[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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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 95 / Thursday, May 17, 2007 /
Proposed Rules
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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.
[FR Doc. E7-9520 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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