2024-03231: Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. The proposed amendments are necessary to comply with the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, which requires the NRC to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of its annual budget less certain amounts excluded from this fee recovery requirement.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 8 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 10 CFR 2 Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure
• 10 CFR 15 Debt Collection Procedures
• 10 CFR 37 Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material
• 10 CFR 73 Physical Protection of Plants and Materials
• 10 CFR 110 Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material
• 10 CFR 140 Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements
• 10 CFR 170 Fees for Facilities, Materials, Import and Export Licenses, and Other Regulatory Services Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended
• 10 CFR 171 Annual Fees for Reactor Licenses and Fuel Cycle Licenses and Materials Licenses, Including Holders of Certificates of Compliance, Registrations, and Quality Assurance Program Approvals and Government Agencies Licensed by the NRC