[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31996]


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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 final rule, 44 CFR part 354, 
published in the Federal Register on March 24, 1995, (60 FR 15628), 
FEMA has established a fiscal year (FY) 1997 hourly rate of $29.64 for 
assessing and collecting fees from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
licensees for services provided by FEMA personnel for FEMA's REP 
Program.

DATES: This user fee hourly rate is effective for FY 1997 (October 1, 
1996 to September 30, 1997).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: O. Megs Hepler, III, Division 
Director, Exercise Division, Preparedness, Training and Exercise 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized by Public Law 104-204 (110 
Stat. 2916), an hourly user fee rate of $29.64 will be charged to NRC 
licensees of commercial nuclear power plants for all site-specific 
biennial exercise related services provided by FEMA personnel for 
FEMA's REP Program under final rule, 44 CFR Part 354, published in the 
Federal Register on March 24, 1995, (60 FR 15628). 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 final rule at 44 CFR 354.4(b), 
``Determination of site-specific biennial exercise related component 
for FEMA personnel,'' and will be used to assess and collect fees for 
site specific biennial exercise related services rendered by FEMA 
personnel.
    The establishment of this hourly rate is intended only to address 
charges to NRC licenses for service provided by FEMA personnel, not 
FEMA charges for services provided by FEMA personnel under the flat fee 
component referenced in the final rule at 44 CFR 354.4(d) and for 
services provided by FEMA contractors, which will be charged under the 
final rule at 44 CFR 354.4(c) and (d) for the recovery of appropriated 
funds obligated for the Emergency Management Planning and Assistance 
(EMPA) portion of FEMA's REP Program budget.

    Dated: December 11, 1996.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31996 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am]
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