[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43763-43764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20656]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Pilot Program Evaluation Panel; Meeting Notice

    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 with Congress on June 30, 1999, 
after consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration. The PPEP will hold its second meeting on 
August 17, 1999, in the Two White Flint North Auditorium, 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
Heidi Hahn--LANL
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
     Noticing requirements
     Public participation
9:30-11:00 a.m.  Discuss conduct of panel and rules of operation
     Location of meetings
     Approach to report generation
11:00 a.m.-12:00 n.  Staff presentation on initial results of pilot 
plant inspections
     Final criteria and measurement approach for criteria
12:00 n.-1:00 p.m.  Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m.  NEI Presentation--topic to be determined
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
     Open discussion
4:00 p.m.  Meeting Adjourned

    Meetings of the PPEP are open to the members of the public. Oral or 
written

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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: August 5, 1999.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20656 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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