Energia i regulacje · 02/11/2001

National Mining Association; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by the National Mining Association (NMA). The petition, docketed on September 11, 2001, has been assigned Docket No. PRM-170-5. The petition requests that the NRC conduct a rulemaking that would enable the NRC to waive the assessment of all annual and periodic inspection and licensing fees imposed on NRC uranium recovery licensees or, as an alternative, establish the basis for waiving fees associated with a contemplated rulemaking that would establish requirements for licensing uranium and thorium recovery facilities. The NMA believes that relieving the fee pressure on the licensees would be in the public interest and serve to maintain a viable domestic uranium recovery industry, including its substantial waste disposal capacity.