[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18054]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Pilot Program Evaluation Panel; Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 
(Pub. L. 94-463, Stat. 770-776) the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) announced the establishment of the Pilot Program Evaluation Panel 
(PPEP). The PPEP will function as a management-level Oversight group to 
monitor and evaluate the success of the Commission's Reactor Oversight 
Process Improvements program. A Charter governing the PPEP functions as 
a Federal Advisory Committee was filed on June 30, 1999, after 
consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration. The PPEP will hold its first meeting on July 
28, 1999, in Conference Room T-2B1, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

    The PPEP meeting participants are listed below along with their 
affiliation:

Frank P. Gillespie--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mohan C. Thadani--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
James T. Wiggins--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bruce Mallet--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Geoffrey Grant--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kenneth E. Brockman--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
James Lieberman--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Steve Floyd--Nuclear Energy Institute
David Garchow--Public Service Electric and Gas
Masoud Bajestani--Tennessee Valley Authority
George Barnes--Commonwealth Edison Company
James Chase--Omaha Public Power District
Gary Wright--Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
David Lochbaum--Union of Concerned Scientists

    A tentative agenda of the meeting is outlined as follows:

9:00-9:30 a.m...............  Introduction and opening remarks
                               Role of the Designated Federal
                               Employee
                               Noticing requirements
                               Public participation
9:30-11:00 a.m..............  Discuss conduct of panel and rules of
                               operation
                               Frequency of meetings
                               Location of meetings
                               Formation of subcommittees
                               Distribution of transcripts and
                               other information
                               Approach to report generation
                               Use of facilities
11:00 a.m.-12:00 n..........  Staff presentation on how pilot data are
                               being collected and analyzed
12:00 n.-1:00 p.m...........  Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m...............  NEI Presentation on Industry evaluation
                               efforts and what would be available to
                               the Panel
2:00-3:00 p.m...............  Panel discussion on need for any
                               additional data or analyses
3:00 p.m....................  Discussion and public presentations
                               Future invited speakers
                               Public's oral presentations
4:00 p.m....................  Meeting Adjourned
 

    Meetings of the PPEP are open to the members of the public. 
Formal procedures for the conduct of the Panel meetings will be 
developed during the July 28, 1999 meeting. In the interim, at the 
July 28, 1999, meeting, oral or written views may be presented by 
the members of the public, including members of the nuclear 
industry. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. 
Frank P. Gillespie (Telephone 301/415-1004, e-mail [email protected]) or 
Mr. Mohan C. Thadani (Telephone 301/415-1476, e-mail [email protected]) 
five days prior to the meeting date, if possible, so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during 
the meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and 
television cameras will be permitted during this meeting.
    Further information regarding topics of discussion; whether the 
meeting has been canceled, rescheduled, or relocated; and the Panel 
Chairman's ruling regarding requests to present oral statements and 
time allotted, may be obtained by contacting Mr. Frank P. Gillespie 
or Mr. Mohan C. Thadani between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT.
    PPEP meeting transcripts and meeting reports will be available 
from the Commission's Public Document Room. Transcripts will be 
placed on the agency's web page when a web site for PPEP is 
established.

    Dated: July 9, 1999.
Andrew Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-18054 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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