Petition for Rulemaking Filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert; Consider Petition in the Rulemaking Process, 43874 [E8-17319]

Download as PDF 43874 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 146 Tuesday, July 29, 2008 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 73 [Docket No. PRM–73–11; NRC–2001–0023] Petition for Rulemaking Filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert; Consider Petition in the Rulemaking Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Resolution and closure of petition docket. pwalker on PROD1PC71 with PROPOSALS AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking submitted by Scott Portzline, on behalf of the Three Mile Island Alert, in the ongoing ‘‘Power Reactor Security Requirements’’ rulemaking. The petitioner requested that the NRC regulations governing physical protection of plants and materials be amended to require NRC licensees to post at least one armed guard at each entrance to the ‘‘owner controlled areas’’ (OCAs) surrounding all U.S. nuclear power plants. The petitioner stated that this should be accomplished by adding armed site protection officers (SPOs) to the security forces—not by simply moving SPOs from their protected area (PA) posts to the OCA entrances. The petitioner believes that its proposed amendment would provide an additional layer of security that would complement existing measures against radiological sabotage and would be consistent with the long-standing principle of defensein-depth. DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking PRM–73–11 is closed on July 29, 2008. ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this petition for rulemaking using the following methods: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Further NRC action on the issues raised by this petition will be accessible at the federal VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:41 Jul 28, 2008 Jkt 214001 rulemaking portal, https:// www.regulations.gov, by searching on rulemaking docket ID: NRC–2006–0016 and docket ID: NRC–2008–0019. The NRC also tracks all rulemaking actions in the ‘‘NRC Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Report (NUREG–0936).’’ NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O–1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. NRC’s Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/ NRC/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are any problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1–800– 397–4209, 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to PDR.resource@nrc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Quinones, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, Telephone: 301–415– 2007, or toll-free: 800–368–5642, e-mail: Lauren.Quinones@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 2, 2001 (66 FR 55603), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a petition for rulemaking (PRM) filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile Island Alert. The comment period closed on January 16, 2002. Eleven comments were received. In a Federal Register notice published January 5, 2007 (72 FR 481), the NRC informed the public that PRM–73–11 and the public comments received on the petition would be considered in the proposed rulemaking, ‘‘Power Reactor Security Requirements,’’ published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2006 (71 FR 62664). That rulemaking did consider the topics of PRM–73–13 and proposed extensive revisions to the NRC regulations in 10 CFR Parts 50, 72, and 73 that address security requirements for nuclear power reactor licensees. The comment period on that proposed rule expired on March 26, 2007. PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of July 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. R.W. Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations. [FR Doc. E8–17319 Filed 7–28–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 73 [Docket No. PRM–73–13; NRC–2007–0023] David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists; Consideration of Petition in the Rulemaking Process Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Resolution and closure of petition docket. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking submitted by David Lochbaum, on behalf of the Union of Concerned Scientists, in the ongoing ‘‘Power Reactor Security Requirements’’ rulemaking. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to require that licensees implement procedures to ensure that when information becomes known to a licensee about an individual that would prevent that individual from gaining unescorted access to the protected area of a nuclear power plant, the licensee will implement measures to ensure the individual does not enter the protected area, whether escorted, or not; and, when sufficient information is not available to a licensee about an individual to determine whether the criteria for unescorted access are satisfied, the licensee will implement measures to allow that individual to enter the protected area only when escorted at all times by an armed member of the security force who remains in periodic communication with security supervision. DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking PRM–73–13 is closed on July 29, 2008. ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this petition for rulemaking using the following methods: E:\FR\FM\29JYP1.SGM 29JYP1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. PRM-73-11; NRC-2001-0023]


Petition for Rulemaking Filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile 
Island Alert; Consider Petition in the Rulemaking Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Resolution and closure of petition docket.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the 
issues raised in a petition for rulemaking submitted by Scott 
Portzline, on behalf of the Three Mile Island Alert, in the ongoing 
``Power Reactor Security Requirements'' rulemaking. The petitioner 
requested that the NRC regulations governing physical protection of 
plants and materials be amended to require NRC licensees to post at 
least one armed guard at each entrance to the ``owner controlled 
areas'' (OCAs) surrounding all U.S. nuclear power plants. The 
petitioner stated that this should be accomplished by adding armed site 
protection officers (SPOs) to the security forces--not by simply moving 
SPOs from their protected area (PA) posts to the OCA entrances. The 
petitioner believes that its proposed amendment would provide an 
additional layer of security that would complement existing measures 
against radiological sabotage and would be consistent with the long-
standing principle of defense-in-depth.

DATES: The docket for the petition for rulemaking PRM-73-11 is closed 
on July 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this 
petition for rulemaking using the following methods:
    Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Further NRC action on the issues 
raised by this petition will be accessible at the federal rulemaking 
portal, https://www.regulations.gov, by searching on rulemaking docket 
ID: NRC-2006-0016 and docket ID: NRC-2008-0019. The NRC also tracks all 
rulemaking actions in the ``NRC Regulatory Agenda: Semiannual Report 
(NUREG-0936).''
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public 
File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http:/
/www.nrc.gov/NRC/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can 
gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are 
any problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the 
NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to 
PDR.resource@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Quinones, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, Telephone: 301-415-2007, or toll-free: 800-368-5642, e-
mail: Lauren.Quinones@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 2, 2001 (66 FR 55603), the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a 
petition for rulemaking (PRM) filed by Scott Portzline, Three Mile 
Island Alert. The comment period closed on January 16, 2002. Eleven 
comments were received.
    In a Federal Register notice published January 5, 2007 (72 FR 481), 
the NRC informed the public that PRM-73-11 and the public comments 
received on the petition would be considered in the proposed 
rulemaking, ``Power Reactor Security Requirements,'' published in the 
Federal Register on October 26, 2006 (71 FR 62664). That rulemaking did 
consider the topics of PRM-73-13 and proposed extensive revisions to 
the NRC regulations in 10 CFR Parts 50, 72, and 73 that address 
security requirements for nuclear power reactor licensees. The comment 
period on that proposed rule expired on March 26, 2007.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of July 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
R.W. Borchardt,
 Executive Director for Operations.
 [FR Doc. E8-17319 Filed 7-28-08; 8:45 am]
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