66326 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 245 / Thursday, December 21, 1995 / Notices

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 95–31079 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket Nos. 50–315 and 50–316]

Indiana Michigan Power Company

(D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and

2)

Exemption

I

Indiana Michigan Power Company

(IMPCo, the licensee) is the holder of

Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–58

and DPR–74 which authorize operation

of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant,

Units 1 and 2. The Cook facilities are

pressurized water reactors located at the

licensee’s site in Berrien County,

Michigan. The license provides, among

other things, that the facility is subject

to all rules, regulations, and orders of

the Commission now or hereafter in

effect.

II

In 10 CFR 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for

physical protection of licensed activities

in nuclear power reactors against

radiological sabotage,’’ paragraph (a), in

part, states that ‘‘the licensee shall

establish and maintain an onsite

physical protection system and security

organization which will have as its

objective to provide high assurance that

activities involving special nuclear

material are not inimical to the common

defense and security and do not

constitute an unreasonable risk to the

public health and safety.’’

In 10 CFR 73.55(d), ‘‘Access

Requirements,’’ paragraph (1), it

specifies that ‘‘The licensee shall

control all points of personnel and

vehicle access into a protected area.’’

Also, 10 CFR 73.55(d)(5) requires that

‘‘A numbered picture badge

identification system shall be used for

all individuals who are authorized

access to protected areas without

escort.’’ It further states that individuals

not employed by the licensee (e.g.,

contractors) may be authorized access to

protected areas without escort provided

that the individual, ‘‘receives a picture

badge upon entrance into a protected

area which must be returned upon exit

from the protected area***.’’

The licensee proposes to implement

an alternative unescorted access system

which would eliminate the need to

issue and retrieve picture badges at the

entrance/exit location to the protected

area and would allow all individuals,

including contractors, to keep their

picture badges in their possession when

departing the Donald C. Cook site.

III

Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5, ‘‘Specific

exemptions,’’ the Commission may,

upon application of any interested

person or upon its own initiative, grant

such exemptions from the requirements

of the regulations in this part as it

determines are authorized by law and

will not endanger life or property or the

common defense and security, and are

otherwise in the public interest.

According to 10 CFR 73.55, the

Commission may authorize a licensee to

provide alternative measures for

protection against radiological sabotage

provided the licensee demonstrates that

the alternative measures have the same

‘‘high assurance’’ objective, that the

proposed measures meet the general

performance requirements of the

regulation, and that the overall level of

system performance provides protection

against radiological sabotage equivalent

to that which would be provided by the

regulation.

Currently, unescorted access into the

protected area of Donald D. Cook, Units

1 and 2, for both employee and

contractor personnel is controlled

through the use of picture badges.

Positive identification of personnel

which are authorized and request access

into the protected area is established by

security personnel making a visual

comparison of the individual requesting

access and that individual’s picture

badge. In accordance with 10 CFR

73.55(d)(5), contractor personnel are not

allowed to take their picture badges off

site. In addition, in accordance with the

plant’s physical security plan, the

licensee’s employees are also not

allowed to take their picture badges off

site.

The proposed system will require that

all individuals with authorized

unescorted access have the physical

characteristics of their hand (hand

geometry) registered with their picture

badge number in a computerized access

control system. Therefore, all authorized

individuals must not only have their

picture badge to gain access to the

protected area, but must also have their

hand geometry confirmed. All

individuals, including contractors, who

have authorized unescorted access into

the protected area will be allowed to

keep their picture badges in their

possession when departing the Donald

C. Cook site.

All other access processes, including

search function capability and access

revocation, will remain the same. A

security officer responsible for access

control will continue to be positioned

within a bullet-resistant structure. A

numbered picture badge identification

system will continue to be used for all

individuals who are authorized access

to protected areas without escorts.

Badges will continue to be displayed by

all individuals while inside the

protected area. It should also be noted

that the proposed system is only for

individuals with authorized unescorted

access and will not be used for those

individuals requiring escorts.

Sandia National Laboratories

conducted testing which demonstrated

that the hand geometry equipment

possesses strong performance

characteristics. Details of the testing

performed are in the Sandia report, ‘‘A

Performance Evaluation of Biometric

Identification Devices,’’ SAND91—0276

UC—906 Unlimited Release, June 1991.

