[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR25.17]

[Page 430-431]
 
                            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)(1) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) bills NRC for the 
cost of each background investigation conducted in support of an 
application for access authorization. The combined cost of the OPM 
investigation and NRC's application processing overhead are recovered 
from the licensee through an authorization fee calculated with reference 
to current OPM personnel investigation billing rates {OPM rate + [(OPM 
rate x 11.6%), rounded to the nearest dollar] = NRC access authorization 
fee{time} . Updated OPM billing rates are published periodically in a 
Federal Investigations Notice (FIN) issued by OPM's Investigations 
Service. Copies of the current OPM billing schedule can be obtained by 
phoning the NRC's Security Branch, Division of Facilities and Security, 
Office of Administration at 1-800-368-5642. Any change in the NRC's 
access authorization fees will be applicable to each access 
authorization request received on or after the effective date of OPM's 
most recently published investigations billing schedule.
    (2) Applications for access authorization or access authorization 
renewal

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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. Applicants shall calculate the access authorization fee 
according to the stated formula {OPM rate + [(OPM rate x 11.6%), rounded 
to the nearest dollar] = NRC access authorization fee{time}  and with 
reference to the table in Appendix A to this part.
    (3) Certain applications from individuals having current Federal 
access authorizations may be processed more expeditiously and at less 
cost, since the Commission, at its discretion, may decide to 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, as amended at 68 FR 62512, Nov. 5, 2003]

    Effective Date Note: At 69 FR 74953, Dec. 15, 2004, Sec. 25.17 was 
amended by revising paragraph (a), effective Feb. 28, 2005. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:

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, 60, 63, 70, 72, or 76.

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