[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1602-1603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00296]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2023-0214]


Biennial Review of Fees for the Criminal History Program: Fee 
Recovery for Fiscal Year 2024

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notification to applicants and licensees of a criminal history 
program fee decrease.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will decrease 
the current fee of $35 assessed to applicants and licensees for 
criminal history records checks to $32. This fee 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.

DATES: The fee decrease will begin on February 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0214 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected].
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (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

    Pursuant to requirements in the Chief Financial Officers Act of 
1990 (31 U.S.C. 902(a)(8)), the NRC conducts biennial reviews of the 
fees assessed to applicants and licensees for criminal history records 
checks. Specifically, the purpose of these reviews is to determine the 
suitability of fees to cover the costs charged by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI) and the costs of NRC to administer the program. The 
latest biennial review was completed on September 14, 2023. As a result 
of this review, the Chief Financial Officer approved a decrease in fees 
to be implemented in fiscal year 2024.

ll. Discussion

    During this biennial review cycle, the NRC was able to identify 
contract cost savings and obtain more accurate cost information for 
supporting CHP services (e.g., associated Electronic Information 
Exchange costs) that can be passed on to applicants and licensees. 
Accordingly, the NRC will decrease the current fee of $35 assessed to 
applicants and licensees for criminal history records checks to $32. 
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 payment is 
preferred, the NRC will also accept cashier checks or money orders made 
payable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission through September 30, 
2024. Effective October 1, 2024, the NRC will only accept electronic 
payment methods. 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: January 4, 2024.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gregory T. Bowman,
Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office of 
Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2024-00296 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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