[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 74109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28262]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0220]
Revision of Fees for the Criminal History Program: Fee Recovery
for Fiscal Year 2022
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notification to licensees of criminal history check fee
increase.
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SUMMARY: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will increase
the current fee of 10 dollars assessed to applicants and licensees for
criminal history record checks to 35 dollars. This fee increase is
necessary to recover the full cost for the administration of the
Criminal History Program (CHP). Information regarding this change can
be found on the NRC's CHP public website at https://www.nrc.gov/security/chp.html and in the CHP users guide at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/criminal-history-user-guide.pdf.
DATES: The fee increase will begin on March 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0220 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected].
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doreen Turner, Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-7553, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In July 2017, the NRC lowered the fee assessed to applicants and
licensees for criminal history record checks from 26 dollars to 10
dollars to draw down on a surplus balance of fee receipts. The NRC's
CHP costs have historically been fully covered from fees collected.
Over the past several years, the surplus balance of CHP funding has
been exhausted, and the program is now operating at a deficit.
Pursuant to requirements in the Chief Financial Officers Act of
1990 (31 U.S.C.), the NRC conducts biennial reviews of the charges
assessed to applicants and licensees for CHP background checks to
assess the suitability of fees to cover both the cost charged by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the costs of NRC to
administer the program. The biennial review completed in Fiscal Year
(FY) 2019, concluded that the current fee of 10 dollars being charged
to applicants and licensees was not sufficient to recover the full cost
of administering the program and the NRC should increase its fee.
During FY 2020, the fees charged to applicants and licensees for CHP
records checks were not raised due to the COVID-19 public health
emergency and a decision by the NRC to defer the fee increase
temporarily.
II. Discussion
The last biennial review completed by NRC at the end of FY 2021
reaffirmed that the current fee of 10 dollars being charged to
applicants and licensees was not sufficient to recover the full cost of
administering the program, and the NRC should increase its fee to 35
dollars. This fee is the sum of the user fee charged by the FBI ($11.25
effective January 1, 2019) plus NRC's direct and indirect costs
incurred in processing fingerprints.
As a reminder, payment is due upon fingerprint card submission, and
the NRC's preferred method of payment is through Pay.gov at https://www.pay.gov which includes payment by debit or credit card or
electronic funds transfer (e-check). Although electronic is preferred,
the NRC also accepts cashier checks or money orders made payable to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Fingerprint cards along with proof
of payment should be sent to:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Director, Division of Physical and
Cyber Security Policy, Attn: Criminal History Program/Mail Stop--T-
07D04M, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738
Contact: Doreen Turner, Criminal History Program Manager, Ph. 301-415-
7553, [email protected]
Dated: December 22, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sabrina D. Atack,
Acting Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office
of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2021-28262 Filed 12-28-21; 8:45 am]
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