[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14752]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Procedures for Providing Security Support for NRC Public 
Meetings/Hearings

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its procedures 
for providing security support for all public NRC forums. This revision 
will provide a single set of procedures that will ensure consistency 
and uniformity in providing security support for these meetings. These 
procedures will be used by NRC headquarters and regional staff and are 
applicable to public hearings/meetings held at NRC headquarters 
buildings, other NRC space in the Washington, D.C. area, and/or 
regional locations to include space leased for the occasion. This 
Federal Register notice supersedes the previous Federal Register 
notice, entitled ``Security Support for NRC Meetings/Hearings,'' that 
was published on November 1, 1991 (56 FR 19451).

    In order to balance the orderly conduct of government business with 
the right of free speech, the following procedures regarding attendance 
at NRC public meetings and hearings have been established:

    Visitors (other than properly identified Congressional, press, 
and government personnel) may be subject to personnel screening, 
such as passing through metal detectors and inspecting visitors' 
briefcases, packages, etc.
    Signs, banners, posters and displays will be prohibited from all 
NRC adjudicatory proceedings (Commission and Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel hearings) because they are disruptive to the 
conduct of the adjudicatory process. Signs, banners, posters and 
displays not larger than 18" x 18" will be permitted at all other 
NRC proceedings, but cannot be waved, held over one's head or 
generally moved about while in the meeting room. Signs, banners, 
posters and displays larger than 18" x 18" will not be permitted in 
the meeting room because they are disruptive both to the 
participants and the audience. Additionally, signs, banners, posters 
and displays affixed to any sticks, poles or other similar devices 
will not be permitted in the meeting room.
    The presiding official will note, on the record, any disruptive 
behavior and warn the person to cease the behavior. If the person 
does not cease the behavior, the presiding official may call a brief 
recess to restore order and/or ask one of the security personnel on 
hand to remove the person.

    For Further Information Contact: Calvin O. Byrd, Chief, Physical 
Security Branch, Division of Facilities and Security, Office of 
Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-7402.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of June 2001.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas O. Martin,
Director, Division of Facilities and Security, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-14752 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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