[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42126-42127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18755]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0043]


Clarification of Compensatory Measure Requirements for Physical 
Protection Program Deficiencies

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory issue summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2017-04, ``Clarification on the 
Implementation of Compensatory Measures for Protective Strategy 
Deficiencies or Degraded or Inoperable Security Systems, Equipment, or 
Components.'' This RIS reminds addressees that they are required to 
implement compensatory measures supported by an assessment to ensure 
their physical protection program maintains, at all times, the 
capability to detect, assess, interdict, and neutralize threats as 
identified in NRC regulations. Compensatory measures must be 
implemented for degraded or inoperable security systems, equipment, or 
components, and for protective strategy deficiencies identified during 
performance evaluation exercises and drills.

DATES: The RIS is available as of September 6, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0043 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-2016-0043. 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 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. This RIS is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML16110A366.
     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.
     This RIS is also available on the NRC's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ 
(select ``2017'' and then select ``RIS 2017-04'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Grigsby, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-3681; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register on March 1, 2016 
(81 FR 10686). The agency received two sets of comments. The staff 
considered all comments, which resulted in minor changes to the RIS. 
The evaluation of these comments is discussed in a publicly-available 
memorandum which

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is in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16110A370.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of August 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander D. Garmoe,
Chief (Acting), Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2017-18755 Filed 9-5-17; 8:45 am]
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