[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55832-55833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27693]


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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 88th 
meeting on November 12 and 13, 1996, Room T-2B3, at 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The date of this meeting was previously 
published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 6, 1995 (60 FR 
62485).
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The schedule 
for this meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, November 12, 1996--8:30 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Wednesday, November 13, 1996--8:30 A.M. until 4:00 P.M.

    During this meeting, the Committee plans to consider the following:
    A. Planning Session--The ACNW will conduct a planning session 
during which the Committee will discuss the conduct of Committee 
activities, procedures and operations, and priorities for ACNW tasks. 
The Com- mittee will not formulate advice for the Commission during 
this session.
    B. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss proposed 
reports, including: (1) radionuclide transport at Yucca Mountain, (2) 
specification of a critical group and reference biosphere to be used in 
the performance assessment for a nuclear waste disposal facility, (3) 
consideration of coupled processes (thermal-mechanical-hydrological-
chemical) in the design of a high-level waste repository, (4) time of 
compliance in high- and low-level waste disposal, (5) comments on 
selected NRC Strategic Assessment and Rebaselining Decision Setting 
Issue papers, (6) shallow land burials licensed under the former 10 CFR 
20.304 and 20.302 requirements, and (7) ACNW Priority Issues.
    C. Meeting with the Director, NRC's Division of Waste Management, 
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards--The Director will 
discuss items of current interest related to the Division of Waste 
Management programs including: progress at the Yucca Mountain site, the 
status of the EPA work on the development of revised Yucca Mountain 
high-level waste disposal standards, and NRC's high-level waste 
regulations.
    D. Committee Activities/Future Agenda--The Committee will consider 
topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and 
Working Groups. The Committee will discuss ACNW-related activities of 
individual members.
    E. Miscellaneous--The Committee will discuss miscellaneous matters 
related to the conduct of Committee activities and organizational 
activities and complete discussion of 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 8, 1996 (61 FR 
52814). 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, and questions may be asked only by members of the 
Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral 
statements should notify the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch, Mr. Richard 
K. Major, 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 this purpose may be obtained by 
contacting the Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch 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. Major as to their 
particular needs.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been cancelled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements

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and the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Mr. 
Richard K. Major, Chief, Nuclear Waste Branch (telephone 301/415-7366), 
between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. EDT.
    ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
now available on FedWorld from the ``NRC MAIN MENU.'' Direct Dial 
Access number to FedWorld is (800) 303-9672; the local direct dial 
number is 703-321-3339.

    Dated: October 23, 1996.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Office.
[FR Doc. 96-27693 Filed 10-28-96; 8:45 am]
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