are the                                    through 9.D., 10.B., 15.A. through 15.L.,                                    Management System. This database primary reasons for the increase in flat                                    15.R., and 16 of &sect; 170.31). Applications                                      contains information on total LLW application fees (see the work papers).                                    filed on or after the effective date of the                                  volumes disposed of by four generator In order to simplify billing, the NRC                                    FY 2021 final fee rule will be subject to                                    classes: Academic, industrial, medical, rounds these flat fees to a minimal                                        the revised fees in the final rule.                                          and utility. The ratio of waste volumes degree. Specifically, the NRC rounds                                                                                                                      disposed of by these generator classes to FY 2021 Fee CollectionLow-Level these flat fees (up or down) in such a                                                                                                                    total LLW volumes disposed over a Waste Surcharge way that ensures both convenience for                                                                                                                    period of time is used to estimate the its stakeholders and that any rounding                                        As in prior years, the NRC is assessing                                    portion of this surcharge that will be effects are minimal. Accordingly, fees                                      a generic low-level waste (LLW)                                              allocated to the power reactors, fuel under $1,000 are rounded to the nearest                                    surcharge of $3.4 million. Disposal of                                        facilities, and the materials users fee
                                          $10, fees between $1,000 and $100,000                                      LLW occurs at commercially-operated                                          classes. The materials users fee class are rounded to the nearest $100, and                                        LLW disposal facilities that are licensed                                    portion is adjusted to account for the fees greater than $100,000 are rounded                                      by either the NRC or an Agreement                                            large percentage of materials licensees to the nearest $1,000.                                                      State. Four existing LLW disposal                                            that are licensed by the Agreement The flat fees are applicable for import                                  facilities in the United States accept                                        States rather than the NRC.
and export licensing actions (see fee                                      various types of LLW. All are located in                                        Table IV shows the allocation of the categories K.1. through K.5. of &sect; 170.21                                    Agreement States and, therefore, are                                          LLW surcharge and its allocation across and fee categories 15.A. through 15.R. of                                  regulated by an Agreement State, rather                                      the various fee classes.
TABLE IVALLOCATION OF LLW SURCHARGE FY 2021
[Dollars in millions]
LLW Surcharge Fee classes Percent            $
Operating Power Reactors ......................................................................................................................................                        87.5              $2.941 Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning ......................................................................................................                                        0.0              0.000 Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities ........................................................................................................                                  0.0              0.000 Fuel Facilities ...........................................................................................................................................................              9.9              0.333 Materials Users ........................................................................................................................................................                2.6              0.087 Transportation ..........................................................................................................................................................                0.0              0.000 Rare Earth Facilities ................................................................................................................................................                  0.0              0.000 Uranium Recovery ...................................................................................................................................................                    0.0              0.000 Total ..................................................................................................................................................................        100.0              3.361 FY 2021 Fee CollectionRevised                                              number of NRC licensees in its fee                                            from the FY 2020 final rule (see the Annual Fees                                                                calculation methodology.                                                      specific fee class sections for a The NRC is revising its annual fees in                                      discussion of this decrease). The NRC, In accordance with SECY-05-0164,                                        &sect;&sect; 171.15 and 171.16 to recover                                              therefore, must recover $517.4 million Annual Fee Calculation Method                                          approximately 100 percent of the NRCs                                        through annual fees from its licensees, (ADAMS Accession No. ML052580332),                                          FY 2021 enacted budget (less the budget                                      which is an increase of $9.5 million the NRC rebaselines its annual fees                                        authority for excluded activities and the                                    from the FY 2020 final rule.
every year. Rebaselining entails                                        estimated amount to be recovered analyzing the budget in detail and then                                    through 10 CFR part 170 fees). The total                                        Table V shows the rebaselined fees for allocating the budgeted resources to                                        estimated 10 CFR part 170 collections                                        FY 2021 for a sample of licensee various classes or subclasses of                                            for this final rule are $190.6 million,                                      categories. The FY 2020 amounts are licensees. It also includes updating the                                    which is a decrease of $29.6 million                                          provided for comparison purposes.
TABLE VREBASELINED ANNUAL FEES
[Actual dollars]
FY 2020      FY 2021 final        final Class/category of licenses                                                                                      annual fee    annual fee
($)          ($)
Operating Power Reactors ......................................................................................................................................                  $4,621,000    $4,749,000 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2
                                          + Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning ...................................................................................................                                    188,000        237,000 Total, Combined Fee ........................................................................................................................................                  4,809,000      4,986,000 Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning ......................................................................................................                                    188,000        237,000 Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities ........................................................................................................                              81,300        80,000 High Enriched Uranium Fuel Facility (Category 1.A.(1)(a)) ....................................................................................                                    5,067,000      4,643,000 Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Facility (Category 1.A.(1)(b)) .....................................................................................                                    1,717,000      1,573,000 VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000        Frm 00006        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700        E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM              16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                              32151 TABLE VREBASELINED ANNUAL FEESContinued
[Actual dollars]
FY 2020      FY 2021 final        final Class/category of licenses                                                                                annual fee    annual fee
($)          ($)
Uranium Enrichment (Category 1.E) .......................................................................................................................                    2,208,000    2,023,000 UF6 Conversion and Deconversion Facility (Category 2.A.(1) ...............................................................................                                    510,000      467,000 Basic In Situ Recovery Facilities (Category 2.A.(2)(b)) ..........................................................................................                              49,200        47,200 Typical Users:
Radiographers (Category 3O) ..........................................................................................................................                      29,900        29,100 All Other Specific Byproduct Material Licensees (Category 3P) .....................................................................                                          9,700        9,900 Medical Other (Category 7C) ...........................................................................................................................                    14,800        16,800 Device/Product Safety EvaluationBroad (Category 9A) ...............................................................................                                        13,800        17,900 The work papers that support this                                      allocated to each class of licensees and                                  a. Operating Power Reactors final rule show in detail how the NRC                                    the calculations of the rebaselined fees.                                    The NRC will collect $441.7 million allocates the budgeted resources for                                      For more information about detailed fee                                    in annual fees from the operating power each class of licensees and calculates                                    calculations for each class, please                                        reactors fee class in FY 2021, as shown the fees.                                                                consult the accompanying work papers                                      in Table VI. The FY 2020 operating Paragraphs a. through h. of this                                      for this final rule.                                                      power reactors fees are shown for section describe the budgeted resources                                                                                                              comparison purposes.
TABLE VIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR OPERATING POWER REACTORS
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2020      FY 2021 Summary fee calculations                                                                                    final        final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................              $623.9        $611.8 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                        &#xa5;186.7        &#xa5;161.6 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                      437.2        450.2 Allocated generic transportation ..............................................................................................................................                    0.2          0.3 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................            &#xa5;1.2            N/A Allocated LLW surcharge ........................................................................................................................................                  3.1          2.9 Billing adjustment .....................................................................................................................................................          2.4        &#xa5;9.1 Adjustment: Estimated current year collections from terminated reactor (Indian Point Generating, Unit 2 in FY 2020 and Indian Point Generating, Unit 3 in FY 2021) .......................................................................................                                  &#xa5;2.7          &#xa5;2.7 Total required annual fee recovery ..................................................................................................................                      439.0        441.7 Total operating reactors ...................................................................................................................................                  95            93 Annual fee per reactor .............................................................................................................................................            $4.621        $4.749 In comparison to FY 2020, the FY                                        due to the shutdown of Indian Point                                        that were deferred due to the COVID-19 2021 annual fee for the operating power                                  Unit 3. These components are discussed                                    pandemic.
reactors fee class is increasing primarily                                in the following paragraphs.                                                  In addition, as a result of the revised due to the following: (1) The decline in                                    The 10 CFR part 170 estimated                                            fee-recovery framework under NEIMA, 10 CFR part 170 estimated billings; (2)                                  billings declined primarily due to the                                    the FY 2021 annual fee increased due to the reduction in the total number of                                      following: (1) The decrease due to the                                    the absence of the fee-relief credit that operating power reactors due to the                                      plant closures; (2) the completion of                                      was provided in FY 2020 as part of the closure of Duane Arnold and Indian                                        construction activities at Vogtle Electric                                fee-relief adjustment. Because NEIMA Point Energy Center (Indian Point Unit                                    Generating Plant, Unit 3 (Vogtle Unit 3);                                  eliminated the approximately 90 3); and (3) the absence of the fee-relief                                (3) the completion of the NuScale small                                    percent requirement for fee recovery credit that was provided in FY 2020 as                                    modular reactor (SMR) design                                              and, in turn, the 10 percent limit on fee-part of the fee-relief adjustment. The                                    certification review; and (4) the impact                                  relief activities, the NRC will no longer increase in the annual fee for the                                        of continued travel restrictions and                                      provide a fee-relief credit or assess a fee-operating power reactors fee class is                                    limited on-site presence on inspection                                    relief surcharge as part of the partially offset due to the following: (1)                                activities due to the COVID-19                                            calculation of annual fees for each The decrease in budgeted resources; (2)                                  pandemic. This decrease in the 10 CFR                                      licensee fee class.
the 10 CFR part 171 billing adjustment                                    part 170 estimated billings is partially                                      The increase in the annual fee is jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 that was included in the operating                                        offset by increased work to support the                                    partially offset by a decline in FTEs power reactors fee class calculation due                                  following: (1) The review of the Oklo                                      associated with changes in workload, to the deferral of annual fees and fees                                  Power LLC combined license (COL)                                          including, but not limited to, the for services due to the coronavirus                                      application for the Aurora micro reactor,                                  following: (1) The completion of disease (COVID-19) pandemic; and (3)                                      which was docketed in June 2020; and                                      probabilistic risk assessment reviews the current year collection adjustment                                    (2) rescheduled inspection activities                                      related to lessons learned from the VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00007      Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM              16JNR2
 
32152                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi in                                        reactors compared to FY 2020 due to the                                  resulting from licensees leaving the fee Japan; (2) the closure of Duane Arnold;                                  closure of Duane Arnold and Indian                                        class and help the NRC continue to (3) reduced workload associated with                                      Point Unit 3, resulting in an annual fee                                  develop budgets that account for a fee significance determinations, operating                                    of $4,749,000 per reactor. Additionally,                                  class with a declining number of experience evaluations, and generic                                      each licensed operating power reactor is                                  licensees. Although the FY 2021 CBJ communications development; (4) the                                      assessed the FY 2021 spent fuel storage/                                  included the estimated operating power completion of the NuScale SMR design                                      reactor decommissioning annual fee of                                    reactors annual fee, the assumptions certification review; (5) a decrease in                                  $237,000 (see Table VII and the                                          made between budget formulation and licensing actions and reduced demand                                      discussion that follows). The combined                                    the development of the FY 2021 final for operator licensing and vendor                                        FY 2021 annual fee for each operating                                    rule have changed, as shown in Table inspection work resulting from the                                        power reactor is $4,986,000.                                              VI.
completion of construction of Vogtle                                        The NRC included an estimate of the In FY 2016, the NRC amended its Unit 3; and (6) decreases in research                                    operating power reactors annual fee in Appendix C, Estimated Operating                                        licensing, inspection, and annual fee workload in areas of flooding, high Power Reactors Annual Fee, of the FY                                    regulations to establish a variable energy arc faulting testing, and the near 2021 Congressional Budget Justification                                  annual fee structure for light-water completion of the Level 3 probabilistic (CBJ), with the intent to increase                                        SMRs (81 FR 32617). Under the variable risk assessment project. The decrease in transparency with stakeholders. The                                      annual fee structure, an SMRs annual the budgeted resources is offset by an NRC developed this estimate based on                                      fee would be assessed as a function of increase for certain contract costs due to the staffs allocation of the FY 2021                                    its bundled licensed thermal power a reduction in the utilization of prior-budget request to fee classes under 10                                    rating. Currently, there are no operating year unobligated carryover funding and CFR part 170, and allocations within the                                  SMRs; therefore, the NRC will not assess an increase in the fully-costed FTE rate operating power reactors fee class under                                  an annual fee in FY 2021 for this type compared to FY 2020.
In addition, the increase in the annual                                10 CFR part 171. In addition, the                                        of licensee.
fee is partially offset by the $9,143,303                                estimated annual fee assumed 93                                          b. Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor billing adjustment that was included in                                  operating power reactors in FY 2021                                      Decommissioning the operating power reactors calculation                                  and applied various data assumptions due to the deferral of annual fees and                                    from the FY 2019 final fee rule (84 FR                                      The NRC will collect $28.9 million in fees for services due to the COVID-19                                    22331; May 17, 2019). Based on these                                      annual fees from 10 CFR part 50 power pandemic, and a $2,700,000 current                                        allocations and assumptions, the                                          reactor licensees, and from 10 CFR part year collection adjustment in the                                        operating power reactor annual fee                                        72 licensees that do not hold a 10 CFR operating power reactors fee class                                        included in the FY 2021 CBJ was                                          part 50 license, to recover the budgeted calculation due to the shutdown of                                        estimated to be $4.8 million,                                            resources for the spent fuel storage/
Indian Point Unit 3.                                                      approximately $0.6 million below the                                      reactor decommissioning fee class in FY The fee-recoverable budgeted                                          FY 2015 operating power reactors                                          2021, as shown in Table VII. The FY resources are divided equally among the                                  annual fee amount adjusted for inflation                                  2020 spent fuel storage/reactor 93 licensed operating power reactors, a                                  of $5.4 million. Collectively, these                                      decommissioning fees are shown for decrease of two operating power                                          actions serve to mitigate impacts                                        comparison purposes.
TABLE VIIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE/REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2020      FY 2021 Summary fee calculations                                                                                    final        final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................            $37.9        $42.2 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                        &#xa5;15.9        &#xa5;13.8 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                    22.1        28.4 Allocated generic transportation costs ....................................................................................................................                      0.8          1.1 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................          &#xa5;0.1          N/A Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................          0.1        &#xa5;0.6 Total required annual fee recovery ..................................................................................................................                    22.9        28.9 Total spent fuel storage facilities ......................................................................................................................                122          122 Annual fee per facility ..............................................................................................................................................        $0.188      $0.237 In comparison to FY 2020, the FY                                        fees for services due to the COVID-19                                    waste research activities associated with 2021 annual fee for the spent fuel                                        pandemic. These components are                                            accident tolerant fuel, high burnup, and storage/reactor decommissioning fee                                      discussed in the following paragraphs.                                    enrichment extension fuels.
class is increasing primarily due to the                                    The budgeted resources for the spent                                    The 10 CFR part 170 estimated increase in the budgeted resources and                                    fuel storage/reactor decommissioning                                      billings for FY 2021 decreased primarily the decline in the 10 CFR part 170                                        fee class increased primarily to support                                  due to the following: (1) A reduction in estimated billings. This increase is jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 the following: (1) Decommissioning                                        hours associated with the staffs review partially offset by the 10 CFR part 171                                  activities associated with power reactors                                of applications for renewals and billing adjustment that was included in                                  in decommissioning, including the                                        amendments for independent spent fuel the spent fuel storage/reactor                                            transition of Duane Arnold from                                          storage installation (ISFSI) licenses and decommissioning fee class calculation                                    operation to the power reactor                                            dry cask storage certificates of due to the deferral of annual fees and                                    decommissioning program; and (2)                                          compliance (CoCs); (2) the near VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00008        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                                  32153 completion of the staffs review of the                                  activities for ISFSI licenses and dry cask                                spent fuel storage/reactor Interim Storage Partners consolidated                                    storage CoCs; (2) the staffs safety and                                  decommissioning calculation due to the interim storage facility application; (3)                                environmental review of the Holtec HI-                                    deferral of annual fees and fees for the completion of certain follow-up                                      STORE consolidated interim storage                                        services due to the COVID-19 inspections and other inspection                                          facility application; (3) the staffs review                              pandemic.
activities for San Onofre Nuclear                                        of topical reports; and (4)                                                  The required annual fee recovery Generating Station; (4) the completion                                    decommissioning activities within the                                    amount is divided equally among 122 of licensing actions, partial site release                                power reactor decommissioning                                            licensees, resulting in a FY 2021 annual requests, and a decrease in confirmatory                                  program, including the review of                                          fee of $237,000 per licensee.
survey work at multiple sites; and (5)                                    decommissioning license amendment
: c. Fuel Facilities the near completion of the license                                        requests, exemption requests, and termination for the La Crosse Boiling                                    inspection activities at multiple sites.                                    The NRC will collect $17.5 million in Water Reactor. This decrease in the 10                                      The increase in the annual fee is                                      annual fees from the fuel facilities fee CFR part 170 estimated billings is                                        partially offset by an approximate $0.6                                  class in FY 2021, as shown in Table partially offset by increased work to                                    million 10 CFR part 171 billing                                          VIII. The FY 2020 fuel facilities fees are support the following: (1) Inspection                                    adjustment that was included in the                                      shown for comparison purposes.
TABLE VIIIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR FUEL FACILITIES
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2020        FY 2021 Summary fee calculations                                                                                    final          final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................              $23.2            $23.3 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                        &#xa5;6.8            &#xa5;7.3 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                    16.5            16.0 Allocated generic transportation ..............................................................................................................................                  1.1              1.5 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................          &#xa5;0.1              N/A Allocated LLW surcharge ........................................................................................................................................                0.4              0.3 Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................          0.1            &#xa5;0.4 Total remaining required annual fee recovery ........................................................................................................                          $18.0            $17.5 In comparison to FY 2020, the FY                                        million billing adjustment was included                                  (these effort levels are reflected in Table 2021 annual fee for the fuel facilities fee                              in the fuel facilities calculation due to                                IX). The annual fees are then distributed class is decreasing primarily due to the                                  the deferral of annual fees and fees for                                  across the fee class based on the increase in 10 CFR part 170 estimated                                    services due to the COVID-19                                              regulatory effort assigned by the matrix.
billings and the 10 CFR part 171 billing                                  pandemic.                                                                The effort factors in the matrix represent adjustment that was included in the fuel                                    The decrease in the annual fee is                                      regulatory effort that is not recovered facilities calculation due to the deferral                                offset, in part, by an increase in the                                    through 10 CFR part 170 fees (e.g.,
of annual fees and fees for services due                                  resources for contract costs budgeted for                                rulemaking, guidance). Regulatory effort to the COVID-19 pandemic. The                                            the fuel facilities fee class primarily due                              for activities that are subject to 10 CFR decrease in the annual fee is offset by an                                to a reduction in the utilization of prior-                              part 170 fees, such as the number of increase in the budgeted resources as                                    year unobligated carryover compared to                                    inspections, is not applicable to the discussed in the following paragraphs.                                    FY 2020.                                                                  effort factor.
The 10 CFR part 170 estimated                                              The NRC will continue allocating                                          In addition, the NRC has added an billings increased as a result of the                                    annual fees to individual fuel facility                                  annual fee for fee category 1.A.(2),
following: (1) The increased workload to                                  licensees based on the effort/fee                                        Limited Operations, in anticipation support the staffs review of a license                                  determination matrix developed in the                                    that the NRC may decide to issue a amendment application associated with                                    FY 1999 final fee rule (64 FR 31447;                                      license amendment in the future that high assay low-enriched uranium and                                      June 10, 1999). To briefly recap, the                                    would move a licensee to the Limited the associated security plans, and (2) the                                matrix groups licensees within this fee                                  Operations fee category from the 1.E, review of the Westinghouse                                                class into various fee categories. The                                    Uranium Enrichment fee category environmental impact statement being                                      matrix lists processes that are conducted                                because the NRC has received an developed for the license renewal                                        at licensed sites and assigns effort                                      amendment application to a fuel facility application. As part of the final annual                                  factors for the safety and safeguards                                    license that, if granted, would authorize fee calculation, an approximate $0.4                                      activities associated with each process                                  a significantly smaller operating facility.
TABLE IXEFFORT FACTORS FOR FUEL FACILITIES, FY 2021 Effort factors Facility type                                                                          Number of (fee category)                                                                          facilities            Safety        Safeguards jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 High-Enriched Uranium Fuel (1.A.(1)(a)) ....................................................................................                                        2              88              91 Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel (1.A.(1)(b)) .....................................................................................                                        3              70              21 Limited Operations (1.A.(2)(a)) ....................................................................................................                                1              3              17 Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Demonstration (1.A.(2)(b)) ..............................................................                                                  0              0              0 Hot Cell (and others) (1.A.(2)(c)) .................................................................................................                                0              0              0 VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00009        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
32154                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE IXEFFORT FACTORS FOR FUEL FACILITIES, FY 2021Continued Effort factors Facility type                                                                          Number of (fee category)                                                                          facilities            Safety        Safeguards Uranium Enrichment (1.E.) ..........................................................................................................                                1              16                23 UF6 Conversion and Deconversion (2.A.(1)) ...............................................................................                                            1              7                2 In FY 2021, the total remaining                                        total regulatory effort for safety                                        its percentage of the total regulatory amount of annual fees to be recovered,                                    activities. Similarly, the NRC allocates                                  effort for both safety and safeguards
                                          $17.5 million, is attributable to safety                                  the budgeted resources to be recovered                                    activities. The annual fee per licensee is activities, safeguards activities, and the                                as annual fees for safeguards activities,                                then calculated by dividing the total LLW surcharge. For FY 2021, the total                                    $7.8 million, to each fee category based                                  allocated budgeted resources for the fee budgeted resources to be recovered as                                    on its percentage of the total regulatory                                category by the number of licensees in annual fees for safety activities are $9.4                                effort for safeguards activities. Finally,                                that fee category. The fee for each million. To calculate the annual fee, the                                the fuel facilities fee class portion of the                              facility is summarized in Table X.
