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GAO-09-823R 1 (2009-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318341 June 29, 2009 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman The Honorable James M. Inhofe Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman The Honorable Joe L. Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovely for FY2009 Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), entitled Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2009 (RIN: 3150-AI52). We received the rule on June 15, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on June 10, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 27,642. The final rule amends the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to NRC's applicants and licensees. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA- 90), as amended, requires NRC to recover through fees approximately 90 percent of its budget authority in fiscal year (FY) 2009, not including amounts appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF), amounts appropriated for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR), and amounts appropriated for generic homeland security activities. NRC's total budget for FY 2009 is $1,045.5 million, and the appropriations for the non-fee items total $78.1 million. The required fee recovery amount for fiscal year 2009 is approximately $870.6 million. After billing adjustments, the total amount to be billed as fees is approximately $866.5 million. The final rule increases the hourly rates used in assessing full cost fees and flat application review fees, increases flat application fees, revises the description of certain fee categories to more accurately reflect NRC's regulatory efforts, applies fee relief or surcharges to certain fees, reduces the maximum small entity fee, revises GAO-09-823R

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