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NRC RIN: 3150-AI49 Publication ID: Fall 2018 
Title: Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notification [NRC-2011-0018] 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would amend the NRC's regulations to implement the authority in Section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, related to access to enhanced weapons and associated firearms background checks.  The rule would also modify physical security event notifications.  Additionally, the rule would add requirements for reporting suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies and the NRC.  This rulemaking would impact multiple categories of reactor and material facility licensees. 

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Independent agency 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 73   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201    42 U.S.C. 2201a    42 U.S.C. 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  09/22/2015  80 FR 57106   
Second Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End  12/07/2015 
Final Rule  11/00/2018 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Beall
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-3874
Email: robert.beall@nrc.gov