[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 95 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9520]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 26, 60, 63, 73, and 74

RIN 3150-AI06


Geologic Repository Operations Area Security and Material Control 
and Accounting Requirements

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Availability of preliminary draft rule language.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making available 
preliminary draft rule language to amend its regulations to revise the 
security requirements and material control and accounting (MC&A) 
requirements for a geologic repository operations area (GROA). The goal 
of this rulemaking is to ensure effective security measures are in 
place for the protection of high-level radioactive waste given the 
post-September 11, 2001, threat environment. New requirements for 
specific training enhancements, improved access authorization, and 
enhancements to defensive strategies will be incorporated. The proposed 
rule will reinstate the alcohol and drug provisions of the fitness-for-
duty provisions to a GROA. The proposed rule will also impose the 
fatigue portion of the fitness-for-duty requirements for the security 
personnel at a GROA. The proposed rule will establish general 
performance objectives and corresponding system capabilities for the 
GROA MC&A program, with a focus on strengthening, streamlining, and 
consolidating all MC&A regulations specific to a GROA. In addition, the 
proposed rule will require the emergency plan to address radiological 
emergencies. The availability of the preliminary draft rule language is 
intended to inform stakeholders of the current status of the NRC's 
activities, but the NRC is not soliciting formal public comments on the 
information at this time.

DATES: There will be an opportunity for public comment when the notice 
of proposed rulemaking is published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The preliminary draft rule language can be viewed and 
downloaded electronically via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Along with any publicly available documents related 
to this rulemaking, the draft information may be viewed electronically 
on public computers in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 
Room O-1 F21, and open to the public on Federal workdays from 7:45 a.m. 
until 4:15 p.m. The PDR reproduction contractor will make copies of 
documents for a fee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merri Horn, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
8126, e-mail, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is making a preliminary version of 
the draft proposed rule language available to inform stakeholders of 
the current status of this proposed rulemaking. This preliminary draft 
rule language may be subject to significant revisions during the 
rulemaking process. The NRC is not soliciting early public comments on 
this preliminary draft rule language. No stakeholder requests for a 
comment period will be granted at this stage in the rulemaking process. 
Stakeholders will have an opportunity to comment on the rule language 
when it is published as a proposed rule.
    The NRC's preliminary draft rule language will be posted on the 
NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. The NRC may 
post updates to the draft proposed rule language on the rulemaking Web 
site.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of May, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrice M. Bubar,
Deputy Director, Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, 
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management 
Programs.
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