[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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