[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23513-23514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10169]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 72 and 73
RIN 3150-AI78
[NRC-2009-0558]
Public and Closed Meeting To Discuss Comments on Draft Regulatory
Basis for Rulemaking Revising Security Requirements for Facilities
Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
will participate in a public and closed meeting with affected
stakeholders to discuss comments relevant to the staff's draft
regulatory basis (previously referred to as the draft technical basis)
for the forthcoming security rulemaking, ``Security Requirements for
Radiological Sabotage,'' to revise the security requirements for
facilities storing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive
waste (HLW). This meeting is a follow-up to the NRC's notice of
availability of the draft technical basis and solicitation of public
comments (74 FR 66589; December 16, 2009) to confirm that an adequate
regulatory basis exists to proceed with rulemaking to issue new risk-
informed and performance-based security regulations for SNF and HLW
storage facilities. This portion of the meeting is open to the public
and all interested parties may attend.
The NRC is also presenting information on independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI) vulnerability studies and information on
proposed new regulatory guide, Draft Guide-5033, ``Security Performance
(Adversary) Characteristics for Physical Security Programs for 10 CFR
[Title 10 of the
[[Page 23514]]
Code of Federal Regulations] PART 72 Licensees.'' This portion of the
meeting will be closed under Exemptions 3.b of the Commission's policy
statement,\1\ due to the expected discussion of safeguards information.
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\1\ ``Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public
Participation in NRC Meetings'' (67 FR 36920; May 28, 2002).
DATES: Date and Time for Closed Session: Monday, May 2, 2011, 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
Date and Time for Open Session: Monday, May 2, 2011, 1:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two
White Flint North Building, Two White Flint North Auditorium, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Andrukat, Office of Nuclear
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3561; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The forthcoming rulemaking would revise 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing
Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-
Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C
Waste,'' and 10 CFR part 73, ``Physical Protection of Plants and
Materials,'' that would apply during the storage of SNF at an ISFSI and
the storage of SNF and HLW at a monitored retrievable storage
installation.
The NRC requires high assurance of adequate protection of public
health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment
for the secure storage of SNF and HLW. The NRC meets this strategic
goal by requiring ISFSI licensees to comply with security requirements
specified in 10 CFR part 73. Following the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, the NRC has continued to achieve this requisite
high assurance for all facilities licensed to store SNF through a
combination of these existing security regulations and the issuance of
security orders to individual licensees.
Based on the Commission's direction presented in SRM-SECY-10-0114
(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession
No. ML103210025) and the comments received in response to the Federal
Register notice published on December 16, 2009 (74 FR 66589; ADAMS
Accession No. ML093340103), the staff is hosting this meeting to
discuss our understanding of the comments received.
The NRC notes that the public, licensees, certificate holders, and
other stakeholders will have a future opportunity to comment on the
proposed rulemaking when that document is published in the Federal
Register.
Availability of Documents
The following table indicates the related documents that are
available to the public and how they may be obtained.
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Document PDR Web NRC Library (ADAMS)
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Draft Technical Basis, Revision 1 (December X X ML093280743
2009) [NRC-2009-0558].
Commission: SECY-10-0114 (August 26, 2010)... X ............ ML101960614
Commission: SRM-SECY-10-0114 (November 16, X X ML103210025
2010).
Commission: SECY-07-0148 (redacted) (August X X ML080030050
28, 2007).
Commission: SRM-SECY-07-0148 (December 18, X X ML073530119
2007).
Public Meeting Notice (March 20, 2011)....... X ............ ML110880263
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You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine
and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's
PDR, Public File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
NRC's ADAMS: Publicly available documents created or
received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
[email protected]. A public meeting notice with attached agenda and
maps to meeting location is available electronically in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML110880263.
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2009-0558.
Availability of Services
The NRC provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation
to participate in this meeting (e.g., sign language), or need this
meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format,
please notify the NRC meeting contact, Dennis Andrukat at 301-415-3561
by April 11, 2011, so arrangements can be made.
All expected attendees must register with the NRC meeting contact
by close of business on April 18, 2011. Attendees planning to attend
the closed portion must provide their full name, company/organization,
last four of their social security number, phone number,
acknowledgement of current access to Safeguards Information (SGI) or
Classified Information, and basis for need-to-know in order to verify
that they are cleared for access to SGI.
No electronic devices will be allowed in the auditorium during the
closed portion of the meeting, this includes cell phones, laptops,
pagers, PDA's, etc. All attendees are to use rear auditorium entrance.
The NRC is accessible to the White Flint Metro Station. Visitor parking
near the NRC buildings is limited.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of April 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sandra L. Wastler,
Branch Chief, Materials, Waste and International Security Branch,
Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-10169 Filed 4-26-11; 8:45 am]
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