[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08324]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 73
[NRC-2015-0179]
RIN 3150-AJ64
Cyber Security at Fuel Cycle Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final regulatory basis; availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making
available a final regulatory basis document to support a rulemaking
that would amend its regulations by adopting new cyber security
requirements for certain nuclear fuel cycle facility (FCF) licensees in
order to address safety, security, and safeguards consequences of
concern. The NRC is not seeking public comments on this document. There
will be an opportunity for formal public comment on the proposed rule
when it is published in the Federal Register.
DATES: The final regulatory basis is publicly available April 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0179 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0179. 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].
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: Matthew Bartlett, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7154; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In a September 4, 2015, Federal Register document (80 FR 53478),
the NRC solicited comment from members of the public on a draft
regulatory basis addressing the need for a rulemaking to implement
cyber security for FCFs. The public comment period ended on October 5,
2015. The NRC received a total of 9 comment submissions from
nongovernment organizations and industry. The NRC staff reviewed and
considered the comments in finalizing the regulatory basis. The final
regulatory basis is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15355A466
or on the Federal rulemaking Web site, www.regulations.gov, under
Docket ID NRC-2015-0179.
II. Publicly-Available Documents
As the NRC continues its ongoing proposed rulemaking effort to
implement cyber security requirements for FCFs in part 73 of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations, the NRC is making documents
publicly available on the Federal rulemaking Web site,
www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2015-0179. By making these
documents publicly available, the NRC seeks to inform stakeholders of
the current status of the NRC's rulemaking development activities and
to provide preparatory material for future public meetings.
The NRC may post additional materials relevant to this rulemaking
at www.regulations.gov, under Docket ID NRC-2015-0179. Please take the
following actions if you wish to receive alerts when changes or
additions occur in a docket folder: (1) Navigate to the docket folder
(NRC-2015-0179); (2) click the ``Email Alert'' link; and (3) enter your
email address and select how frequently you would like to receive
emails (daily, weekly, or monthly).
III. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010, (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or
field and the intended audience. Although regulations are exempt under
the Act, the NRC is applying the same principles to its rulemaking
documents. Therefore, the NRC has written this document to be
consistent with the Plain Writing Act.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of April, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shana R. Helton,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and
Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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