Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities, 81376-81377 [2015-32778]

Download as PDF 81376 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 29, 2015 / Notices committed to funding cutting-edge science, these factors all have implications for program management. The Directorate of Biological Sciences has a continuing commitment to monitor its information collection in order to preserve its applicability and necessity. Through periodic updates and revisions, the Directorate ensures that only useful, non-redundant information is collected. These efforts will reduce excessive reporting burdens Burden on the Public: The Directorate estimates that an average of five minutes is expended for each proposal submitted. An estimated 6,500 responses are expected during the course of one year for a total of 542 public burden hours annually. Expected Respondents: Individuals. Estimated Number of Responses: 6,800. Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,800. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 567 hours. Frequency of Responses: On occasion. Dated: December 23, 2015. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2015–32722 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0001] Sunshine Act Meeting Notice December 28, 2015, January 4, 11, 18, 25, February 1, 2016. PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. DATE: Week of February 1, 2016—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of February 1, 2016. * * * * * The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings, contact Denise McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. * * * * * The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/schedule.html. * * * * * The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer, NRC Disability Program Manager, at 301–287–0739, by videophone at 240–428–3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer-Chambers@ nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. * * * * * Members of the public may request to receive this information electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301– 415–1969), or email Brenda.Akstulewicz@nrc.gov or Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov. Dated: December 23, 2015. Denise L. McGovern, Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–32807 Filed 12–24–15; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Week of December 28, 2015 There are no meetings scheduled for the week of December 28, 2015. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Week of January 4, 2016—Tentative [NRC–2015–0287] There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 4, 2016. Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Week of January 11, 2016—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 11, 2016. Week of January 18, 2016—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 18, 2016. Week of January 25, 2016—Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of January 25, 2016. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Dec 28, 2015 Jkt 238001 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG) DG–5043, ‘‘Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Reactor Facilities.’’ The proposed revision to the regulatory guide (RG) updates training and qualification guidance that incorporates lessons learned since the original publication of the guide. DATES: Submit comments by February 29, 2016. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specified subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0287. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Vaughn, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301–287–3586, email: James.Vaughn@nrc.gov or Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–1699, email: mekonen.bayssie@nrc.gov; 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–2015– 0287 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publically-available information related to this document, by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search E:\FR\FM\29DEN1.SGM 29DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 29, 2015 / Notices for Docket ID NRC–2015–0287. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) 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 https://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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The DG is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14297A272 • 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. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 0287 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 posts all comment submissions at https:// 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. Additional Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Dec 28, 2015 Jkt 238001 evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The DG, entitled, ‘‘Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities,’’ is a proposed revision guide temporarily identified by its task number, DG–5043. DG–5043 is proposed revision 1 of RG 5.75, ‘‘Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities.’’ The guide proposes revised guidance for methodologies that licensees and applicants should use to select, train, equip, test, qualify, and requalify armed and unarmed security personnel, watchpersons, and members of the licensee staff that support the licensee’s security organization, to ensure that these individuals possess and maintain the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to carry out their assigned duties and responsibilities effectively. III. Backfitting and Issue Finality DG–5043 describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use by nuclear power plant licensees in meeting the requirements for training and qualification of security personnel as set forth in Section VI of Appendix B to title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 73 (10 CFR part 73), ‘‘Physical Protection of Plants and Materials.’’ Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ section of this DG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this guide, if finalized, on holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses. This DG may be applied to applications for operating licenses and combined licenses docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the final regulatory guide, as well as future applications submitted after the issuance of the regulatory guide. Such action would not constitute backfitting as defined in the Backfit Rule or be otherwise inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provision in 10 CFR part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not within the scope of entities protected by the Backfit Rule or the relevant issue finality provisions in part 52. Neither section 50.109 nor the issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52—with certain exceptions—were intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the expectations of current and future PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 81377 applicants. The exceptions to the general principle are whenever an applicant references a part 52 license (e.g., an early site permit) and/or NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design certification rule, a standard design approval) with specified issue finality provisions. However, the scope of issue finality provided extends only to the matters resolved in the license or regulatory approval. Early site permits, design certification rules, and standard design approvals typically do not address or resolve compliance with operational programs such as the security personnel requirements in 10 CFR part 73. Therefore, no applicant referencing an early site permit, design certification rule, or standard design approval would be protected by relevant issue finality provisions with respect to the security matters addressed in this draft regulatory guide. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Kurt O. Cozens, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2015–32778 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–247 and 50–286; NRC– 2008–0672] Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft supplemental environmental impact statement; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft supplement to Supplement 38 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Power Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437, regarding the renewal of operating licenses DPR– 26 and DPR–64, held by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), for the operation of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3), for an additional 20 years of operation. Units IP2 and IP3 are located in Westchester County in the Village of Buchanan, New York, approximately 24 miles north of New York City. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29DEN1.SGM 29DEN1