NRC allocates this amount to each fee                                    LLW surcharge$0.3 millionis category based on its percentage of the                                  allocated to each fee category based on TABLE XANNUAL FEES FOR FUEL FACILITIES
[Actual dollars]
FY 2020          FY 2021 Facility type                                                                                      final            final (fee category)                                                                                    annual fee      annual fee High-Enriched Uranium Fuel (1.A.(1)(a)) ................................................................................................................                  $5,067,000        $4,643,000 Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel (1.A.(1)(b)) .................................................................................................................                    1,717,000        1,573,000 Facilities with limited operations (1.A.(2)(a)) ...........................................................................................................                      N/A        1,037,000 Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Demonstration (1.A.(2)(b)) ..........................................................................................                                  N/A              N/A Hot Cell (and others) (1.A.(2)(c)) .............................................................................................................................                  N/A              N/A Uranium Enrichment (1.E.) ......................................................................................................................................            2,208,000        2,023,000 UF6 Conversion and Deconversion (2.A.(1)) ..........................................................................................................                          510,000          467,000
: d. Uranium Recovery Facilities                                            facilities fee class in FY 2021, as shown                                recovery facilities fees are shown for The NRC will collect $0.2 million in                                    in Table XI. The FY 2020 uranium                                          comparison purposes.
annual fees from the uranium recovery TABLE XIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR URANIUM RECOVERY FACILITIES
[Dollars in millions]
FY 2020          FY 2021 Summary fee calculations                                                                                    final            final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................                $0.6            $0.5 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                          &#xa5;0.4            &#xa5;0.3 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                        0.2            0.2 Allocated generic transportation ..............................................................................................................................                    N/A            N/A Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................              0.0            N/A Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................            0.0            0.0 Total required annual fee recovery .........................................................................................................................                        0.2            0.2 In comparison to FY 2020, the FY                                        (UMTRCA).3 The annual fee assessed to                                    of the remaining budgeted resources for 2021 annual fee for the uranium                                          DOE includes the resources specifically                                  this fee class. The NRC described the recovery facilities fee class is decreasing                              budgeted for the NRCs UMTRCA Title                                      overall methodology for determining primarily due to a decline in the                                        I and II activities, as well as 10 percent                                fees for UMTRCA in the FY 2002 fee budgeted resources because of an                                                                                                                    rule (67 FR 42625; June 24, 2002), and expected decrease in casework                                                3 Congress established the two programs, Title I                      the NRC continues to use this associated with uranium recovery                                          and Title II, under UMTRCA to protect the public                          methodology. The DOEs UMTRCA policy issues, environmental review                                      and the environment from hazards associated with jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 uranium milling. The UMTRCA Title I program is                            annual fee is decreasing compared to FY coordination activities, and guidance                                    for remedial action at abandoned mill tailings sites                      2020 due to an increase in the 10 CFR development.                                                              where tailings resulted largely from production of                        part 170 estimated billings for the The NRC regulates DOEs Title I and                                    uranium for weapons programs. The NRC also                                anticipated workload increases at regulates DOEs UMTRCA Title II program, which Title II activities under the Uranium                                    is directed toward uranium mill sites licensed by                        various DOE UMTRCA sites. The NRC Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act                                      the NRC or Agreement States in or after 1978.                            assesses the remaining 90 percent of its VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00010        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                    32155 budgeted resources to the remaining                                        the work papers. This is reflected in licensee in this fee class, as described in                                Table XII:
TABLE XIICOSTS RECOVERED THROUGH ANNUAL FEES; URANIUM RECOVERY FACILITIES FEE CLASS
[Actual dollars]
FY 2020        FY 2021 Summary of costs                                                                        final          final annual fee      annual fee DOE Annual Fee Amount (UMTRCA Title I and Title II) General Licenses:
UMTRCA Title I and Title II budgeted resources less 10 CFR part 170 receipts ...........................................                                    $114,577        $111,536 10 percent of generic/other uranium recovery budgeted resources ................................................................                                5,573            5,241 10 percent of uranium recovery fee-relief adjustment .....................................................................................                      &#xa5;107              N/A Total Annual Fee Amount for DOE (rounded) ........................................................................................................              $120,000        $117,000 Annual Fee Amount for Other Uranium Recovery Licenses:
90 percent of generic/other uranium recovery budgeted resources less the amounts specifically budgeted for UMTRCA Title I and Title II activities ......................................................................................................        $50,153          $47,166 90 percent of uranium recovery fee-relief adjustment .....................................................................................                    &#xa5;959              N/A Total Annual Fee Amount for Other Uranium Recovery Licenses                                                                                                      $49,194          $47,166 Further, for any non-DOE licensees,                                      recovery licensees first identifies the                        benefit these licensees, along with each the NRC will continue using a matrix to                                    licensee categories included within this                        activitys relative weight (see the work determine the effort levels associated                                      fee class (excluding DOE). These                                papers). Currently, there is only one with conducting generic regulatory                                          categories are: Conventional uranium                            remaining non-DOE licensee, which is a actions for the different licensees in the                                  mills and heap leach facilities, uranium                        basic in situ recovery facility. Table XIII uranium recovery facilities fee class;                                      in situ recovery (ISR) and resin ISR                            displays the benefit factors for the non-this is similar to the NRCs approach for                                  facilities, and mill tailings disposal                          DOE licensee in that fee category:
fuel facilities, described previously. The                                  facilities. The matrix identifies the types matrix methodology for uranium                                              of operating activities that support and TABLE XIIIBENEFIT FACTORS FOR URANIUM RECOVERY LICENSES Number of        Benefit factor                    Benefit factor Fee category                                                                                                Total value licensees        per licensee                      percent total Conventional and Heap Leach mills (2.A.(2)(a)) .............................................                                        0                0                0                0 Basic In Situ Recovery facilities (2.A.(2)(b)) ....................................................                                  1              190              190            100.0 Expanded In Situ Recovery facilities (2.A.(2)(c)) ............................................                                      0                0                0                0 Section 11e.(2) disposal incidental to existing tailings sites (2.A.(4)) .............                                              0                0                0                0 Total ..........................................................................................................              1              190              190            100.0 The annual fee for the remaining non-                                      100 percent of the budgeted resources, DOE licensee is calculated by allocating                                    as summarized in Table XIV.
TABLE XIVANNUAL FEES FOR URANIUM RECOVERY LICENSEES
[Other than DOE; actual dollars]
FY 2020        FY 2021 Facility type                                                                        final          final (fee category)                                                                    annual fee      annual fee Conventional and Heap Leach mills (2.A.(2)(a)) .....................................................................................................                N/A              N/A Basic In Situ Recovery facilities (2.A.(2)(b)) ...........................................................................................................      $49,200          $47,200 Expanded In Situ Recovery facilities (2.A.(2)(c)) ....................................................................................................              N/A              N/A Section 11e.(2) disposal incidental to existing tailings sites (2.A.(4)) .....................................................................                      N/A              N/A
: e. Non-Power Production or Utilization                                      class in FY 2021, as shown in Table XV.                        power production and utilization Facilities                                                                  The non-power production or                                    facilities expected to be used for the utilization facilities fee class replaces                      production of medical isotopes. The jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 The NRC will collect $0.320 million                                      the research and test reactor fee class                        final FY 2020 research and test reactors in annual fees from the non-power                                          from previous fiscal years. This revised                        fees are shown for comparison production or utilization facilities fee                                    fee class accounts for commercial non-                          purposes.
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32156                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE XVANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR NON-POWER PRODUCTION OR UTILIZATION FACILITIES
[Actual dollars]
Summary fee calculations                                                                                  FY 2020 final  FY 2021 final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................          $3,317,830      $2,896,754 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                    &#xa5;3,030,000      &#xa5;2,576,000 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                    287,830        320,754 Allocated generic transportation ..............................................................................................................................                30,713          4,330 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................          &#xa5;6,183              N/A Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................        12,980        &#xa5;4,391 Total required annual fee recovery ..................................................................................................................                    325,341        320,141 Total non-power production or utilization facilities licenses .............................................................................                                    4              4 Total annual fee per license (rounded) ...................................................................................................................                    $81,300        $80,000 In comparison to FY 2020, the                                          associated with the four non-power                                        and results in an FY 2021 annual fee of budgetary resources for the non-power                                    production or utilization facilities                                      $80,000 for each licensee.
production or utilization facilities fee                                  licensees subject to annual fees                                          f. Rare Earth class is primarily decreasing with                                        increased to support the following: (1) respect to the medical isotope                                            Activities associated with the review of                                    The NRC has not allocated any production facilities due to the near                                    the GE Nuclear Test Reactor license                                      budgeted resources to this fee class; completion of the activities associated                                  renewal application; and (2) activities                                  therefore, the NRC is not assessing an with the staffs review of the operating                                  associated with the review of a complex                                  annual fee for this fee class in FY 2021.
license application for SHINE Medical                                    license amendment for the National                                        g. Materials Users Technologies, LLC (SHINE). In addition, Institute of Standards and Technology the 10 CFR part 170 estimated billings                                                                                                                The NRC will collect $35.3 million in Neutron Reactor.
are declining within the fee class as a                                                                                                            annual fees from materials users result of delayed submittals associated                                      The annual fee-recovery amount is                                      licensed under 10 CFR parts 30, 40, and with medical isotope production                                          divided equally among the four non-                                      70, as shown in Table XVI. The FY 2020 facilities by various applicants. The 10                                  power production or utilization                                          materials users fees are shown for CFR part 170 estimated billings                                          facilities licensees subject to annual fees                              comparison purposes.
TABLE XVIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR MATERIALS USERS
[Dollars in millions]
Summary fee calculations                                                                                  FY 2020 final  FY 2021 final Total budgeted resources for licensees not regulated by Agreement States .........................................................                                                $33.7          $35.1 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                            &#xa5;1.0            &#xa5;1.0 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                        32.8            34.1 Allocated generic transportation ..............................................................................................................................                    1.2            1.5 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................              0.0            N/A LLW surcharge ........................................................................................................................................................              0.0            0.1 Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................            0.1          &#xa5;0.4 Total required annual fee recovery ..................................................................................................................                      $34.1          $35.3 The formula for calculating 10 CFR                                      application fees and estimated                                            activities. In addition, annual fees are part 171 annual fees for the various                                      inspection costs for each fee category.                                  increasing for 11 fee categories within categories of materials users is described                                Because the application fees and                                          the materials users fee class due to the in detail in the work papers. Generally,                                  inspection costs are indicative of the                                    following: (1) An increase in the fully-the calculation results in a single annual                                complexity of the materials license, this                                costed FTE rate compared to FY 2020; fee that includes 10 CFR part 170 costs,                                  approach provides a proxy for allocating                                  (2) an increase in the budgeted such as amendments, renewals,                                            the generic and other regulatory costs to                                resources for contract costs due to a inspections, and other licensing actions                                  the diverse fee categories. This fee                                      reduction in the utilization of prior-year specific to individual fee categories.                                    calculation method also considers the                                    unobligated carryover funding The total annual fee recovery of $35.3                                  inspection frequency (priority), which is                                compared to FY 2020; (3) the million for FY 2021 shown in Table XVI                                    indicative of the safety risk and                                        realignment of budgeted resources that consists of $27.6 million for general                                    resulting regulatory costs associated                                    supports contract funding for general costs and $7.7 million for inspection                                    with the categories of licenses.
license tracking, the materials event costs. To equitably and fairly allocate                                    In comparison to FY 2020, annual fees database, and rulemaking information jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 the $35.3 million required to be                                          are decreasing for 42 fee categories technology activities; (4) changes as a collected among approximately 2,500                                      within the materials users fee class to diverse materials users licensees, the                                    reflect changes as a result of the biennial                              result of the biennial review of fees, NRC continues to calculate the annual                                    review of fees, which included an                                        which included an examination of the fees for each fee category within this                                    examination of the average professional                                  average professional hours for licensing class based on the 10 CFR part 170                                        hours for licensing and oversight                                        and oversight activities; and (5) an VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00012        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                                32157 increase in generic transportation costs                                  inspections, expressed in years. The                                    of approximately $0.087 million in LLW for materials users.                                                      inspection multiplier is established in                                  surcharge costs allocated to the A constant multiplier is established to                                order to recover the $7.7 million in                                    materials users fee class (see Table IV, recover the total general costs (including                                inspection costs. To derive the                                          Allocation of LLW Surcharge, FY allocated generic transportation costs) of                                inspection multiplier, the inspection                                    2021, in Section II, Discussion, of
                                          $27.6 million. To derive the constant                                      costs amount is divided by the sum of                                    this document). The annual fee for each multiplier, the general cost amount is                                    all fee categories (inspection fee divided                              fee category is shown in the revision to divided by the sum of all fee categories                                  by inspection priority) then multiplied                                  &sect; 171.16(d).
(application fee plus the inspection fee                                  by the number of licensees. This divided by inspection priority) then                                      calculation results in an inspection                                    h. Transportation multiplied by the number of licensees.                                    multiplier of 1.43 for FY 2021. The This calculation results in a constant                                    unique category costs are any special                                      The NRC will collect $1.4 million in multiplier of 1.0 for FY 2021. The                                        costs that the NRC has budgeted for a                                    annual fees to recover generic average inspection cost is the average                                    specific category of licenses. Please see                                transportation budgeted resources in FY inspection hours for each fee category                                    the work papers for more detail about                                    2021, as shown in Table XVII. The FY multiplied by the professional hourly                                      this classification.                                                    2020 fees are shown for comparison rate of $288. The inspection priority is                                      The annual fee being assessed to each                                purposes.
the interval between routine                                              licensee also takes into account a share TABLE XVIIANNUAL FEE
 
==SUMMARY==
CALCULATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION
[Dollars in millions]
Summary fee calculations                                                                                  FY 2020 final  FY 2021 final Total budgeted resources ........................................................................................................................................                $7.2            $8.3 Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts ..............................................................................................................                            &#xa5;2.8            &#xa5;2.3 Net 10 CFR part 171 resources .......................................................................................................................                        4.4              5.9 Less generic transportation resources ....................................................................................................................                        &#xa5;3.4            &#xa5;4.5 Fee-relief adjustment ...............................................................................................................................................              0.0              N/A Billing adjustments ...................................................................................................................................................            0.0            &#xa5;0.1 Total required annual fee recovery ..................................................................................................................                      $1.0            $1.4 In comparison to FY 2020, the annual                                    transportation fee class calculation due                                in Table XVIII. Note that for the non-fee for the transportation fee class is                                    to the deferral of annual fees and fees                                  power production or utilization increasing primarily due to the                                            for services due to the COVID-19                                        facilities fee class, the NRC allocates the following: (1) The decline in 10 CFR                                      pandemic.                                                                distribution to only those licensees that part 170 estimated billings related to                                        Consistent with the policy established                                are subject to annual fees. Although five delays in new amendment packages;                                          in the NRCs FY 2006 final fee rule (71                                  CoCs benefit the entire non-power and (2) an increase in the budgeted                                        FR 30721; May 30, 2006), the NRC                                        production or utilization facilities fee resources for contract costs due to a                                      recovers generic transportation costs                                    class, only 4 out of 31 non-power unrelated to DOE by including those reduction in the utilization of prior-year                                                                                                          production or utilization facilities costs in the annual fees for licensee fee unobligated carryover funding                                                                                                                      licensees are subject to annual fees.
classes. The NRC continues to assess a compared to FY 2020, an increase in the                                    separate annual fee under &sect; 171.16, fee                                  Consequently, the number of CoCs used number and complexities of                                                category 18.A., for DOE transportation                                  to determine the proportion of generic transportation package applications as a                                  activities. The amount of the allocated                                  transportation resources allocated to result of an increase in the number of                                    generic resources is calculated by                                      annual fees for the non-power power reactors in decommissioning, and                                    multiplying the percentage of total CoCs                                production or utilization facilities fee the expanded use of accident tolerant                                      used by each fee class (and DOE) by the                                  class has been adjusted to 0.7 so these fuels. The increase in the annual fee is                                  total generic transportation resources to                                licensees are charged a fair and partially offset by an approximate $0.1                                    be recovered.                                                            equitable portion of the total fees (see million 10 CFR part 171 billing                                              This resource distribution to the                                    the work papers).
adjustment that was included in the                                        licensee fee classes and DOE is shown TABLE XVIIIDISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, FY 2021
[Dollars in millions]
Number                                  Allocated of CoCs              Percentage of      generic Licensee fee class/DOE                                                                        benefiting            total CoCs    transportation fee class                              resources or DOE jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 Materials Users ............................................................................................................................                    23.0              25.9              1.5 Operating Power Reactors ..........................................................................................................                              5.0                5.6              0.3 Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning ..........................................................................                                          16.0              18.0              1.1 Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities ............................................................................                                      0.7                0.7              0.0 Fuel Facilities ...............................................................................................................................                23.0              25.9              1.5 Sub-Total of Generic Transportation Resources .........................................................................                                        67.7              76.3              4.5 VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000        Frm 00013      Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
32158                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations TABLE XVIIIDISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, FY 2021Continued
[Dollars in millions]
Number                            Allocated of CoCs        Percentage of      generic Licensee fee class/DOE                                                                          benefiting      total CoCs    transportation fee class                        resources or DOE DOE .............................................................................................................................................            21.0            23.7              1.4 Total ......................................................................................................................................          88.7            100.0              5.9 The NRC assesses an annual fee to                                        is revising its regulations. Specifically                                final fee rule (85 FR 37250; June 19, DOE based on the 10 CFR part 71 CoCs                                        the NRC is revising &sect; 15.31, Disputed                                  2020) that amended the timing of the it holds. The NRC, therefore, does not                                      debts, with conforming amendments in                                  assessment of annual fees for future 10 allocate these DOE-related resources to                                    &sect;&sect; 15.37, Interest, penalties, and                                    CFR part 50 power reactors and 10 CFR other licensees annual fees because                                        administrative costs, and 15.53,                                      part 52 COL holders.
these resources specifically support                                        Reasons for suspending collection                                        Currently, &sect; 171.15(a) requires the DOE.                                                                        action, and changing the heading for                                  NRC to assess annual fees to a test or FY 2021Policy Changes                                                      &sect; 170.51, Right to review and appeal of                                research reactor (excluding test or prescribed fees, to Right to dispute                                research reactors exempted under The NRC is making two policy                                              assessed fees. The NRC is also adding                                  &sect; 171.11(b)) when the NRC authorizes changes for FY 2021:                                                        a new section, &sect; 171.26, Right to                                      the licensee to use nuclear materials Process for Disputing Errors in Invoices                                    dispute assessed fees, to 10 CFR part                                  (i.e., begin operating the reactor in for Service Fees                                                            171. These changes outline the                                          accordance with its license). Prior to interactions between the submitter and                                  this final rule, the NRC had not Section 102(d)(3) of NEIMA requires the NRC. The process will enhance                                        established a policy for assessing 10 the NRC to modify regulations to understanding of the dispute process by                                  CFR part 171 annual fees to future non-ensure fair and appropriate processes to setting out the process for submitting a                                reactor NPUF licensees (e.g., SHINE); at provide licensees and applicants an fee dispute, the stages of the                                          this time, the NRC currently assesses opportunity to efficiently dispute or decisionmaking process while the                                        only 10 CFR part 170 service fees to otherwise seek review and correction of dispute is under review, and the manner                                  prospective applicants for errors in invoices for service fees. The by which the NRC will notify a debtor                                    preapplication activities, construction NRC is implementing requirements for a standard method for licensees and                                          after it makes a final determination on                                  permit holders (i.e., SHINE and applicants to efficiently dispute or seek                                  a dispute. Additionally, these                                          Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC review and correction of errors in                                          amendments provide consistent                                            (NWMI)) and applicants for operating invoices. The process being                                                terminology to differentiate fee disputes                                licenses (i.e., SHINE) for commercial implemented is illustrated in the                                          under 10 CFR part 15 from fee                                            NPUFs, as well as certain operating non-process map, NRC Form 529,                                                exemptions under 10 CFR parts 170 and                                    power production or utilization Processing Dispute of Fees-For-Service                                      171.                                                                    facilities not exempted under &sect; 170.11.
Charges (ADAMS Accession No.                                                                                                                      While the NRCs fee regulations do not Assessment of Annual Fees for Future ML20311A159). This process follows                                                                                                                  include a fee class for future non-reactor 10 CFR Part 50 Non-Power Production the established method for licensees and                                                                                                            NPUF licensees, the NRC historically or Utilization Facility Licensees and for applicants to submit requests for the                                                                                                                has included budgeted resources for Small Modular Reactor Licensees review of fees assessed under 10 CFR                                                                                                                NWMI and SHINE within the research part 170 (ADAMS Accession No.                                                  The NRC is amending &sect; 171.15(a) so                                    and test reactor fee class. The budgeted ML20104C055). The NRC Form 529 will                                        that the assessment of annual fees                                      resources for NWMI and SHINE not be available in the agencys eBilling                                      commences after future non-power                                        recovered in 10 CFR part 170 service system and on the agencys public                                          production or utilization facility (NPUF)                                fees previously were included in fee-website, and can be found under                                            licensees have successfully completed                                    relief. These resources for the ADAMS Accession No. ML20339A673.                                            startup testing and have provided                                        development of a medical isotope Standard use of an NRC form and                                            written notification to the NRC. In                                      production infrastructure are now amendments to the current regulations                                      addition, the NRC is renaming the                                        excluded from the fee-recovery in &sect; 15.31 will increase efficiency by                                      research and test reactors fee class the                            requirement under NEIMA as a fee-relief providing the licensees and applicants                                      non-power production or utilization                                    activity identified by the Commission.
with clear guidelines and expectations                                      facilities fee class, which would                                        In anticipation that the NRC may for submitting a fee dispute. It also                                      include currently operating research                                    decide to issue an operating license in eliminates ambiguity regarding the                                          and test reactors and future NPUFs,                                      the future, the NRC is revising its appropriate information needed for the                                      such as non-reactor NPUF technologies.                                  regulations to provide for the NRC to consider and make a                                                  Finally, the NRC is amending                                            assessment of annual fees to NPUFs determination on a fee dispute.                                            &sect; 171.15(e) so that the assessment of                                    under &sect; 171.15(a) when they have jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 In response to NEIMAs requirement                                      annual fees for a SMR licensee                                          notified the NRC of the successful that the NRC modify its regulations to                                      commences after the successful                                          completion of startup testing. This final provide licensees and applicants an                                        completion of power ascension testing                                    rule uses the term non-power opportunity to efficiently dispute or                                      and the licensee provides written                                        production or utilization facility to otherwise seek review and correction of                                    notification to the NRC. These policy                                    have the same meaning as the definition errors in service fee invoices, the NRC                                    changes are consistent with the FY 2020                                  used in SECY-19-0062, Final Rule:
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                            32159 Non-power Production or Utilization                    for an SMR site. The annual fee would                  Definitions, &sect; 171.3, Scope, &sect; 171.5, Facility License Renewal (ADAMS                      be determined using the cumulative                    Definitions, and &sect; 171.17, Accession No. ML18031A000), dated                      licensed thermal power rating of all                  Proration.
