User Fees for Radon Proficiency Programs

This technical amendment to the Radon Proficiency Program's User Fee establishes fees for the calendar year 1995. The User Fee Rule requires that individuals and organizations applying to or participating in the National Radon Measurement Proficiency (RMP) or the National Radon Contractor Proficiency (RCP) Programs pay annual fees. This amendment establishes the fee schedule for the calendar year 1995. In 1994 the Agency began an aggressive effort to streamline operation of the proficiency programs as a way of reducing costs. Because of these streamlining efforts, the cost to operate the proficiency programs in 1994 was reduced by about 34% from 1993. Thus, the 1995 user fees will generally be lower than the 1994 user fees in some areas while the fees for other areas of the program will go up slightly from the 1994 user fees. The Agency remains committed to recovering all of its operating costs over a period of five years. Consistent with the schedule established in the 1994 User Fee Rule, the Agency has increased the level of anticipated cost recovery from 30% in 1994 to 47.5% in 1995. Upon receipt of an invoice from EPA following the effective date of this technical amendment, organizations offering primary measurement services must pay an annual fee of $390 per device entered or listed in the RMP program. Organizations offering secondary measurement services must pay an annual fee of $50 for each business location listed in the program. Participants in the individual proficiency component of the RMP program must pay an annual fee of $105. Participants in the RCP program must pay an annual fee of $210. As before, State and local governments are exempted from these fees under section 305(e)(2) of the Indoor Radon Abatement Act of 1988, 15 U.S.C. 2665(e)(2).