[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25398-25399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11700]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting
The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 142nd
meeting on May 28-30, 2003, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The schedule for
this meeting is as follows:
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
1 p.m.-1:10 p.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will open
the meeting with brief opening remarks, outline the topics to be
discussed, and indicate items of interest.
1:10 p.m.-3 p.m.: Control of Solid Materials (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of
the NRC staff on the potential regulation on control of solid materials
containing no or very small amounts of radioactivity.
3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: License Termination Rule (LT) (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC staff on the evaluation of issues related to
making the restricted release/alternate criteria provisions of the LTR
more available for licensee use.
5 p.m.-6 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee will
discuss proposed ACNW reports on matters considered during this
meeting, as well as proposed ACNW reports on the March 2003 Working
Group Meeting on NRC and DOE Performance Assessments. In addition, the
Committee will consider proposed reports on presentations made during
the April meeting by the State of Nevada on Transportation of Spent
Fuel and High Level Waste (HLW) and by representatives of the National
Academy on its report ``One Step at a Time: The Staged Development of
Geologic Repositories for HLW.''
Thursday, May 29, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Yucca Mountain Review Plan (YMRP) Revision 2
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff on the changes incorporated in
Draft Final Yucca Mountain Review Plan, Revision 2.
10 a.m.-11 a.m.: 2003-04 ACNW Research Report (Open)--An outline
and potential plan for the next ACNW Research Report will be discussed.
12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee will
continue to discuss proposed ACNW reports.
Friday, May 30, 2003
8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:35 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee
will continue its discussion on proposed ACNW reports.
11:45 a.m.-12 Noon: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will
discuss matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and
matters and specific issues that were not completed during previous
meetings, as time and availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2002 (67 FR
63459). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements
may be presented by members of the public. Electronic recordings will
be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to
the public. Persons
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desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. Howard J. Larson,
ACNW (Telephone 301/415-6805), between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, as far
in advance as practicable so that appropriate arrangements can be made
to schedule the necessary time during the meeting for such statements.
Use of still, motion picture, and television cameras during this
meeting will be limited to selected portions of the meeting as
determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information regarding the time to be
set aside for taking pictures may be obtained by contacting the ACNW
office prior to the meeting. In view of the possibility that the
schedule for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary
to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend
should notify Mr. Howard J. Larson as to their particular needs.
Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time
allotted therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J. Larson.
ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS &
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
Videoteleconferencing service is available for observing open
sessions of ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use this service for
observing ACNW meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACNW
Audiovisual Technician (301/415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
ET, at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the
videoteleconferencing link. The availability of videoteleconferencing
services is not guaranteed.
Dated: May 6, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-11700 Filed 5-9-03; 8:45 am]
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