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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

67070

Vol. 69, No. 220

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 2, 30, 40, 50, 52, 63, 70, 

72, 73, 76, and 150

RIN 3150–AH57

Protection of Safeguards Information

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission.

ACTION: Availability of draft proposed 

rule. 

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is making available 

draft proposed rule language for 

amendments to 10 CFR part 73, 

‘‘Physical Protection of Plants and 

Materials,’’ to provide for further 

protection of Safeguards Information 

(SGI). The draft proposed rule also 

contains draft conforming changes to 10 

CFR parts 2, 30, 40, 50, 52, 63, 70, 72, 

76, and 150. The NRC is proposing to 

amend its regulations in part 73 for the 

protection of SGI to be consistent with 

recent Commission practices reflected 

in Orders and Threat Advisories issued 

since September 11, 2001, and to 

provide the flexibility afforded the 

Commission for the protection of such 

information by the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (AEA). The 

proposed amendments would affect 

licensees, information, and materials 

not currently specified in the 

regulations, but are within the scope of 

the AEA. The proposed amendments are 

intended to protect SGI from 

inadvertent release and unauthorized 

disclosure which might compromise the 

security of nuclear facilities and 

materials. The availability of the draft 

rule language is intended to inform 

stakeholders of the current status of the 

NRC’s activities, but the NRC is not 

soliciting formal public comments on 

the information at this time.

DATES: There will be an opportunity for 

public comment when the notice of 

proposed rulemaking is published in the 

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The draft rule language can 

be viewed and downloaded 

electronically via the NRC’s rulemaking 

Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.

Along with any publicly available 

documents related to this rulemaking, 

the draft information may be viewed 

electronically on public computers in 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 

Room O–1 F21, and open to the public 

on Federal workdays from 7:45 a.m. 

until 4:15 p.m. The PDR reproduction 

contractor will make copies of 

documents for a fee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marjorie Rothschild, Division of 

Rulemaking & Fuel Cycle, Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD 

20555–001, telephone: (301) 415–1633, 

e-mail mur@nrc.gov. or Bernard 

Stapleton, Office of Nuclear Security 

and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–001, telephone (301) 415–

2432, e-mail BWS2@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a staff 

requirements memorandum of June 18, 

2004, the Commission directed the 

Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to 

expedite rulemaking to develop, in 

consultation with the NRC staff, 

amendments to modify 10 CFR part 73 

regarding protection of Safeguards 

Information. The SRM further directed 

that the amendments are to utilize the 

flexibility of section 147 of the Atomic 

Energy Act and are to be consistent with 

the practices of the Commission in 

various Orders and Advisories issued 

since September 11, 2001. The proposed 

amendments would affect licensees, 

information, and materials not currently 

specified in the regulations, but are 

within the scope of the AEA. The 

proposed amendments are intended to 

protect SGI from inadvertent release and 

unauthorized disclosure which might 

compromise the security of nuclear 

facilities and materials. 

The NRC is making a preliminary 

version of the draft proposed rule 

language available to inform 

stakeholders of the current status of this 

10 CFR part 73 proposed rulemaking. 

This draft rule language may be subject 

to significant revisions during the 

rulemaking process. To meet the 

Commission’s schedule, the NRC is not 

soliciting early public comments on this 

draft rule language. No stakeholder 

requests for a comment period will be 

granted at this stage in the rulemaking 

process. Stakeholders will have an 

opportunity to comment on the rule 

language when it is published as a 

proposed rule. 

The NRC’s draft proposed rule, 

including early draft rule language, will 

be posted on the NRC’s rulemaking Web 

site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. The 

NRC may post updates to the draft 

proposed rule language on the 

rulemaking Web site.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of November, 2004.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

E. Neil Jensen, 

Acting Assistant General Counsel, Division 

of Rulemaking & Fuel Cycle, Office of the 

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–25359 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

12 CFR Part 615

RIN 3052–AC22

Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan 

Policies and Operations, and Funding 

Operations; Investments, Liquidity, 

and Divestiture

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, we, or our) 

proposes to amend our liquidity reserve 

requirement for the banks of the Farm 

Credit System (System). The proposed 

rule would increase the minimum 

liquidity reserve requirement to 90 days. 

We also propose to change the eligible 

investment limit from 30 percent of total 

outstanding loans to 35 percent of total 

outstanding loans.

DATES: You may send your comments 

on or before January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent by 

electronic mail to reg-comm@fca.gov,

through the Pending Regulations section 

of our Web site at http://www.fca.gov or 

through the Government-wide http://

www.regulations.gov portal. You may 

also send written comments to S. Robert 

Coleman, Director, Regulation and 

Policy Division, Office of Policy and 

Analysis, Farm Credit Administration, 

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean,