ML19176A143

Category 3 Public Meeting Summary for Enhanced Weapons Supplemental Commission Paper

ML19176A143
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/26/2019
From:	Robert Beall Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
To:
Beall, Robert
Shared Package
ML19140A031	List: ML19140A034 ML19140A097 ML19171A004 ML19176A143
References
10 CFR Part 73, 20190542, NRC-2011-0015, NRC-2011-0018, RIN 3150-AI49
Download: ML19176A143 (2)

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary June 26, 2019

Title:

Public Meeting to Discuss the Draft Final Rule on Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Meeting Identifier: 20190542 Date of Meeting: Thursday, May 30, 2019 Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters, Rockville, MD Type of Meeting: Category 3 Purpose of the Meeting(s):

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss with external stakeholders the text of the revised draft final rule regarding the applicability of planned changes to the rule on enhanced weapons, firearms background checks, and security event notifications (enhanced weapons rule).

General Details:

This meeting provided an opportunity for the NRC staff to present updated text for the draft final rule that would clarify the applicability of the rule to Agreement State and NRC licensees that possess or transport Category II or III quantities of special nuclear material.

The focus of the meeting was to enable stakeholders to understand the staffs proposed changes to the draft final enhanced weapons rule. The NRC did not accept public comments on the draft final rule at this meeting.

Material to support the public meeting was made publicly available before the meeting. The revised draft Federal Register notice for the enhanced weapons final rule can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML19140A097.

Nine people attended the meeting. An additional 16 individuals participated in the meeting through webinar and audio teleconferencing.

Summary of Presentations:

Mr. Robert Beall, NRC Division of Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), provided opening remarks. Mr. Beall discussed the history of the enhanced weapons rulemaking and its status. He noted that the staff submitted the draft final enhanced weapons rule to the Commission on May 22, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16264A000) and that the draft final rule is still before the Commission for review.

Mr. Beall then discussed the following planned changes to the draft final enhanced rule:

(1) exemptions to reporting suspicious activities, (2) exemptions to physical security event notifications and recordkeeping, and (3) editorial changes.

Public Participation Themes:

During the open discussion part of the meeting, participants raised approximately 12 questions. Some questions were process related (e.g., what will be the content of the supplemental SECY paper) and concerned the staffs schedule for submitting the revised draft rule to the Commission. Additional questions addressed updating the document showing the applicability matrix for the enhanced weapons rulemaking (ADAMS Accession No. ML18250A197), which the staff presented during the September 25, 2018, NMSS Cumulative Effects of Regulation public meeting. The remaining questions addressed the applicability of the new requirements for physical security event notification in the draft final enhanced weapons rule for licensees that possess Category III quantities of special nuclear material.

Action Items/Next Steps:

The NRC staff expects to submit the revised draft final enhanced weapons rule to the Commission during summer 2019. The NRC staff is not planning to hold additional public meetings to discuss the draft final enhanced weapons rule.

Attachments:

• Meeting notice and agendaADAMS Accession No. ML19137A239

• NRC staff presentationADAMS Accession No. ML19140A034

• Meeting transcriptADAMS Accession No. ML19171A004