Nureg/br-0254, Payment Methods And Nrc Form 629, "authorization For Payment By Credit Card

QUESTIONS?
If you have questions, please visit https://www.nrc.gov and search
for “License Fees.”
Questions may also be directed to the NRC Accounts Receivable
Help Desk by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at
(301) 415-7554, or by writing to the address below:

U.S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OCFO/DOC/ARB
Mail Stop T9-E10
Washington, DC 20555-0001

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OCFO/DOC/ARB
Mail Stop T-9-E10
Washington, DC 20555-0001
PH (301) 415-7554

NUREG/BR-0254, Rev. 8
February 2018

APPROVED BY OMB: NO. 3150–0190
Estimated burden per response to comply with this voluntary collection
request: 10 minutes. This brochure provides information about
available payment methods. Forward comments about to burden
estimate to the Records Management Branch (T6-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.

See the sample EFT message to Treasury below. Each numbered field is
described below.
➊

➌
➏
➒
➓

TO

TREAS NYC/CTR/BNF=/AC-31000001 OBI=

➋
➍

The optimum format, shown above, will allow 219 character positions of
information following the “OBI=” indicator.

➎

021030004

FROM

REF

$

AMOUNT

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

TREAS NYC/CTR

➐

➑

BNF=/AC-31000001 OBI=

NRC accepts the methods described below.

PAYMENT BY AUTOMATED
CLEARINGHOUSE
To pay by Automated Clearinghouse / Electronic Data Interchange
(ACH/EDI), provide a copy of NRC Form 628 to your financial
institution. You may obtain a copy of NRC Form 628 by calling the
NRC Accounts Receivable Help Desk at (301) 415-7554.

PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD
The NRC is currently accepts credit card payments of up to
$24,999.99. For payment by credit card, go to Pay.gov, search for
“U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fees” and enter the required
information.
You may also mail or fax NRC
Form 629 following the directions on
the form. To obtain a copy of NRC
Form 629 go to http://www.nrc.gov
and search for “NRC Form 629” or call
the NRC Accounts Receivable Help
Desk at (301) 415-7554.

PAYMENT BY FEDWIRE DEPOSIT
SYSTEM
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.

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

❶ RECEIVER-DFI# – Treasury’s routing number for deposit messages is
021030004.
❷ TYPE-SUBTYPE-CD – The sending bank will provide the type and subtype
code.
❸ SENDER-DFI# – The sending bank will provide this number.
❹ SENDER-REF# – The sending bank will insert this 16-character reference
number at its discretion.
❺ AMOUNT – The transfer amount must be punctuated with commas and
decimal point; use of the “$” is optional. The depositor will provide this
item.
❻ SENDER-DFI-NAME – The Federal Reserve Bank will automatically insert
this information.
❼ RECEIVER-DFI-NAME – Treasury’s name for deposit messages is “TREAS
NYC”. The sending bank will enter this name.
❽ PRODUCT CODE – A product code of “CTR” for customer transfer should
be the first item in the reciever text field. Other values may be entered, if
appropriate, using the American Bankers Association’s options. A slash
must be entered after the product code.
❾ 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
❿ 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.

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.
For a 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.

PAYMENT BY CHECK
Checks should be made payable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission with the invoice number, Enforcement Action number,
or other information that identifies the payment, written on the check.
Mail the check to the following address:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S. Bank
P.O. Box 979051
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000
FedEx or overnight mailings must be delivered to the following address:
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 (TIN) with the NRC.
Use NRC Form 531 to provide your TIN. You may obtain NRC
Form 531 from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov by searching
for “NRC Form 531” or by calling the NRC Accounts Receivable Help
Desk at (301) 415-7554.