[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22582]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. PRM-73-11]


Petition for Rulemaking Filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile 
Island Alert; Consideration of Petition

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; consideration of petition.

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SUMMARY: On November 2, 2001 (66 FR 55603), the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a petition for rulemaking 
(PRM) filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert. The petitioner 
requested that the NRC regulations governing physical protection of 
plants and materials be amended to require NRC licensees to post at 
least one armed guard at each entrance to the ``owner controlled 
areas'' (OCAs) surrounding all U.S. nuclear power plants. The 
petitioner states that this should be accomplished by adding armed site 
protection officers (SPOs) to the security forces--not by simply moving 
SPOs from their protected area (PA) posts to the OCA entrances. The 
petitioner believes that its proposed amendment would provide an 
additional layer of security that would complement existing measures 
against radiological sabotage and would be consistent with the long-
standing principle of defense-in-depth.
    This document informs the public that PRM-73-11 and public comments 
received in response to the above notice will be considered in a 
proposed rulemaking, ``Power Reactor Security Requirements,'' published 
in the Federal Register on October 26, 2006 (71 FR 62664). This 
rulemaking proposes extensive revisions to the NRC regulations in 10 
CFR parts 50, 72, and 73 that address security requirements for nuclear 
power reactor licensees and certain materials licensees. The comment 
period on that proposed rule expires on February 23, 2007. Because the 
public has already had opportunity to comment on PRM-73-11, the NRC is 
requesting that comments focus on the proposed rule provisions in light 
of the subject PRM. Refer to the preamble of the proposed rule for 
instructions on how to provide comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Tartal, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, Telephone: 301-415-0016, or toll-free: 800-368-5642, e-mail 
[email protected], or Everett Byre, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 
Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Telephone: 301-415-7825, or toll free: 800-368-5642, e-mail 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of December 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-22582 Filed 1-4-07; 8:45 am]
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