2024-20353. Regulatory Guide: Physical Security Event Notifications, Reports, and Records

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

1. 10 CFR Part 73
2. [NRC-2023-0171]

AGENCY:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION:

Final guide; issuance.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG), 5.62, “Physical Security Event Notifications, Reports, and Records.” This RG clarifies reporting and recording of security events and conditions adverse to security under NRC's regulations concerning the physical protection of plants and materials.

DATES:

Revision 3 to RG 5.62 is available on September 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0171 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0171. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail]. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed ( print page 73258) 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 “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, at 301-415-4737, or by email to [e-mail]. 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.
• NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to [e-mail] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Revision 3 to RG 5.62 may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23299A176. The NRC staff's responses to public comments on Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-5080 are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23299A187.

Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phil Brochman, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail] or Stanley Gardocki, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

The NRC is issuing a revision in the NRC's “Regulatory Guide” series. This series was developed to describe methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.

The proposed Revision 3 to RG 5.62 was issued with a temporary identification of DG-5080 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23198A191).

This revision provides additional guidance on physical security event notifications, written follow-up reports, and recordkeeping of security events and other security-related conditions adverse to quality. These new and updated requirements are part of the NRC's final rule, entitled “Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications” (hereafter the Enhanced Weapons rule), that was published in the Federal Register on March 14, 2023 (88 FR 15864). These provisions are found in the NRC's regulations under title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), §§ 73.1200, 73.1205, and 10 CFR 73.1210.

Revision 3 to RG 5.62 provides examples, considerations, and guidance to assist licensees and their security personnel in understanding their responsibilities in implementing the provisions of §§ 73.1200, 73.1205, and 73.1210.

II. Additional Information

The NRC published a notice of availability of DG-5080 in the Federal Register on October 27, 2023 (88 FR 73767) for a 45-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on December 11, 2023. The NRC staff made changes to RG 5.62 in response to public comments. The NRC staff's responses to these public comments on DG-5080 are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23299A187.

As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this document is being published in the “Rules” section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I.

III. Congressional Review Act

This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

Issuance of Revision 3 to RG 5.62 does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 72.62, “Backfitting,” 10 CFR 70.76, “Backfitting,” and 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting,” and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, “Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests” (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); does not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; and does not affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, “Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear Powerplants,” because, as explained in Revision 3 to RG 5.62, licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in the RG.

V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm/​doc-collections/​reg-guides/​contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to the “Regulatory Guide” series.

Dated: September 4, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Meraj Rahimi,

Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.