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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules TABLE XVIIANNUAL FEE SUMMARY CALCULATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION
Dollars in millions FY 2020
final
Summary fee calculations
FY 2021
proposed
Total Budgeted Resources
Less Estimated 10 CFR part 170 Receipts

$7.2
2.8

$8.3
3.6

Net 10 CFR part 171 Resources
Less Generic Transportation Resources
Fee-relief adjustment
Billing adjustments

4.4
3.4
0.0
0.0

4.6
3.6
N/A
0.1

Total required annual fee recovery

1.0

1.0

In comparison to FY 2020, the proposed annual fee for the transportation fee class is decreasing primarily due to the 10 CFR part 171
billing adjustment and the rise in the 10
CFR part 170 estimated billings to support multiple amendment requests related to new amendment packages.
An offset to the decrease in the annual fee transportation fee class is due to the following: 1 An increase in the budgeted resources for contract costs due to a reduction in the utilization of prior-year unobligated carryover funding compared to FY 2020; 2 an increase in the number and complexities of transportation package applications as a result of rising power reactors in decommissioning; and 3

the expanded use of accident tolerant fuels.
Consistent with the policy established in the NRCs FY 2006 final fee rule 71
FR 30721; May 30, 2006, the NRC
recovers generic transportation costs unrelated to DOE by including those costs in the annual fees for licensee fee classes. The NRC continues to assess a separate annual fee under 171.16, fee category 18.A., for DOE transportation activities. The amount of the allocated generic resources is calculated by multiplying the percentage of total CoCs used by each fee class and DOE by the total generic transportation resources to be recovered.
This resource distribution to the licensee fee classes and DOE is shown
in Table XVIII. Note that for the nonpower production or utilization facilities fee class, the NRC allocates the distribution to only those licensees that are subject to annual fees. Although five CoCs benefit the entire non-power production or utilization facilities fee class, only 4 out of 31 non-power production or utilization facilities licensees are subject to annual fees.
Consequently, the number of CoCs used to determine the proportion of generic transportation resources allocated to annual fees for the non-power production or utilization facilities fee class has been adjusted to 0.7 so these licensees are charged a fair and equitable portion of the total fees See the work papers.

TABLE XVIIIDISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, FY 2021
Dollars in millions Number of CoCs benefiting fee class or DOE

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Licensee fee class/DOE

Percentage of total CoCs
Allocated generic transportation resources
Materials Users
Operating Power Reactors
Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning
Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
Fuel Facilities

25.0
5.0
16.0
0.7
24.0

27.3
5.5
17.5
0.7
26.2

1.3
0.3
0.8
0.0
1.2

Sub-Total of Generic Transportation Resources
DOE

70.7
21.0

77.1
22.9

3.6
1.1

Total

91.7

100.0

4.6

The NRC assesses an annual fee to DOE based on the 10 CFR part 71 CoCs it holds. The NRC, therefore, does not allocate these DOE-related resources to other licensees annual fees because these resources specifically support DOE.
FY 2021Policy Changes The NRC is proposing two policy changes for FY 2021:

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Process for Disputing Errors in Invoices for Service Fees Section 102d3 of NEIMA requires the NRC to modify regulations to ensure fair and appropriate processes to provide licensees and applicants an opportunity to efficiently dispute or otherwise seek review and correction of errors in invoices for service fees. The NRC is proposing requirements for a standard method for licensees and applicants to efficiently dispute or seek review and correction of errors in
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invoices. The proposed process is illustrated in the process map, NRC
Form 529, Processing Dispute of FeesFor-Service Charges ADAMS
Accession No. ML20311A159. This proposed process follows the established method for licensees and applicants to submit requests for the review of fees assessed under 10 CFR
part 170 ADAMS Accession No.
ML20104C055. The NRC Form 529 will be available in the agencys eBilling system, on the agencys public site, and
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