[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR10.21]

[Page 245]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 10--CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR 
 
                          Subpart C--Procedures
 
Sec. 10.21  Suspension of access authorization and/or employment clearance.

    In those cases where information is received which raises a question 
concerning the continued eligibility of an individual for an access 
authorization and/or an employment clearance, the Director, Division of 
Facilities and Security, through the Director, Office of Administration, 
shall forward to the Deputy Executive Director for Management Services 
or other Deputy Executive Director, his or her recommendation as to 
whether the individual's access authorization and/or employment 
clearance should be suspended pending the final determination resulting 
from the operation of the procedures provided in this part. In making 
this recommendation the Director, Division of Facilities and Security, 
shall consider factors such as the seriousness of the derogatory 
information developed, the degree of access of the individual to 
classified information, and the individual's opportunity by reason of 
his or her position to commit acts adversely affecting the national 
security. An individual's access authorization and/or employment 
clearance may not be suspended except by the direction of the Executive 
Director for Operations, Deputy Executive Director for Management 
Services or other Deputy Executive Director.

[64 FR 15642, Apr. 1, 1999]