Agencies

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81376-81377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32778]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0287]


Training and Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power 
Reactor Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment draft regulatory guide (DG) DG-5043, ``Training and 
Qualification of Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor 
Facilities.'' The proposed revision to the regulatory guide (RG) 
updates training and qualification guidance that incorporates lessons 
learned since the original publication of the guide.

DATES: Submit comments by February 29, 2016. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in 
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed 
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specified subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0287. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on accessing information and 
submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting 
Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Vaughn, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-3586, email: 
James.Vaughn@nrc.gov or Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-1699, email: mekonen.bayssie@nrc.gov; 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-2015-0287 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publically-available information related to this document, by 
any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search

[[Page 81377]]

for Docket ID NRC-2015-0287. Address questions about NRC dockets to 
Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; email: 
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the 
individual(s) 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 https://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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
DG is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14297A272
     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-2015-0287 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 posts all comment submissions at https://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. Additional Information

    The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public information regarding methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in 
its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The DG, entitled, ``Training and Qualification of Security 
Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities,'' is a proposed revision 
guide temporarily identified by its task number, DG-5043. DG-5043 is 
proposed revision 1 of RG 5.75, ``Training and Qualification of 
Security Personnel at Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities.'' The guide 
proposes revised guidance for methodologies that licensees and 
applicants should use to select, train, equip, test, qualify, and re-
qualify armed and unarmed security personnel, watchpersons, and members 
of the licensee staff that support the licensee's security 
organization, to ensure that these individuals possess and maintain the 
knowledge, skills, and abilities required to carry out their assigned 
duties and responsibilities effectively.

III. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    DG-5043 describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable 
for use by nuclear power plant licensees in meeting the requirements 
for training and qualification of security personnel as set forth in 
Section VI of Appendix B to title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
Part 73 (10 CFR part 73), ``Physical Protection of Plants and 
Materials.'' Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute 
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would 
not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 
CFR part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of this DG, 
the NRC has no current intention to impose this guide, if finalized, on 
holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses.
    This DG may be applied to applications for operating licenses and 
combined licenses docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the 
final regulatory guide, as well as future applications submitted after 
the issuance of the regulatory guide. Such action would not constitute 
backfitting as defined in the Backfit Rule or be otherwise inconsistent 
with the applicable issue finality provision in 10 CFR part 52, 
inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not within the 
scope of entities protected by the Backfit Rule or the relevant issue 
finality provisions in part 52. Neither section 50.109 nor the issue 
finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with certain exceptions--were 
intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the 
expectations of current and future applicants. The exceptions to the 
general principle are whenever an applicant references a part 52 
license (e.g., an early site permit) and/or NRC regulatory approval 
(e.g., a design certification rule, a standard design approval) with 
specified issue finality provisions. However, the scope of issue 
finality provided extends only to the matters resolved in the license 
or regulatory approval. Early site permits, design certification rules, 
and standard design approvals typically do not address or resolve 
compliance with operational programs such as the security personnel 
requirements in 10 CFR part 73.
    Therefore, no applicant referencing an early site permit, design 
certification rule, or standard design approval would be protected by 
relevant issue finality provisions with respect to the security matters 
addressed in this draft regulatory guide.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kurt O. Cozens,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division 
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2015-32778 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.