[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29180]


[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


Fee for Services To Support FEMA's Offsite Radiological Emergency 
Preparedness (REP) Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with FEMA's interim rule, 44 CFR part 354, 
published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1993 (58 FR 35770), FEMA 
has established a fiscal year (FY) 1994 hourly rate of $120.79 for 
assessing and collecting fees from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
licensees for services provided by FEMA personnel for FEMA's REP 
Program.

DATES: The user fee hourly rate is effective for FY 1994 (October 1, 
1993 to September 30, 1994).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Vasta, Chief, Regulatory Services Coordination Unit, 
Preparedness, Training and Exercises Directorate, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-
4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized by Public Law 103-124 (107 
Stat. 1297), an hourly user fee rate of $120.79 will be charged to NRC 
licensees of commercial nuclear power plants for all site-specific and 
generic services provided by FEMA personnel for FEMA's REP Program 
under the interim rule, 44 CFR part 354, published in the Federal 
Register on July 1, 1993 (58 FR 35770). All funds collected under this 
rule will be deposited in the U.S. Department of the Treasury to offset 
appropriated funds obligated by FEMA for its REP Program.
    The hourly rate is established on the basis of the methodology set 
forth in the referenced FEMA interim rule at 44 CFR 354.4(a), 
``Determination of costs for FEMA personnel,'' and will be used to 
assess and collect fees for site-specific and generic services rendered 
by FEMA personnel. For FY 1994, the total Salaries and Expenses funds 
obligated for FY 1994 was $5,941,306.82 and the total number of site-
specific hours expended was 49,186. Applying the formula set forth in 
the interim rule, the FY 1994 hourly rate is $120.79.
    The establishment of this hourly rate is intended only to address 
charges to NRC licensees for services provided by FEMA personnel, not 
FEMA charges for services provided by FEMA contractors, which will be 
charged under the interim rule at 44 CFR 354.4 (b) and (c) for the 
recovery of appropriated funds obligated for the Emergency Management 
Planning and Assistance (EMPA) portion of FEMA's REP Program budget.
    On May 19, 1994, FEMA published in the Federal Register (59 FR 
26350) a notice continuing the FY 1993 methodology to establish the fee 
for services to support FEMA's offsite REP activities. This notice 
stated that FEMA would be doing a mid-year user fee billing for FY 1994 
using the FY 1993 hourly user fee rate of $122.88 and that any billing 
adjustments necessary after calculating the actual FY 1994 hourly rate 
would be made after the end of FY 1994. The hourly rate of $120.79 is 
the final hourly rate for FY 1994 and adjustments will be made using 
this rate.
    On July 27, 1994, FEMA published in the Federal Register (59 FR 
38306) a proposed final user fee rule that revised the methodology 
contained in the interim rule. The final rule will be published when 
FEMA has completed its analysis of public comments received in response 
to the proposed rule.

    Dated: November 22, 1994.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-29180 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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