[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 41097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17274]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0164]


Memorandum of Understanding Among the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department of Transportation, and the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission Concerning Cooperation on Radioactive Materials 
Transportation Security

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Memorandum of Understanding; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The United States (U.S.) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
is issuing a notice regarding a finalized Memorandum of Understanding 
(MOU) between the NRC, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that defines a 
cooperative working relationship between the agencies for radioactive 
material transportation security. The goal of the MOU is to ensure that 
the transportation of radioactive material in the U.S. and across U.S. 
borders is carried out in a secure manner that protects public health 
and safety, and in a manner that is not inimical to the common defense 
and security of the U.S.

DATES: The Memorandum of Understanding is available July 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0164 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0164. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-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 
three sections of the MOU are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos.: 
ML15057A336, ML13240A347, and ML13240A350, respectively.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Tardiff, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-3613, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The NRC, DHS, and DOT have finalized an MOU to define the 
cooperative working relationship between the agencies for radioactive 
material transportation security.

II. Summary

    The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58, August 8, 2005) 
established the Task Force on Radiation Source Protection and Security. 
Subsequently, the Task Force recommended that the participating 
departments and agencies develop an interagency MOU for radioactive 
material transportation security. The MOU establishes a framework for 
departments and agencies to coordinate, to the maximum extent 
practicable, their respective responsibilities and activities on 
security of radioactive material transportation within the U.S. or 
across U.S. borders. The intent of the MOU is to enhance collaborative 
exchanges, facilitate the sharing of expertise and information, promote 
leveraging of mutual interests, and reduce duplication in shared areas 
of responsibility.

III. Further Information

    The Task Force on Radiation Source Protection and Security has 
produced three reports. The reports were published in 2006, 2010 and 
2014. Those reports may be found in the NRC ADAMS public document 
collection at accession numbers ML062190349, ML102230141 and 
ML14219A642, for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 reports, respectively.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of July 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Thaggard,
Deputy Director, Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2015-17274 Filed 7-13-15; 8:45 am]
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