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Download as PDF 61100 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 6, 2016 / Rules and Regulations and a 30-day delay in the rule’s effective date. Because this minor amendment is strictly technical in nature, providing notice and comment and delaying the effective date are unnecessary. Moreover, in clarifying the meaning of ‘‘employee,’’ this rule is an interpretative rule and thus exempt from notice and comment and a delay in effective date pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and 553(d)(2), respectively. Finally, this rule recognizes exemptions, which exempts the rule from the 30-day delayed effective date pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1). Nonetheless, this interim final rule provides a 60-day comment period for agencies and the public. The Office of Government Ethics will review any comments received during the comment period and consider any modifications to this rule that appear warranted. Regulatory Flexibility Act As Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I certify under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) that this interim final rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it primarily affects covered employees. Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply because this regulation does not contain information collection requirements that require approval of the Office of Management and Budget. ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES Unfunded Mandates Reform Act For purposes of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. chapter 25, subchapter II), this interim final rule would not significantly or uniquely affect small governments and will not result in increased expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more (as adjusted for inflation) in any one year. Congressional Review Act The Office of Government Ethics has determined that this rulemaking involves a nonmajor rule under the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 8) and will, before the interim final rule takes effect, submit a report thereon to the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and General Accounting Office in accordance with that law. regulation set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. The Office of Management and Budget has determined that this technical rule amendment is not ‘‘significant’’ under Executive Order 12866. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Executive Order 12988 Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2016; Correction As Director of the Office of Government Ethics, I have reviewed this interim final rule in light of section 3 of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, and certify that it meets the applicable standards provided therein. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 2640 Conflict of interests, Government employees. Approved: August 30, 2016. Walter M. Shaub, Jr., Director, Office of Government Ethics. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Office of Government Ethics amends 5 CFR part 2640 as follows: PART 2640—INTERPRETATION, EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 18 U.S.C. 208 (ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST) 1. The authority citation for part 2640 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18 U.S.C. 208; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306. 2. Revise the first sentence of § 2640.102(b) to read as follows: ■ § 2640.102 Definitions. * * * * * (b) Employee means an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States, or of any independent agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve bank director, officer, or employee, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia, or any other individual subject to requirements of 18 U.S.C. 208. * * * * * * * * [FR Doc. 2016–21293 Filed 9–2–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6345–03–P Executive Order 12866 In promulgating this rule amendment, the Office of Government Ethics has adhered to the regulatory philosophy and the applicable principles of VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Sep 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 10 CFR Part 171 [NRC–2015–0223] RIN 3150–AJ66 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a final rule amending regulations that became effective August 23, 2016. The fiscal year (FY) 2016 final fee rule, published June 24, 2016, amended the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to NRC applicants and licensees. This document corrects the annual fee for materials licensees in the category ‘‘Nuclear laundries’’ from the FY 2016 rate of $0 to the FY 2015 rate of $40,100. This correction allows Agreement States to continue to collect fees in this fee category. DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 2016. SUMMARY: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–0223 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0223. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\06SER1.SGM 06SER1 61101 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 6, 2016 / Rules and Regulations White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Kaplan, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415– 5256, email: Michele.Kaplan@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a final rule amending regulations that became effective August 23, 2016. The FY 2016 final fee rule, published June 24, 2016 (81 FR 41171), amended the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to NRC applicants and licensees. Fee category 6.A. under § 171.16(d) includes fees for licenses for the commercial collection and laundry of items contaminated with byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material [Program Code(s): 03218]. Because the NRC has no licensees in this category, the final rule inadvertently set the fee amount at $0. However, there are several Agreement States with licensees in this category. Agreement States that regulate nuclear laundries incorporate by reference the NRC fee schedule into their own regulations to establish their fees. To establish a fee for nuclear laundries in the absence of an NRC fee amount, the Agreement States would need to initiate a rulemaking, a timely and costly solution to fix the NRC’s administrative oversight. Therefore, the NRC is correcting this oversight and changing the annual fee for fee category 6.A. for materials licensees from the FY 2016 rate of $0 to the FY 2015 rate of $40,100. This correction will have no material impact on the fees paid by NRC licensees for services; it will, however, allow Agreement States to continue to set and collect fees for regulated services in the equivalent fee category. Rulemaking Procedure Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency may waive the normal notice and comment requirements if it finds, for good cause, that they are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. As authorized by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), the NRC finds good cause to waive notice and opportunity for comment on this amendment. This amendment is needed to correct an inadvertent error by the NRC, which removed the fee amount for nuclear laundries. The NRC incorrectly believed that there would be no consequences to removing the fee amount because there are no NRC-regulated nuclear laundries for which the NRC must collect fees. However, the NRC did not realize that many Agreement States regulating nuclear laundries base their fees upon the NRC-prescribed amount. Removal of the NRC fee would have the unforeseen and unintended adverse consequence of preventing those Agreement States from collecting fees from nuclear laundries regulated by those Agreement States. This rulemaking merely restores the previously prescribed fee for NRCregulated nuclear laundries. The sole purpose of this rulemaking is to allow those Agreement States that base their fees on the NRC-prescribed amount to collect fees from nuclear laundries regulated by those Agreement States. As set forth earlier, this action has no effect on NRC-regulated entities because there are no NRC-regulated nuclear laundries. For these reasons, the NRC finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), that good cause exists to make this rule effective upon publication of this notice. List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 171 Annual charges, Approvals, Byproduct material, Holders of certificates, Intergovernmental relations, Nonpayment penalties, Nuclear materials, Nuclear power plants and reactors, Registrations, Source material, Special nuclear material. For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting the following amendments to 10 CFR part 171: PART 171—ANNUAL FEES FOR REACTOR LICENSES AND FUEL CYCLE LICENSES AND MATERIALS LICENSES, INCLUDING HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE, REGISTRATIONS, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM APPROVALS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LICENSED BY THE NRC 1. The authority citation for part 171 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 11, 161(w), 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2014, 2201(w), 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 42 U.S.C. 2214; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. 