[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22907-22908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11387]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 9

[3150-AG78]


Charges for Reproducing Records

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its 
regulations to permit its contractor to increase the charges for 
copying publicly available documents at the NRC's Public Document Room 
(PDR). The increases are necessary to adjust for inflation and a 
decrease in the projected volume of copying by the NRC contractor. In 
addition, the revisions will provide for electronic copying to CD-ROM.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The rule is effective June 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas E. Smith, Acting Chief, Public 
Document Room, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 301-415-7204, or 1-800-
397-4209 (toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PDR retains a copy service to reproduce 
for a fee publicly available documents whatever their format. Since the 
NRC's Agency-wide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) was 
implemented in November 2000, making recently released documents 
available in full text online, there has been a significant reduction 
in the volume of document reproduction. The total volume of copying has 
fallen from over 3,000,000 pages a year to 1,600,000 in 2000. Based on 
first quarter data, the projected level of copying for 2001 will be 
just under 1,000,000 pages. Since the copy service contract is at no 
cost to the government, the contractor must provide all supplies and 
equipment. The NRC believes that the price increase is reasonable and 
in line with the prices charged by other Federal agencies. A market 
survey showed that the average price is 20 cents per page for paper-to-
paper copies and 27 cents for microfiche-to-paper copies.
    The contractor will offer two new services to the public: copying 
documents from ADAMS to CD-ROM and copying color documents from ADAMS 
to paper. The contractor will be able to accept orders directly online 
from ADAMS through the new ADAMS Online Order Module scheduled to be 
released shortly.
    Because this amendment concerns an agency practice and procedure, 
the NRC has determined that notice and comment under the Administrative 
Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b) (A) and (B), is unnecessary and that 
good cause exists to dispense with the comment.

Environmental Impact: Categorical Exclusion

    The NRC has determined that this final rule is the type of action 
described in categorical exclusion 10 CFR 51.22 (c) (1) and (2). 
Therefore, neither an environmental impact statement nor an 
environmental assessment has been prepared for this final rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    This final rule does not contain a new or amended information 
collection requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Public Protection Notification

    If a means used to impose an information collection does not 
display a currently valid OMB control number, the NRC may not conduct 
or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information 
collection.

Regulatory Analysis

    A regulatory analysis has not been prepared for this final rule 
because the final rule makes only minor conforming changes to the 
regulations that reference Section 202 of the Energy Reorganization Act 
and minor changes to other regulations.

Backfit Analysis

    The NRC has determined that these amendments do not involve any 
provisions which would impose backfits as defined in 10 CFR 
50.109(a)(1); therefore a backfit analysis need not be prepared.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996, the NRC has determined that this action is not a 
major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 9

    Criminal penalties, freedom of information, privacy, reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, the Sunshine Act.


    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 9.

PART 9--PUBLIC RECORDS

    1. The authority citation for Part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 161, 68 Stat. 948, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2201); 
Sec. 201, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5841).

    Subpart A is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552 and 31 U.S.C. 9701; 
(Pub. L. 99-570). Subpart B is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a. 
Subpart C is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552b.


    2. Section 9.35 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as 
follows:

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Sec. 9.35  Duplication fees.

    (a)(1) The charges by the duplicating service contractor for the 
duplication of records made available under Sec. 9.21 at the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR), One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 
O-1F23, Rockville, MD. are as follows:
    (i) Paper-to-paper reproduction is $0.15 per page for standard size 
(up to 11"  x  14"). Pages 11"  x  17" are $0.30 per page. Pages larger 
than 11"  x  17", including engineering drawings, are $2.50 per square 
foot.
    (ii) Color drawings are $2.00 per 8\1/2\"  x  11" page. Pages 
larger than 8\1/2\"  x  11" are $12.00 per square foot.
    (iii) Microfiche-to-paper reproduction is $0.15 per page. Aperture 
cards are $2.50 per square foot.
    (iv) The charges for Electronic Full Text (EFT) (ADAMS documents) 
copying are as follows:
    (A) Electronic Full Text (EFT) copying of ADAMS documents to paper 
(applies to images, OCR TIFF, and PDF text) is $0.15 per page.
    (B) Electronic Full Text (EFT) copying of ADAMS documents to CD-ROM 
is $10.00 for the first document on the CD-ROM and $5.00 for each 
additional document per accession number on the same CD-ROM.
    (C) CD-ROM-to-paper reproduction is $0.15 per page.
    (v) Priority rates (rush processing) are as follows:
    (A) The priority rate is offered for standard size paper-to-paper 
reproduction, microfiche-to-paper reproduction, electronic full text 
(EFT) copying of ADAMS documents to paper, and CD-ROM-to-paper 
production at $0.20 per page. The priority rate for standard size color 
prints is $2.50 per print. The priority rate for color drawings larger 
than 8\1/2\"  x  11" is $15.00 per square foot.
    (B) The priority rate for aperture cards is $3.50 per square foot. 
The priority rate for electronic full text (EFT) to CD-ROM is $15.00 
for the first document on the CD-ROM and $7.50 per each additional 
document on the same CD-ROM.
    (vi) Facsimile charges are $0.30 per page for local calls; $0.50 
per page for U.S. long distance calls, and $1.00 per page for foreign 
long distance calls.
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    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 01-11387 Filed 5-4-01; 8:45 am]
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