ML20138G399
| ML20138G399 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/18/1996 |
| From: | Stoiber C NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | Scroggins R NRC OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20136J108 | List:
|
| References | |
| FRN-62FR8885, RULE-PR-170, RULE-PR-171 AF55-1-006, AF55-1-6, NUDOCS 9611220014 | |
| Download: ML20138G399 (2) | |
Text
.
W . ,
, kS RfC rn .Y
[ +4 UNITED STATES (
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION - 9
' s[ !
~
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20066-0001
- g.,,,,/
November 18, 1996 ' ' p ;;5 AF %-I MEMORANDUM T0: Ronald M. Scroggins pp gg Deputy Chief Financial Office / Controller E
FROM: Carlton R. Stoiber, Director Office of International Programs ( PV
SUBJECT:
BIENNIAL REVIEW 0F FEES This responds to your memorandum of October 28, 1996 requesting a review of j export and import license application fees and the associated effort expended 1 by this office in processing and reviewing such applications. )
j Based on an analysis of calendar year 1995-1996 licensing data and interviews
. -of the OIP licensing staff, we have the following comments:
s.
i Part 170.21 Cateaory K and Part 170.31 Cateaory 15. "Imoort and Exoort j licenses" l 1
j 1. Subcateaories K.1. and 15.A. Five of these "high-end" applications
- (Commission approval required) were fee-exempt (4 DOE; I NIST); 4 were from 1 private companies and thus required the collection of fees. Processing times i varied significantly from case to case. We believe some exceeded the extant l estimate of OIP processing time (50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> per case on average) while others j fell below it. Absent some clear trend one way or the other, no change is j recommended.
j 2. Subcateaories K.2. and 15.B. Four of these applications (Executive Branch a recommendation required) were fee-exempt (all DOE); 7 involved private i companies and the collection of fees. The extant OIP processing time estimate
. (30 hours3.472222e-4 days <br />0.00833 hours <br />4.960317e-5 weeks <br />1.1415e-5 months <br /> on average) still appears reasonable. No change is recommended.
i
- 3. Subcateaories K.3. and 15.C. Almost 120 of these applications (foreign i i government assurances required) were submitted in 1995 and 1996, most of them j
! from private companies and thus involving fee collection. The required ,
j foreign assurances were obtained for the NRC by State Department or DOE, l i depending on the recipient government. Compared to subcategories K.4. and 15.D., below, additional processing effort was required of the OIP staff to ,
- prepare the assurance requests, to track and report the status of the cases, l j to answer questions, and to help trouble-shoot problems which might delay the '
foreign assurances. About half of the cases are requested through State Department, especially a large number involving power reactor fuel exports to j Japan. Recently, shorter turn-around times and an absence of problems on such
! cases have reduced demands on the OIP staff. As a result a reduction of the i estimated average OIP processing time for all cases in the K.3. and 15 C.
l categories, from 20 hours2.314815e-4 days <br />0.00556 hours <br />3.306878e-5 weeks <br />7.61e-6 months <br /> per case to 18 hours2.083333e-4 days <br />0.005 hours <br />2.97619e-5 weeks <br />6.849e-6 months <br /> per case, may be appropriate.
I 1
h)
/ ['
9 R. Scroggins .-
- 4. Subcateoories K.4. and 15.D. The 10 hour1.157407e-4 days <br />0.00278 hours <br />1.653439e-5 weeks <br />3.805e-6 months <br /> OIP processing estimate for cases in these subcategories seems reasonable and accurate, on average. No change is recommended.
- 5. Subcateoories K.5. and 15.E. The average OIP processing time for minor amendments should be increased from I hour to 1.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />, primarily to reflect the impact of the license fee collection and handling process.
One final comment: As noted above, some of the most time-consuming and difficult cases we handle involve fee-exempt applications from the Department of Energy (including DOE acting for the national laboratories). Moreover, many of the DOE-related people with whom we interact, unlike staffers in experienced export companies, require a great deal of handholding and assistance. A change of policy regarding fee recovery from DOE would increase NRC revenues and might cause DOE to be more discriminating in deciding when and how to file export applications with us.
If you have any questions on this submission, please contact Ron Hauber at l 415-2344 or at RDH by e-mail. j l
cc: T. Rothschild, OGC I l
l
. . _ _ . . . .. .. _ . . . . _. - _ _ . _ . . - . ....-. .. . _ . _ _ . - . . - . ~ . . - . . . - , . _ -
4
. ,w.
AF G5-(
- , UNITED STATES fD(
g 2
j NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. was m3 l
o g
- December 16, 1996
\
l l
MEMORANDUM TO: Jesse L. Funches Deputy Controller Office of the Con o er FROM: James Turdici Directo '
Division of Accounting and nan e Office of the Controll
SUBJECT:
ESTIMATED FY 1997 COLLECTIONS - 10 CFR 170 Per your September 26, 1996, request, the following is our estimate of collections for FY 1997.
Facilities Procram Licensina Inspection Total i
- 1. Power Reactors Part 55 Operator Exams $ 4.6 $ 4.6 l OLs under review .1 .1 i
Standard Plants 3.8 3.8 Topicals 2.5 2.5 Part 50 Amendments 15.2 15.2 Part 50 Inspections ---
53.8 53.8
$ 26.2 $ 53.8 5 80.0
- 2. Research Reactors * * *
- Total Facilities $ 26.2 $ 53.8 $ 80.0
- Estimated at less than $100,000.
__9.2N Asv e75 op.
December 16, 1996 i k J. L. Funches -
2-Materials Proaram Licensina Inspection Ig.t.t al l 1. Fuel Facilities $ 2.5 $ 2.0 $ 4.5
- 2. Spent Fuel Storage .7 .1 .8 l 3. Transportation .5 .1 .6
^
l l
- 4. Uranium Recovery 2.3 .5 2.8 l
- 5. Rare Earth Facilities .4 .1 .5 l 6. Materials Program 1.8 -
1.8 Total Materials
$ 8.2 5 2.8 $ 11.0'_
Grand Total $ 34.4 $ 56.6 $ 91.0 Distribution: b"# # ' "
L. Tremper, OC/DAF/LFARB/ARS 4 OC/DAF/LFARB RF i / # """
OC/DAF RF (DAF 6-201) g, o 5 of. 7, f Fc4 use c, Le 5 ^ ~o OC/DAF SF (LF-3.1) ,y g ,y y e xgo,7 y u ~,,y
- 94.0 n.c ,m .
DOCUMENT NAMES: R:\ NAMES \ WEISS \DAF5244 cr. . .cm4---- e n. w c -c - - w w r -cm .= - w w. * -w. .
0FFICE OC/DAF/LFARB/LFS DC/DAF/LFARB/LFS C/ DC/DAF/LFARB Q DC/DAF g
RAME DWeiss 6 Jackson h DBDandot M JTurdict I DATE 12/lI/96 12/h/96 12/ (/96 12//k/96 OFFICIAL mE4sw C0f f i
' Does not include projected billings for USEC and LES, import and export i licenses or any new low-level waste site applications.