2. In § 171.16, paragraph (d), revise fee category 6.A. of the table to read as follows: ■ § 171.16 Annual fees: Materials licensees, holders of certificates of compliance, holders of sealed source and device registrations, holders of quality assurance program approvals, and government agencies licensed by the NRC. * * * (d) * * * * * SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS ANNUAL FEES AND FEES FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LICENSED BY NRC [See footnotes at end of table] Annual fees 1 2 3 Category of materials licenses * * * * * * 6. Nuclear laundries:. A. Licenses for commercial collection and laundry of items contaminated with byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material [Program Code(s): 03218] ....................................................................................................................... ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES * * * * * * * $40,100 * 1 Annual fees will be assessed based on whether a licensee held a valid license with the NRC authorizing possession and use of radioactive material during the current FY. The annual fee is waived for those materials licenses and holders of certificates, registrations, and approvals who either filed for termination of their licenses or approvals or filed for possession only/storage licenses before October 1, 2015, and permanently ceased licensed activities entirely before this date. Annual fees for licensees who filed for termination of a license, downgrade of a license, or for a possession-only license during the FY and for new licenses issued during the FY will be prorated in accordance with the provisions of § 171.17. If a person holds more than one license, certificate, registration, or approval, the annual fee(s) will be assessed for each license, certificate, registration, or approval held by that person. For licenses that authorize more than one activity on a single license (e.g., human use and irradiator activities), annual fees will be assessed for each category applicable to the license. 2 Payment of the prescribed annual fee does not automatically renew the license, certificate, registration, or approval for which the fee is paid. Renewal applications must be filed in accordance with the requirements of parts 30, 40, 70, 71, 72, or 76 of this chapter. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Sep 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\06SER1.SGM 06SER1 61102 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 6, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 3 Each FY, fees for these materials licenses will be calculated and assessed in accordance with § 171.13 and will be published in the Federal Register for notice and comment. * * * * * Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August, 2016. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–21270 Filed 9–2–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA–2016–8989; Directorate Identifier 2016–CE–025–AD; Amendment 39–18641; AD 2016–17–04 R1] RIN 2120–AA64 • Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. For service information identified in ´ ´ˇ this AD, contact BALONY KUBICEK ´ spol. s r. o., Jarnı 2a, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic, telephone: +420 545 422 620; fax: +420 545 422 621; email: info@ kubicekballons.cz; Internet: https:// www.kubicekballoons.eu. You may view this referenced service information at the FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (816) 329–4148. It is also available on the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov by searching for locating Docket No. FAA–2016–8989. ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES Airworthiness Directives; All Hot Air Balloons Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket on AGENCY: Federal Aviation the Internet at https:// Administration (FAA), DOT. www.regulations.gov by searching for ACTION: Final rule; request for and locating Docket No. FAA–2016– comments. 8989; or in person at the Docket Management Facility between 9 a.m. SUMMARY: We are revising Airworthiness and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, Directive (AD) 2016–17–04, which except Federal holidays. The AD docket applies to all hot air balloons equipped contains this AD, the regulatory ´ NY KUBICEK spol. s r.o. ´ˇ with BALO evaluation, any comments received, and ˇ ´cek burners. Both the Model Kubı other information. The street address for original and revised AD result from the Docket Office (telephone (800) 647– mandatory continuing airworthiness 5527) is in the ADDRESSES section. information (MCAI) issued by the Comments will be available in the AD aviation authority of another country to docket shortly after receipt. identify and correct an unsafe condition FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl on an aviation product. This AD action Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, revises AD 2016–17–04 to eliminate Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, certain unnecessary documentation Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; requirements. telephone: (816) 329–4123; fax: (816) DATES: This AD is effective on 329–4090; email: karl.schletzbaum@ September 6, 2016. faa.gov. The Director of the Federal Register SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD Discussion as of August 29, 2016 (81 FR 57449, On August 16, 2016, we issued AD August 23, 2016). 2016–17–04, Amendment 39–18617 (81 We must receive comments on this FR 57449, August 23, 2016). That AD AD by October 21, 2016. required actions intended to address an ADDRESSES: You may send comments by unsafe condition on all hot air balloons any of the following methods: ´ˇ equipped with a Kubıcek burner and • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to was based on mandatory continuing https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the airworthiness information (MCAI) instructions for submitting comments. originated by an aviation authority of • Fax: (202) 493–2251. another country. That MCAI states: • Mail: U.S. Department of Three propane leaks were reported in the Transportation, Docket Operations, M– recent past on a burner manufactured by 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room ´ ´ˇ Balony Kubıcek spol. s.r.o., equipped with W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., the fuel hoses made of hose material ‘‘EGEFLEX’’. Washington, DC 20590. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:06 Sep 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 This condition, if not detected and corrected, could result in a fire, damaging the balloon and its envelope, ultimately leading to an emergency landing, with consequent injury to balloon occupants and persons on the ground. To address this potential unsafe condition, ´ ´ˇ Balony Kubıcek spol. s.r.o. (the hose assemblies’ manufacturer) published Service Bulletin (SB) N° BB/50, BB–S/11, AB24 rev. 1, which provides instructions for replacement of the affected fuel hoses with an improved part. As the affected burner and related fuel hoses can easily be installed on other hot air balloons, this AD applies to all possibly affected type designs. For the reasons described above, this AD required identification and replacement of the affected fuel hoses. You may examine the MCAI on the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA–2016–8989. Since we issued AD 2016–17–04, Amendment 39–18617 (81 FR 57449, August 23, 2016), we have determined that the AD should be revised to eliminate the unnecessary need to document the AD by logbook entry when the hot air balloon does not have fuel hoses made of ‘‘EGEFLEX’’ material. Therefore, the FAA determined that the inspection required should be eliminated and the applicability should be narrowed to only include those balloons that have ´ˇ both the Kubıcek burner and fuel hoses made of ‘‘EGEFLEX’’ material installed. Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51 ´ ´ˇ BALONY KUBICEK spol. s r.o. has issued Service Bulletin No. BB/50, BB– S/11, AB24 rev.1, dated May 12, 2016. The service information describes procedures for replacing all fuel hoses on burners that are made of ‘‘EGEFLEX’’ material. This service information is reasonably available because the interested parties have access to it through their normal course of business or by the means identified in the ADDRESSES section of this AD. FAA’s Determination and Requirements of This AD This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another country, and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to our bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, they have notified us of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI and service information referenced above. We are issuing this AD because we evaluated all information provided by the State of E:\FR\FM\06SER1.SGM 06SER1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 171