Based on the Sandia report and the

licensee’s experience using the current

photo picture identification system, the

false acceptance rate for the proposed

hand geometry system would be at least

equivalent to that of the current system.

To assure that the proposed system will

continue to meet the general

performance requirements of 10 CFR

73.55(d)(5), the licensee will implement

a process for testing the system. The site

security plans will also be revised to

allow implementation of the hand

geometry system and to allow

employees and contractors with

unescorted access to keep their picture

badges in their possession when leaving

the Donald C. Cook site.

IV

For the foregoing reasons, the NRC

staff has determined that the proposed

alternative measures for protection

against radiological sabotage meet the

same high assurance objective and the

general performance requirements of 10

CFR 73.55. In addition, the staff has

determined that the overall level of the

proposed system’s performance will

provide protection against radiological

sabotage equivalent to that which is

provided by the current system in

accordance with 10 CFR 73.55.

Accordingly, the Commission has

determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR

73.5, this exemption is authorized by

law, will not endanger life or property

or the common defense and security,

and is otherwise in the public interest.

Therefore, the Commission hereby

grants the following exemption:

The requirement of 10 CFR 73.55(d)(5) that

individuals who have been granted

unescorted access and are not employed by

the licensee are to return their picture badges

upon exit from the protected area is no longer

necessary. Thus, these individuals may keep
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their picture badges in their possession upon

leaving the Donald C. Cook site.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the

Commission has determined that the

granting of this exemption will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment (60 FR 64183).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day

of December 1995.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jack W. Roe,

Director, Division of Reactor Projects—III/IV.

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–31080 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards, Joint Meeting of the

Subcommittees on Individual Plant

Examinations/Probabilistic Risk

Assessment; Notice of Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittees on

Individual Plant Examinations (IPEs)

and on Probabilistic Risk Assessment

(PRA) will hold a joint meeting on

January 10, 11 and 12, 1996, in room T–

2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

The meeting will be open to public

attendance.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Wednesday, January 10, 1996—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

Thursday, January 11, 1996—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

Friday, January 12, 1996—8:30 a.m. until

the conclusion of business

The Subcommittees will continue to

discuss topics related to Risk-Based

Regulatory Applications (RBRA),

including identification of the models,

analysis and regulatory issues that are

currently amenable to risk-based

regulatory approach, adequacy of IPEs,

and other related matters. The purpose

of this meeting is to gather information,

analyze relevant issues and facts, and to

formulate proposed positions and

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation

by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittees, their

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineers

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittees, along with

any of their consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittees will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff, its

consultants, industry groups, and other

interested persons regarding this review.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been cancelled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefore can be

obtained by contacting the cognizant

ACRS staff engineers, Dr. Medhat ElZeftawy (telephone 301/415–6889) or

Mr. Michael Markley (telephone 301/

415–6885) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15

p.m. (EST). Persons planning to attend

this meeting are urged to contact the

above named individuals one or two

working days prior to the meeting to be

advised of any potential changes in the

proposed agenda, etc., that may have

occurred.

Dated: December 13, 1995.

Sam Duraiswamy,

Chief, Nuclear Reactors Branch.

[FR Doc. 95–31007 Filed 12–20–95; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET

Cumulative Report on Rescissions and

Deferrals

December 1, 1995.

This report is submitted in fulfillment

of the requirement of Section 1014(e) of

the Congressional Budget and

Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Pub.

L. 93–344). Section 1014(e) requires a

monthly report listing all budget

authority for the current fiscal year for

which, as of the first day of the month,

a special message had been transmitted

to Congress.

This report gives the status, as of

December 1, 1995, of three deferrals

contained in one special message for FY

1996. This message was transmitted to

Congress on October 19, 1995.

Rescissions

As of December 1, 1995, no rescission

proposals were pending before the

Congress.

Deferrals (Attachments A and B)

As of December 1, 1995, $113.2

million in budget authority was being

deferred from obligation. Attachment B

shows the status of each deferral

reported during FY 1995.

Information From Special Message

The special message containing

information on the deferrals that are

covered by this cumulative report is

printed in the Federal Register cited

below:

60 FR 55154, Friday, October 27, 1995.

Alice M. Rivlin,

Director.

Attachments

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