ML19346G036
| ML19346G036 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/12/2019 |
| From: | Jason Shay NRC/OCFO |
| To: | Lisa Bamford, Alesha Bellinger, Michael Brezovec, Cynthia Dekle, Kimberly Ferrell, Karen Fitch, Kirk Foggie, Jennifer Golder, Edward Madden, Sherri Miotla, Jerome Murphy, Patty Nibert, Sentz B, David Skeen, Dina Sotiropoulos, Glenn Trent, Mary Walsh Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, NRC/EDO, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, NRC/OCIO, NRC/OE, NRC/OGC, NRC/OI, NRC/OIP, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC Region 1, NRC/RGN-II, NRC/RGN-III, NRC Region 4 |
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| Download: ML19346G036 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 12, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Those on the Attached List FROM: Jason E. Shay /RA/
Budget Director Division of Budget Office of the Chief Financial Officer
SUBJECT:
BIENNIAL UPDATE OF FEE ESTIMATES Two process initiatives were established by the Fees Transformation Steering Committee, as described in the enclosed September 2017 Communication Plan, Posting Fee Estimates, which were to: (a) provide data on the cost of various licensing and oversight services to the licensees and applicants; and (b) publicly communicate generic estimates or ranges of fees for new types of work based on historical expenses for similar actions. Each business line posted the estimates on the public NRC Web page in 2017 which can be accessed from the License Fee selection under the About Us list on the NRC Public Site. These estimates for activities reflect a range of level of effort (low, high, and average) in staff hours for each activity, as well as estimates of contractor costs where applicable. These estimates are due to be reviewed and updated on at least a biennial basis.
Biennial updates to the estimates are an important part of the NRCs ongoing transformation initiatives to provide licensees with the most timely and transparent information available. This information is provided to enhance stakeholder awareness of the costs associated with common licensing and oversight activities. The cost estimates will also aid licensees and applicants in the planning and budgeting of future applications.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) requests that the business line lead office working with their partner offices complete a biennial update of the estimates on the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions public website by January 31, 2020. Please notify the OCFO/Division of Budget/License Fee Policy Team Lead when complete.
Enclosure:
Posting Fee Estimates Communication Plan (September 2017)
CONTACT: Anthony C. Rossi, OCFO/DOB/LFPT 301-415-7341
MEMORANDUM TO THOSE ON THE ATTACHED LIST DATED, December 12, 2019
SUBJECT:
BIENNIAL UPDATE OF FEE ESTIMATES Electronic Distribution:
Alesha Bellinger, Advisory Committee on Reactor Alesha.Bellinger@nrc.gov Safeguards/Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Lisa Bamford, Atomic Safety and Licensing Lisa.Bamford@nrc.gov Board Panel Edward Madden, Office of the Chief Information Office Edward.Madden@nrc.gov Patty Nibert, Office of Enforcement Patty.Nibert@nrc.gov Sherri Miotla, Office of the Executive Director for Operations Sherri.Miotla@nrc.gov Cynthia Dekle, Office of the General Counsel Cynthia.Dekle@nrc.gov David Skeen, Office of International Programs David.Skeen@nrc.gov Brian Sentz, Office of Investigations Brian.Sentz@nrc.gov Michael Brezovec, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Michael.Brezovec@nrc.gov Kimberly Ferrell, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Kimberly.Ferrell@nrc.gov
Response
Karen Fitch, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Karen.Fitch@nrc.gov Safeguards Kirk Foggie, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Kirk.Foggie@nrc.gov Jennifer Golder, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Jennifer.Golder@nrc.gov Mary Walsh, Region I Mary.Walsh@nrc.gov Glenn Trent, Region II Glenn.Trent@nrc.gov Dina Sotiropoulos, Region III Dina.Sotiropoulos@nrc.gov Jerome Murphy, Region IV Jerome.Murphy@nrc.gov
SUBJECT:
BIENNIAL UPDATE OF FEE ESTIMATES, dated December 12, 2019 ADAMS Yes No Initials ACR Publicly Available Non-Sensitive ML19346G036 To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE OCFO/DOB/LFPT OCFO/DOB/Acting DD OCFO/DOB/D NAME ACRossi MSampson JEShay DATE 12/12/19 12/ /19 12/12/19
POSTING FEE ESTIMATES COMMUNICATION PLAN September 2017 FACTS
- The NRC has begun a fees transformation initiative to improve the timeliness, transparency, and equitability of the fees setting process.
- Numerous policy and process changes were proposed and submitted to the Commission who approved the majority of the improvements.
- The improvement actions were planned to be implemented from Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 to FY 2020.
- Specifically, two process improvements to be implemented in FY 2017 were to (a) provide data on the cost of various licensing actions to the licensees, and (b) publically communicate generic estimates or ranges of fees for new types of work based on historical expenses for similar actions.
- Due to their similar nature, these two improvements were combined.
- Each business line/fee class lead will post these estimates on their specific web page on the NRC public website. The license fees web page - fees transformation Table of Accomplishments will provide a link to the business line/fee class web pages estimates information.
- Each business line/fee class lead will update their estimates periodically to reflect current practices and feedback from stakeholders.
- Communicate to stakeholders using once the estimates have been posted during the regular meetings with licensees.
- The Office of Public Affairs will issue a communication to stakeholders regarding the completion of the FY 2017 fee transformation tasks.
KEY MESSAGES
- NRR estimates for 26 activities reflects ranges of level of effort (low, average, and high) in combined staff and contractor hours in work products for licensing and oversight programs.
- NRO estimates for four activities reflects ranges of level of effort, low, high, and average in staff hours as well as contract costs.
- NMSS estimates reflect work products for licensing and inspection actions for Fuel Facilities, Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Decommissioning and Low Level Waste, and Uranium Recovery.
- The estimates presented will include a Notes section to provide the following notices to stakeholders:
o The estimates are based on historical data.
o The estimated costs have not been adjusted for inflation.
o The estimates may vary depending on size of proposed facility, nature of proposed activities, application quality, and applicant responsiveness to NRC requests for additional information.
Enclosure
o The estimates for a particular review may fall outside of the ranges presented above due to factors specific to the review, such as complexity of the site or quality of the application.
COMMUNICATION TEAM The primary responsibility of the communication team is to ensure that a consistent, accurate, and timely message is conveyed to all stakeholders.
NRC senior managers.
Fees Transformation Steering Committee.
NRC project managers and technical staff.
Office of Public Affairs.
INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS NRC project managers and technical staff.
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS NRC licensees.
Trade associations.
Congressional oversight committees.
Enclosure