United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2022_register executive 2022-07-28 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7a2f885 D09002ee1c7a2f97d United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending 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 final rule 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 final rule also makes 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. 87 FR 45235 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-28/2022-16144 2022-16144 fr28jy22-1 RIN 3150-AK49 7590-01-P NRC-2020-0133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-28/2022-16144 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-28/html/2022-16144.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-28/pdf/2022-16144.pdf Hazardous Materials Transportation Investigations Nuclear Energy Nuclear Materials Penalties Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Security Measures Special Nuclear Material Classified Information Criminal Penalties 8 p. 45235 45242 87 FR 45235 Title 10 Part 11 10 CFR Part 11 Title 10 Part 25 10 CFR Part 25 Title 10 Part 95 10 CFR Part 95 RIN 3150-AK49 Access Authorization Fees; Federal Register Vol. 87, Issue RULE 2022-16144 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2022-10-01 NRC-2020-0133 7590-01-P 2022-16144 Final rule.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending 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 final rule 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 final rule also makes 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 final rule is effective October 1, 2022. Emily Robbins, Office of Administration, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: Emily.Robbins@nrc.gov or Vanessa Cox, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-8342, email: Vanessa.Cox@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hazardous Materials Transportation Investigations Nuclear Energy Nuclear Materials Penalties Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Security Measures Special Nuclear Material Classified Information Criminal Penalties Access Authorization Fees, Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov Emily.Robbins@nrc.gov Licensee_Access_Authorization_Fee.Resource@nrc.gov PDR.Resource@nrc.gov Vanessa.Cox@nrc.gov https://www.dcsa.mil/mc/pv/gov_hr_security/billing_rates/ https://www.dcsa.mil/Portals/91/Documents/pv/GovHRSec/FINs/FY16/fin-16-07.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html https://www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Vol. 87, no. 144 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2022-07-28 continuing daily deposited born digital 399 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-28 P0b002ee1b699fbab 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr28jy22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-28/pdf/FR-2022-07-28.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-28/xml/FR-2022-07-28.xml fdlp 45233 45622 DGPO 2022-07-28 2024-05-29 FR-2022-07-28 machine generated eng FR FR-2022-07-28 87 144