[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44327-44328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21159]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Advisory Committee on External Regulation of Department of Energy 
Nuclear Safety

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

 
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ACTION: Notice of availability of status report.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the 
release of the Status Report by the co-chairs of the Advisory Committee 
on External Regulation of Department of Energy Nuclear Safety. The 
report was submitted to the Secretary of Energy on August 14, 1995, in 
response to her request for an interim report.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas H. Isaacs, Executive Director, 
Advisory Committee on External Regulation of Department of Energy 
Nuclear Safety, 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20036, 
(202) 254-3826. Copies of the Status Report are available by calling 
(toll free) 1-800-736-3282, or by accessing the Internet World Wide Web 
at: http://www.em.doe.gov/acd/index.html. Copies are also available in 
all Department of Energy Freedom of Information Act Reading Rooms.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Status Report presents a description of 
Committee findings and observations to date by the co-chairs based on 
Committee activities conducted through July 1995. A projection of 
future Committee efforts also is included. The Status Report was 
submitted in response to a request by the Secretary at the first 
meeting of the Committee (in March 1995) for an interim report. The 
Committee's final recommendations will be submitted by the end of 1995 
to the Secretary of Energy, and to the White House Office of Management 
and Budget and the Council on Environmental Quality.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of Energy, 
the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the Office of 
Management and Budget with advice, information, and recommendations on 
how new and existing Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facilities and 
operations, except those operations covered under Executive Order 12344 
(Naval Propulsion Program), might best be regulated with regard to 
safety. The Department currently self-regulates many aspects of safety 
at nuclear facilities, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended. The Committee consists of 25 members drawn from Federal and 
State government and the private sector, and is co-chaired by John F. 
Ahearne, Executive Director, Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society, 
and Gerard F. Scannell, President of the National Safety Council. 
Members were chosen with environment, safety, and health backgrounds, 
balanced to represent different public, Federal, State, Tribal, 
regulatory, and industry interests and experience.

    Issued at Washington, DC on August 21, 1995.
Thomas H. Isaacs,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on External Regulation of 
Department of Energy Nuclear Safety.
[FR Doc. 95-21159 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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