June 17, 2019.4 The definition includes                SMR units and the bundled unit FY 2021Administrative Changes production or utilization facilities,                  concept. For a given site, the use of the licensed under &sect; 50.21(a) or (c), or                    bundled unit concept is independent of                    The NRC is making seven
                                          &sect; 50.22, as applicable, that are not                    the number of SMR plants, the number                  administrative changes:
nuclear power reactors or production                    of SMR licenses issued, and the                          1. Change Small Entity Fees.
facilities within the meaning of                        sequencing of the SMR licenses that                      As stated in SECY-08-0174, Fiscal paragraphs (1) and (2) of &sect; 50.2, which                have been issued. There are currently no              Year 2009 Proposed Fee Rule and defines production facility. This                  operating SMRs; therefore, the NRC has                Advance Rulemaking for Grid-definition includes currently operating                not yet assessed an annual fee for this                Appropriate Reactor Fees, dated and future research and test reactors and              type of licensee.                                      November 7, 2008 (ADAMS Accession proposed medical radioisotope facilities                  The NRC recognizes that, after the                  No. ML083120518), the NRC that would be licensed under 10 CFR                    issuance of an operating license under                determined that the maximum small part 50. As such, non-reactor NPUF                      10 CFR part 50 for NPUFs and SMRs, or                  entity fee should be adjusted biennially licensees, such as SHINE, would be                      a COL and &sect; 52.103(g) finding under 10                using a fixed percentage of 39 percent included in the same annual fee class as                CFR part 52 for SMRs, fuel or targets (or              applied to the prior two-year weighted currently operating research and test                  both) must be loaded and startup testing              average of materials users fees for all reactors that pay 10 CFR part 171                      (for NPUFs) and power ascension                        fee categories that have small entity annual fees. This approach is consistent                testing (for SMRs) must be completed                  licensees. The 39 percent was based on with the current approach of combining                  before the facility begins full licensed              the small entity annual fee for FY 2005, limited numbers of similar facilities into              operation. As discussed in the statement              which was the first year the NRC was a single annual fee category, where test              of considerations for the FY 2020 final                required to recover only 90 percent of reactors (of which only one is currently              fee rule, 10 CFR part 52 COLs for power                its budget authority. This methodology operational) are assessed the same 10                  reactors contain a standard license                    remains in place; however, the NRC CFR part 171 annual fees as research                  condition that requires the submittal of              does also consider whether or not reactors. In addition, the NRC expects                written notification to the NRC upon                  implementing an increase will have a that NPUF facilities will request that a                successful completion of power                        disproportionate impact on the NRCs single license under 10 CFR part 50                    ascension testing. Therefore, the NRC                  small entity licensees when compared authorize the operation of multiple                    will incorporate a similar license                    to other licensees. Therefore, the utilization and/or production facilities.              condition into all future 10 CFR part 50              increase for the upper and lower tier Based on the number of facilities                      operating licenses for NPUFs and SMRs,                fees were capped at a 21 percent authorized to operate under a single                    and 10 CFR part 52 COLs for SMRs to                    increase.
ensure that the licensee will promptly                    For the FY 2021 proposed fee rule (86 license, the number of staff hours notify the NRC of the successful                      FR 10459; February 22, 2021), the NRC dedicated to licensing and oversight completion of startup testing or power                conducted a biennial review of small activities for these facilities is not ascension testing. The annual fee                      entity fees to determine whether the expected to differ significantly assessment for future NPUFs and SMR                    NRC should change those fees. The NRC compared to those for the current licenses under 10 CFR part 50, and                    used the fee methodology, developed in operating fleet of NPUFs. Furthermore, SMRs under 10 CFR part 52, will begin                  FY 2009, which applies a fixed stakeholders have previously supported on the date of the licensees written                  percentage of 39 percent to the prior this approach regarding the assessment notification of the successful                        two-year weighted average of materials of 10 CFR part 171 annual fees for future completion of startup testing or power                users fees, when performing its biennial NPUFs. Therefore, a single annual fee ascension testing.                                    review. Based on this methodology and would be appropriate even where an Accordingly, the NRC is amending                    as a result of the FY 2021 biennial NPUF licensee has multiple facilities
                                                                                                  &sect; 171.15(a) and (e) so that annual fees                review, the NRC is increasing the upper operating under a single 10 CFR part 50 commence upon written notification to                  tier small entity fee from $4,500 to license.                                                the NRC of successful completion of SMR licenses can be issued under 10                                                                        $4,900 and increasing the lower tier fee startup testing and power ascension                    from $900 to $1,000. This constitutes a CFR part 50 or 52. Currently, &sect; 171.15 testing, rather than upon issuance of the              9 percent and 11 percent increase, requires the NRC to assess annual fees operating license for 10 CFR part 50                  respectively. The NRC believes these to a 10 CFR part 50 SMR licensee upon NPUFs and SMRs, or issuance of the                    fees are reasonable and provide relief to issuance of an operating license, or to a
                                                                                                  &sect; 52.103(g) finding for 10 CFR part 52                small entities, while at the same time 10 CFR part 52 SMR COL holder after COL holders for SMRs, but upon written                recovering from those licensees some of the Commission has made the finding notification to the NRC of successful                  the NRCs costs for activities that benefit under &sect; 52.103(g) for all licenses held completion of startup testing and/or                  them.
4 The NPUF draft final rule would also revise the power ascension testing. The NRC finds                    2. Amend &sect; 170.1, Purpose, to definition of research reactor in &sect;&sect; 170.3 and 171.5    this change to 10 CFR part 171 to be                  change the reference to the Independent to conform to other definitions in 10 CFR chapter      reasonable, fair, and equitable, and to be            Offices Appropriation Act, 1952.
I. The NRC is not proposing to change the definition    supported by the public comments the                      The NRC is amending &sect; 170.1 to of Research reactor in the specific exemption for      NRC received on PRM-171-1, which                      replace the of after Independent federally-owned and State-owned research reactors in &sect; 170.11(a)(9) or &sect; 171.11(b)(2). The current was submitted by Dr. Michael D. Meier                  Offices Appropriation Act with a jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 definition in &sect; 171.11(b)(2) is based on the language  on behalf of the Southern Nuclear                      comma to make the reference to the of OBRA-90. Further, a substantively similar            Operating Company (ADAMS Accession                    legislation consistent with references in definition of research reactor was included in the      No. ML19081A015), and on the FY 2020                  other NRC contexts.
provisions of NEIMA that relate to the NRCs fee recovery structure. Changing the definition of proposed fee rule (85 FR 9328; February                  3. Amend &sect; 170.3, Definitions, to research reactor in &sect; 171.11(b)(2) would therefore      18, 2020). The NRC is also making                      eliminate definitions for Balance of be inconsistent with NEIMA.                            conforming changes by revising &sect; 170.3,                plants, Nuclear Steam Supply VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00015  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
32160                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations System, and Reference systems                                        This change accurately reflects that even                                    Amend the Receipts-Based NRC Size concept.                                                              when an exemption is in the public                                        Standards, to the Commission The NRC is amending &sect; 170.3 to                                        interest, the NRC cannot grant the                                        (ADAMS Accession No. ML20268B327) eliminate definitions for Balance of                                  exemption unless it is authorized by                                      with the staffs recommendations for plants, Nuclear Steam Supply                                        law. This change also harmonizes                                          amending the NRCs receipts-based size System, and Reference systems                                        &sect; 171.11(c) with &sect; 170.11(b), which uses                                    standards. In the SRM for SECY                                            concept. These definitions are no                                      and. This change does not alter the                                      0111 (ADAMS Accession No.
longer applicable in 10 CFR part 170.                                    NRCs fee exemption policy.                                                  ML21029A186), the Commission These definitions were added in the FY                                      7. Technical Correction.                                                  approved the staffs recommendation to 1977 final fee rule (43 FR 7210; March                                      The NRC is making a technical                                            initiate a rulemaking to amend the 23, 1978) to resolve issues concerning                                  correction to the program codes                                              NRCs small business size standards in assessing fees for balance of plant                                      referenced in &sect;&sect; 170.31 and 171.16.                                          &sect;&sect; 2.810 and 171.16(c) to comply with reviews, related to a previous fee                                      Under &sect;&sect; 170.31 and 171.16, the NRC is                                      the Small Business Runway Extension category (category A.4.b in the table at                                removing program code 03252 since it is Act of 2018 (Runway Act) and related
                                          &sect; 170.21 for standardized design-                                        no longer in use for fee category 3(I).
SBA regulations and to reflect inflation reference systems concept), that was not                                Under &sect; 171.16, the NRC is replacing the adjustments. The NRC is currently in subject to full cost recovery. In the FY                                program codes referenced for fee the process of developing the proposed 1991 final fee rule, the NRC amended 10                                  category 3(A)(1) with 04010, 04012, and rule. The NRC will continue to include CFR parts 52 and 170 to assess licensing                                04014 to reflect the correct program codes that should be cited for this fee                                      updates on this rulemaking activity fees for the review of standardized category. Currently, 3(A)(1) references                                      within the FY 2021 and FY 2022 fee reactor designs, which would be subject program codes 03211, 03212 and 03213.                                        rules to ensure that affected licensees to full cost recovery (56 FR 31472; July 10, 1991). This amendment to eliminate                                  The NRC is also removing program                                            are adequately informed. The public can these definitions will not impact the                                    03235 referenced in fee category 4(A)                                        track all NRC rulemaking activities, NRCs assessment of 10 CFR part 170                                      since it is used as a secondary program                                      including the rulemaking on the NRCs fees for service.                                                        code and no fees are charged to this                                        size standards, on the NRCs
: 4. Remove footnote 6 to the table in                                  code.                                                                        Rulemaking Tracking and Reporting
                                          &sect; 170.21, and footnote 12 to the table in                                                                                                            system at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-Update on the Fees Transformation                                            rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-
                                          &sect; 170.31.
The NRC is removing footnote 6 to the                                Initiative                                                                  ruleforum/active/RuleIndex.html, or by table in &sect; 170.21 and footnote 12 to the                                    In the staff requirements                                                Docket ID NRC-2014-0264 at http://
table in &sect; 170.31 because (1) Congress                                  memorandum (SRM), dated October 19,                                          www.regulations.gov.
has not enacted legislation that would                                  2016 (ADAMS Accession No.                                                      For more information, see the fees exclude import and export activities                                    ML16293A902), for SECY-16-0097,                                              transformation accomplishments from the fee-recoverable budget in FY                                    Fee Setting Improvements and Fiscal                                        schedule, located on the NRCs license 2021; and (2) in accordance with                                        Year 2017 Proposed Fee Rule (ADAMS                                        fees web page at: https://www.nrc.gov/
NEIMA, for FY 2021, the NRC identified                                  Accession No. ML16194A365), the                                              about-nrc/regulatory/licensing/fees-international activities as fee-relief                                  Commission directed the staff to                                            transformation-accomplishments.html.
activities, but it did not include                                      accelerate its process improvements for resources for import and export                                          setting fees. In addition, the                                              III. Public Comment Analysis licensing. The NRC, therefore, will                                      Commission directed the staff to begin the fees transformation activities listed                                    Overview of Public Comments charge fees for import and export licensing actions.                                                      in SECY-16-0097 as Process Changes                                          The NRC published a proposed rule
: 5. Amend &sect; 171.5, Definitions, to                                Recommended for Future                                                      on February 22, 2021 (86 FR 10459), and replace the reference in Budget                                        ConsiderationFY 2018 and Beyond.                                          requested public comment on its authority.                                                            The NRC has completed 39 of the 40                                          proposed revisions to 10 CFR parts 15, The NRC is amending the definition                                    fees transformation activities.                                              170, and 171. By the close of the of budget authority to replace the                                      The one fees transformation activity comment period, the NRC received eight reference to Public Law 101-508 (i.e.,                                  yet to be completed is the rulemaking to written comment submissions on the FY OBRA-90) with a reference to Public                                      update the NRCs small business size standards in &sect; 2.810, NRC size                                            2021 proposed rule. In general, the Law 115-439 (i.e., NEIMA). Effective                                                                                                                  commenters were supportive of the October 1, 2020, NEIMA repealed                                          standards. In FY 2020, the NRC conducted a survey of materials                                              specific proposed regulatory changes.
Section 6101 of OBRA-90 and put in                                                                                                                    Some commenters expressed concerns place a revised fee-recovery framework,                                  licensees to collect relevant data to help determine the need for changes to the                                        about broader fee-policy issues related requiring the NRC to recover, to the NRCs small business size standards in                                      to transparency, the overall size of the maximum extent practicable,
                                                                                                                    &sect; 2.810. In addition, the NRC considered                                    NRCs budget, fairness of fees, and approximately 100 percent of its annual changes in the small business size                                          budget formulation. Some commenters budget, less the budget authority for standards published by the Small                                            concerns were outside the scope of the excluded activities.
: 6. Amend &sect; 171.11(c), Exemptions.                                Business Administration (SBA). On                                            fee rule.
The NRC is revising &sect; 171.11(c) to                                    December 7, 2020, the staff submitted                                          The commenters are listed in Table change the or in the section to and.                            SECY-20-0111, Rulemaking Plan to                                          XIX.
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 TABLE XIXFY 2021 PROPOSED FEE RULE COMMENTER SUBMISSIONS ADAMS Commenter                                                                                            Affiliation                                                                accession No.
Andrew Straw ............................................        N/A ............................................................................................................................... ML21064A398.
M. Keller .................................................... Hybrid Power Technologies LLC ................................................................................                        ML21064A399 VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021      Jkt 253001        PO 00000      Frm 00016        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM              16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                                              32161 TABLE XIXFY 2021 PROPOSED FEE RULE COMMENTER SUBMISSIONSContinued ADAMS Commenter                                                                                          Affiliation                                                                accession No.
Matthew Ostdiek ........................................      Rendezvous Engineering, P.C. (RE) ..........................................................................                          ML21077A246 Gary Peters ............................................... Framatome ..................................................................................................................          ML21082A394 Jennifer Uhle ............................................. Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) ....................................................................................                  ML21084A747 Cheryl Gayheart ........................................      Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) ............................................................                                ML21084A747 Bradley Fewell ........................................... Exelon Generation Company (Exelon) .......................................................................                            ML21085A680 Anonymous ................................................ N/A ............................................................................................................................... ML21090A120 Information about obtaining the                                    services. Under the IOAA, fees must be                                      plant fee class from which over 85% of complete text of the comment                                          fair and based on the costs to the                                          service fees are collected, where Part submissions is available in Section XIV,                              Government and value of the service to                                      170 service fee collections have Availability of Documents, of this                                the recipient. Additionally, under                                          decreased by 45%. While there has been document.                                                            NEIMA, the NRC is required to recover                                        a reduction in the NRC operating plant through fees, to the maximum extent                                          budget during this time, the reduction IV. Public Comments and NRC practicable, approximately 100 percent                                      has not kept pace with the reduction in Responses of its annual budget authority, less the                                    operating plant service fee collections.
The NRC has carefully considered the                              budget authority for excluded activities.                                    As a result, a greater percentage of the public comments received on the                                      Under NEIMA the NRC must also use its                                        budget is required to be recovered proposed rule. The comments have been                                IOAA authority first to collect 10 CFR                                      through annual fees. The percentage of organized by topic. Comments from a                                  part 170 service fees for NRC work that                                      the operating plant budget that is single commenter have been quoted to                                  provides specific benefits to identifiable                                  derived from annual fees (currently at ensure accuracy; brackets within those                                recipients, such as licensing activities,                                    73%) continues to increase; up from comments are used to show changes                                    inspections, and special projects.                                          62% in FY 2016. As noted in the fee that have been made to the quoted                                        To comply with these laws, the NRC                                        rule notices and associated work papers, comments. The NRC responses are                                      establishes a professional hourly rate for                                  the reductions in service fee collections preceded by a short summary of the                                    its work. Consistent with the IOAA, the                                      in recent years have been attributable, in issues raised by the commenters.                                      professional hourly rate is derived by                                      part, to plant closures. These closures adding budgeted resources for: (1)                                          were announced well in advance and A. Overhead Costs Mission-direct program salaries and                                          should have enabled adjustments to be Comment: The NRC fees are wildly                                benefits; (2) mission-indirect program                                      made to properly align the NRC budget excessive relative to private industry.                              support; and (3) agency support, which                                      to reflect smaller projected workloads.
The NRC fee is more than engineering                                  includes corporate support and the                                          With a number of announced nuclear firm senior executives would charge a                                Inspector General. The NRC then                                              plant closures in FY 2022 and client. There is simply no question that                              subtracts certain offsetting receipts and                                    subsequent years, the downward trend the NRC bureaucracy is vast and                                      divides this total by the mission-direct                                    in Part 170 service fee collections will requires an extremely high overhead                                  FTE converted to hours (the mission-                                        continue. It is not realistic to expect a cost be attached to the direct cost                                  direct FTE converted to hours is the                                        decreasing number of operating plants associated with NRC staff carrying out                                product of the mission-direct FTE                                            to support a budget that, on a per plant review activities. The NRC fee creates a                              multiplied by the estimated annual                                          basis, is appreciably increasing. The yearly charge that is more than the                                  mission-direct FTE productive hours).                                        anticipated reduction in Part 170 service salary of the U.S. president. As long as                              The only budgeted resources excluded                                        fee collections places a strong obligation significantly excessive fees are charged,                            from the professional hourly rate are                                        on the NRC to ensure that staffing levels there appears to be no incentive for the                              those for contract activities related to                                    and budgets are properly aligned to NRC to reduce the overhead bloat, the                                mission-direct contract resources, which                                    reflect smaller projected workloads. The proposed fee should be reduced by at                                  are generally billed to licensees                                            NRC should take all necessary steps to least 5% every year until the fee is more                            separately. Because the NRCs fee                                            continue and expedite its efficiency similar to that of private industry doing                            recovery under the IOAA (10 CFR part                                        efforts. Given the maturity of the U.S.
similar work. (M. Keller)                                          170) will not equal 100 percent of the                                      nuclear fleet, in combination with its Response: The NRC is a Federal                                    agencys total budget authority for the                                      high level of operational performance agency tasked with protecting the health                              fiscal year (less the budget authority for                                  and a demonstrated level of safety, and safety of the public and the                                      excluded activities), the NRC also                                          timely reductions in unnecessary common defense and security, and there                                assesses annual fees under 10 CFR part                                      regulatory burden are appropriate. We is no equivalent role found in private                                171 to recover the remaining amount                                          are encouraged by efforts underway to industry. Unlike private industry, all                                necessary to comply with NEIMA.                                              transform NRC into a modern risk-fees that the NRC assesses to applicants                                No change was made to the final rule                                      informed regulator. It is imperative that and licensees must conform to statutory                              in response to this comment.                                                these efforts continue. (NEI) requirements under the IOAA and                                                                                                                      Response: The relationship between NEIMA. In other words, the fees that the                              B. Operating Power Reactors Decline in                                      10 CFR part 170 (service fees) relative to the Budget and 10 CFR Part 170 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 NRC charges are based in part on                                                                                                                  10 CFR part 171 (annual fees) is requirements that would not be                                        Estimated Billings                                                          workload-driven. The activities covered reflected in the fees charged by private                                Comment: Over the past five years,                                      by 10 CFR part 171 annual fees are engineering firms.                                                    Part 170 service fee collections have                                        necessary for the NRC to accomplish its The IOAA prescribes the framework                                  decreased by over 20%. This reduction                                        safety and security mission as described for charging fees for government                                      is even more dramatic for the operating                                      and justified in the CBJ. The amount of VerDate Sep<11>2014      19:08 Jun 15, 2021      Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00017        Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM              16JNR2
 
32162            Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations service fees collected under 10 CFR part                However, the NRC budget is not linearly                meeting to discuss the FY 2021 170, on the other hand, depends on                      proportional to the size of the operating              proposed fee rule. (Exelon) several factors, including the                          power reactor fleet, as there is a cost for              Response: The NRC disagrees with the professional hourly rate, licensee and                  the infrastructure that must be                        commenters suggestion that the applicant decisions to pursue licensing                maintained independent of the number                  allocation of service fees versus annual actions, and the number of hours                        of operating power reactors in the fleet.              fees in the FY 2021 proposed fee rule necessary to resolve any licensing                        The NRC is required by NEIMA to                    might be inconsistent with actions.                                                recover, to the maximum extent                        congressional intent underlying NEIMA.
