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The advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2009 (74 FR 12735), seeking comments from the public on a possible variable fee structure for part 171 annual fees for power reactors based on licensed power limits. The comment period ended on June 8, 2009, and the NRC received 16 public comments. The Commission approved the staff's recommendation to establish an NRC workgroup to analyze suggested methodologies for a variable annual fee structure for power reactors in SECY-09-0137 dated October 13, 2009. On February 7, 2011, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) sent a memorandum to the Commission (ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251) responding to SECY-09-0137.  On March 27, 2015, the OCFO sent a memorandum to the Commission requesting approval to proposed a variable annual fee structure for small modular reactor March 27, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No. ML110380251).  The Commission approved the staff’s request to publish this rule (SRM) to SECY-15-044, May 18, 2015, (ADAMS Accession No. ML15135A427).