80 FR 21770 - Managing the Safety/Security Interface

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 75 (April 20, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing revision 1 to regulatory guide (RG), RG 5.74, ``Managing the Safety/ Security Interface,'' in which there are minor corrections with no substantive changes in the NRC staff's regulatory positions. This RG describes a method that the staff considers acceptable for licensees to assess and manage changes to safety and security activities so as to prevent or mitigate potential adverse effects that could negatively impact either plant safety or security.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08965]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0097]


Managing the Safety/Security Interface

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
revision 1 to regulatory guide (RG), RG 5.74, ``Managing the Safety/
Security Interface,'' in which there are minor corrections with no 
substantive changes in the NRC staff's regulatory positions. This RG 
describes a method that the staff considers acceptable for licensees to 
assess and manage changes to safety and security activities so as to 
prevent or mitigate potential adverse effects that could negatively 
impact either plant safety or security.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0097 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0097. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected] nrc.gov. For

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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 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 nrc.gov">[email protected]nrc.gov. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. 
Revision 1 of RG 5.74 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML14323A549.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's Public Document Room O1-F21, One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wesley Held, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-415-1583, email: 
nrc.gov">[email protected]nrc.gov; and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected] nrc.gov. Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. Regulatory guides were developed to 
describe and make available to the public information and methods that 
are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
agency's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff 
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The NRC 
typically seeks public comment on a draft version of a RG by announcing 
its availability for comment in the Federal Register. However, as 
explained on page 7 of NRC's Management Directive 6.6 ``Regulatory 
Guides,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML110330475) the NRC may directly issue 
a final RG without a draft version or public comment-period if the 
changes to the RG are non-substantive.
    The NRC is issuing Revision 1 of RG 5.74 directly as a final RG 
because the changes between Revision 0 and Revision 1 are non-
substantive. Revision 1 of RG 5.74 incorporated editorial changes and 
updated the guide to the current format for RGs and is administrative 
in nature. These changes were intended to improve clarity and did not 
substantially alter the staff's regulatory guidance. These changes 
included additional questions to assist the user in the screening of 
planned and emergent activities or changes, and clarification to the 
requirement that the safety-security interface must be maintained at 
all times.

II. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Issuance of this final RG does not constitute backfitting as 
defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), (the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise 
inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The 
changes in Revision 1 of RG 5.74 are limited to editorial changes to 
improve clarity and the correction of a title. These changes do not 
fall within the kinds of agency actions that constitute backfitting or 
are subject to limitations in the issue finality provisions of part 52. 
Accordingly, the NRC did not address the Backfit Rule or issue finality 
provisions of part 52.

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. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    Revision 1 of RG 5.74 is being issued without public comment. 
However, you may at any time submit suggestions to the NRC for 
improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs to 
address new issues. Suggestions can be submitted by the form available 
online at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and 
enhancements of the RG.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of April, 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division 
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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