I striongly urge the commission to revise the above referenced fees to more consistently follow the NRC fees as originally promised and to include an affordable small business fee available to those who meet the defined requirements.

I have ben paying a $500.00/annum small business fee to the NRC since inception of my license which permits the use of portable gauges to perform materials density testing for residential and comercial building. My VDH/RMP fees have doubled plus a partial year fee and a partial year ending NRC fee all basicaly due at the same time in the current economy are a strain on the budget.

I must also advise that upon request and with the information requested by VDH, my fees are now allowed to be paid in quarterly payments helping the untimely situation and lack of current workload a great deal. Commissioner Remley, Les Foldesi and Mike Welling all have my thanks.

Despite this immediate assistance, I still believe that the overall fe schedule needs to be revised to more closely conform to the NRC fee schedule to include the small business qualification. I am a firm of only a few people with the gauges representing only 5% - 10% of my gross.

Thank you for this opportunity. ZE