[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24510-24511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11460]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0092]


Standard Format and Content of Physical Security Plans, Training 
and Qualifications Plans, and Safeguards Contingency Plans for Nuclear 
Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 14, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on Draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-5048, ``Standard 
Format and Content of Physical Security Plans, Training and 
Qualifications Plans, and Safeguards Contingency Plans for Nuclear 
Power Plants.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to 
close on July 13, 2018. The NRC has decided to extend the public 
comment period by 30 days to allow more time for members of the public 
to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date for comments requested in the document published on 
May 14, 2018 (83 FR 22297), is extended. Comments should be filed no 
later than August 13, 2018. Comments received after this date will be 
considered, if it is practical to do so, but

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the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0092. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: TWFN 7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and 
submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting 
Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Gordon, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-3633, email: 
[email protected] and Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research; telephone: 301-415-1699, email: [email protected]. Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0092 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may 
obtain publically-available information related to this action, by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0092.
     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]. DG-
5048 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17124A490.
     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-2018-0092 in your comment submission. 
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information 
that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment 
submission. The NRC will post 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 that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. 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. Background

    On May 14, 2018 (83 FR 22297), the NRC solicited comments on DG-
5048, ``Standard Format and Content of Physical Security Plans, 
Training and Qualifications Plans, and Safeguards Contingency Plans for 
Nuclear Power Plants'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML17124A490). The public 
comment period was originally scheduled to end on July 13, 2018. On May 
14, 2018, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) requested that the comment 
period be extended, stating that ``the change would allow NEI and its 
members' sufficient time to perform a thorough review of the document 
consistent with other work priorities'' (ADAMS Accesion No. 
ML18136A546). The NRC agreed to the request because of the length and 
comprehensiveness of this DG. Accordingly, the NRC is extending the 
public comment period on this document until August 13, 2018, to allow 
more time for members of the public to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of May, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2018-11460 Filed 5-25-18; 8:45 am]
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