[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67219-67220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29792]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Licensing Support Network; Advisory Review Panel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP) 
will hold its next meeting on Tuesday December 9, 2003, at the Alexis 
Park, located at 375 East Harmon, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. The meeting 
will be open to the public pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 94-463, 86 Stat. 770-776).
    Agenda: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Tuesday, December 9. The preliminary agenda includes the topics listed 
below. Additional details regarding timing of presentations and changes 
to the agenda may be obtained through the contacts listed below and 
will be announced prior to the meeting.

1. Introductory Remarks--NRC/LSNARP
2. Proposed changes to 10 CFR part 2 and Guidance for Submission of 
Electronic Docket Materials under 10 CFR part 2, subpart J--NRC-OGC/
OCIO
3. Status of the revision to the Topical Guidelines.--NRC-OGC/NMSS
4. Status of LSN Expansion Activities and New Electronic Information 
Exchange Interface--NRC-LSA/OCIO
5. Participation of ARP in testing of document submission process--NRC/
LSNARP
6. Status of loading NRC's collection--NRC-LSA/OCIO/NMSS
    --types of problems the NRC has addressed in spidering by the LSN.
    --``Lessons learned'' in conversion of NRC's legacy documents, such 
as CNWRA
7. Progress of potential parties in identifying and making their docs 
available to the LSN. Discussion of problems and solutions in 
processing and publishing, and meeting the requirements of part 2--NRC/
LSNARP

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LSN is an internet based electronic 
discovery database being developed to aid the NRC in complying with the 
schedule for decision on the construction authorization for the high-
level waste repository contained in section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, as amended. In 1998, the NRC Rules of Practice in 
10 CFR part 2, subpart J, were modified to provide for the creation and 
operation of the LSN, an internet-based technological solution to the 
submission and management of records and documents relating to the 
licensing of a geologic repository for the disposal of high-level 
radioactive waste (63 FR 71729). Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1011(d), the 
agency has chartered the LSNARP, an advisory committee that

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provides advice to the NRC on fundamental issues relating to LSN 
design, operation, maintenance, and compliance monitoring.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Office of the Secretary, Mail Stop O-16 C1, Washington, DC 20555-0001; 
Attn: Andrew Bates (telephone 301-415-1963; e-mail [email protected]) or 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3 F23, Attn: Jack 
G. Whetstine (telephone 301-415-7391; e-mail [email protected]).
    Public Participation: Interested persons may make oral 
presentations to the LSNARP or file written statements. An oral 
presentations request should be made to one of the contact persons 
listed above as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.

    Dated: November 21, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-29792 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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