[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR770.54]

[Page 499]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 770_RULES LIMITING PUBLIC ACCESS TO PARTICULAR INSTALLATIONS--Table 
of Contents
 
 Subpart G_Entry Regulations for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 
                              New Hampshire
 
Sec. 770.54  Background.

    (a) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard maintains and operates facilities ``to 
provide logistic support for assigned ships and service craft; to 
perform authorized work in connection with construction, conversion, 
overhaul, repair, alteration, drydocking, and outfitting of ships and 
craft, as assigned; to perform manufacturing, research, development, and 
test work, as assigned; and to provide services and material to other 
activities and units, as directed by competent authority.''
    (b) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a major naval ship repair facility, 
with operational requirements to complete repairs and overhaul of 
conventionally powered and nuclear-powered naval vessels. It is vital to 
national defense that the operation and use of the shipyard be continued 
without undue or unnecessary interruptions. Additionally, most of 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is dedicated to heavy industrial activity 
where potentially hazardous conditions exist.
    (c) For prevention of interruption of the stated use of the base by 
the presence of any unauthorized person within the boundaries of 
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and prevention of injury to any such 
unsupervised person as a consequence of the dangerous conditions which 
exist, as well as for other reasons, it is essential to restrict entry 
upon Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to authorized persons only.