Payment Methods Pamphlet

FedEx or overnight mailings must be delivered to:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Bank Government Lockbox
SL-MO-C2GL
1005 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101

TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
You must file your Taxpayer Identification Number with the NRC. NRC Form 531
can be viewed and printed from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. Select
Business with NRC; then select License Fees; and scroll down to Payment Terms,
Options and Forms. You can also obtain a form by calling Fees at (301) 415-7554.

FOR INFORMATION
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer will
promptly respond to all requests for information. Please contact the office at:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OCFO/DFM/LFT
Mail Stop T-9E10
WASHINGTON, DC 20555-0001
(301) 415-7554

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OCFO/DFM/LFT
Mail Stop T-9E10
WASHINGTON, DC 20555-0001
(301) 415-7554

NUREG/BR-0254, Rev. 5
October 2008

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150–0190
Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection request:
5 minutes. This collection solicits information that will allow the respondent
to transfer funds electronically. Forward comments regarding burden estimate
to the Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to the Paperwork Reduction
Project (3150-0190), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503. 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.
The following are payment methods accepted by the NRC for payment of
an annual fee, a proposed or imposed civil penalty, a full cost licensing or
inspection invoice, an application fee, a revision to a reciprocity application, a
registration fee, or other fees.

PAYMENT BY AUTOMATED
CLEARINGHOUSE
The Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) Network is a highly reliable and efficient
nationwide batch-oriented electronic funds transfer system. The ACH is governed
by operating rules that provide for the interbank clearing of debit and credit
transactions and for the exchange of information among participating financial
institutions.
A growing number of transactions involving the collection of funds by Federal
agencies are being made through the ACH Network. The Federal government
is the largest single user of the ACH Network, originating and receiving millions
of transactions each month. At the NRC, collections via the ACH Network have
been increasing each year since 1996.
ACH offers several advantages over checks:
ƒPreferred method of payment
ƒProvides automatic bill payment
ƒEliminates postage fees
ƒEliminates lost checks
ƒEliminates late payments and associated late charges
ƒReduces check writing and reconciliation fees
ƒLeast expensive of all electronic collection systems
ƒBoth payment and refunds (debits and credits) can be processed through the
ACH network
To respond to the growing needs of companies to electronically send payment
information as well as payments between trading partners, the ACH system
incorporated Corporate-to-Corporate payments. Because of the importance of
moving information quickly, the NRC can now accept electronic payment through
our Corporate-to-Corporate payment program.
To pay by ACH, you may obtain a copy of NRC Form 628, FINANCIAL EDI
AUTHORIZATION, by calling the NRC’s collection service provider, DOI/NBC, at
(303) 969-5880.

PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD
The NRC is currently accepting credit cards for payment of annual fees, full
cost licensing and inspection fees, new license fees, revisions to reciprocity
applications, civil penalties, and other fees. We accept Visa, MasterCard,
American Express, and Discover. If you wish to pay by credit card, complete
the authorization form included with your invoice or civil penalty. You may also
print a copy of the form from the NRC Web site. The URL is http://www.nrc.
gov. Select Business with NRC; then select License Fees; and scroll down to
Payment Terms, Options and Forms. The authorization form is NRC Form 629,
Authorization for Payment by Credit Card.
Mail the completed credit card authorization to:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Bank
P.O. Box 979051
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000
Be sure to reference your invoice number if you are paying a bill. If you are
submitting an application fee for a new license or a revision to a reciprocity
application, just state this in the invoice field.
If you are paying a civil penalty, reference the EA number in the invoice field.

PROCEDURE FOR ELECTRONIC
FUNDS TRANSFER

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Բ PRODUCT CODE - A product code of “CTR” for customer transfer should
be the first data in the RECEIVER-TEXT field. Other values may be entered, if
appropriate, using the ABA’s options. A slash must be entered after the product
code.
Գ AGENCY LOCATION CODE (ALC) - THIS ITEM IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
IT MUST APPEAR ON THE FUNDS TRANSFER DEPOSIT MESSAGE IN THE
PRECISE MANNER AS STATED TO ALLOW FOR THE AUTOMATED PROCESSING
AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNDS TRANSFER MESSAGE TO THE AGENCY
LOCATION CODE OF THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY. The ALC identification
sequence can, if necessary, begin on one line and end on the next line; however,
the field tag “BNF=” must be on one line and cannot contain any spaces. The
NRC’s 8-digit ALC is: BNF=/AC-31000001
Դ THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION - The Originator to Beneficiary Information (OBI)
field tag “OBI=” signifies the beginning of the free-form third-party text. All other
identifying information intended to enable the NRC to identify the deposit—for
example, NRC annual fee invoice number, description of fee, 10 CFR 171 annual
fee, and licensee name—should be placed in this field.

TREAS NYC/CTR/BNF=/AC-31000001 OBI=
The optimum format, shown above, will allow 219 character positions of
information following the “OBI=” indicator.
If the licensee’s bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve System, the nonmember bank must transfer the necessary information and funds to a member
bank, which then must transfer the information and funds to the local Federal
Reserve Bank.

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Ա RECEIVER-DFI-NAME - Treasury’s name for deposit messages is “TREAS NYC.”
The sending bank will enter this name.

The optimum format for fields 7, 8, 9, and 10 using an 8-digit ALC is as follows:

The NRC can receive funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(Treasury) Fedwire Deposit System. The basic wire message format below
complies with the Federal Reserve Board’s standard structured third-party format
for all electronic funds transfer (EFT) messages.
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԰ SENDER-DFI-NAME - The Federal Reserve Bank will automatically insert this
information.

AMOUNT

O R D E R I N G B A N K A N D R E L AT E D D ATA

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For transfer of funds from local Federal Reserve Banks to be recorded on the
same day, the transfer must be received at the New York Federal Reserve Bank by
4 p.m., EST. Otherwise, the deposit will be recorded on the next workday.

BNF=/AC-31000001 OBI=

See sample EFT message to Treasury above. Each numbered field is described
below:
ԫ RECEIVER-DFI# - Treasury’s ABA number for deposit messages is 021030004.
Ԭ TYPE-SUBTYPE-CD - The sending bank will provide the type and subtype code.
ԭ SENDER-DFI# - The sending bank will provide this number.
Ԯ SENDER-REF# - The sending bank will insert this 16-character reference
number at its discretion.
ԯ AMOUNT - The transfer amount must be punctuated with commas and decimal
point; use of the “$” is optional. The depositor will provide this item.

PAYMENT BY CHECK
Checks should be made payable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission with
the invoice number, EA number, or other information which identifies the payment,
written on the check. Mail the check to:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Bank
P.O. Box 979051
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000