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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Proposed Rules
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TABLE IIBUDGET AND FEE RECOVERY AMOUNTS 1
Dollars in millions
Total Budget Authority
Less Budget Authority for Excluded Activities:

$844.4
123.0

Balance
Fee Recovery Percent
Total Amount to be Recovered:
Less Estimated Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR part 170 Fees
Estimated Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR part 171 Fees
10 CFR part 171 Billing Adjustments:
Unpaid Current Year Invoices estimated
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
Less Payments Received in Current Year for Previous Year Invoices estimated
Adjusted Amount to be Recovered through 10 CFR parts 170 and 171 Fees
Adjusted 10 CFR part 171 Annual Fee Collections Required

721.4
100
721.4
185.9
535.5
3.0
2.7
12.9
708.8
522.9

FY 2021 Fee CollectionProfessional Hourly Rate The NRC uses a professional hourly rate to assess fees under 10 CFR part 170
for specific services it provides. The professional hourly rate also helps determine flat fees which are used for the review of certain types of license applications. This rate is applicable to all activities for which fees are assessed under 170.21 and 170.31.

The NRCs professional hourly rate is derived by adding budgeted resources for: 1 Mission-direct program salaries and benefits, 2 mission-indirect program support, and 3 agency support corporate support and the Inspector General. The NRC then subtracts certain offsetting receipts and divides this total by the mission-direct full-time equivalent FTE converted to hours the mission-direct FTE converted
to hours is the product of the missiondirect FTE multiplied by the estimated annual mission-direct FTE productive hours. The only budgeted resources excluded from the professional hourly rate are those for mission-direct contract resources, which are generally billed to licensees separately. The following shows the professional hourly rate calculation:

For FY 2021, the NRC is proposing to increase the professional hourly rate from $279 to $288. The 3.2 percent increase in the FY 2021 professional hourly rate is primarily due to a 2.1
percent increase in budgetary resources of approximately $15.0 million. The increase in budgetary resources is, in turn, primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits to support Federal pay raises for NRC employees. The anticipated decline in the number of mission-direct FTE compared to FY
2020 also contributed to the increase in the professional hourly rate. The hourly rate is inversely related to the mission-

direct FTE amount; therefore, as the number of mission-direct FTE decrease the hourly rate can increase. The number of mission-direct FTE is expected to decline by 17, primarily due to: 1 The completion of probabilistic risk assessment reviews related to lessons learned from the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japan; 2 the closure of Duane Arnold Energy Center Duane Arnold; and 3 the reduced workload associated with significance determinations, operating experience evaluations, and generic communications development.

The FY 2021 estimate for annual mission-direct FTE productive hours is 1,510 hours, which is unchanged from FY 2020. This estimate, also referred to as the productive hours assumption, reflects the average number of hours that a mission-direct employee spends on mission-direct work in a given year.
This estimate therefore excludes hours charged to annual leave, sick leave, holidays, training, and general administrative tasks. Table III shows the professional hourly rate calculation methodology. The FY 2020 amounts are provided for comparison purposes.

1 For each table, numbers may not add due to rounding.

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