Since FY 2016, the fee class budget                  practicable, approximately 100 percent                Under NEIMA, the NRC is still required for operating power reactors has                        of its annual budget authority, less the              to recover through fees the total decreased from $750.4 million in FY                    budget authority for excluded activities.              appropriated budget (with the exception 2016 to $611.8 million in FY 2021. This                NEIMA also caps the per-licensee                      of discrete categories of budget represents a reduction of $138.6 million,              annual fee for operating reactors, to the              authority), and to do so through a or approximately 18 percent, as a result                maximum extent practicable, at the FY                  combination of both service fees and of the decreasing number of nuclear                    2015 annual fee amount as adjusted for                annual fees. Specifically, NEIMA power reactor licensees, application                    inflation. The NRC continues to                        requires the NRC to recover, to the delays and withdrawals, fewer license                  evaluate resource requirements and                    maximum extent practicable, amendment requests being submitted,                    adjustments that can be made to refine                approximately 100 percent of its total efficiencies gained with the merger of                  the operating power reactors budget.                  budget authority for the fiscal year, less the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation                  Finally, the NRC remains committed                  the budget authority for excluded and the Office of New Reactors, and                    to providing enhanced transparency                    activities.
long-term project completions. Over this                                                                          The NRC is fully in compliance with throughout the development of the same period, the 10 CFR part 170                                                                              NEIMA. The NRC identified fee-relief annual fee rule and supporting work estimated billings for the operating                                                                          activities in the FY 2021 CBJ (which papers.
power reactors fee class have declined                                                                        were consistent with the fee-relief No changes were made to this final from $287.8 million in FY 2016 to                                                                              activities identified in the FY 2020 fee rule as a result of these comments.                    rule, with the exception of international
                                          $157.0 million in FY 2021, which Comment: The FY 2021 Proposed                    activities, not including the resources represents a decline of $130.8 million, Fee Rule continues to shift the burden                for import and export licensing) and the or approximately 45 percent. As compared to FY 2016, the operating                      created by overestimating Part 170 fee                FY 2021 final fee rule maintains those power reactors fee class annual fee has                collections reflected in the NRCs                    same fee-relief activities. The declined from $465.9 million in FY                      appropriated budget to the recovery of                Congressional report referenced by the 2016 to $446.8 million in FY 2021,                      Part 171 annual fees. While Exelon                    commenter as support for the which represents a decrease of $19.1                    appreciates the challenge of precisely                proposition that NEIMA was intended million, or approximately 4 percent.                    estimating the amount of Part 170 fees                to provide the NRC significantly These changes in the budgetary                          that will be recovered two years in                    greater flexibilities regarding fee resources and the 10 CFR part 170                      advance due to the budget cycle, we                    collection is not a conference report, but estimated billings, as well as other                    note that this is precisely the problem                rather a report issued by the Senate adjustments (including billing                          that NEIMA intended to address. The                    Committee on Environment and Public adjustments, generic transportation, and                Conference Report for NEIMA describes                  Works (Senate Report 115-86). At the the LLW surcharge) and the elimination                  exactly this challenge in explaining the              time when the bill was reported by the of the fee-relief surcharge or credit in FY            basis for the law: Several problems                  Senate Committee on Environment and 2021, alter the amount of fee-                          arise from [the OBRA-90] structure. If                Public Works, the bill would have recoverable budgeted resources that are                the NRC overestimates the amount of                    limited fee-relief activities to those required to be collected through 10 CFR                revenue it expect [sic] to collect under              identified in the FY 2015 final fee rule.
part 171 annual fees from the operating                Part 170, it must recover the resulting                This is inconsistent with the power reactors fee class.                              revenue shortfall through Part 171 fees                commenters suggestion that this With respect to expediting efficiency                in order to meet the OBRA-90 mandate                  Congressional report reflects an intent efforts, the NRC continues to review its                for 90 percent fee recovery. The                    for NEIMA to provide the NRC with budget and pursue additional efficiency                Congress noted that this situation                    greater flexibility in determining what improvements related to budget                          highlight[s] the need for the NRC to                portions of the appropriated budget are formulation such as pursuing the use of                budget more accurately and recover fees                recovered through fees. The analytical tools (e.g., dashboards), to                for work that is actually conducted. It              Congressional report in fact contains help the NRC analyze and report data                    is clear, therefore, that Congress                    statements reflecting an intention that quicker and more consistently and to                    designed NEIMA with the existing                      the NRC, under NEIMA, would collect support a more efficient and risk-                      challenges of the budget cycle in mind.                fees based on the agencys workload, but informed budget formulation process.                    Notwithstanding Congresss clear intent                the amount not recovered through fees When formulating the budget, the NRC                    in this regard, the FY 2021 Proposed Fee              would generally be unaffected. For takes into consideration: (1) Projected                Rule would continue to shift the                      example, the report states that operating power plant closures; (2)                    impacts of Part 170 overbudgeting to                  [c]onsistent with current practice, the workload forecasting, including                        Part 171 annual fees, which does not                  taxpayer continues to pay only for the workload drivers, analysis of historical                appear to take advantage of the                        items explicitly outlined in the law as data and trends, and communication                      significantly greater flexibilities in                appropriated items and the rest of the jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 with stakeholders; (3) the estimated                    NEIMA with respect to the portions of                  NRCs budget is to be recovered through level of effort for regulatory activities              its appropriated budget that the NRC                  fees[;] [a]s such, the cost to the taxpayer and yearly recurring activities; and (4)                must collect through fees. In addition              is generally unaffected but the fee other external factors that may impact                  to this comment submission, this                      recovery will be determined by the how the NRC meets its statutory                        response addresses similar comments                    agencys workload rather than a responsibilities as the industry changes.              made during the March 18, 2021, public                mandated percentage.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                          32163 The FY 2021 CBJ provided the                        power plant closures and other external                  Response: The NRC disagrees with the agencys explanation and justification                  factors when estimating workload                      commenters suggestion that NEIMA for the resources being requested to                    changes in a manner that allows the                    allows for the NRC to provide fee-relief allow the agency to complete its                        agency to meet its statutory                          adjustments that would give licensees a mission, and the reason for changes in                  responsibilities as the industry changes.              possible credit or surcharge like under the budget request for the NRC as                      The NRC also seeks information from                    the OBRA-90 framework. NEIMA compared to the prior year, at the                      licensees and other entities relevant to              requires the NRC to recover, to the business line and product line levels.                  projected workload through public                      maximum extent practicable, Appendix C of the FY 2021 CBJ was                      meetings and other forms of public                    approximately 100 percent of its total included with the intent to increase                    outreach, to better inform the NRCs                  budget authority for the fiscal year, less transparency with stakeholders. The                    budget formulation workload                            the budget authority for excluded NRC developed this estimate based on                    assumptions. Ultimately, however, the                  activities, one of which is fee-relief the NRC staffs allocation of the FY 2021              NRC budget is not linearly proportional                activities as identified by the budget request to fee classes under 10                  to the size of the operating fleet, as there          Commission. Under NEIMA the NRC CFR part 170 and allocations within the                is a cost for the agency infrastructure                must also use its IOAA authority first to operating power reactors fee class under                that must be maintained independent of                collect 10 CFR part 170 service fees for 10 CFR part 171, as well as certain data                the number of operating power reactors                NRC work that provides specific assumptions and historical information                  in the fleet.                                          benefits to identifiable recipients, such available during the FY 2021 budget                        No changes were made to this final                  as licensing activities, inspections, and formulation process.                                    rule as a result of these comments.                    special projects.
Consistent with NEIMA, when                                                                                    Eliminating the fee-relief adjustment developing the annual fee rule, the NRC                C. Fee-Relief Adjustment and NEIMA                    increases the predictability for licensees had to take into account changes that                                                                          in forecasting their annual fees. The Comment: In the FY 2021 Proposed occurred in the two-year interval                                                                              NRC discussed the elimination of the 10 Fee Rule, the NRC did not make a fee-between the development of the FY                                                                              percent fee-relief credit or surcharge in relief adjustment that it has made in 2021 budget request, which began in FY                                                                        FY 2021 during the FY 2020 proposed past years on the basis that [b]ecause 2019, and the enactment of the FY 2021                                                                        fee rule public meeting on March 5, NEIMA eliminated the approximately appropriation in December 2020. As                                                                            2020 (ADAMS Accession No.
90 percent requirement for fee recovery                ML20077G458), where the agency part of the development of the annual fee rule, the NRC estimates the amount                  and, in turn, the 10 percent limit on fee-            explained how the elimination of the of 10 CFR part 170 service fees by each                relief activities, the NRC will no longer              credit or surcharge would make a fee class by analyzing billing data and                provide a fee-relief credit or assess a fee-          licensees annual fees more predictable.
the actual cost of work under NRC                      relief surcharge as part of the                          For example, if the FY 2021 fee rule contracts that was charged to licensees                calculation of annual fees for each                    had, hypothetically, remained governed and applicants for the previous four                    licensee fee class. However, nowhere                by OBRA-90 and the 10 percent quarters. The estimate, therefore,                      in NEIMA itself nor in the legislative                allowance for fee relief specified in reflects any recent changes in the NRCs                history did Congress direct the NRC to                OBRA-90 applied, there would have regulatory activities.                                  eliminate fee-relief adjustments. NEIMA                been a surcharge of $9.9 million to all The FY 2021 proposed rule utilized                  specifically requires the deduction of                licensees in the FY 2021 fee rule. The four quarters of the prior year invoice                any fee relief activity, as identified by            NRCs FY 2021 appropriation totaled data, while the NRC is using a                          the Commission, which seems on its                  $844.4 million, so a 10 percent combination of two quarters of the prior                face to provide significant flexibility to            allowance would have resulted in $81.3 year and two quarters of the current year              the Commission to make necessary                      million for fee-relief activities. However, billing data (which is also updated to                  adjustments since any fee relief                    the FY 2021 proposed fee rule and reflect workload changes) for the FY                    activity is not defined in the statute or            supporting work papers illustrate that 2021 final rule. In the FY 2021 proposed                the legislative history. The Proposed Fee              the NRCs budget for fee-relief activities fee rule, the 10 CFR part 170 estimated                Rule expressly acknowledges that the                  during FY 2021 totaled $91.2 million for billings were $157.0 million compared                  exclusion of fee relief activities is                  activities not attributable to an existing to the $188.3 million that was included                required by NEIMA as part of Excluded                licensee or class of licensees and in the FY 2021 CBJ. The decline in 10                  Activities to be excluded from fee                  activities not assessed fees based on CFR part 170 estimated billings was                    recovery. But as explained in the                      existing law or Commission policy. This primarily due to: (1) The plant closures                Proposed Fee Rule, [i]n FY 2021, the                would have resulted in an overage of of Indian Point Unit 3 in April 2021 and                fee-relief activities identified by the                $9.9 million if the OBRA-90 framework Duane Arnold in October 2020; (2) the                  Commission are consistent with prior                  applied.
completion of construction activities at                final fee rules with the exception of                  In addition, the commenter suggests Vogtle Unit 3; (3) the completion of the                some international activities. In other                that the NRC should put in fee-relief NuScale SMR design certification                        words, while NEIMA made it possible                    activities (instead of 10 CFR part 171 review; and (4) the impact of continued                for the NRC to define fee relief                    annual fees) the budgeted resources that travel restrictions and limited on-site                activities in a way that could have                  were anticipated to be used for 10 CFR presence on inspection activities due to                accounted for Part 170 over-budgeting,                part 170 work (e.g., licensing and the COVID-19 pandemic.                                  the Proposed Rule essentially maintains                oversight regulatory activities), but will The NRC continues to actively                        the same constraints that existed under                ultimately not be used for 10 CFR part evaluate resource requirements to                      OBRA-90. This interpretation was not                  170 work this fiscal year (i.e., the jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 address changes that occur between                      mandated by Congress, nor does it                      differences in the 10 CFR part 170 budget formulation and execution, and                  appear to align with the NRCs overall                estimated billings shown in Appendix C to pursue improvements that enhance                    vision to become a modern, risk-                    of the FY 2021 CBJ compared to the FY the accuracy of projections used in                    informed regulator that values                      2021 final fee rule). These resources budget formulation. For example, the                    innovative approaches to problem                      were anticipated to be used for 10 CFR NRC considers projected operating                      solving. (Exelon)                                    part 170 work for the operating power VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00019  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
32164            Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations reactors fee class as shown in Appendix                limitation of Corporate Support costs as                  Section 102(a)(3) of NEIMA as it C of the CBJ, which was developed                      a percentage of total budget authority, to            pertains to the corporate support cap based on the NRC staffs allocation of                  the maximum extent practicable. Exelon                applicable to the annual budget the FY 2021 budget request to fee                      suggests that the fee rule explain                    justification does not apply to the classes under 10 CFR part 170 and                      whether the Corporate Support costs are                annual fee rule. In the FY 2021 allocations within the operating power                  under the NEIMA limit. NRC should                      proposed fee rule and supporting work reactors fee class under 10 CFR part 171,              also demonstrate, either in the fee rule              papers, the NRCs professional hourly as well as certain data assumptions and                or the work papers, how the Corporate                  rate calculation was derived by adding, historical information that was available              Support cost as a percentage of total                  in part, resources for agency support, during the FY 2021 budget formulation                  budget authority is determined. For FY                which include both corporate support process. Consistent with NEIMA, when                    2021, NEIMA limits Corporate Support                  and the Inspector General. The agency developing the annual fee rule, the NRC                costs (to the maximum extent                          support (corporate support and the had to take into account changes that                  practicable) to 30 percent of the NRCs                Inspector General) resources in the FY occurred in the two-year interval                      total budget authority. During the March              2021 proposed fee rule total $283.7 between the development of the FY                      18, 2021 NRC public meeting on the                    million, or approximately 34 percent 2021 budget request, which began in FY                  Proposed Fee Rule, the staff explained                when dividing by $844.4 million. In 2019, and the enactment of the FY 2021                  that Corporate Support costs for FY2021                addition, the NRCs overall budget appropriation in December 2020. In                      totaled 31% of the agencys overall                    authority was reduced by $19.0 million developing the FY 2021 fee rule, the                    budget. However, the work papers for                  (and Congress, in turn, directed the NRC NRC estimated the amount of 10 CFR                      the determination of the professional                  to use carryover funding, as further part 170 service fees by each fee class                hourly rate includes approximately                    discussed in the FY 2021 Fee by analyzing billing data and the actual                $284M for Corporate Support (with IG),                CollectionOverview section of this cost of work under NRC contracts that                  which amounts to approximately 34%                    document). Also, the FY 2021 fee rule was charged to licensees and applicants                of the overall budget authority of                    is based on the enacted budget, not the for the previous four quarters. Because                $844M. The NRC should clearly explain                  budget request. The agency will the NRCs fee recovery under the IOAA                  in the fee rule how it arrived at the 31%              continue efforts to implement (10 CFR part 170) will not equal 100                    allocation that it described during the                efficiencies and invest resources in percent of the agencys total budget                    public meeting. (Exelon)                            initiatives that will result in future authority for the fiscal year (less the                                                                        savings in corporate support activities.
Response: Section 102(a)(3) of NEIMA                  No changes were made to this final budget authority for excluded requires that, to the maximum extent                  rule as a result of these comments.
activities), the NRC must assess annual practicable, the corporate support costs fees under 10 CFR part 171 to recover                                                                          E. 10 CFR Part 171 Operating Power requested in the annual budget the remaining amount necessary to                                                                              Reactors Fee Class Invoicing justification provided to Congress not comply with NEIMA. NEIMA requires exceed a specified percentage of the                      Comment: As noted in the Proposed the NRC to establish a schedule of total budget authority requested for the              Fee Rule, NRC has improved the annual fees that fairly and equitably allocates budgeted resources. While                    NRC in its annual budget justification                accuracy and clarity of Part 170 service these resources were anticipated to be                  (Section 102(a)(3)(A) includes the                    fee invoicing, e.g., via internal auditing used for 10 CFR part 170 work for the                  percentage applicable to the annual                    and development of Enterprise Project operating power reactors fee class, the                budget justification for FY 2021). As                  Identifiers (EPID). Exelon acknowledges resources have been shifted to being                    stated in the Executive Summary to the                and salutes the NRCs success in this used for work that is recovered through                FY 2021 CBJ, the corporate support                    area. However, as accuracy and clarity 10 CFR part 171 because it will benefit                request was approximately 31 percent of                in hourly fees collected under Part 170 the operating power reactors fee class.                the agencys total requested budget                    has increased, the actual amount of fees Thus, the NRC has appropriately                        authority and reflects the agencys                    collected under Part 170 has decreased.
included the resources in 10 CFR part                  efforts to comply with Section                        Exelon understands that the numerous 171 fees for this fee class.                            102(a)(3)(A) of NEIMA to the maximum                  line item numbers shown in the work Fee-relief activities identified by the              extent practicable. The FY 2021 CBJ                    papers Power Reactors Fee Class details Commission fall into two categories: (1)                noted that further reductions to                      are themselves the summations of Activities not attributable to an existing              corporate support in FY 2021 were not                  multiple other supporting calculations licensee or class of licensees, and (2)                feasible and would jeopardize the                      apparently too detailed to provide.
activities not assessed 10 CFR part 170                corporate activities necessary to                      Numerous as these line items are, their or 171 fees based on existing law or                    accomplish the agencys mission. Pages                general nature makes understanding Commission policy. The categories of                    83-86 of the FY 2021 CBJ provide more                  difficult for an outside reviewer. Exelon fee-relief activities are identified in the            specific information on the corporate                  suggests that some pointer FY 2021 proposed fee rule in Table I                    support costs by product line that                    designation be developed, similar to the Excluded Activities and were also                      comprised the 31 percent referenced                    EPID/CAC system used for Part 170 fees discussed during the FY 2021 proposed                  during the March 18, 2021, public                      [ ] and included in the quarterly Part 171 fee rule public meeting on March 18,                    meeting. The corporate support business                reactor fee invoicing. This way, the 2021. The fee relief activities identified              line resources total approximately                    details of which line items will be by the Commission reflect a fair and                    $271.4 million in FY 2021, as shown on                funded via reactor fee invoicing within equitable allocation of resources.                      page 83 of the FY 2021 CBJ. Corporate                  a given calendar year quarter may be No changes were made to this final                  support does not include Inspector                    better tracked back to the work papers, jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 rule as a result of these comments.                    General budgetary resources. The                      allowing constructive dialogue between percent corporate support is calculated                NRC and reactor licensees regarding the D. Corporate Support Cap and the Fee                    by dividing $271.4 million by $863.4                  applicability of a particular line item to Rule Work Papers                                        million, which is 31 percent of the                    that licensee. (Exelon)
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                          32165 to provide a pointer, such as the                  resources by business line to the                      additional ranges between the $520,000 budget string, since annual fees are a                  associated fee class in the FY 2020 fee                and $7,000,000 gross annual receipts recovery of remaining costs associated                  rule work papers so that stakeholders                  range. The commenter stated that a fee with the particular business line budget                can trace the CBJ business line budgets                rate schedule with more steps for small reconciled to a fee class.                              to the resources recovered within each                businesses would help reduce the The fee rule and its supporting work                fee class budget by product line. The FY              license fee burden on the smaller papers are published so the public and                  2021 fee rule work papers include the                  entities and help small business licensees can understand how fees are                  reconciliation of the FY 2021 CBJ to the              concerns. (RE) determined for a fee class and a fee                    respective fee class. The NRC continues                  Response: To reduce the significance category. Consistent with the                          to strive to enhance transparency of how              of the annual fees on a substantial requirements of NEIMA, annual fees are                  fees are determined.                                  number of small entities, the NRC calculated by business lines, product                    No changes were made to the final                    established the maximum small entity lines, and products based on the budget                rule as a result of this comment.                      fee in FY 1991. In FY 1992, the NRC authority enacted for the current fiscal                                                                      introduced a second lower tier to the F. Public Participation in Budget year. The NRC provides those business                                                                          small entity fee. Because the NRCs Formulation lines, product lines, and products in the                                                                      methodology for small entity size fee rule work papers. The CBJ provides                    Comment: Exelon supports the                      standards has been approved by the the agency explanation and justification                comments of the Nuclear Energy                        SBA, the NRC did not modify its current for the resources being requested for the              Institute on the FY 2021 Proposed Fee                  methodology for this rulemaking.
budget year, including increases and                    Rule. Given that there is no formal way                  In FY 2020, the NRC conducted a decreases, and the reason for changes in                for stakeholders to provide input into                survey of materials licensees to collect the budget request for the agency as                    the formulation of the NRCs annual                    relevant data to help determine the need compared to the prior year, at the                      budget, Exelon encourages the NRC to                  for changes to the NRCs small business business line and product line levels; it              consider these comments as part of its                size standards in &sect; 2.810. In addition, also includes the prior year actual                    next budget and fee formulation                        the NRC considered changes in the amounts at the business line and                        process. Exelon respects the objective                small business size standards published product line levels.                                    judgment that NRC exercises as an                      by the SBA.
