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NRC RIN: 3150-AI49 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notification [NRC-2011-0018] 
Abstract:

The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by implementing the new authority in section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, for access to enhanced weapons and associated firearms background checks, and would modify certain physical security event notifications at power reactor facilities and Category I strategic special nuclear materials facilities. A supplemental proposed rule, expanded the scope of the proposed rule to include at-reactor Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.  

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 73   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201    42 USC 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/03/2011  76 FR 6200   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/04/2011    
NPRM Comment Period Extended  04/27/2011  76 FR 23515   
NPRM Extension Comment Period End  08/02/2011    
Supplemental NPRM  01/10/2013  78 FR 2214   
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End  02/25/2013 
Second Supplemental NPRM  11/00/2015 
Final Rule  05/00/2016 
Additional Information: As discussed in the 2011 proposed rule, the Firearms Guidelines is a joint policy document between the U.S. Department of Justice and the NRC that forms the basis for this rulemaking. After discussions with the Department of Justice, the NRC decided to update the background check requirements in the Firearms Guidelines. This update has been completed, and the NRC will publish a second supplemental proposed rule containing the updated background check requirements in 2015, for public comment.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Margaret S. Ellenson
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-0894
Email: margaret.ellenson@nrc.gov