January 20, 2005

To: Fermilab Users
From: Bruce Chrisman
Subject: Changes in Regulations for Foreign Visitors Beginning January 26, 2005

Beginning on January 24, 2005, new security procedures will go into effect at Fermilab. They will allow visitors to enter the site without badges, although all visitors and employees must carry identification when on the Fermilab site, for inspection upon request. On January 26, 2005, two days after the new Fermilab security procedures begin, new Department of Energy regulations regarding foreign visitors will also go into effect at Fermilab.

The changes in regulations for foreign visitors have these key provisions:

• In order to enter Property Protection Areas, which include CDF and DZero and the Main Control Room, among others, all visitors and employees will have to wear plastic Fermilab ID badges. Outside Property Protection Areas, visitors and employees will not be required to wear ID badges.

• During regular business hours, a visitor's ID badge can be obtained through the Fermilab Users' Office in Wilson Hall, 1W. Foreign visitors must show a valid passport and visa, fill out the requisite forms, and then go to the Fermilab Key and ID office on the Wilson Hall ground floor.

• After hours, temporary ID badges can be obtained at the Fermilab Communications Center on the Wilson Hall ground floor; verification will be made by telephone that the visitor is a member of the experiment collaboration for access to CDF and DZero, since they are Property Protection Areas. A foreign visitor will need to show a valid passport and visa to obtain a temporary badge.

• Foreign delivery persons and repair personnel visiting the site for short periods to perform services in a Property Protection Area, and who are not carrying valid passports and visas, will require a trained Fermilab escort.

• Every foreign visitor to Fermilab who obtains an ID badge must have a designated Fermilab host. Hosts, who will be U.S. citizens, will receive "host training" on their responsibilities for foreign visitors. Hosts are responsible for communicating DOE requirements to the foreign visitors they are hosting.

• Foreign visitors who are citizens of, or born in, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria, must have prior DOE permission to enter a Property Protection Area.

• In the event of a return to a security level of SECON 2 or higher, the entire Fermilab site will become a Property Protection Area, and all employees and visitors will once more be required to wear badges on the Fermilab site.