Under NEIMA, the NRC must recover,                  independent safety regulator. However,                    On December 7, 2020, the staff to the maximum extent practicable,                      Exelon encourages the NRC to seek                      submitted SECY-20-0111, Rulemaking approximately 100 percent of its annual                ways to improve its interactions with                  Plan to Amend the Receipts-Based NRC budget, less the budget authority for                  the regulated industry during budget                  Size Standards, to the Commission excluded activities. Under NEIMA, the                  development, within the limits required                (ADAMS Accession No. ML20268B327)
NRC must use its IOAA authority first                  to maintain NRC independence.                        with the staffs recommendations for to collect 10 CFR part 170 service fees                (Exelon)                                              amending the NRCs receipts-based size for NRC work that provides specific                      Response: The NRC seeks information                  standards. While the NRC staff benefits to identifiable recipients, such              from licensees and other entities                      recommended making inflation-related as licensing activities, inspections, and              relevant to projected workload, through                increases and adjusting the special projects. In so doing, the NRC                  public meetings and other forms of                    methodology for consistency with SBA establishes a professional hourly rate for              public outreach, to better inform the                  regulations, the survey results did not its work. The 10 CFR part 170 direct                    NRCs budget formulation workload                      suggest that the NRC should change its work performed is included on the                      assumptions. This public outreach                      small entity size standards. In the SRM quarterly invoice, which includes the                  provides an opportunity for the                        for SECY-20-0111 (ADAMS Accession CAC/EPID combination, charges, and                      regulated industry to provide                          No. ML21029A186), the Commission the name(s) of the person(s) conducting                information to inform the NRC budget.                  approved the staffs recommendation to the activities associated with the                      However, as noted in the comment, the                  initiate a rulemaking to amend the respective licensee fee class. With                    NRC is an independent regulator, and to                NRCs small business size standards in respect to 10 CFR part 170 service fees,                preserve its independence the NRC does                &sect; 2.810 and to comply with the Runway the NRC staff time spent on licensing                  not involve non-government                            Act and related SBA regulations and to and inspection activities is subject to                organizations and members of the                      reflect inflation adjustments, which will change, depending on the novelty and                    public in budget formulation. In                      be part of a separate rulemaking activity.
complexity of the application (e.g., new                addition, OMB establishes the Executive                Also, as part of that rulemaking activity, licenses, renewals, amendments, special                Branch budget process through OMB                      analogous to the proposed inflation projects) under review or the facility                  Circular No. A-11, Preparation,                      adjustment in &sect; 2.810, the NRC will be being inspected.                                        Submission, and Execution of the                      proposing to increase the upper tier and Because the NRCs fee recovery under                Budget. Section 22.1 of OMB Circular                lower tier receipts-based small entity the IOAA (10 CFR part 170) will not                    No. A-11 requires that pre-decisional                  size standards in &sect; 171.16(c).
equal 100 percent of the agencys total                budget deliberations remain                              The NRC is currently in the process budget authority for the fiscal year (less              confidential until the release of the                  of developing the proposed rule for the the budget authority for excluded                      Presidents budget request (and, in turn,              small entity rulemaking activity. The activities), the NRC also assesses annual              the CBJ).                                              NRC will continue to include updates fees under 10 CFR part 171 to recover                    No changes were made to this final                  on this rulemaking activity in the the remaining amount necessary to                      rule as a result of these comments.                    Federal Register notifications associated comply with NEIMA. Thus, providing a                                                                          with the FY 2021 and FY 2022 fee rules jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 pointer for annual fees such as the                G. Small Entity                                        to ensure that affected licensees are budget string, as suggested by the                        Comment: One commenter had                          adequately informed. The public can commenter, would be impractical.                        comments regarding the NRCs small                    track all NRC rulemaking activities, At the same time, to increase                        entity size standards and that the NRC                including the rulemaking on the NRCs transparency, the NRC first incorporated                should consider establishing lower                    size standards, on the NRCs a reconciliation of the FY 2020 CBJ                    licensing fees by creating one or more                Rulemaking Tracking and Reporting VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00021  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
32166            Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations system at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-                  private investment as NEIMA was trying                I. Accurate Invoicing rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-                          to do. (Anonymous)                                      Comment: What are the policies for ruleforum/active/RuleIndex.html, or by                    Response: The NRC disagrees with                    fairness? Weve disputed invoices in the Docket ID NRC-2014-0264 at http://                      this commenters position that, in order              [past] because the NRC had already www.regulations.gov.                                    to be consistent with NEIMA, the NRC                  completed a task, we had been shut No change was made to this final rule                should change the definition of                        down for years and there was no need in response to this comment.                            research reactor in &sect;&sect; 170.11 and for the NRC to restudy, investigate or Comment: One commenter had                          171.11 to exempt from fees all research review the issue. Yet, we were told that questions regarding the categories of                  reactors licensed under Section 104c. of the charges were valid because the licensees that can qualify as small                    the Atomic Energy Act (AEA). First, employee did indeed work the hours entities, and the categories of licensees              NEIMA (in Section 102(b)(3)(D)(ii))
they said on the project. Is it fair for us whose average users fees are used to                  makes the annual fee exemption to have to pay for the same work twice?
determine the maximum small entity                      applicable for federally owned We dont think so and the public would fee. (Anonymous)                                        research reactor used primarily for not think so. We cant tell from our Response: In implementing the                        educational training and academic recent billings what activity within a Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as                  research purposes. In addition, the primary purpose of this rule is to update              project. For example, an inspector or amended, the NRC ultimately                                                                                    auditor comes out and visits. Then they determined that it was appropriate for                  the NRCs fee schedules to recover, to the maximum extent practicable,                        go back and write their report and ask the agency to establish its own size                                                                          RAI, etc. We only get total hours worked standards that were consistent with the                approximately 100 percent of the NRCs total budget authority for the current                on the project, not how much time it NRCs regulatory activities. The NRC                                                                          took them to write the report, how much classifies its small business licensees by              fiscal year, less the budget authority for excluded activities, and to make other                time did [they] work on specific items their use of nuclear materials since the                                                                      they are reporting on. That would be necessary corrections or appropriate NRCs materials categories cover a mix                                                                        useful information to us the licensee.
changes to specific aspects of the NRCs of industries. The NRCs materials                                                                            (Anonymous) fee regulations in order to ensure licensees can use the size standards                                                                              Response: The NRC is firmly compliance with NEIMA.
criteria to quality as a small entity for                  The NRC has not proposed changing                  committed to the application of fairness a reduced annual fee. The NRCs                        the definition of research reactor, or            and equity in the assessment of fees.
industry specific size standards were                  the types of research reactors that are                NEIMA requires the NRC to establish a approved by the SBA.                                    exempt (i.e., Federally-owned and State-              schedule of fees that fairly and equitably License types that allow a licensee to              owned research reactors used primarily                allocates these fees among the NRCs be eligible to qualify as a small entity                for educational training and academic                  licensees and certificate holders. As part and pay a reduced annual fee are listed                research purposes) in the specific                    of this process, each year the NRC under &sect; 171.16. These include materials                exemptions in &sect; 170.11(a)(9) or                        reassesses and publishes a proposed licenses (i.e., 10 CFR parts 30, 40, 70,                &sect; 171.11(b)(2). The current research                rule and final rule of the revisions of the 71, and 76 licenses) and 10 CFR part 72                reactor definition in &sect;&sect; 170.11(a)(9)                fee schedules for each license fee class.
licenses. The prior two-year weighted                  and 171.11(b)(2), and the types of                    As stated in the proposed rule, under average of service fees for the qualifying              research reactors that are exempt from                NEIMA, the NRC must recover, to the fee categories that have small entity                  annual fees, stemmed from language in                  maximum extent practicable, licensees is used in the biennial                      OBRA-90. NEIMA included                                approximately 100 percent of its annual adjustment of the maximum small entity                  substantively similar fee exemption                    budget, less the budget authority for fee. Average service fees for types of                  language for research reactors. Changing              excluded activities. The NRC must use licenses (e.g., 10 CFR part 50 licenses)                the definition of research reactor in              its IOAA authority first to collect service that do not allow a licensee to be                      &sect; 170.11(a)(9) or &sect; 171.11(b)(2), or the              fees for NRC work that provides specific eligible to qualify as a small entity are              types of research reactors that are                    benefits to identifiable recipients (such not used in the determination of small                  exempt from fees pursuant to                          as licensing activities, inspections, and entity fees.                                            &sect;&sect; 170.11(a)(9) and 171.11(b)(2), to                  special projects). Because the NRCs fee No change was made to this final rule                include all research reactors licensed                recovery under the IOAA for 10 CFR in response to this comment.                            under Section 104c. of the AEA would                  part 170 fees for service will not equal not be consistent with the exemption                  100 percent of the agencys total budget H. Definition of Research Reactor Under provision in NEIMA or its predecessor                  authority for the fiscal year (less the
                                          &sect; 170.11, &sect; 171.11, and NEIMA in OBRA-90.                                            budget authority for excluded Comment: NEIMAs exemption of a                      Section 106 of NEIMA, Encouraging                activities), the NRC also assesses annual research reactor is a reactor licensed                  private investment in research and test                fees under 10 CFR part 171 to recover under section 104c of the Atomic                        reactors, pertains to the financial                  the remaining amount necessary to Energy Act of 1954. It does not mention                criteria used to determine whether a                  comply with NEIMA. In the FY 2021 that it needs to be Federal-owned and                utilization facility is licensed as a                  proposed fee rule, each license fee class State-Owned research reactors used                      commercial facility under Section 103                  includes the specific information to primarily for educational proposes. So                of the AEA, Commercial Licenses, or                detail how the annual fees are derived, any Research Reactor licensed under                    as a research and development facility                such as the budgetary resources, and 10 104c of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954                  under paragraph c of Section 104,                      CFR part 170 estimated billings for and meets the requirement of operations                Medical Therapy and Research and                    direct activities, specific adjustments, jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 list should be except [sic] from fees. 10              Development, of the AEA. This subject                the explanations for the changes, and CFR 170.11 and 10 CFR 171.11 need to                    of this provision of NEIMA does not                    the comparison to the prior fiscal year be changed to reflect NEIMA definition                  relate to fees and is outside the scope of            in order to derive the 10 CFR part 171 of exempt. Having research and test                    this final rule.                                      annual fees.
reactors exempt from both annual and                      No change was made to this final rule                  Additionally, Section 102(d) of performance fees would encourage                        in response to this comment.                          NEIMA required three sets of actions VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00022  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                          32167 related to NRC invoices for service fees                activities that the NRC has previously                instructions are provided on page 2 in assessed under 10 CFR part 170. First,                  conducted and billed to the commenter                  addition to a process map on page 3 of as stated in Section 102(d)(1) of NEIMA,                (e.g., inspection activities, reports, and            the form). After the licensee completely the NRC must ensure appropriate                      requests for additional information on                fills out their required portions of the review and approval prior to the                        projects), this is outside scope of this              NRC Form 527, it should be submitted issuance of invoices for service fees.                final rule. If the commenter has specific              to the Office of the Chief Financial Second, as stated in Section 102(d)(2) of              questions regarding NRC invoices and                  Officer using one of the three listed NEIMA, the NRC must develop and                      fees that have been assessed, the                      options on the form. Once the form is implement processes to audit invoices                  commenter can contact the Office of the                received, the Office of the Chief
[for 10 CFR part 170 service fees] to                  Chief Financial Officer via the eBilling              Financial Officer will forward it to the ensure accuracy, transparency, and                      system support portal, by email to                    appropriate EPID contact who will fairness. Third, as stated in Section                FeeBillingInquiries.Resource@nrc.gov,                  provide the response. The NRC EPID 102(d)(3) of NEIMA, the NRC is required                or by mail to the Office of the Chief                  contact will always be the responsible to modify regulations to ensure fair                  Financial Officer at U.S. Nuclear                      point of contact who is fully and appropriate processes to provide                    Regulatory Commission, Washington,                    knowledgeable of the work performed licensees and applicants an opportunity                DC 20555-0001, Attn: Chief Financial                  and, therefore, the appropriate to efficiently dispute or otherwise seek                Officer.                                              individual to provide a response.
review and correction of errors in                        No change was made to this final rule                  The NRC Form 529 contains a listing invoices for service fees.                            in response to this comment.                          of seven pre-conditions that all For the first two sets of actions, the                  Comment: NRC Form 529 on page 2                  licensees must meet before submitting NRC developed and implemented                          has a list [of] 7 pre-conditions that you              the form. These pre-conditions ensure process improvements to ensure                          must certify that you have done. One of                licensees have properly adhered to accurate invoicing, which include, but                  them is I Certify that the NRC Form 527                NRCs standard dispute process which is not limited to the following: (1)                    Request for Information Related to                  requires: (1) An initial submission of the Implementing a process to standardize                  Fees-for-Service was submitted and a                NRC Form 527 to request a formal the validation of fees to ensure that fee              response was received by my                            review of the charges in question, and billing data is correct before appearing                organization. Who fills out the                        (2) submission of the NRC Form 529 to on a licensees invoice; (2) redesigning                response? Do they know the details of                  officially request a dispute of the the invoices to add clarity and                        the work the person in dispute was                    charges after receiving the response transparency for its stakeholders such as              performing? Weve used NRC Form 527                    provided on the NRC Form 527.
including the names of individual NRC                  in the past. NRC Response did not                      Currently, most of the NRCs licensees staff and/or contractor companies, if                  answer the questions we had in the                    subject to 10 CFR part 170 fees are applicable, who had performed the                      additional disputed details. They just                registered in eBilling, which is a public-work associated with the charges; and                  confirmed the information we already                  facing, web-based application that (3) implementing a new data structure                  knew. [They] confirmed that the                        provides immediate delivery of NRC to more effectively account for and track              employee did work on the project, but                  invoices in addition to the capability to all billable work at the project level with            did not detail what work they were                    view and analyze invoice details.
an EPID data element, which provides                    doing.[ ] Weve disputed bills in the                  Therefore, it is strongly recommended useful details regarding the type of                    past, the process only confirmed that                  that licensees not registered in eBilling project or work that is being billed.                  the employee spent the hours working                  consider utilizing this electronic invoice Using this data structure allows NRC                    on the project so the charges are correct.            platform, if they have the capability to licensees and other persons assessed                    The CFO refused to take into account                  do so. However, consideration was service fees to identify how many hours                the benefit to the licensee and/or                    given to the current initial demand are being expended on each of the                      fairness of the charge to the licensee. 45            letter (invoice) 30-day policy, and the various activities within a project.                    days from initial demand letter (invoice)              NRC is amending &sect; 15.31 to allow For the third set of actions, as                    is not enough time in some cases to                    licensees an additional 15 days to discussed in the proposed rule, the NRC                determine if the invoice was correct,                  submit a review request from the initial has developed and is implementing                      provided the licensee with a benefit, or              demand letter (invoice). The NRC requirements for a standard method for                  was fair for the licensee to be charged.              believes that 45 days from receiving an licensees and applicants to efficiently                It should be 90 days from when the                    initial demand letter provides enough dispute or seek review and correction of                error became apparent for the licensee                time for all licensees to determine if an errors in invoices, which is illustrated                to dispute the charge. For example, [i]f              invoice is accurate. Furthermore, upon in the process map, NRC Form 529,                    you dont like the dispute resolution,                submission of the NRC Form 529, the Processing Dispute of Fees-For-Service                  what is the process for future review or              licensee must certify they are submitting Charges (ADAMS Accession No.                          appeals outside of the NRC CFO                        an official dispute request to the Office ML20311A159). Additionally, the NRC                    office?  (Anonymous)                                of the Chief Financial Officer and agree is modifying its regulations related to                    Response: The NRC continues to                      that the final determination of the status accurate invoicing to clearly outline the              strive to enhance the invoicing process                of the disputed debt decision rests interactions between the submitter and                  to ensure invoice accuracy and the                    solely with the NRC. The NRCs the NRC and enhance clarity regarding                  availability of appropriate processes for              response to a licensees request the dispute process by setting out: (1)                licensees to efficiently request a review              submitted on the NRC Form 529 The process for submitting a fee dispute,              or submit a dispute for invoice errors. A              officially completes the agencys invoice (2) the stages of the decisionmaking                    licensee who requests additional                      dispute process.
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 process while the dispute is under                      information related to NRC staff/                        Finally, regarding the commenters review, and (3) the manner by which the                contract costs associated with their NRC              specific comments on the regulatory NRC will notify a debtor after it makes                invoice is responsible for completing all              activities that the NRC has previously a final determination on a dispute.                    items on page 1 of the NRC Form 527,                  conducted and billed to the commenter Finally, regarding the commenters                  except for the dedicated response                      (e.g., inspection activities, reports, and specific comments on the regulatory                    section used by NRC staff only (detailed              requests for additional information on VerDate Sep<11>2014  19:08 Jun 15, 2021  Jkt 253001  PO 00000  Frm 00023  Fmt 4701  Sfmt 4700  E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM  16JNR2
 
32168            Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations projects), this is outside of the scope of              Section XIV, Availability of                        1320.4(a)(2), NRC Forms 527 and 529 this final rule. If the commenter has                  Documents, of this document.                        are also not subject to the requirements specific questions regarding NRC                                                                              of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
VI. Regulatory Analysis invoices and fees that have been Under NEIMA, the NRC is required to                Public Protection Notification assessed, the commenter can contact the Office of the Chief Financial Officer via              recover, to the maximum extent                          The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, the eBilling system support portal, by                  practicable, approximately 100 percent                and a person is not required to respond email to FeeBillingInquiries.Resource@                  of its annual budget for FY 2021 less the              to, a collection of information unless the nrc.gov, or by mail to the Office of the                budget authority for excluded activities.              document requesting or requiring the Chief Financial Officer at U.S. Nuclear                The NRC established fee methodology                    collection displays a currently valid Regulatory Commission, Washington,                      guidelines for 10 CFR part 170 in 1978,                OMB control number.
DC 20555-0001, Attn: Chief Financial                    and established additional fee methodology guidelines for 10 CFR part                XI. Congressional Review Act Officer.
171 in 1986. In subsequent rulemakings,                  This final rule is a rule as defined in No change was made to this final rule the NRC has adjusted its fees without                  the Congressional Review Act of 1996 (5 in response to this comment.
changing the underlying principles of                  U.S.C. 801-808). The Office of J. Comments on Matters Not Related to                  its fee policy to ensure that the NRC                  Management and Budget has found it to This Rulemaking                                        continues to comply with the statutory                be a major rule as defined in the requirements for cost recovery.                        Congressional Review Act.
Several commenters raised issues                        In this final rule, the NRC continues outside the scope of the FY 2021 fee                    this longstanding approach. Therefore,                XII. Voluntary Consensus Standards rule. Commenters raised concerns with                  the NRC did not identify any                              The National Technology Transfer the agencys budgeting process and                      alternatives to the current fee structure              and Advancement Act of 1995, Public requested public participation on the                  guidelines and did not prepare a                      Law 104-113, requires that Federal agencys budget formulation process. A                  regulatory analysis for this final rule.              agencies use technical standards that are few commenters requested expediting VII. Backfitting and Issue Finality                    developed or adopted by voluntary efficiency efforts and engaging industry consensus standards bodies unless the regarding additional efficiencies,                        The NRC has determined that the                    use of such a standard is inconsistent improvements and efficiencies in the                    backfit rule, &sect; 50.109, does not apply to              with applicable law or otherwise review process for topical reports to                  this final rule and that a backfit analysis impractical. In this final rule, the NRC reduce the professional hourly rate for                is not required because these is amending the licensing, inspection, special project fees. These matters are                amendments do not require the and annual fees charged to its licensees outside the scope of this final rule. The              modification of, or addition to, (1) and applicants, as necessary, to recover, primary purpose of the rule is to update                systems, structures, components, or the to the maximum extent practicable, the NRCs fee schedules to recover                      design of a facility; (2) the design approximately 100 percent of its annual approximately 100 percent of the NRCs                  approval or manufacturing license for a budget for FY 2021 less the budget total budget authority for the current                  facility; or (3) the procedures or authority for excluded activities, as fiscal year, less the budget authority for              organization required to design, required by NEIMA. This action does excluded activities, and to make other                  construct, or operate a facility.
not constitute the establishment of a necessary corrections or appropriate                    VIII. Plain Writing                                    standard that contains generally changes to specific aspects of the NRCs The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub.                  applicable requirements.
fee regulations in order to ensure compliance with NEIMA.                                  L. 111-274) requires Federal agencies to              XIII. Availability of Guidance write documents in a clear, concise, and The NRC understands the importance                                                                            The Small Business Regulatory well-organized manner. The NRC wrote of examining and improving the                                                                                Enforcement Fairness Act requires all this document to be consistent with the efficiency of its operations and the                                                                          Federal agencies to prepare a written Plain Writing Act, as well as the prioritization of its regulatory activities.                                                                  compliance guide for each rule for Presidential Memorandum, Plain Accordingly, the NRC has undertaken,                                                                          which the agency is required by 5 U.S.C.
Language in Government Writing, and continues to undertake, a number of                                                                        604 to prepare a regulatory flexibility published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31885).
significant initiatives aimed at                                                                              analysis. The NRC, in compliance with improving the efficiency of NRC                        IX. National Environmental Policy Act                  the law, prepared the Small Entity operations and enhancing the agencys                      The NRC has determined that this                    Compliance Guide for the FY 2021 approach to regulating. Though                          final rule is the type of action described            final fee rule. The compliance guide was comments raising these issues are not                  in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(1). Therefore, neither              developed when the NRC completed the within the scope of this final rule, the                an environmental impact statement nor                  small entity biennial review for FY NRC will consider this input in its                    environmental assessment has been                      2021. This compliance guide is future program operations.                              prepared for this final rule.                          available as indicated in Section XIV, V. Regulatory Flexibility Certification                                                                        Availability of Documents, of this X. Paperwork Reduction Act                            document.
As required by the Regulatory                            This final rule does not contain a Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended                    collection of information as defined in                XIV. Availability of Documents (RFA),5 the NRC has prepared a                          the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                      The documents identified in the regulatory flexibility analysis related to              (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and, therefore,              following table are available to jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 this final rule. The regulatory flexibility            is not subject to the requirements of the              interested persons through one or more analysis is available as indicated in                  Act. In accordance with 5 CFR                          of the following methods, as indicated.
5 5 U.S.C. 603. The RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, has        Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104-been amended by the Small Business Regulatory          121, Title II, 110 Stat. 847 (1996).
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                32169 Documents                                                                            ADAMS Accession No./web link SECY-05-0164, Annual Fee Calculation Method, dated September 15, 2005 ..........                                        ML052580332.
SECY-16-0097, Fee Setting Improvements and Fiscal Year 2017 Proposed Fee                                                  ML16194A365.
Rule, dated August 15, 2016.
Staff Requirements Memorandum for SECY-16-0097, dated October 19, 2016 ..........                                          ML16293A902.
NUREG-1100, Volume 36, Congressional Budget Justification: Fiscal Year 2021                                            ML20024D764.
(February 2020).
Process map, NRC Form 527, Request for Information Related to Fees-for-Service                                          ML20104C055.
Process map, NRC Form 529, Processing Dispute of Fees-For-Service Charges .....                                        ML20311A159.
NRC Form 529, Dispute of Fees-For-Service Charges in Accordance with Title 10 of                                          ML20339A673.
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Processing Dispute of Fees-For-Service Charges &sect; 170.51.
FY 2021 Final Rule Work Papers ....................................................................................        ML21119A024.
FY 2021 Final Fee Rule .................................................................................................. ML21109A319.
FY 2021 Regulatory Flexibility Analysis ..........................................................................          ML21105A747.
FY 2021 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Small Entity Compliance Guide ...........                                        ML21105A750.
SECY-19-0062, Final Rule: Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility License Re-                                        ML18031A000.
newal, dated June 17, 2019.
SECY-20-0111, Rulemaking Plan to Amend the Receipts-Based NRC Size Stand-                                                ML20268B327.
ards, dated December 7, 2020.
SRM-SECY-20-0111, Rulemaking Plan to Amend the Receipts-Based NRC Size                                                    ML21029A189.
Standards (NRC-2014-0264).
NRC Form 526, Certification of Small Entity Status for the Purposes of Annual Fees                                        https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/forms/
Imposed under 10 CFR Part 171.                                                                                            nrc526.pdf.
OMB Circular A-25, User Charges ..............................................................................          https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/
omb/assets/OMB/circulars/a025/a025.html.
Fees Transformation Accomplishments ..........................................................................              https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/licensing/fees-transformation-accomplishments.html.
List of Subjects                                                    U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. 5514; 26 U.S.C. 6402;                    the debtor may present evidence and 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3713, 3716, 3719, 3720A; 42                      any arguments in support of the debtors 10 CFR Part 15                                                      U.S.C. 664; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note; 31 CFR parts                    position. If the debtors dispute Administrative practice and                                        900 through 904; 31 CFR part 285; E.O.                          potentially raises an error, the NRC may procedure, Claims, Debt collection.                                  12146, 44 FR 42657, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p.
