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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations completion of the staffs review of the Interim Storage Partners consolidated interim storage facility application; 3
the completion of certain follow-up inspections and other inspection activities for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station; 4 the completion of licensing actions, partial site release requests, and a decrease in confirmatory survey work at multiple sites; and 5
the near completion of the license termination for the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor. This decrease in the 10
CFR part 170 estimated billings is partially offset by increased work to support the following: 1 Inspection
activities for ISFSI licenses and dry cask storage CoCs; 2 the staffs safety and environmental review of the Holtec HI
STORE consolidated interim storage facility application; 3 the staffs review of topical reports; and 4
decommissioning activities within the power reactor decommissioning program, including the review of decommissioning license amendment requests, exemption requests, and inspection activities at multiple sites.
The increase in the annual fee is partially offset by an approximate $0.6
million 10 CFR part 171 billing adjustment that was included in the
spent fuel storage/reactor decommissioning calculation due to the deferral of annual fees and fees for services due to the COVID19
pandemic.
The required annual fee recovery amount is divided equally among 122
licensees, resulting in a FY 2021 annual fee of $237,000 per licensee.
c. Fuel Facilities The NRC will collect $17.5 million in annual fees from the fuel facilities fee class in FY 2021, as shown in Table VIII. The FY 2020 fuel facilities fees are shown for comparison purposes.

TABLE VIIIANNUAL FEE SUMMARY CALCULATIONS FOR FUEL FACILITIES
Dollars in millions FY 2020
final
Summary fee calculations
FY 2021
final
Total budgeted resources
Less estimated 10 CFR part 170 receipts

$23.2
6.8

$23.3
7.3

Net 10 CFR part 171 resources
Allocated generic transportation
Fee-relief adjustment
Allocated LLW surcharge
Billing adjustments
Total remaining required annual fee recovery

16.5
1.1
0.1
0.4
0.1
$18.0

16.0
1.5
N/A
0.3
0.4
$17.5

In comparison to FY 2020, the FY
2021 annual fee for the fuel facilities fee class is decreasing primarily due to the increase in 10 CFR part 170 estimated billings and the 10 CFR part 171 billing adjustment that was included in the fuel facilities calculation due to the deferral of annual fees and fees for services due to the COVID19 pandemic. The decrease in the annual fee is offset by an increase in the budgeted resources as discussed in the following paragraphs.
The 10 CFR part 170 estimated billings increased as a result of the following: 1 The increased workload to support the staffs review of a license amendment application associated with high assay low-enriched uranium and the associated security plans, and 2 the review of the Westinghouse environmental impact statement being developed for the license renewal application. As part of the final annual fee calculation, an approximate $0.4

million billing adjustment was included in the fuel facilities calculation due to the deferral of annual fees and fees for services due to the COVID19
pandemic.
The decrease in the annual fee is offset, in part, by an increase in the resources for contract costs budgeted for the fuel facilities fee class primarily due to a reduction in the utilization of prioryear unobligated carryover compared to FY 2020.
The NRC will continue allocating annual fees to individual fuel facility licensees based on the effort/fee determination matrix developed in the FY 1999 final fee rule 64 FR 31447;
June 10, 1999. To briefly recap, the matrix groups licensees within this fee class into various fee categories. The matrix lists processes that are conducted at licensed sites and assigns effort factors for the safety and safeguards activities associated with each process
these effort levels are reflected in Table IX. The annual fees are then distributed across the fee class based on the regulatory effort assigned by the matrix.
The effort factors in the matrix represent regulatory effort that is not recovered through 10 CFR part 170 fees e.g., rulemaking, guidance. Regulatory effort for activities that are subject to 10 CFR
part 170 fees, such as the number of inspections, is not applicable to the effort factor.
In addition, the NRC has added an annual fee for fee category 1.A.2, Limited Operations, in anticipation that the NRC may decide to issue a license amendment in the future that would move a licensee to the Limited Operations fee category from the 1.E, Uranium Enrichment fee category because the NRC has received an amendment application to a fuel facility license that, if granted, would authorize a significantly smaller operating facility.

TABLE IXEFFORT FACTORS FOR FUEL FACILITIES, FY 2021

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Facility type fee category High-Enriched Uranium Fuel 1.A.1a
Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel 1.A.1b
Limited Operations 1.A.2a
Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Demonstration 1.A.2b
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