[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77117-77118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31419]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0314]
Proposed Revision 0 on Access Authorization--Operational Program
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-draft section revision: request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for
the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants'' LWR
Edition: Section 13.6.4, ``Access Authorization--Operational Program.''
The NRC seeks comments on the new Section 13.6.4 of the Standard Review
Plan (SRP) concerning implementation of an access authorization program
through revisions to the nuclear power reactor licensee Commission-
approved Physical Security Plan under of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.55, ``Requirements for Physical
Protection of Licensed Activities in Nuclear Power Reactors against
Radiological Sabotage,'' Section (b)(7), that integrates the
performance requirements contained within 10 CFR 73.56, ``Personnel
Access Authorization Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and the
criminal history checks of 10 CFR 73.57, ``Requirements for Criminal
History Checks of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to a Nuclear
Power Facility or Access to Safeguards Information by Power Reactor
Licensees.'' The current SRP does not contain guidance on the review of
an applicant's proposed access authorization program.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-0314.
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0314. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy E. Cubbage, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-
2875, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0314 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and are publicly available, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0314.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
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rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents''
and then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with
ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to
[email protected]. The ADAMS Accession number for the proposed
revision of SRP 13.6.4 on ``Access Authorization--Operational
Program,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12125A098.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0314 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II Further Information
The NRC seeks public comment on a proposed a new section of the SRP
Section 13.6.4, ``Access Authorization--Operational Program,'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML12125A098). This section has been developed to assist
NRC staff with the review of applications for certain construction
permits, early site permits, licenses, license amendments, and combined
licenses and to inform new reactor applicants and other affected
entities of proposed SRP guidance regarding an acceptable method by
which to evaluate a proposed access authorization program for
compliance with 10 CFR Part 26, 10 CFR 73.56 and 73.57. Following NRC
staff evaluation of public comments, the NRC intends to incorporate the
final approved guidance into the next revision of NUREG-0800. The SRP
is guidance for the NRC staff. The SRP is not a substitute for the NRC
regulations, and compliance with the SRP is not required. Accordingly,
issuance of the SRP does not constitute ``backfitting'' as defined in
10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) of the Backfit Rule and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provisions in 10 CFR
Part 52.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of December 2012.
Amy E. Cubbage,
Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking,
Office of New Reactor.
[FR Doc. 2012-31419 Filed 12-28-12; 8:45 am]
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