409; E.O. 12988, 61 FR 4729, 3 CFR, 1996 extend the interest waiver period as 10 CFR Part 170                                                      Comp., p. 157.                                                  described in &sect; 15.37(j) pending a final determination of the existence or Byproduct material, Import and                                        2. Revise &sect; 15.31 to read as follows:                        amount of the debt.
export licenses, Intergovernmental                                                                                                      (d) Dispute resolution. If the NRC
                                                                                                                &sect; 15.31      Disputed debts.
relations, Non-payment penalties,                                                                                                    finds that the dispute has not identified Nuclear energy, Nuclear materials,                                    (a) Submitting a dispute of debt. For                          an error, the NRC will notify the dispute Nuclear power plants and reactors,                                  any type of charges assessed by the                              contact. If the NRC finds that the Source material, Special nuclear                                    NRC, a debtor may submit a dispute of                            dispute has identified an error, the NRC material.                                                            debt within 45 days from the date of the                        will:
initial demand letter. The debtor shall                            (1) Notify the dispute contact; 10 CFR Part 171                                                      explain why the debt is incorrect in fact                          (2) Make corrections to the charges or Annual charges, Approvals,                                        or in law and may support the                                    information on the demand letter; and Byproduct material, Holders of                                      explanation by affidavit, cancelled                                (3) Issue a revised demand letter.
certificates, Intergovernmental relations,                          checks, or other relevant evidence. The                          3. In &sect; 15.37, revise paragraph (j) to Nonpayment penalties, Nuclear                                        dispute must be submitted to the Office                          read as follows:
materials, Nuclear power plants and                                  of the Chief Financial Officer via the reactors, Registrations, Source material,                            eBilling system, by email to                                    &sect; 15.37 Interest, penalties, and Special nuclear material.                                            FeeBillingInquiries.Resource@nrc.gov,                            administrative costs.
For the reasons set out in the                                    or by mail to the Office of the Chief                            *    *    *    *
* preamble and under the authority of the                              Financial Officer at: U.S. Nuclear                                (j) The NRC may waive interest during Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;                              Regulatory Commission, Washington,                              the period a debt disputed under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,                              DC 20555-0001, Attn: Chief Financial Officer. For debt disputes related to                            &sect; 15.31 is under consideration by the NRC.
as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553,                                                                                                However, this additional waiver is not the NRC is adopting the following                                    charges for 10 CFR part 170 fees, the                            automatic and must be requested before amendments to 10 CFR parts 15, 170,                                  debtor must complete and submit an                              the expiration of the initial 30-day waiver and 171:                                                            NRC Form 529 with the required                                  period. The NRC may grant the additional information.                                                    waiver only when it finds the debtors PART 15DEBT COLLECTION                                                (b) Notification of receipt. Following                        dispute potentially raises an error.
PROCEDURES                                                          receipt of the dispute, the NRC will                            *      *    *      *
* jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 acknowledge receipt to the contact                                4. In &sect; 15.53, revise paragraphs (c) and
: 1. The authority citation for part 15                              person identified by the debtor.                                (e) to read as follows:
continues to read as follows:                                          (c) Dispute review. The NRC will Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,                              consider the facts involved in the                              &sect; 15.53    Reasons for suspending collection secs. 161, 186 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2236); Energy                        dispute and, if it considers it necessary,                      action.
Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42                            arrange for a conference during which                            *      *    *    *
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32170                Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations (c) The debtor has requested a review                            PART 170FEES FOR FACILITIES,                                            The addition reads as follows:
of the debt or has disputed the debt.                                MATERIALS, IMPORT AND EXPORT
                                                                                                                                                                                      &sect; 170.3      Definitions.
                                          *      *      *    *
* LICENSES, AND OTHER REGULATORY SERVICES UNDER THE                                        *      *    *      *    *
(e)(1) The NRC shall suspend                                      ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, AS                                          Non-power production or utilization collection activity during the time                                  AMENDED                                                              facility means a production or required for consideration of the                                                                                                          utilization facility licensed under 10 debtors request for review or dispute of                              5. The authority citation for part 170                            CFR 50.21(a) or (c), or 10 CFR 50.22, as the debt, if the statute under which the                            is revised to read as follows:                                        applicable, that is not a nuclear power request is sought prohibits the NRC                                    Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,                              reactor or production facility as defined from collecting the debt during that                                secs. 11, 161(w) (42 U.S.C. 2014, 2201(w));                          under paragraphs (1) and (2) of the time.                                                                Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201                          definition of production facility in 10 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 42 U.S.C. 2215; 31 U.S.C.
(2) If the statute under which the                                                                                                      CFR 50.2.
901, 902, 9701; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
request is sought does not prohibit                                                                                                        *      *    *      *
* collection activity pending                                            6. Revise &sect; 170.1 to read as follows:
                                                                                                                                                                                      &sect; 170.20      [Amended]
consideration of the request, the NRC                                &sect; 170.1      Purpose.
may use discretion, on a case-by-case                                  The regulations in this part set out                                8. In &sect; 170.20, remove the dollar basis, to suspend collection. Further, the                          fees charged for licensing services,                                  amount $279 and add in its place the NRC ordinarily should suspend                                        inspection services, and special projects                            dollar amount $288.
collection action upon a request for                                rendered by the Nuclear Regulatory review or dispute of the debt, if the NRC                            Commission as authorized under title V                                  9. In &sect; 170.21, in the table:
is prohibited by statute or regulation                              of the Independent Offices                                              a. Revise the table heading and the from issuing a refund of amounts                                    Appropriation Act, 1952 (31 U.S.C.                                    entry for K. Import and export collected prior to NRC consideration of                              9701(a)).                                                            licenses; and the debtors request. However, the NRC                                7. In &sect; 170.3:                                                      b. Remove footnote 6.
should not suspend collection when the                                a. Remove the definition for Balance The revisions read as follows:
NRC determines that the request for                                  of plant; review or dispute of the debt is frivolous                            b. Add a definition for Non-power                                &sect; 170.21 Schedule of fees for production or was made primarily to delay                                      production or utilization facility in                              and utilization facilities, review of standard collection.                                                          alphabetical order; and                                              referenced design approvals, special
: c. Remove the definitions for Nuclear                            projects, inspections and import and export
                                          *      *      *    *
* Steam Supply System and Reference                                licenses.
systems concept.                                                    *        *        *        *
* TABLE 1 TO &sect; 170.21SCHEDULE OF FACILITY FEES
[See footnotes at end of table]
Facility categories and type of fees                                                                                  Fees 1 2 K. Import and export licenses:
Licenses for the import and export only of production or utilization facilities or the export only of components for production or utilization facilities issued under 10 CFR part 110.
: 1. Application for import or export of production or utilization facilities 4 (including reactors and other facilities) and ex-ports of components requiring Commission and Executive Branch review, for example, actions under 10 CFR 110.40(b).
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .....................................................................                                  $20,200
: 2. Application for export of reactor and other components requiring Executive Branch review, for example, those ac-tions under 10 CFR 110.41(a).
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .....................................................................                                    10,100
: 3. Application for export of components requiring the assistance of the Executive Branch to obtain foreign government assurances.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .....................................................................                                    7,200
: 4. Application for export of facility components and equipment not requiring Commission or Executive Branch review, or obtaining foreign government assurances.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .....................................................................                                    4,900
: 5. Minor amendment of any active export or import license, for example, to extend the expiration date, change domes-tic information, or make other revisions which do not involve any substantive changes to license terms or conditions or to the type of facility or component authorized for export and, therefore, do not require in-depth analysis or review or consultation with the Executive Branch, U.S. host state, or foreign government authorities.
Minor amendment to license ..........................................................................................................................................        4,300 1 Fees will be charged for approvals issued under a specific exemption provision of the Commissions regulations under title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., 10 CFR 50.12, 10 CFR 73.5) and any other sections in effect now or in the future, regardless of whether the approval jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 is in the form of a license amendment, letter of approval, safety evaluation report, or other form.
2 Full cost fees will be determined based on the professional staff time and appropriate contractual support services expended. For applications currently on file and for which fees are determined based on the full cost expended for the review, the professional staff hours expended for the review of the application up to the effective date of the final rule will be determined at the professional rates in effect when the service was provided.
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                                          *      *        *        *      *                                &sect; 170.31 Schedule of fees for materials licenses and other regulatory services,
: 10. In &sect; 170.31, revise the table to read                        including inspections, and import and as follows:                                                        export licenses.
TABLE 1 TO &sect; 170.31SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS FEES
[See footnotes at end of table]
Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                                Fees 2 3
: 1. Special nuclear material: 11 A. (1) Licenses for possession and use of U-235 or plutonium for fuel fabrication activities.
(a) Strategic Special Nuclear Material (High Enriched Uranium) 6 [Program Code(s): 21213] .........................................                                    Full Cost.
(b) Low Enriched Uranium in Dispersible Form Used for Fabrication of Power Reactor Fuel 6 [Program Code(s):                                                            Full Cost.
21210].
(2) All other special nuclear materials licenses not included in Category 1.A. (1) which are licensed for fuel cycle activi-ties 6.
(a) Facilities with limited operations 6 [Program Code(s): 21240, 21310, 21320] .............................................................                          Full  Cost.
(b) Gas centrifuge enrichment demonstration facilities.6 [Program Code(s): 21205] ........................................................                            Full  Cost.
(c) Others, including hot cell facilities.6 [Program Code(s): 21130, 21133] ......................................................................                    Full  Cost.
B. Licenses for receipt and storage of spent fuel and reactor-related Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste at an inde-                                                        Full  Cost.
pendent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) 6 [Program Code(s): 23200].
C. Licenses for possession and use of special nuclear material of less than a critical mass as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this chapter in sealed sources contained in devices used in industrial measuring systems, including x-ray fluorescence ana-lyzers.4.
Application [Program Code(s): 22140] ...............................................................................................................................  $1,300.
D. All other special nuclear material licenses, except licenses authorizing special nuclear material in sealed or unsealed form in combination that would constitute a critical mass, as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this chapter, for which the licensee shall pay the same fees as those under Category 1.A.4.
Application [Program Code(s): 22110, 22111, 22120, 22131, 22136, 22150, 22151, 22161, 22170, 23100, 23300,                                                            $2,700.
23310].
E. Licenses or certificates for construction and operation of a uranium enrichment facility 6 [Program Code(s): 21200] .......                                              Full Cost.
F. Licenses for possession and use of special nuclear material greater than critical mass as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this                                                      Full Cost.
chapter, for development and testing of commercial products, and other non-fuel-cycle activities.4 6 [Program Code(s):
22155].
: 2. Source material: 11 A. (1) Licenses for possession and use of source material for refining uranium mill concentrates to uranium hexafluoride                                                    Full Cost.
or for deconverting uranium hexafluoride in the production of uranium oxides for disposal.6 [Program Code(s): 11400].
(2) Licenses for possession and use of source material in recovery operations such as milling, in-situ recovery, heap-leaching, ore buying stations, ion-exchange facilities, and in processing of ores containing source material for extraction of metals other than uranium or thorium, including licenses authorizing the possession of byproduct waste material (tailings) from source material recovery operations, as well as licenses authorizing the possession and maintenance of a facility in a standby mode 6.
(a) Conventional and Heap Leach facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11100] ..........................................................................                      Full  Cost.
(b) Basic In Situ Recovery facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11500] ......................................................................................                Full  Cost.
(c) Expanded In Situ Recovery facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11510] ...............................................................................                    Full  Cost.
(d) In Situ Recovery Resin facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11550] .....................................................................................                Full  Cost.
(e) Resin Toll Milling facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11555] ...............................................................................................          Full  Cost.
(f) Other facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11700] ................................................................................................................... Full  Cost.
(3) Licenses that authorize the receipt of byproduct material, as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act, from                                                Full  Cost.
other persons for possession and disposal, except those licenses subject to the fees in Category 2.A.(2) or Category 2.A.(4) 6 [Program Code(s): 11600, 12000].
(4) Licenses that authorize the receipt of byproduct material, as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act, from                                                Full Cost.
other persons for possession and disposal incidental to the disposal of the uranium waste tailings generated by the li-censees milling operations, except those licenses subject to the fees in Category 2.A.(2) 6 [Program Code(s): 12010].
B. Licenses which authorize the possession, use, and/or installation of source material for shielding.7 8.
Application [Program Code(s): 11210] ...............................................................................................................................  $1,300.
C. Licenses to distribute items containing source material to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 40 of this chapter.
Application [Program Code(s): 11240] ...............................................................................................................................  $6,200.
D. Licenses to distribute source material to persons generally licensed under part 40 of this chapter..
Application [Program Code(s): 11230, 11231] ...................................................................................................................        $2,900.
E. Licenses for possession and use of source material for processing or manufacturing of products or materials con-taining source material for commercial distribution.
Application [Program Code(s): 11710] ...............................................................................................................................  $2,700.
F. All other source material licenses..
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 Application [Program Code(s): 11200, 11220, 11221, 11300, 11800, 11810, 11820] ......................................................                                  $2,700.
: 3. Byproduct material: 11 A. Licenses of broad scope for the possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chap-ter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of loca-tions of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 03211, 03212, 03213] ......................................................................................................              $13,500.
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[See footnotes at end of table]
Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                                            Fees 2 3 (1). Licenses of broad scope for the possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04010, 04012, 04014] ...............................................................................................                                $17,900.
(2). Licenses of broad scope for the possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04011, 04013, 04015] ...............................................................................................                                $22,400.
B. Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 03214, 03215, 22135, 22162] ..........................................................................................                                  $3,700.
(1). Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04110, 04112, 04114, 04116] ...................................................................................                                    $5,000.
(2). Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use:
More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04111, 04113, 04115, 04117] ...................................................................................                                    $6,200.
C. Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and dis-tribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices containing by-product material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose processing or manufacturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4). Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 02500, 02511, 02513] ......................................................................................................                              $5,400.
(1). Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices con-taining byproduct material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose processing or manufacturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4). Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04210, 04212, 04214] ...............................................................................................                                $7,200.
(2). Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices con-taining byproduct material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose processing or manufacturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4). Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04211, 04213, 04215] ...............................................................................................                                $8,900.
D. [Reserved] ............................................................................................................................................................................. N/A.
E. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material in sealed sources for irradiation of materials in which the source is not removed from its shield (self-shielded units).
Application [Program Code(s): 03510, 03520] ...................................................................................................................                        $3,300.
F. Licenses for possession and use of less than or equal to 10,000 curies of byproduct material in sealed sources for ir-radiation of materials in which the source is exposed for irradiation purposes. This category also includes underwater irradiators for irradiation of materials where the source is not exposed for irradiation purposes.
Application [Program Code(s): 03511] ...............................................................................................................................                  $6,700.
G. Licenses for possession and use of greater than 10,000 curies of byproduct material in sealed sources for irradiation of materials in which the source is exposed for irradiation purposes. This category also includes underwater irradiators for irradiation of materials where the source is not exposed for irradiation purposes.
Application [Program Code(s): 03521] ...............................................................................................................................                  $64,300.
H. Licenses issued under subpart A of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material that re-quire device review to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter. The category does not include specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons ex-empt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter.
Application [Program Code(s): 03254, 03255, 03257] ......................................................................................................                              $6,900.
I. Licenses issued under subpart A of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material or quantities of byproduct material that do not require device evaluation to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter. This category does not include specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter..
Application [Program Code(s): 03250, 03251, 03253, 03256] ..........................................................................................                                  $15,300.
J. Licenses issued under subpart B of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material that require sealed source and/or device review to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter. This category does not include specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons gen-erally licensed under part 31 of this chapter.
Application [Program Code(s): 03240, 03241, 03243] ......................................................................................................                              $2,100.
K. Licenses issued under subpart B of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material or quan-tities of byproduct material that do not require sealed source and/or device review to persons generally licensed under jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 part 31 of this chapter. This category does not include specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter.
Application [Program Code(s): 03242, 03244] ...................................................................................................................                        $1,200.
L. Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 01100, 01110, 01120, 03610, 03611, 03612, 03613] ......................................................                                                  $5,700.
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Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                              Fees 2 3 (1) Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chap-ter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20..
Application [Program Code(s): 04610, 04612, 04614, 04616, 04618, 04620, 04622] ..............................................                                    $7,500.
(2) Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chap-ter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04611, 04613, 04615, 04617, 04619, 04621, 04623] ..............................................                                    $9,400.
M. Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for research and de-velopment that do not authorize commercial distribution.
Application [Program Code(s): 03620] ...............................................................................................................................  $8,600.
N. Licenses that authorize services for other licensees, except: (1) Licenses that authorize only calibration and/or leak testing services are subject to the fees specified in fee Category 3.P.; and (2) Licenses that authorize waste disposal services are subject to the fees specified in fee Categories 4.A., 4.B., and 4.C.
Application [Program Code(s): 03219, 03225, 03226] ......................................................................................................              $9,200.
O. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiography operations. Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 03310, 03320] ...................................................................................................................        $9,200.
(1). Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiog-raphy operations. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04310, 04312] ...........................................................................................................          $12,200.
(2). Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiog-raphy operations. Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04311, 04313] ...........................................................................................................          $15,300.
P. All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.9 Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 02400, 02410, 03120, 03121, 03122, 03123, 03124, 03130, 03140, 03220, 03221,                                                            $6,600.
03222, 03800, 03810, 22130].
(1). All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.9 Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04410, 04412, 04414, 04416, 04418, 04420, 04422, 04424, 04426, 04428,                                                              $8,800.
04430, 04432, 04434, 04436, 04438].
(2). All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.9 Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04411, 04413, 04415, 04417, 04419, 04421, 04423, 04425, 04427, 04429,                                                              $10,900.
04431, 04433, 04435, 04437, 04439].
Q. Registration of a device(s) generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter. Registration .................................................                              $800.
R. Possession of items or products containing radium-226 identified in &sect; 31.12 of this chapter which exceed the number of items or limits specified in that section 5.
: 1. Possession of quantities exceeding the number of items or limits in &sect; 31.12(a)(4) or (5) of this chapter but less than or equal to 10 times the number of items or limits specified.
Application [Program Code(s): 02700] ........................................................................................................................    $2,600.
: 2. Possession of quantities exceeding 10 times the number of items or limits specified in &sect; 31.12(a)(4) or (5) of this chapter.
Application [Program Code(s): 02710] ........................................................................................................................    $2,600.
S. Licenses for production of accelerator-produced radionuclides.
Application [Program Code(s): 03210] ...............................................................................................................................  $14,700.
: 4. Waste disposal and processing: 11 A. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of waste byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material from other persons for the purpose of contingency storage or commercial land disposal by the licensee; or licenses au-thorizing contingency storage of low-level radioactive waste at the site of nuclear power reactors; or licenses for receipt of waste from other persons for incineration or other treatment, packaging of resulting waste and residues, and transfer of packages to another person authorized to receive or dispose of waste material.
Application [Program Code(s): 03231, 03233, 03236, 06100, 06101] ..............................................................................                        Full Cost.
B. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of waste byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material from other persons for the purpose of packaging or repackaging the material. The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another person authorized to receive or dispose of the material.
Application [Program Code(s): 03234] ...............................................................................................................................  $7,200.
C. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of prepackaged waste byproduct material, source material, or special nu-clear material from other persons. The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another person authorized to receive or dispose of the material.
Application [Program Code(s): 03232] ...............................................................................................................................  $5,200.
: 5. Well logging: 11 A. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material for well log-ging, well surveys, and tracer studies other than field flooding tracer studies.
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B. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material for field flooding tracer studies.
Licensing [Program Code(s): 03113] ................................................................................................................................. Full Cost.
: 6. Nuclear laundries: 11 A. Licenses for commercial collection and laundry of items contaminated with byproduct material, source material, or spe-cial nuclear material.
Application [Program Code(s): 03218] ...............................................................................................................................  $22,900.
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Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                                          Fees 2 3
: 7. Medical licenses: 11 A. Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 02300, 02310] ...................................................................................................................                        $11,500.
(1). Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source ma-terial, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04510, 04512] ...........................................................................................................                          $15,300.
(2). Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source ma-terial, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04511, 04513] ...........................................................................................................                          $19,100.
B. Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except licenses for by-product material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.
Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 02110] ...............................................................................................................................                  $9,000.
(1). Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except li-censes for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in tele-therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when author-ized on the same license. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04710] ........................................................................................................................                    $11,900.
(2). Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except li-censes for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in tele-therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when author-ized on the same license. Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04711] ........................................................................................................................                    $14,900.
C. Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source ma-terial, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear mate-rial in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices.10 Number of locations of use: 1-5.
Application [Program Code(s): 02120, 02121, 02200, 02201, 02210, 02220, 02230, 02231, 02240, 22160] .................                                                                  $10,900.
(1). Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices.10 Number of locations of use: 6-20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04810, 04812, 04814, 04816, 04818, 04820, 04822, 04824, 04826, 04828] ..........                                                                  $9,000.
(2). Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices.10 Number of locations of use: More than 20.
Application [Program Code(s): 04811,04813, 04815, 04817, 04819, 04821,04823, 04825, 04827, 04829] ............                                                                  $11,300.
: 8. Civil defense: 11 A. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material for civil defense activities.
Application [Program Code(s): 03710] ...............................................................................................................................                  $2,600.
: 9. Device, product, or sealed source safety evaluation:
A. Safety evaluation of devices or products containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material, except reactor fuel devices, for commercial distribution.
Applicationeach device ...................................................................................................................................................            $17,900.
B. Safety evaluation of devices or products containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material manufactured in accordance with the unique specifications of, and for use by, a single applicant, except reactor fuel devices.
Applicationeach device ...................................................................................................................................................            $9,300.
C. Safety evaluation of sealed sources containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material, except reactor fuel, for commercial distribution.
Applicationeach source ...................................................................................................................................................            $5,500.
D. Safety evaluation of sealed sources containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material, manu-factured in accordance with the unique specifications of, and for use by, a single applicant, except reactor fuel.
Applicationeach source ...................................................................................................................................................            $1,100.
