Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2017

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. These proposed amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 as amended (OBRA-90), which requires the NRC to recover approximately 90 percent of its annual budget through fees. The NRC is issuing the fiscal year (FY) 2017 proposed fee rule based on the NRC's Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ): FY 2017 (NUREG 1100, Volume 32), as adjusted to reflect re-baselining reductions approved by the Commission per the staff requirements memorandum for SECY-16-0009, ``Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re- baselining of Agency Activities,'' dated April 13, 2016, in the amount of $952.1 million, a decrease of $50.0 million from FY 2016.