[NRC-2015-0223]
RIN 3150-AJ66


Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2016; 
Correction

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a final 
rule amending regulations that became effective August 23, 2016. The 
fiscal year (FY) 2016 final fee rule, published June 24, 2016, amended 
the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to 
NRC applicants and licensees. This document corrects the annual fee for 
materials licensees in the category ``Nuclear laundries'' from the FY 
2016 rate of $0 to the FY 2015 rate of $40,100. This correction allows 
Agreement States to continue to collect fees in this fee category.

DATES: Effective Date: September 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0223 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0223. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One

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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Kaplan, Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-5256, email: Michele.Kaplan@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a final rule amending 
regulations that became effective August 23, 2016. The FY 2016 final 
fee rule, published June 24, 2016 (81 FR 41171), amended the licensing, 
inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to NRC applicants 
and licensees.
    Fee category 6.A. under Sec.  171.16(d) includes fees for licenses 
for the commercial collection and laundry of items contaminated with 
byproduct material, source material, or special nuclear material 
[Program Code(s): 03218]. Because the NRC has no licensees in this 
category, the final rule inadvertently set the fee amount at $0. 
However, there are several Agreement States with licensees in this 
category. Agreement States that regulate nuclear laundries incorporate 
by reference the NRC fee schedule into their own regulations to 
establish their fees. To establish a fee for nuclear laundries in the 
absence of an NRC fee amount, the Agreement States would need to 
initiate a rulemaking, a timely and costly solution to fix the NRC's 
administrative oversight. Therefore, the NRC is correcting this 
oversight and changing the annual fee for fee category 6.A. for 
materials licensees from the FY 2016 rate of $0 to the FY 2015 rate of 
$40,100. This correction will have no material impact on the fees paid 
by NRC licensees for services; it will, however, allow Agreement States 
to continue to set and collect fees for regulated services in the 
equivalent fee category.