: 10. Transportation of radioactive material:
A. Evaluation of casks, packages, and shipping containers.
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: 1. Spent Fuel, High-Level Waste, and plutonium air packages ........................................................................................                                  Full Cost.
: 2. Other Casks ................................................................................................................................................................... Full Cost.
B. Quality assurance program approvals issued under part 71 of this chapter.
: 1. Users and Fabricators. Application ................................................................................................................................                $4,300.
Inspections .................................................................................................................................................................. Full Cost.
: 2. Users. Application ..........................................................................................................................................................      $4,300.
Inspections .................................................................................................................................................................. Full Cost.
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Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                                            Fees 2 3 C. Evaluation of security plans, route approvals, route surveys, and transportation security devices (including immobiliza-                                                                  Full Cost.
tion devices).
: 11. Review of standardized spent fuel facilities ...............................................................................................................................                  Full Cost.
: 12. Special projects: Including approvals, pre-application/licensing activities, and inspections.
Application [Program Code: 25110] ..........................................................................................................................................                  Full Cost.
: 13. A. Spent fuel storage cask Certificate of Compliance ...............................................................................................................                          Full Cost.
B. Inspections related to storage of spent fuel under &sect; 72.210 of this chapter ........................................................................                                      Full Cost.
: 14. Decommissioning/Reclamation: 11 A. Byproduct, source, or special nuclear material licenses and other approvals authorizing decommissioning, decon-                                                                            Full Cost.
tamination, reclamation, or site restoration activities under parts 30, 40, 70, 72, and 76 of this chapter, including master materials licenses (MMLs). The transition to this fee category occurs when a licensee has permanently ceased prin-cipal activities. [Program Code(s): 03900, 11900, 21135, 21215, 21325, 22200].
B. Site-specific decommissioning activities associated with unlicensed sites, including MMLs, regardless of whether or not                                                                    Full Cost.
the sites have been previously licensed.
: 15. Import and Export licenses:
Licenses issued under part 110 of this chapter for the import and export only of special nuclear material, source material, tritium and other byproduct material, and the export only of heavy water, or nuclear grade graphite (fee categories 15.A. through 15.E.).
A. Application for export or import of nuclear materials, including radioactive waste requiring Commission and Executive Branch review, for example, those actions under &sect; 110.40(b) of this chapter.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $20,200.
B. Application for export or import of nuclear material, including radioactive waste, requiring Executive Branch review, but not Commission review. This category includes applications for the export and import of radioactive waste and requires the NRC to consult with domestic host state authorities (i.e., Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, etc.).
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $10,100.
C. Application for export of nuclear material, for example, routine reloads of low enriched uranium reactor fuel and/or nat-ural uranium source material requiring the assistance of the Executive Branch to obtain foreign government assurances.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $7,200.
D. Application for export or import of nuclear material not requiring Commission or Executive Branch review, or obtaining foreign government assurances.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $4,900.
E. Minor amendment of any active export or import license, for example, to extend the expiration date, change domestic                                                                        $4,900.
information, or make other revisions which do not involve any substantive changes to license terms and conditions or to the type/quantity/chemical composition of the material authorized for export and, therefore, do not require in-depth analysis, review, or consultations with other Executive Branch, U.S. host state, or foreign government authorities. Minor amendment.
Licenses issued under part 110 of this chapter for the import and export only of Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of radioactive material listed in appendix P to part 110 of this chapter (fee categories 15.F. through 15.R.).
Category 1 (Appendix P, 10 CFR Part 110) Exports:
F. Application for export of appendix P Category 1 materials requiring Commission review (e.g. exceptional circumstance review under &sect; 110.42(e)(4) of this chapter) and to obtain one government-to-government consent for this process. For additional consent see fee category 15.I.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $17,300.
G. Application for export of appendix P Category 1 materials requiring Executive Branch review and to obtain one gov-ernment-to-government consent for this process. For additional consents see fee category 15.I.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $8,600.
H. Application for export of appendix P Category 1 materials and to obtain one government-to-government consent for this process. For additional consents see fee category 15.I.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $4,900.
I. Requests for each additional government-to-government consent in support of an export license application or active export license.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $1,400.
Category 2 (Appendix P, 10 CFR Part 110) Exports:
J. Application for export of appendix P Category 2 materials requiring Commission review (e.g. exceptional circumstance review under &sect; 110.42(e)(4) of this chapter).
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $17,300.
K. Applications for export of appendix P Category 2 materials requiring Executive Branch review.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $8,600.
L. Application for the export of Category 2 materials.
Applicationnew license, or amendment; or license exemption request .........................................................................                                          $4,300.
M. [Reserved] ............................................................................................................................................................................ N/A.
N. [Reserved] ............................................................................................................................................................................. N/A.
O. [Reserved] ............................................................................................................................................................................ N/A.
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Q. [Reserved] ............................................................................................................................................................................ N/A.
Minor Amendments (Category 1 and 2, Appendix P, 10 CFR Part 110, Export):
R. Minor amendment of any active export license, for example, to extend the expiration date, change domestic informa-                                                                        $1,400.
tion, or make other revisions which do not involve any substantive changes to license terms and conditions or to the type/quantity/chemical composition of the material authorized for export and, therefore, do not require in-depth analysis, review, or consultations with other Executive Branch, U.S. host state, or foreign authorities. Minor amendment.
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Category of materials licenses and type of fees 1                                                                                          Fees 2 3
: 16. Reciprocity:
Agreement State licensees who conduct activities under the reciprocity provisions of &sect; 150.20 of this chapter.
Application ..........................................................................................................................................................................  $2,700.
: 17. Master materials licenses of broad scope issued to Government agencies.
Application [Program Code(s): 03614] ......................................................................................................................................                  Full Cost.
: 18. Department of Energy:
A. Certificates of Compliance. Evaluation of casks, packages, and shipping containers (including spent fuel, high-level                                                                      Full Cost.
waste, and other casks, and plutonium air packages).
B. Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) activities .......................................................................................                                  Full Cost.
1 Types  of feesSeparate charges, as shown in the schedule, will be assessed for pre-application consultations and reviews; applications for new licenses, approvals, or license terminations; possession-only licenses; issuances of new licenses and approvals; certain amendments and renewals to existing licenses and approvals; safety evaluations of sealed sources and devices; generally licensed device registrations; and cer-tain inspections. The following guidelines apply to these charges:
(1) Application and registration fees. Applications for new materials licenses and export and import licenses; applications to reinstate expired, terminated, or inactive licenses, except those subject to fees assessed at full costs; applications filed by Agreement State licensees to register under the general license provisions of 10 CFR 150.20; and applications for amendments to materials licenses that would place the license in a higher fee category or add a new fee category must be accompanied by the prescribed application fee for each category.
(i) Applications for licenses covering more than one fee category of special nuclear material or source material must be accompanied by the prescribed application fee for the highest fee category.
(ii) Applications for new licenses that cover both byproduct material and special nuclear material in sealed sources for use in gauging devices will pay the appropriate application fee for fee category 1.C. only.
(2) Licensing fees. Fees for reviews of applications for new licenses, renewals, and amendments to existing licenses, pre-application consulta-tions and other documents submitted to the NRC for review, and project manager time for fee categories subject to full cost fees are due upon notification by the Commission in accordance with &sect; 170.12(b).
(3) Amendment fees. Applications for amendments to export and import licenses must be accompanied by the prescribed amendment fee for each license affected. An application for an amendment to an export or import license or approval classified in more than one fee category must be accompanied by the prescribed amendment fee for the category affected by the amendment, unless the amendment is applicable to two or more fee categories, in which case the amendment fee for the highest fee category would apply.
(4) Inspection fees. Inspections resulting from investigations conducted by the Office of Investigations and nonroutine inspections that result from third-party allegations are not subject to fees. Inspection fees are due upon notification by the Commission in accordance with &sect; 170.12(c).
(5) Generally licensed device registrations under 10 CFR 31.5. Submittals of registration information must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
2 Fees will be charged for approvals issued under a specific exemption provision of the Commissions regulations under title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (e.g., 10 CFR 30.11, 40.14, 70.14, 73.5, and any other sections in effect now or in the future), regardless of whether the ap-proval is in the form of a license amendment, letter of approval, safety evaluation report, or other form. In addition to the fee shown, an applicant may be assessed an additional fee for sealed source and device evaluations as shown in fee categories 9.A. through 9.D.
3 Full cost fees will be determined based on the professional staff time multiplied by the appropriate professional hourly rate established in
                                          &sect; 170.20 in effect when the service is provided, and the appropriate contractual support services expended.
4 Licensees paying fees under categories 1.A., 1.B., and 1.E. are not subject to fees under categories 1.C., 1.D. and 1.F. for sealed sources authorized in the same license, except for an application that deals only with the sealed sources authorized by the license.
5 Persons who possess radium sources that are used for operational purposes in another fee category are not also subject to the fees in this category. (This exception does not apply if the radium sources are possessed for storage only.)
6 Licensees subject to fees under fee categories 1.A., 1.B., 1.E., or 2.A. must pay the largest applicable fee and are not subject to additional fees listed in this table.
7 Licensees paying fees under 3.C., 3.C.1, or 3.C.2 are not subject to fees under 2.B. for possession and shielding authorized on the same li-cense.
8 Licensees paying fees under 7.C. are not subject to fees under 2.B. for possession and shielding authorized on the same license.
9Licensees paying fees under 3.N. are not subject to paying fees under 3.P., 3.P.1, or 3.P.2 for calibration or leak testing services authorized on the same license.
10 Licensees paying fees under 7.B., 7.B.1, or 7.B.2 are not subject to paying fees under 7.C., 7.C.1, or 7.C.2. for broad scope licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, except li-censes for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices authorized on the same license.
11 A materials license (or part of a materials license) that transitions to fee category 14.A is assessed full-cost fees under 10 CFR part 170, but is not assessed an annual fee under 10 CFR part 171. If only part of a materials license is transitioned to fee category 14.A, the licensee may be charged annual fees (and any applicable 10 CFR part 170 fees) for other activities authorized under the license that are not in decommissioning status.
: 11. Revise &sect; 170.51 to read as follows:                              PART 171ANNUAL FEES FOR                                                  2201(w), 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization REACTOR LICENSES AND FUEL                                                Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 42
                                          &sect; 170.51      Right to dispute assessed fees.                                                                                                      U.S.C. 2215; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
CYCLE LICENSES AND MATERIALS All debtors disputes of fees assessed                                  LICENSES, INCLUDING HOLDERS OF                                              13. Revise &sect; 171.3 to read as follows:
must be submitted in accordance with                                      CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE, REGISTRATIONS, AND QUALITY                                                &sect; 171.3      Scope.
10 CFR 15.31.
ASSURANCE PROGRAM APPROVALS                                                The regulations in this part apply to AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES                                                  any person holding an operating license jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 LICENSED BY THE NRC                                                      for a non-power production or utilization facility issued under 10 CFR
: 12. The authority citation for part 171                                part 50 that has provided notification to is revised to read as follows:                                            the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,                                  (NRC) that the licensee has successfully secs. 11, 161(w), 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2014,                              completed startup testing, and to any VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00032      Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                                                  32177 person holding an operating license for                                15. In &sect; 171.11, revise paragraph (c) to                              (2) The FY 2021 annual fees are a power reactor or small modular                                      read as follows:                                                      comprised of a base annual fee for reactor licensed under 10 CFR part 50                                                                                                      power reactors licensed to operate, a or a combined license issued under 10                                &sect; 171.11      Exemptions.                                            base spent fuel storage/reactor CFR part 52 that has provided                                        *      *    *    *
* decommissioning annual fee, and notification to the NRC that the licensee                              (c) The Commission may, upon                                        associated additional charges. The has successfully completed power                                      application by an interested person or                                activities comprising the spent fuel ascension testing. The regulations in                                on its own initiative, grant an                                      storage/reactor decommissioning base this part also apply to any person                                    exemption from the requirements of this                              annual fee are shown in paragraphs holding a materials license as defined in                            part that it determines is authorized by                              (c)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section. The this part, a certificate of compliance, a                            law and otherwise in the public interest.                            activities comprising the FY 2021 base sealed source or device registration, a                              *      *    *    *
* annual fee for operating power reactors quality assurance program approval,                                    16. In &sect; 171.15:                                                    are as follows:
and to a Government agency as defined                                  a. Revise the section heading and                                  *      *    *      *
* in this part. Notwithstanding the other                              paragraphs (a), (b)(1), (b)(2) introductory                              (c)(1) The FY 2021 annual fee for each provisions in this section, the                                      text, (c)(1), and (c)(2) introductory text;                          power reactor holding a 10 CFR part 50 regulations in this part do not apply to                              b. Remove paragraph (d);                                            license or combined license issued uranium recovery and fuel facility                                    c. Redesignate paragraphs (e) and (f)                              under 10 CFR part 52 that is in a licensees until after the Commission                                  as paragraphs (d) and (e); and                                        decommissioning or possession-only verifies through inspection that the                                  d. Revise newly redesignated                                        status and has spent fuel onsite, and for facility has been constructed in                                      paragraphs (d) and (e).                                              each independent spent fuel storage 10 accordance with the requirements of the                                The revisions read as follows:                                      CFR part 72 licensee who does not hold license.                                                                                                                                    a 10 CFR part 50 license or a 10 CFR
                                                                                                                &sect; 171.15 Annual fees: Non-power
: 14. In &sect; 171.5, revise the definition of                            production or utilization licenses, reactor                          part 52 combined license, is $237,000.
Budget authority and add a definition                            licenses, and independent spent fuel                                    (2) The FY 2021 annual fee is for Non-power production or                                        storage licenses.                                                    comprised of a base spent fuel storage/
utilization facility in alphabetical order                            (a) Each person holding an operating                              reactor decommissioning annual fee to read as follows:                                                  license for one or more non-power                                    (which is also included in the operating production or utilization facilities under                            power reactor annual fee shown in
                                          &sect; 171.5      Definitions.
10 CFR part 50 that has provided                                      paragraph (b) of this section). The
                                          *      *    *      *
* activities comprising the FY 2021 spent notification to the NRC of the successful Budget authority means the authority,                              completion of startup testing; each                                  fuel storage/reactor decommissioning in the form of an appropriation,                                      person holding an operating license for                              rebaselined annual fee are:
provided by law and becoming available                                a power reactor licensed under 10 CFR                                *      *    *      *
* during the year, to enter into obligations                            part 50 or a combined license under 10                                  (d)(1) Each person holding an that will result in immediate or future                              CFR part 52 that has provided                                        operating license for an SMR issued outlays involving Federal Government                                  notification to the NRC of the successful                            under 10 CFR part 50 or a combined funds. The appropriation is an                                        completion of power ascension testing;                                license issued under 10 CFR part 52 that authorization by an Act of Congress that                              each person holding a 10 CFR part 50                                  has provided notification to the NRC of permits the NRC to incur obligations                                  or 52 power reactor license that is in                                the successful completion startup and to make payments out of the                                      decommissioning or possession only                                    testing, shall pay the annual fee for all Treasury for specified purposes. Fees                                status, except those that have no spent                              licenses held for an SMR site. The assessed pursuant to Public Law 115-                                  fuel onsite; and each person holding a                                annual fee will be determined using the 439 are based on the NRCs budget                                    10 CFR part 72 license who does not                                  cumulative licensed thermal power authority.                                                            hold a 10 CFR part 50 or 52 license and                              rating of all SMR units and the bundled
                                          *      *    *      *
* provides notification in accordance with                              unit concept, during the fiscal year in Non-power production or utilization                                10 CFR 72.80(g), shall pay the annual                                which the fee is due. For a given site, facility means a production or                                        fee for each license held during the                                  the use of the bundled unit concept is utilization facility licensed under 10                                Federal fiscal year in which the fee is                              independent of the number of SMR CFR 50.21(a) or (c), or 10 CFR 50.22, as                              due. This paragraph (a) does not apply                                plants, the number of SMR licenses applicable, that is not a nuclear power                              to test or research reactors exempted                                issued, or the sequencing of the SMR reactor or production facility as defined                            under &sect; 171.11(b).                                                    licenses that have been issued.
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of the                                      (b)(1) The FY 2021 annual fee for each                                (2) The annual fees for a small definition of production facility in 10                          operating power reactor that must be                                  modular reactor(s) located on a single CFR 50.2.                                                            collected by September 30, 2021, is                                  site to be collected by September 30 of
                                          *      *    *      *    *                                            $4,749,000.                                                          each year, are as follows:
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (d)(2)
Bundled unit thermal power rating                                                              Minimum fee              Variable fee          Maximum fee First Bundled Unit:
0 MWt 250 MWt .................................................................................................................
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 TBD ................ N/A ................. N/A.
                                                >250 MWt 2,000 MWt ........................................................................................................      TBD ................ TBD ................ N/A.
                                                >2,000 MWt 4,500 MWt .....................................................................................................        N/A ................. N/A ................. TBD.
Additional Bundled Units:
0 MWt 2,000 MWt .............................................................................................................. N/A ................. TBD ................ N/A.
                                                >2,000 MWt 4,500 MWt .....................................................................................................        N/A ................. N/A ................. TBD.
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32178                  Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations (3) The annual fee for an SMR                                          is exempted from fees under &sect; 171.11(b),                                    addition to 10 CFR part 72 licenses, may collected under this paragraph (d) is in                                  is $80,000.                                                                qualify as a small entity. If a licensee lieu of any fee otherwise required under                                  17. In &sect; 171.16:                                                          qualifies as a small entity and provides paragraph (b) of this section. The annual                                  a. Revise paragraphs (c) and (d); and                                    the Commission with the proper fee under this paragraph (d) covers the                                    b. Remove paragraph (e).                                                  certification along with its annual fee same activities listed for the power                                        The revisions read as follows:                                          payment, the licensee may pay reduced reactor base annual fee and the spent                                    &sect; 171.16 Annual fees: Materials licensees,                                  annual fees as shown in Table 1 to this fuel storage/reactor decommissioning                                      holders of certificates of compliance,                                      paragraph (c). Failure to file a small reactor fee.                                                              holders of sealed source and device                                        entity certification in a timely manner registrations, holders of quality assurance                                could result in the receipt of a (e) The FY 2021 annual fee for                                        program approvals, and government licensees authorized to operate one or                                                                                                                delinquent invoice requesting the agencies licensed by the NRC.
more non-power production or                                                                                                                          outstanding balance due and/or denial
                                                                                                                    *    *    *    *
* of any refund that might otherwise be utilization facilities under a single 10                                    (c) A licensee who is required to pay CFR part 50 license, unless the reactor                                                                                                              due. The small entity fees are as follows:
an annual fee under this section, in TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
Maximum annual fee NRC small entity classification                                                                                            per licensed category Small Businesses Not Engaged in Manufacturing (Average gross receipts over last 3 completed fiscal years):
                                              $485,000 to $7 million ..................................................................................................................................................................                $4,900 Less than $485,000 ......................................................................................................................................................................                1,000 Small Not-For-Profit Organizations (Annual Gross Receipts):
                                              $485,000 to $7 million ..................................................................................................................................................................                  4,900 Less than $485,000 ......................................................................................................................................................................                  1,000 Manufacturing Entities that Have An Average of 500 Employees or Fewer:
35 to 500 employees ....................................................................................................................................................................                  4,900 Fewer than 35 employees ............................................................................................................................................................                      1,000 Small Governmental Jurisdictions (Including publicly supported educational institutions) (Population):
20,000 to 49,999 ..........................................................................................................................................................................                4,900 Fewer than 20,000 .......................................................................................................................................................................                  1,000 Educational Institutions that are not State or Publicly Supported, and have 500 Employees or Fewer:
35 to 500 employees ....................................................................................................................................................................                  4,900 Fewer than 35 employees ............................................................................................................................................................                      1,000 (d) The FY 2021 annual fees for                                        subject to fees under this section are materials licensees and holders of                                        shown table 2 to this paragraph (d):
certificates, registrations, or approvals TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (d)SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS ANNUAL FEES AND FEES FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LICENSED BY NRC
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Annual Category of materials licenses                                                                                              fees 1 2 3
: 1. Special nuclear material:
A. (1) Licenses for possession and use of U-235 or plutonium for fuel fabrication activities.
(a) Strategic Special Nuclear Material (High Enriched Uranium) 15 [Program Code(s): 21213] ..........................................                                                          $4,643,000 (b) Low Enriched Uranium in Dispersible Form Used for Fabrication of Power Reactor Fuel 15 [Program Code(s):
21210] ................................................................................................................................................................................    $1,573,000 (2) All other special nuclear materials licenses not included in Category 1.A.(1) which are licensed for fuel cycle activities.
(a) Facilities with limited operations 15 [Program Code(s): 21310, 21320] ...........................................................................                                          $1,037,000 (b) Gas centrifuge enrichment demonstration facility 15 [Program Code(s): 21205] ............................................................                                                        N/A (c) Others, including hot cell facility 15 [Program Code(s): 21130, 21133] ...........................................................................                                                N/A B. Licenses for receipt and storage of spent fuel and reactor-related Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste at an inde-pendent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) 11 15 [Program Code(s): 23200] ......................................................................                                                    N/A C. Licenses for possession and use of special nuclear material of less than a critical mass, as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this chapter, in sealed sources contained in devices used in industrial measuring systems, including x-ray fluorescence ana-lyzers. [Program Code(s): 22140] .............................................................................................................................................                        $2,400 D. All other special nuclear material licenses, except licenses authorizing special nuclear material in sealed or unsealed jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 form in combination that would constitute a critical mass, as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this chapter, for which the licensee shall pay the same fees as those under Category 1.A. [Program Code(s): 22110, 22111, 22120, 22131, 22136, 22150, 22151, 22161, 22170, 23100, 23300, 23310] ......................................................................................................................................                            $5,700 E. Licenses or certificates for the operation of a uranium enrichment facility 15 [Program Code(s): 21200] ..............................                                                          $2,023,000 F. Licenses for possession and use of special nuclear materials greater than critical mass, as defined in &sect; 70.4 of this chapter, for development and testing of commercial products, and other non-fuel cycle activities.4 [Program Code: 22155]                                                                              $4,300
: 2. Source material:
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Annual Category of materials licenses                                                                                            fees 1 2 3 A. (1) Licenses for possession and use of source material for refining uranium mill concentrates to uranium hexafluoride or for deconverting uranium hexafluoride in the production of uranium oxides for disposal.15 [Program Code: 11400] ............                                                                    $467,000 (2) Licenses for possession and use of source material in recovery operations such as milling, in-situ recovery, heap-leach-ing, ore buying stations, ion-exchange facilities and in-processing of ores containing source material for extraction of met-als other than uranium or thorium, including licenses authorizing the possession of byproduct waste material (tailings) from source material recovery operations, as well as licenses authorizing the possession and maintenance of a facility in a standby mode.
