[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32351]
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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 44 CFR Part 354 and consistent with FEMA
Rule, CFR Part 354, published in the Federal Register on March 24,
1995, 60 FR 15628, FEMA has established a fiscal year (FY) 2000 hourly
rate of $34.64 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 2000 (October 1,
1999, to September 30, 2000).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Russell Salter, Division Director,
Chemical and Radiological Preparedness Division, Preparedness, Training
and Exercises Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C
Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3030, or (email)
russ.salter@fema.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized by Public Law 105-276, 112
Stat. 2461, we will charge an hourly user fee rate of $34.64 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 44 CFR Part 354. We will deposit funds that we
collect under this rule in the REP Program Fund to offset the actual
costs by FEMA for its REP Program.
We established the hourly rate on the basis of the methodology set
forth in 44 CFR 354.4(b), ``Determination of site-specific biennial
exercise related component for FEMA personnel,'' and will use the rate
to assess and collect fees for site-specific biennial exercise related
services rendered by FEMA personnel. This hourly rate only addresses
charges to NRC licensees for services that FEMA personnel provide under
the site-specific component, not charges for services FEMA personnel
provide under the flat fee component referenced at 44 CFR 354.4(d), nor
for services that FEMA contractors provide. We will charge for FEMA
contractors' services in accordance with 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 6, 1999.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director for Preparedness, Training, and Exercises.
[FR Doc. 99-32351 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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