[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37058-37059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13098]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie A. Schnetzler, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: (301) 415-
7883 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series. This 
series has been developed to describe and make available to the public 
such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques that 
the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, 
and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits 
and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide, entitled ``Reporting of Safeguards 
Events,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-5019, which 
should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
    This draft regulatory guide provides an approach acceptable to the 
NRC staff for use by licensees for reporting of security events. In 10 
CFR part 73, ``Physical Protection of Plants and Materials,'' Section 
73.71 requires licensees to report to the Operations Center of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or to record in a log certain 
security events. Appendix G, ``Reportable Safeguards Events,'' to 10 
CFR part 73 (Appendix G) describes reporting requirements in detail. 
Appendix E to 10 CFR part 50 (Appendix E), ``Emergency Planning and 
Preparedness for Production and Utilization Facilities,'' provides more 
detailed information for emergency planning and preparedness. The 
events to be reported or recorded are those that represent actual or 
potential threats, suspicious activities, external attacks, or internal 
tampering with equipment that threaten or affect safe plant operations 
or effective security operations. The events to be recorded are those 
that affect or lessen the effectiveness of the security systems, 
components, and procedures as established by security regulations and 
the licensee's approved security plans.
    Proposed revisions to 10 CFR 73.71 included two new requirements 
for power reactors: (1) The reporting within 15 minutes after discovery 
of an actual or imminent threat against a facility, and (2) the 
reporting of suspicious surveillance activities or attempts at access, 
both of which are addressed in this guide.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
5019. Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting 
data, and should mention DG-5019 in the subject line. Comments 
submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available to 
the public in their entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be 
removed from your comments. You may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: [email protected]. You may also submit comments 
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address 
questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301) 
415-5905; e-mail [email protected].
    3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 
415-5144.

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    Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
5019 may be directed to NRC Senior Program Manager, Bonnie A. 
Schnetzler, at (301) 415-7883 or e-mail [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by 60 days from issuance 
of the FRN. Comments received after that date will be considered if it 
is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only 
for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is 
given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion 
in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Electronic copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-5019 are available 
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the 
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading 
Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic 
copies are also available in ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. ML071710233.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of June, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Branch, Division of Fuel, Engineering and 
Radiological Research, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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