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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
902a8. The NRC performed this review in FY 2021 and will perform this review again in FY 2023. The biennial review adjustments and the higher professional hourly rate of $288 are the primary reasons for the increase in flat application fees see the work papers.
In order to simplify billing, the NRC
rounds these flat fees to a minimal degree. Specifically, the NRC rounds these flat fees up or down in such a way that ensures both convenience for its stakeholders and that any rounding effects are minimal. Accordingly, fees under $1,000 are rounded to the nearest $10, fees between $1,000 and $100,000
are rounded to the nearest $100, and fees greater than $100,000 are rounded to the nearest $1,000.
The flat fees are applicable for import and export licensing actions see fee categories K.1. through K.5. of 170.21
and fee categories 15.A. through 15.R. of
170.31, as well as certain materials licensing actions see fee categories 1.C.
through 1.D., 2.B. through 2.F., 3.A.
through 3.S., 4.B. through 5.A., 6.A.
through 9.D., 10.B., 15.A. through 15.L., 15.R., and 16 of 170.31. Applications filed on or after the effective date of the FY 2021 final fee rule will be subject to the revised fees in the final rule.
FY 2021 Fee CollectionLow-Level Waste Surcharge As in prior years, the NRC is assessing a generic low-level waste LLW
surcharge of $3.4 million. Disposal of LLW occurs at commercially-operated LLW disposal facilities that are licensed by either the NRC or an Agreement State. Four existing LLW disposal facilities in the United States accept various types of LLW. All are located in Agreement States and, therefore, are regulated by an Agreement State, rather
than the NRC. The NRC is allocating this surcharge to its licensees based on data available in the U.S. Department of Energys DOE Manifest Information Management System. This database contains information on total LLW
volumes disposed of by four generator classes: Academic, industrial, medical, and utility. The ratio of waste volumes disposed of by these generator classes to total LLW volumes disposed over a period of time is used to estimate the portion of this surcharge that will be allocated to the power reactors, fuel facilities, and the materials users fee classes. The materials users fee class portion is adjusted to account for the large percentage of materials licensees that are licensed by the Agreement States rather than the NRC.
Table IV shows the allocation of the LLW surcharge and its allocation across the various fee classes.

TABLE IVALLOCATION OF LLW SURCHARGE FY 2021
Dollars in millions LLW Surcharge Fee classes Percent
$

Operating Power Reactors
Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning
Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
Fuel Facilities
Materials Users
Transportation
Rare Earth Facilities
Uranium Recovery

87.5
0.0
0.0
9.9
2.6
0.0
0.0
0.0

$2.941
0.000
0.000
0.333
0.087
0.000
0.000
0.000

Total

100.0

3.361

FY 2021 Fee CollectionRevised Annual Fees In accordance with SECY050164, Annual Fee Calculation Method ADAMS Accession No. ML052580332, the NRC rebaselines its annual fees every year. Rebaselining entails analyzing the budget in detail and then allocating the budgeted resources to various classes or subclasses of licensees. It also includes updating the
number of NRC licensees in its fee calculation methodology.
The NRC is revising its annual fees in 171.15 and 171.16 to recover approximately 100 percent of the NRCs FY 2021 enacted budget less the budget authority for excluded activities and the estimated amount to be recovered through 10 CFR part 170 fees. The total estimated 10 CFR part 170 collections for this final rule are $190.6 million, which is a decrease of $29.6 million
from the FY 2020 final rule see the specific fee class sections for a discussion of this decrease. The NRC, therefore, must recover $517.4 million through annual fees from its licensees, which is an increase of $9.5 million from the FY 2020 final rule.
Table V shows the rebaselined fees for FY 2021 for a sample of licensee categories. The FY 2020 amounts are provided for comparison purposes.

TABLE VREBASELINED ANNUAL FEES
Actual dollars FY 2020
final annual fee $

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Class/category of licenses
Operating Power Reactors
+ Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning
Total, Combined Fee
Spent Fuel Storage/Reactor Decommissioning
Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
High Enriched Uranium Fuel Facility Category 1.A.1a
Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Facility Category 1.A.1b

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$4,621,000
188,000
4,809,000
188,000
81,300
5,067,000
1,717,000

FY 2021
final annual fee $
$4,749,000
237,000
4,986,000
237,000
80,000
4,643,000
1,573,000