(a) Conventional and Heap Leach facilities.15 [Program Code(s): 11100] ...........................................................................                                                  N/A (b) Basic In Situ Recovery facilities.15 [Program Code(s): 11500] .......................................................................................                                      $47,200 (c) Expanded In Situ Recovery facilities 15 [Program Code(s): 11510] ................................................................................                                              N/A (d) In Situ Recovery Resin facilities.15 [Program Code(s): 11550] ......................................................................................                                          5 N/A (e) Resin Toll Milling facilities.15 [Program Code(s): 11555] ................................................................................................                                    5 N/A (f) Other facilities 6 [Program Code(s): 11700] ......................................................................................................................                            5 N/A (3) Licenses that authorize the receipt of byproduct material, as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act, from other persons for possession and disposal, except those licenses subject to the fees in Category 2.A.(2) or Category 2.A.(4).15 [Program Code(s): 11600, 12000] ............................................................................................................................                              5 N/A (4) Licenses that authorize the receipt of byproduct material, as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act, from other persons for possession and disposal incidental to the disposal of the uranium waste tailings generated by the li-censees milling operations, except those licenses subject to the fees in Category 2.A.(2).15 [Program Code(s): 12010] ....                                                                            N/A B. Licenses which authorize the possession, use, and/or installation of source material for shielding.16 17 Application [Pro-gram Code(s): 11210] ...............................................................................................................................................................                $2,700 C. Licenses to distribute items containing source material to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 40 of this chapter. [Program Code: 11240] .......................................................................................................................................                        $8,900 D. Licenses to distribute source material to persons generally licensed under part 40 of this chapter. [Program Code(s):
11230 and 11231] .....................................................................................................................................................................              $5,100 E. Licenses for possession and use of source material for processing or manufacturing of products or materials containing source material for commercial distribution. [Program Code: 11710] ......................................................................................                                          $6,300 F. All other source material licenses. [Program Code(s): 11200, 11220, 11221, 11300, 11800, 11810, 11820] ......................                                                                      $8,500
: 3. Byproduct material:
A. Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 03211, 03212, 03213] ................................................................................................................                                  $27,400 (1). Licenses of broad scope for the possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04010, 04012, 04014] ...............................................................................                                            $36,400 (2). Licenses of broad scope for the possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Program Code(s): 04011, 04013, 04015] .................................................................                                                  $45,500 B. Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or man-ufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 03214, 03215, 22135, 22162] ....................................................................................................................................                          $9,600 (1). Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20.
[Program Code(s): 04110, 04112, 04114, 04116] ............................................................................................................                                  $12,700 (2). Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for processing or manufacturing of items containing byproduct material for commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Program Code(s): 04111, 04113, 04115, 04117] ..............................................................................................                                        $15,800 C. Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and distribu-tion or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices containing byproduct material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose processing or manu-facturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4) of this chapter. Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 02500, 02511, 02513] ...........................................................................................................................................................................          $9,000 (1). Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices containing byproduct material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose proc-essing or manufacturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4). Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s):
04210, 04212, 04214] ........................................................................................................................................................                $12,000 (2). Licenses issued under &sect;&sect; 32.72 and/or 32.74 of this chapter that authorize the processing or manufacturing and distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits, and/or sources and devices containing jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 byproduct material. This category does not apply to licenses issued to nonprofit educational institutions whose proc-essing or manufacturing is exempt under &sect; 170.11(a)(4). Number of locations of use: more than 20. [Program Code(s): 04211, 04213, 04215] .........................................................................................................................................                      $16,200 D. [Reserved] ................................................................................................................................................................................        5 N/A E. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material in sealed sources for irradiation of materials in which the source is not removed from its shield (self-shielded units) [Program Code(s): 03510, 03520] ..........................................................                                                    $9,900 VerDate Sep<11>2014        19:08 Jun 15, 2021        Jkt 253001      PO 00000      Frm 00035      Fmt 4701      Sfmt 4700      E:\FR\FM\16JNR2.SGM            16JNR2
 
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Annual Category of materials licenses                                                                                              fees 1 2 3 F. Licenses for possession and use of less than or equal to 10,000 curies of byproduct material in sealed sources for irra-diation of materials in which the source is exposed for irradiation purposes. This category also includes underwater irradiators for irradiation of materials in which the source is not exposed for irradiation purposes [Program Code(s):
03511] .......................................................................................................................................................................................        $8,900 G. Licenses for possession and use of greater than 10,000 curies of byproduct material in sealed sources for irradiation of materials in which the source is exposed for irradiation purposes. This category also includes underwater irradiators for irradiation of materials in which the source is not exposed for irradiation purposes [Program Code(s): 03521] ...................                                                                    $72,100 H. Licenses issued under subpart A of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material that require device review to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter, except specific licenses au-thorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons exempt from the licensing require-ments of part 30 of this chapter [Program Code(s): 03254, 03255, 03257] ............................................................................                                                  $8,700 I. Licenses issued under subpart A of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material or quantities of byproduct material that do not require device evaluation to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter, except for specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons exempt from the licensing requirements of part 30 of this chapter [Program Code(s): 03250, 03251, 03253, 03256] .......................................................................................................................................................................................      $17,400 J. Licenses issued under subpart B of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material that require sealed source and/or device review to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter, except specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter [Program Code(s): 03240, 03241, 03243] ........................................................................................................                                      $3,600 K. Licenses issued under subpart B of part 32 of this chapter to distribute items containing byproduct material or quantities of byproduct material that do not require sealed source and/or device review to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter, except specific licenses authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution to persons generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter [Program Code(s): 03242, 03244] .................................................                                                            $2,700 L. Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 01100, 01110, 01120, 03610, 03611, 03612, 03613] ...............................................................................................                                            $12,500 (1) Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of product material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Pro-gram Code(s): 04610, 04612, 04614, 04616, 04618, 04620, 04622] ..............................................................................                                                  $16,600 (2) Licenses of broad scope for possession and use of byproduct material issued under parts 30 and 33 of this chapter for research and development that do not authorize commercial distribution. Number of locations of use: More than
: 20. [Program Code(s): 04611, 04613, 04615, 04617, 04619, 04621, 04623] ..................................................................                                                      $20,700 M. Other licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 30 of this chapter for research and de-velopment that do not authorize commercial distribution [Program Code(s): 03620] ..............................................................                                                      $13,400 N. Licenses that authorize services for other licensees, except: (1) Licenses that authorize only calibration and/or leak test-ing services are subject to the fees specified in fee Category 3.P.; and (2) Licenses that authorize waste disposal serv-ices are subject to the fees specified in fee categories 4.A., 4.B., and 4.C.21 [Program Code(s): 03219, 03225, 03226] ....                                                                          $15,200 O. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiography op-erations. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding authorized under part 40 of this chapter when authorized on the same license Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 03310, 03320] ....                                                                              $29,100 (1). Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiog-raphy operations. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding authorized under part 40 of this chapter when authorized on the same license. Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04310, 04312] .....................................................................................................................................................                    $38,700 (2). Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material issued under part 34 of this chapter for industrial radiog-raphy operations. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding authorized under part 40 of this chapter when authorized on the same license. Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Pro-gram Code(s): 04311, 04313] ...........................................................................................................................................                        $48,600 P. All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.18 Number of locations of use:
1-5. [Program Code(s): 02400, 02410, 03120, 03121, 03122, 03123, 03124, 03140, 03130, 03220, 03221, 03222, 03800, 03810, 22130] ...............................................................................................................................................................                  $9,900 (1). All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.18 Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04410, 04412, 04414, 04416, 04418, 04420, 04422, 04424, 04426, 04428, 04430, 04432, 04434, 04436, 04438] ...........................................................................................................................................                        $13,100 (2). All other specific byproduct material licenses, except those in Categories 4.A. through 9.D.18 Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Program Code(s): 04411, 04413, 04415, 04417, 04419, 04421, 04423, 04425, 04427, 04429, 04431, 04433, 04435, 04437, 04439] ...............................................................................................................................                              $16,300 Q. Registration of devices generally licensed under part 31 of this chapter ...............................................................................                                              13 N/A R. Possession of items or products containing radium-226 identified in &sect; 31.12 of this chapter which exceed the number of items or limits specified in that section: 14 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 (1). Possession of quantities exceeding the number of items or limits in &sect; 31.12(a)(4), or (5) of this chapter but less than or equal to 10 times the number of items or limits specified [Program Code(s): 02700] ........................................                                                              $6,000 (2). Possession of quantities exceeding 10 times the number of items or limits specified in &sect; 31.12(a)(4) or (5) of this chapter [Program Code(s): 02710] ....................................................................................................................................                            $6,400 S. Licenses for production of accelerator-produced radionuclides [Program Code(s): 03210] ...................................................                                                          $23,800
: 4. Waste disposal and processing:
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Annual Category of materials licenses                                                                                                fees 1 2 3 A. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of waste byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material from other persons for the purpose of contingency storage or commercial land disposal by the licensee; or licenses au-thorizing contingency storage of low-level radioactive waste at the site of nuclear power reactors; or licenses for receipt of waste from other persons for incineration or other treatment, packaging of resulting waste and residues, and transfer of packages to another person authorized to receive or dispose of waste material. [Program Code(s): 03231, 03233, 03236, 06100, 06101] ...............................................................................................................................................................                $22,500 B. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of waste byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material from other persons for the purpose of packaging or repackaging the material. The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another person authorized to receive or dispose of the material. [Program Code(s): 03234] ...............................                                                              $15,800 C. Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of prepackaged waste byproduct material, source material, or special nu-clear material from other persons. The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another person authorized to receive or dispose of the material. [Program Code(s): 03232] ................................................................................................                                        $8,700
: 5. Well logging:
A. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material for well logging, well surveys, and tracer studies other than field flooding tracer studies. [Program Code(s): 03110, 03111, 03112] ............                                                                      $12,500 B. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material for field flooding tracer studies. [Program Code(s): 03113] ...........                                                                        5 N/A
: 6. Nuclear laundries:
A. Licenses for commercial collection and laundry of items contaminated with byproduct material, source material, or spe-cial nuclear material. [Program Code(s): 03218] ......................................................................................................................                              $28,100
: 7. Medical licenses:
A. Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 02300, 02310] ................................                                                                  $27,100 (1). Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source mate-rial, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04510, 04512] ................................................................................................................................................................................      $36,100 (2). Licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source mate-rial, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Program Code(s):
04511, 04513] ....................................................................................................................................................................            $45,200 B. Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except licenses for by-product material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 02110] ..................................................................................................                                        $37,000 (1). Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except li-censes for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in tele-therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when author-ized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04710] .............................................                                                          $49,300 (2). Licenses of broad scope issued to medical institutions or two or more physicians under parts 30, 33, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter authorizing research and development, including human use of byproduct material, except li-censes for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in tele-therapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when author-ized on the same license.9 Number of locations of use: More than 20. [Program Code(s): 04711] ...............................                                                                $61,500 C. Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source mate-rial, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 19 Number of locations of use: 1-5. [Program Code(s): 02120, 02121, 02200, 02201, 02210, 02220, 02230, 02231, 02240, 22160] ......................................................................................                                              $16,800 (1). Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 19 Number of locations of use: 6-20. [Program Code(s): 04810, 04812, 04814, 04816, 04818, 04820, 04822, 04824, 04826, 04828] ...................................................                                                            $16,900 (2). Other licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, except licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices. This category also includes the possession and use of source material for shielding when authorized on the same license.9 19 Number of locations of use: More than 20.
[Program Code(s): 04811, 04813, 04815, 04817, 04819, 04821, 04823, 04825, 04827, 04829] ...................................                                                                  $20,900
: 8. Civil defense:
A. Licenses for possession and use of byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material for civil defense ac-tivities. [Program Code(s): 03710] ............................................................................................................................................                      $6,000
: 9. Device, product, or sealed source safety evaluation:
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Annual Category of materials licenses                                                                                                  fees 1 2 3 A. Registrations issued for the safety evaluation of devices or products containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material, except reactor fuel devices, for commercial distribution ..................................................................                                                $17,900 B. Registrations issued for the safety evaluation of devices or products containing byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material manufactured in accordance with the unique specifications of, and for use by, a single applicant, except reactor fuel devices .......................................................................................................................................................                    $9,300 C. Registrations issued for the safety evaluation of sealed sources containing byproduct material, source material, or spe-cial nuclear material, except reactor fuel, for commercial distribution .....................................................................................                                          $5,500 D. Registrations issued for the safety evaluation of sealed sources containing byproduct material, source material, or spe-cial nuclear material, manufactured in accordance with the unique specifications of, and for use by, a single applicant, except reactor fuel ....................................................................................................................................................................              $1,100
: 10. Transportation of radioactive material:
A. Certificates of Compliance or other package approvals issued for design of casks, packages, and shipping containers.
: 1. Spent Fuel, High-Level Waste, and plutonium air packages ...........................................................................................                                                    6
: 2. Other Casks ......................................................................................................................................................................                      6 B. Quality assurance program approvals issued under part 71 of this chapter.
: 1. Users and Fabricators .......................................................................................................................................................                      6 N/A
: 2. Users .................................................................................................................................................................................            6 N/A C. Evaluation of security plans, route approvals, route surveys, and transportation security devices (including immobilization devices) .....................................................................................................................................................................................          6 N/A
: 11. Standardized spent fuel facilities ...................................................................................................................................................                      6 N/A
: 12. Special Projects [Program Code(s): 25110] ..................................................................................................................................                                6 N/A
: 13. A. Spent fuel storage cask Certificate of Compliance ..................................................................................................................                                    6 N/A B. General licenses for storage of spent fuel under &sect; 72.210 of this chapter .............................................................................                                                12 N/A
: 14. Decommissioning/Reclamation:
A. Byproduct, source, or special nuclear material licenses and other approvals authorizing decommissioning, decontamina-tion, reclamation, or site restoration activities under parts 30, 40, 70, 72, and 76 of this chapter, including master mate-rials licenses (MMLs). The transition to this fee category occurs when a licensee has permanently ceased principal activi-ties. [Program Code(s): 03900, 11900, 21135, 21215, 21325, 22200] ...................................................................................                                                  7 20 N/A B. Site-specific decommissioning activities associated with unlicensed sites, including MMLs, whether or not the sites have been previously licensed ..........................................................................................................................................................                      7 N/A
: 15. Import and Export licenses ............................................................................................................................................................                    8 N/A
: 16. Reciprocity .....................................................................................................................................................................................          8 N/A
: 17. Master materials licenses of broad scope issued to Government agencies.15 [Program Code(s): 03614] .................................                                                                    $340,000
: 18. Department of Energy:
A. Certificates of Compliance .......................................................................................................................................................              10 $1,354,000 B. Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) activities [Program Code(s): 03237, 03238] ..................................                                                                  $117,000 1 Annual  fees will be assessed based on whether a licensee held a valid license with the NRC authorizing possession and use of radioactive material during the current FY. The annual fee is waived for those materials licenses and holders of certificates, registrations, and approvals who either filed for termination of their licenses or approvals or filed for possession only/storage licenses before October 1 of the current FY, and per-manently ceased licensed activities entirely before this date. Annual fees for licensees who filed for termination of a license, downgrade of a li-cense, or for a possession-only license during the FY and for new licenses issued during the FY will be prorated in accordance with the provi-sions of &sect; 171.17. If a person holds more than one license, certificate, registration, or approval, the annual fee(s) will be assessed for each li-cense, certificate, registration, or approval held by that person. For licenses that authorize more than one activity on a single license (e.g.,
human use and irradiator activities), annual fees will be assessed for each category applicable to the license.
2 Payment of the prescribed annual fee does not automatically renew the license, certificate, registration, or approval for which the fee is paid.
Renewal applications must be filed in accordance with the requirements of part 30, 40, 70, 71, 72, or 76 of this chapter.
3 Each FY, fees for these materials licenses will be calculated and assessed in accordance with &sect; 171.13 and will be published in the Federal Register for notice and comment.
4 Other facilities include licenses for extraction of metals, heavy metals, and rare earths.
5 There are no existing NRC licenses in these fee categories. If NRC issues a license for these categories, the Commission will consider es-tablishing an annual fee for this type of license.
6 Standardized spent fuel facilities, 10 CFR parts 71 and 72 Certificates of Compliance and related Quality Assurance program approvals, and special reviews, such as topical reports, are not assessed an annual fee because the generic costs of regulating these activities are primarily at-tributable to users of the designs, certificates, and topical reports.
7 Licensees in this category are not assessed an annual fee because they are charged an annual fee in other categories while they are li-censed to operate.
8 No annual fee is charged because it is not practical to administer due to the relatively short life or temporary nature of the license.
9 Separate annual fees will not be assessed for pacemaker licenses issued to medical institutions that also hold nuclear medicine licenses under fee categories 7.A, 7.A.1, 7.A.2, 7.B., 7.B.1, 7.B.2, 7.C, 7.C.1, or 7.C.2.
10 This includes Certificates of Compliance issued to the U.S. Department of Energy that are not funded from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
11 See &sect; 171.15(c).
12 See &sect; 171.15(c).
13 No annual fee is charged for this category because the cost of the general license registration program applicable to licenses in this cat-egory will be recovered through 10 CFR part 170 fees.
14 Persons who possess radium sources that are used for operational purposes in another fee category are not also subject to the fees in this jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES2 category. (This exception does not apply if the radium sources are possessed for storage only.)
15 Licensees subject to fees under categories 1.A., 1.B., 1.E., 2.A., and licensees paying fees under fee category 17 must pay the largest ap-plicable fee and are not subject to additional fees listed in this table.
16 Licensees paying fees under 3.C. are not subject to fees under 2.B. for possession and shielding authorized on the same license.
17 Licensees paying fees under 7.C. are not subject to fees under 2.B. for possession and shielding authorized on the same license.
18 Licensees paying fees under 3.N. are not subject to paying fees under 3.P., 3.P.1, or 3.P.2 for calibration or leak testing services authorized on the same license.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations                                                32183 19 Licensees paying fees under 7.B., 7.B.1, or 7.B.2 are not subject to paying fees under 7.C., 7.C.1, or 7.C.2 for broad scope license licenses issued under parts 30, 35, 40, and 70 of this chapter for human use of byproduct material, source material, and/or special nuclear material, ex-cept licenses for byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in teletherapy devices authorized on the same license.
20 No annual fee is charged for a materials license (or part of a materials license) that has transitioned to this fee category because the de-commissioning costs will be recovered through 10 CFR part 170 fees, but annual fees may be charged for other activities authorized under the li-cense that are not in decommissioning status.
21 Licensees paying fees under 4.A., 4.B. or 4.C. are not subject to paying fees under 3.N. licenses that authorize services for other licensees authorized on the same license.
: 18. In &sect; 171.17, revise paragraphs                    reactor licensees or the annual fee for                termination request. The annual fee for (a)(1) and (2) to read as follows:                      small modular reactor licensees, who                  materials licenses with annual fees of have requested amendment to withdraw                  $100,000 or greater for a single fee
                                          &sect; 171.17  Proration.
operating authority permanently during                category for the current FY will be (a) * *
* the FY will be prorated based on the                  prorated based on the number of days (1) New licenses. (i) The annual fees                number of days during the FY the                      remaining in the FY when a termination for new licenses for power reactors and license was in effect before docketing of              request or a request for a possession-small modular reactors that are subject the certifications for permanent                      only license is received by the NRC, to fees under this part, for which the cessation of operations and permanent                  provided the licensee permanently licensee has notified the NRC on or after removal of fuel from the reactor vessel                ceased licensed activities during the October 1 of a fiscal year (FY) that the or when a final legally effective order to            specified period. The annual fee for licensee has successfully completed permanently cease operations has come                  non-power production or utilization power ascension testing, are prorated on into effect. The spent fuel storage/                  facilities will be prorated based on the the basis of the number of days reactor decommissioning annual fee for                number of days remaining in the FY remaining in the FY. Thereafter, the full reactor licensees who permanently                      when the authorization to operate the annual fee is due and payable each subsequent FY.                                          cease operations and have permanently                  facility has been permanently removed (ii) The annual fees for new licenses                removed fuel from the site during the                  from the license during the FY.
for non-power production or utilization                FY will be prorated on the basis of the                *      *    *      *
* facilities, 10 CFR part 72 licensees who                number of days remaining in the FY after docketing of both the certifications                19. Add &sect; 171.26 to read as follows:
do not hold 10 CFR part 50 or 52 licenses, and materials licenses with                  of permanent cessation of operations                  &sect; 171.26  Right to dispute assessed fees.
annual fees of $100,000 or greater for a                and permanent removal of fuel from the single fee category for the current FY,                site. The spent fuel storage/reactor                    All debtors disputes of fees assessed that are subject to fees under this part                decommissioning annual fee will be                    must be submitted in accordance with and are granted a license to operate on                prorated for those 10 CFR part 72                      10 CFR 15.31.
or after October 1 of a FY, are prorated                licensees who do not hold a 10 CFR part                  Dated: June 9, 2021.
on the basis of the number of days                      50 or 52 license who request                            For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
remaining in the FY. Thereafter, the full              termination of the 10 CFR part 72 Cherish K. Johnson, annual fee is due and payable each                      license and permanently cease activities subsequent FY.                                          authorized by the license during the FY                Chief Financial Officer.
(2) Terminations. The base operating                based on the number of days the license                [FR Doc. 2021-12546 Filed 6-15-21; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register Notice, Volume 86, No. 114, Fiscal Year 2021 Final Fee Rule
ML21167A116
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Issue date: 06/16/2021
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