[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21283-21284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09876]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


229 Boundary Notice for the Pantex Plant Administrative Support 
Complex

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of 229 Boundary revisions for the Pantex Plant 
Administrative Support Complex.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (as 
amended), notice is hereby given that the United States Department of 
Energy is adding to its DOE- and contractor-occupied property at the 
Pantex Plant in Carson County, Texas, covered by DOE's regulations, 
Trespassing on Department of Energy Property, in the Code of Federal 
Regulations. In addition to the previously identified areas of the 
Pantex Plant, these regulations hereby prohibit the unauthorized entry 
onto and the unauthorized carrying, transporting, or otherwise 
introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, 
explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material, into or upon the 
following described property of the Pantex Plant of the United States 
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration 
Production Office.

DATES: This action is effective on May 9, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Warner, U.S. Department of 
Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, P.O. Box 30030, 
Amarillo, TX 79120. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 806-573-
7129.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE, successor agency to the Atomic 
Energy Commission, is authorized by section 229 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2278a), and by section 301 of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151), to issue 
regulations relating to the entry upon and carrying, transporting, or 
otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced, any dangerous 
weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to 
produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property, into or 
upon any facility, installation, or real property subject to the 
jurisdiction, administration, or custody of the DOE. To exercise this 
statutory authority, on August 16, 1963, the DOE first promulgated the 
regulations now found at 10 CFR part 860, and on September 14, 1993 (58 
FR 47985), DOE revised and reissued these regulations.
    The Pantex Plant is a DOE NNSA facility located in Carson County, 
Texas, northeast of Amarillo, Texas. By notice published on October 19, 
1965 (30 FR 13287), DOE prohibited unauthorized entry into or upon the 
Pantex Plant by providing a property description in the Federal 
Register. The Pantex Plant property description was revised on July 31, 
1985 (50 FR 31004) (as corrected on December 16, 1985 (50 FR 51283)), 
and was again revised on September 20, 1991 (56 FR 47746). By 
publishing this Notice, DOE hereby adds the property described below to 
its previously published property descriptions of the Pantex Plant, and 
prohibits the unauthorized entry upon and the unauthorized introduction 
of weapons, explosives, dangerous materials, or dangerous instruments, 
into and upon, the Pantex Plant. Section 860.5 of Title 10 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations provides that conviction for willful 
unauthorized entry into or upon areas enclosed by a fence, wall, floor, 
roof or other structural barrier can result in a fine not to exceed 
$100,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Section 
860.5 also provides that conviction for willful unauthorized entry into 
areas not enclosed by a fence, wall, floor, roof, or other such 
structural barrier may result in a fine of not more than $5,000. Per 
Sec.  860.7, the prohibitions of Sec. Sec.  860.3 and 860.4 are 
effective upon publication of this Notice and with posting in 
accordance with Sec.  860.6.
    The addition is described in further detail in the paragraphs that 
follow.
    Property Description:
    A 52.26 Acre tract of land out of the northern portion of section 
30 and the south half of section 31, block M-4, J.

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H. Gibson Survey, Carson County, Texas, and more particularly described 
as follows:
    Beginning at a 1/2''; Iron Rod with a yellow cap inscribed ``RPLS 
4263'' (such type cap and rod hereafter referred to as an OJD Cap) 
found on the west right-of-way line of F.M. NO. 2373 same being on the 
north line of said south half of said Section 31 which bears S 00[deg] 
12' 30'' E a distance of 2644.40 feet and S 89[deg] 21' 01'' W a 
distance of 58.19 feet from a Railroad Spike found at the northeast 
corner of said Section 31 for the northeast corner of this tract.
    Thence S 00[deg] 11' 06'' E, along said west right-of-way line, a 
distance of 2626.71 feet to an OJD Cap found on said west right-of-way 
line for an angle corner of this tract.
    Thence S 00[deg] 05' 06'' E, continuing along said west right-of-
way line, a distance of 1018.47 feet to an OJD Cap found on said west 
right-of-way line for the southeast corner of this tract.
    Thence S 89[deg] 54' 54'' W a distance of 1281.57 feet to an OJD 
Cap found for the southwest corner of this tract.
    Thence N 00[deg] 05' 06'' W a distance of 1698.80 feet to an OJD 
Cap found for the most westerly northwest corner of this tract.
    Thence N 89[deg] 48' 54'' E a distance of 1230.38 feet to an OJD 
Cap found for an angle corner of this tract.
    Thence N 00[deg] 11' 06'' W a distance of 1893.74 feet to an OJD 
Cap found for an angle corner of this tract.
    Thence N 45[deg] 25' 02'' W a distance of 70.43 feet to an OJD Cap 
found on said north line for the most northerly northwest corner of 
this tract.
    Thence N 89[deg] 21' 01'' E a distance of 100.00 feet to the place 
of beginning and containing 52.26 acres of land.
    This description is in addition to the descriptions contained in 
the Federal Register notices published on October 19, 1965, July 31, 
1985 (as corrected on December 16, 1985), and September 20, 1991, and 
includes all buildings, structures, installations, and parcels of real 
property therein.
    Notices stating the pertinent prohibitions of Sec. Sec.  860.3 and 
860.4 and the penalties of Sec.  860.5 will be posted at any entrances 
of the above-referenced areas and at intervals along their perimeters 
where 10 CFR part 860 is to be implemented, as provided in Sec.  860.6.

    Issued in Carson County, Texas on May 1, 2018.
Arnold E. Guevara,
Assistant Manager for Safeguards and Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-09876 Filed 5-8-18; 8:45 am]
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