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to the common defense and security or 

the public health and safety. 

Under Section 161A of the AEA, the 

Commission is authorized to approve 

licensees’ and certificate holders’ 

possession of enhanced weapons as part 

of a protective strategy for defending 

NRC-regulated facilities and radioactive 

material from malevolent acts. 

Previously, most NRC licensees and 

certificate holders were barred under 

Federal law from possessing such 

weapons. The NRC is publishing in the 

Proposed Rules section of today’s 

Federal Register a proposed rule titled 

‘‘Enhanced Weapons, Firearms 

Background Checks, and Security Event 

Notifications (Docket ID: NRC–2011– 

0018).’’ The NRC is proposing to add 

requirements to Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), in Section 

73.18, for licensees and certificate 

holders to apply to the NRC to obtain 

enhanced weapons (see 10 CFR 73.2 of 

the proposed rule for a definition of 

enhanced weapons). Under 10 CFR 

73.18(f), licensees and certificate 

holders applying to the NRC to possess 

and use enhanced weapons would be 

required to include a completed WSA as 

part of their application. 

The draft WSA provides a 

methodology to evaluate and review the 

safety impacts arising from the proposed 

use of enhanced weapons on licensee 

and certificate holder facilities and 

personnel, and on adjoining public 

areas. The NRC developed the draft 

WSA under contract with the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Protective Design 

Center (USACE–PDC), in Omaha, 

Nebraska. The draft WSA is identified 

as document number ‘‘USACE PDC NRC 

TR 06–10.1 through 10.5.’’ When 

submitted to the NRC as part of an 

application to obtain enhanced 

weapons, a completed WSA would be 

controlled as Safeguards Information or 

classified National Security Information, 

as appropriate, because of the sensitive 

nature of the information contained in 

the WSA. 

The evaluation of the appropriateness 

of specific types of enhanced weapons 

at NRC-regulated facilities is a new 

effort for the NRC. As part of the 

development process, the NRC staff 

provided a draft of the WSA to three 

NRC licensees (two power reactor 

licensees and a Category I strategic 

special nuclear material licensee) as part 

of voluntary pilot program to identify 

any major challenges to using the WSA 

template. The results of the pilot 

program have been incorporated into 

the draft WSA being submitted for 

public comment. 

The NRC is seeking comments on 

Volumes 1 through 3 of the draft WSA 

from the public, licensees, certificate 

holders, and other stakeholders. The 

NRC staff also intends to hold a public 

meeting on the draft WSA in 

conjunction with other discussions on 

the proposed rule and the supporting 

draft guidance documents. The public 

meeting is intended to answer questions 

on the draft WSA and facilitate 

commenters’ submission of written 

comments. The NRC does not intend to 

receive oral comments on the draft 

WSA. 

The NRC will publish a separate 

notice on the date and location of this 

public meeting in the Federal Register. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day 

of January 2011. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Richard P. Correia, 

Director, Division of Security Policy, Office 

of Nuclear Security and Incident Response. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1781 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

13 CFR Chapter III 

[Docket No.: 110119042–1041–01] 

RIN 0610–XA04 

Request for Comments: Review and 

Improvement of EDA’s Regulations 

Correction 

In proposed rule document 2011– 

1937 beginning on page 5501 in the 

issue of Tuesday, February 1, 2011 make 

the following correction: 

On page 5503, in the first column, in 

the 14th line, ‘‘March 14, 2011’’ should 

read ‘‘March 9, 2011’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2011–1937 Filed 2–2–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–1175; Notice No. 11– 

02] 

RIN 2120–AJ83 

Installed Systems and Equipment for 

Use by the Flightcrew 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration proposes to amend 

design requirements in the 

airworthiness standards for transport 

category airplanes to minimize the 

occurrence of design-related flightcrew 

errors. The new design requirements 

would enable a flightcrew to detect and 

manage their errors when the errors 

occur. Adopting this proposal would 

eliminate regulatory differences 

between the airworthiness standards of 

the United States (U.S.) and those of the 

European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) without affecting current 

industry design practices. 

DATES: Send your comments on or 

before April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2010–1175 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

For more information on the 

rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets, 

including the name of the individual 

sending the comment (or signing the 

comment for an association, business, 

labor union, etc.). You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

and follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or to Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 


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