[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31996]
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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 FEMA's final rule, 44 CFR part 354,
published in the Federal Register on March 24, 1995, (60 FR 15628),
FEMA has established a fiscal year (FY) 1997 hourly rate of $29.64 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 1997 (October 1,
1996 to September 30, 1997).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: O. Megs Hepler, III, Division
Director, Exercise Division, Preparedness, Training and Exercise
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-2867.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As authorized by Public Law 104-204 (110
Stat. 2916), an hourly user fee rate of $29.64 will be charged 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 final rule, 44 CFR Part 354, published in the
Federal Register on March 24, 1995, (60 FR 15628). All funds collected
under this rule will be deposited in the U.S. Department of the
Treasury to offset appropriated funds obligated by FEMA for its REP
Program.
The hourly rate is established on the basis of the methodology set
forth in the referenced FEMA final rule at 44 CFR 354.4(b),
``Determination of site-specific biennial exercise related component
for FEMA personnel,'' and will be used to assess and collect fees for
site specific biennial exercise related services rendered by FEMA
personnel.
The establishment of this hourly rate is intended only to address
charges to NRC licenses for service provided by FEMA personnel, not
FEMA charges for services provided by FEMA personnel under the flat fee
component referenced in the final rule at 44 CFR 354.4(d) and for
services provided by FEMA contractors, which will be charged under the
final rule at 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 11, 1996.
Kay C. Goss,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31996 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am]
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