[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR25.17]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 25--ACCESS AUTHORIZATION FOR LICENSEE PERSONNEL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 25.17  Approval for processing applicants for access authorization.

    (a) Access authorizations must be requested for licensee employees 
or other persons (e.g., 10 CFR part 2, subpart I) who need access to 
classified information in connection with activities under 10 CFR parts 
50, 52, 54,70, 72, or 76.
    (b) The request must be submitted to the facility CSA. If the NRC is 
the CSA, the procedures in Sec. 25.17 (c) and (d) will be followed. If 
the NRC is not the CSA, the request will be submitted to the CSA in 
accordance with procedures established by the CSA. The NRC will be 
notified of the request by a letter that includes the name, Social 
Security number and level of access authorization.
    (c) The request must include a completed personnel security packet 
(see Sec. 25.17(d)) and request form (NRC Form 237) signed by a 
licensee, licensee contractor official, or other authorized person.
    (d)(1) Each personnel security packet submitted must include the 
following completed forms:
    (i) Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86, Parts 1 
and 2) (Part 2 is to be completed by the applicant and placed in a 
sealed envelope which is to be forwarded to NRC unopened. No licensee, 
licensee contractor official, or other person at a facility is permitted 
to review Part 2 information);
    (ii) Two standard fingerprint cards (FD-258);
    (iii) Security Acknowledgment (NRC Form 176); and
    (iv) Other related forms where specified in accompanying 
instructions (NRC Form 254).
    (2) Only a Security Acknowledgment (NRC Form 176) need be completed 
by any person possessing an active access authorization, or who is being 
processed for an access authorization, by another Federal agency. The 
active or pending access authorization must be at an equivalent level to 
that required by the NRC and be based on an adequate investigation of 
not more than five years old.
    (e) To avoid delays in processing requests for access 
authorizations, each security packet should be reviewed for completeness 
and correctness (including legibility of response on the forms) before 
submittal.
    (f) Applications for access authorization or access authorization 
renewal processing that are submitted to the NRC for processing must be 
accompanied by a check or money order, payable to the United States 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, representing the current cost for the 
processing of each ``Q'' and ``L'' access authorization, or renewal 
request. Access authorization and access authorization renewal fees will 
be published each time the Office of Personnel Management notifies the 
NRC of a change in the rates it charges the NRC for the conduct of 
investigations. Any changed access authorization or access authorization 
renewal fees will be applicable to each access authorization or access 
authorization renewal request received upon or after the date of 
publication. Applications

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from individuals having current Federal access authorizations may be 
processed more expeditiously and at less cost, since the Commission may 
accept the certification of access authorization and investigative data 
from other Federal Government agencies that grant personnel access 
authorizations.

[62 FR 17687, Apr. 11, 1997]