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[FR Doc No: 94-20059]


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[Federal Register: August 16, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

31 CFR Part 605

[T.D. BEP-3]

 

Regulations Governing Conduct in Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
Buildings and on the Grounds in Washington, DC and Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule is amending the provisions of the regulations 
Governing Conduct on Bureau of Engraving and Printing Building and 
Grounds and Bureau of Engraving and Printing Annex Building and 
Grounds. The existing regulations apply only to the BEP Buildings and 
grounds in Washington, DC. On April 26, 1991, the Secretary of the 
Treasury dedicated and officially opened a new BEP facility in Fort 
Worth, Texas, which is hereinafter known as the Western Currency 
Facility. This final rule modifies the existing regulations to include 
the BEP Western Currency Facility Buildings and Grounds located in Fort 
Worth, Texas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Troy Coggins, Office of Management Services, Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, Room 321-7A, 14th and C Streets SW., Washington, DC 20228, 
(202) 874-3548.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing's 
Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas is included in 31 CFR 
part 605 along with the BEP properties located in Washington, DC. Title 
5 of the United States Code, Section 301; delegation of authority from 
the Administrator of the General Services Administration, dated 
December 3, 1992; and Treasury delegation of authority from the 
Assistant Secretary (Management), dated February 4, 1993, give the 
Director, BEP, overall authority to appoint special policemen and to 
make all needful rules and regulations for the protection of BEP's 
Buildings and grounds in Washington, DC, and Fort Worth, Texas. The 
language in 31 CFR part 605 now recognizes special police and not 
guards as specified in the former language of the regulations. 
Additionally, closed circuit television is used instead of video 
surveillance in the language of the regulations, and the language of 
the regulations related to access to BEP has been expanded to be more 
descriptive. Moreover, the provisions related to penalties and other 
law has been expanded to be more descriptive.

Executive Order 12866

    Because this rule relates to agency organization and management, it 
is not subject to Executive Order 12866, section 3(d)(3).

Administrative Procedure Act

    Because this Treasury decision relates to agency organization and 
management and is procedural in nature, notice and public procedure and 
a delayed effective date are inapplicable pursuant to 5 United States 
Code, Section 553(a)(2).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required for this final 
rule, the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act do not apply.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Public Law 
96-511, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR 
part 1320, do not apply to this rule because no requirement to collect 
information is contemplated.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of this document is Troy Coggins, Office of 
Management Services, Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 605

    Federal buildings and facilities.

    31 CFR part 605 is revised to read as follows:

PART 605--REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDUCT IN BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND 
PRINTING BUILDINGS AND ON THE GROUNDS IN WASHINGTON, DC AND FORT 
WORTH, TEXAS

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Delegation, Administrator, General 
Services, dated December 3, 1992; Treasury Delegation, Assistant 
Secretary (Management), dated February 4, 1993.


Sec. 605.1  Conduct on Bureau of Engraving and Printing property.

