2021-28117: Access Authorization Fees

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to update the access authorization fees charged to NRC licensees for work performed under the Material Access Authorization Program and the Information Access Authority Program. The change in fees is due to an increase in the review time for each application for access authorization. This amendment is prompted by a recent audit of fees performed by an external certified public accounting and financial management services firm and ensures that the NRC continues to recover the full costs of processing access authorization requests from NRC licensees. The proposed rule also would make two administrative changes to revise definitions to include new naming conventions for background investigation case types and to specify the electronic process for completing security forms.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 3 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 10 CFR 11 Criteria and Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Access to or Control over Special Nuclear Material
• 10 CFR 25 Access Authorization
• 10 CFR 95 Facility Security Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data