Rulemaking Procedure

    Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency 
may waive the normal notice and comment requirements if it finds, for 
good cause, that they are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to 
the public interest. As authorized by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), the NRC 
finds good cause to waive notice and opportunity for comment on this 
amendment. This amendment is needed to correct an inadvertent error by 
the NRC, which removed the fee amount for nuclear laundries. The NRC 
incorrectly believed that there would be no consequences to removing 
the fee amount because there are no NRC-regulated nuclear laundries for 
which the NRC must collect fees. However, the NRC did not realize that 
many Agreement States regulating nuclear laundries base their fees upon 
the NRC-prescribed amount. Removal of the NRC fee would have the 
unforeseen and unintended adverse consequence of preventing those 
Agreement States from collecting fees from nuclear laundries regulated 
by those Agreement States. This rulemaking merely restores the 
previously prescribed fee for NRC-regulated nuclear laundries. The sole 
purpose of this rulemaking is to allow those Agreement States that base 
their fees on the NRC-prescribed amount to collect fees from nuclear 
laundries regulated by those Agreement States. As set forth earlier, 
this action has no effect on NRC-regulated entities because there are 
no NRC-regulated nuclear laundries. For these reasons, the NRC finds, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), that good cause exists to make this 
rule effective upon publication of this notice.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 171

    Annual charges, Approvals, Byproduct material, Holders of 
certificates, Intergovernmental relations, Nonpayment penalties, 
Nuclear materials, Nuclear power plants and reactors, Registrations, 
Source material, Special nuclear material.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting 
the following amendments to 10 CFR part 171:

PART 171--ANNUAL FEES FOR REACTOR LICENSES AND FUEL CYCLE LICENSES 
AND MATERIALS LICENSES, INCLUDING HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF 
COMPLIANCE, REGISTRATIONS, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM APPROVALS 
AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LICENSED BY THE NRC

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1. The authority citation for part 171 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 11, 161(w), 223, 
234 (42 U.S.C. 2014, 2201(w), 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 42 U.S.C. 2214; 44 U.S.C. 3504 
note.


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2. In Sec.  171.16, paragraph (d), revise fee category 6.A. of the 
table to read as follows:


Sec.  171.16   Annual fees: Materials licensees, holders of 
certificates of compliance, holders of sealed source and device 
registrations, holders of quality assurance program approvals, and 
government agencies licensed by the NRC.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *

   Schedule of Materials Annual Fees and Fees for Government Agencies
                             Licensed by NRC
                     [See footnotes at end of table]
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                                                            Annual fees
             Category of materials licenses                 \1\ \2\ \3\
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                              * * * * * * *
6. Nuclear laundries:...................................
    A. Licenses for commercial collection and laundry of         $40,100
     items contaminated with byproduct material, source
     material, or special nuclear material [Program
     Code(s): 03218]....................................
 
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\1\ Annual fees will be assessed based on whether a licensee held a
  valid license with the NRC authorizing possession and use of
  radioactive material during the current FY. The annual fee is waived
  for those materials licenses and holders of certificates,
  registrations, and approvals who either filed for termination of their
  licenses or approvals or filed for possession only/storage licenses
  before October 1, 2015, and permanently ceased licensed activities
  entirely before this date. Annual fees for licensees who filed for
  termination of a license, downgrade of a license, or for a possession-
  only license during the FY and for new licenses issued during the FY
  will be prorated in accordance with the provisions of Sec.   171.17.
  If a person holds more than one license, certificate, registration, or
  approval, the annual fee(s) will be assessed for each license,
  certificate, registration, or approval held by that person. For
  licenses that authorize more than one activity on a single license
  (e.g., human use and irradiator activities), annual fees will be
  assessed for each category applicable to the license.
\2\ Payment of the prescribed annual fee does not automatically renew
  the license, certificate, registration, or approval for which the fee
  is paid. Renewal applications must be filed in accordance with the
  requirements of parts 30, 40, 70, 71, 72, or 76 of this chapter.

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\3\ Each FY, fees for these materials licenses will be calculated and
  assessed in accordance with Sec.   171.13 and will be published in the
  Federal Register for notice and comment.

* * * * *

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
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