    (a) Applicability. These regulations apply to the Buildings and 
grounds of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing located in Washington, 
DC at 14th and C Streets SW., and in Fort Worth, Texas, at 9000 Blue 
Mound Road, and to all persons entering in or on such property. Unless 
otherwise stated herein, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Buildings 
and grounds shall be referred to in these regulations as the 
``property.'' It is the responsibility of the occupant agencies to 
require observance of the regulations in this part by their employees.
    (b) Limited access. (1) The property shall, in general, be closed 
to the public. Except as specified in this subsection, access is 
limited to Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) employees and those 
individuals having official business with the BEP.
    (2) Public tours of the facilities are available during authorized 
hours, or during such other times as the Director may prescribe.
    (3) Limited areas of the premises may be open to individuals, 
authorized by the Director, by prior arrangement on infrequent 
occasions that are announced in advance.
    (4) All persons entering the property, except for the public areas 
specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, may be required to 
present suitable identification and may be required to sign entry logs 
or registers.
    (5) All persons entering the property may be subjected to screening 
by weapons detection devices and shall submit to such screening upon 
request as a condition of entrance.
    (6) All persons entering the property may be subjected to 
inspections of their personal handbags, briefcases, and other handheld 
articles.
    (7) In the event of emergency situations, access to the property 
may be more tightly controlled and restricted.
    (8) Any entrance onto the property without official permission is 
prohibited.
    (c) Recording presence. All persons entering the property may be 
monitored by means of closed circuit television. Most internal areas of 
the property, especially production areas, are continuously monitored 
by closed circuit television. Any video image from the closed circuit 
television systems may be recorded for later use as needed.
    (d) Preservation of property. It shall be unlawful for any person 
without proper authority to willfully destroy, damage, deface, or 
remove property or any part thereof or any furnishings therein.
    (e) Compliance with signs and directions. Persons in and on the 
property shall comply with the instructions of BEP Special Police, 
other authorized officials, and posted signs or notices.
    (f) Nuisances. The use of loud, abusive, or profane language, 
unwarranted loitering, unauthorized assembly, the creation of any 
hazard to persons or property, improper disposal of rubbish, spitting, 
prurient prying, the commission of any obscene or indecent act, or any 
other disorderly conduct on the property is prohibited. The throwing of 
any articles of any kind in, upon, or from the property and climbing 
upon any part thereof is prohibited.
    (g) Gambling. (1) Participating in games for money or other 
property, the operation of gambling devices, the conduct of a lottery 
or pool, the selling or purchasing of numbers, tickets, or any other 
gambling in or on the property is prohibited.
    (2) Possession in or on the property of any numbers slip or ticket, 
record, notation, receipt or other writing of a type ordinarily used in 
any illegal form of gambling such as a tip sheet or dream book, unless 
explained to the satisfaction of the Director or his delegate, shall be 
prima facie evidence that there is participation in an illegal form of 
gambling in or on such property.
    (h) Intoxicating beverages, narcotics, and drugs. Entering or being 
on the property, or operating a motor vehicle thereon, by a person 
under the influence of intoxicating beverages, narcotics, 
hallucinogenic or dangerous drugs, or marijuana, or the consumption of 
such beverages or the use of such drugs or marijuana in or on the 
property is prohibited. Intoxicants, nonprescription narcotics, and 
other controlled substances (21 CFR part 1308) are prohibited on the 
property.
    (i) Soliciting, vending, debt collection, and distribution of 
handbills. The unauthorized soliciting of alms and contributions, the 
commercial soliciting and vending of all kinds, the display or 
distribution of commercial advertising, or the collecting of private 
debts other than as provided by law, in or on the property is 
prohibited. This rule does not apply to BEP concessions or notices 
posted by authorized employees on the bulletin boards. Distribution of 
material such as pamphlets, handbills, and flyers is prohibited without 
prior approval from the Director or his delegate.
    (j) Photographs. The taking of photographs on the property is 
prohibited, without the written permission of the Director. Title 18 
United States Code, Section 474 provides, in part, that whoever 
photographs any obligation or other security of the United States, or 
any part thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not 
more than 15 years, or both.
    (k) Dogs and other animals. Dogs and other animals, except seeing-
eye dogs, shall not be brought upon the property for other than 
official purposes.
    (l) Vehicular and pedestrian traffic. (1) Drivers of all vehicles 
in or on the property shall drive in a careful and safe manner at all 
times and shall comply with the signals and directions of BEP Special 
Police and all posted traffic signs.
    (2) The blocking of entrances, driveways, walks, loading platforms, 
fire hydrants, or standpipes in or on the property is prohibited.
    (3) Parking in or on the property is not allowed without a permit 
or specific authority. Parking without authority, parking in 
unauthorized locations or in locations reserved for other persons or 
continuously in excess of 8 hours without permission, or contrary to 
the direction of BEP Special Police or of posted signs is prohibited.
    (4) This subsection may be supplemented from time to time, with the 
approval of the Director or his delegate, by the issuance and posting 
of such specific traffic directives as may be required and when so 
issued and posted such directives shall have the same force and effect 
as if made a part hereof.
    (m) Weapons and explosives. No person while on the property shall 
carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, 
either openly or concealed, except for official purposes. According to 
18 United States Code, Section 930, ``dangerous weapon'' means ``a 
weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or 
inanimate, that is used for, or readily capable of, causing death or 
serious bodily injury . . .''
    (n) Penalties and other law. (1) Violations of this part shall be 
punishable by a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more 
than 30 days, or both in accordance with 40 United States Code, Section 
318c.
    (2) Violations of 18 United States Code, Section 930 (dangerous 
weapon clause) shall be punishable by a fine of $100,000 or 
imprisonment for not more than a year, or both, unless there is intent 
to commit a crime with the weapon, in which case the punishment shall 
be a fine of $250,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or 
both.
    (3) Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to abrogate 
any other Federal, District of Columbia, or Texas law or regulations, 
or any Tarrant County ordinance applicable to the property.
Peter H. Daly,
Director.

    Approved:
Mary Ellen Withrow,
Treasurer of the United States.
[FR Doc. 94-20059 Filed 8-15-94; 8:45 am]
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