[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24052]


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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 a meeting on October 13, 1999, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 
4315 Swenson St., Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 
1999, and continue that day until completed. The purpose of the meeting 
is to discuss issues relating to the design, development, and operation 
of the Licensing Support Network (LSN), the Internet-based successor to 
the Licensing Support System (LSS).
    As was explained in the final rule establishing the LSN, which was 
published in the Federal Register on January 29, 1999 (63 FR 71729), 
the LSN is intended to provide a pre-application discovery database 
consisting of Internet-accessible sites that would be operated by the 
potential parties to the proceeding, including the United States 
Department of Energy (DOE) and the NRC. The pre-application 
availability of these discovery materials is intended to ensure 
compliance with the schedule for a decision on the construction 
authorization for the high-level nuclear waste (HLW) repository 
contained in Section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, the NRC re-established the LSNARP 
as a successor to the LSS Advisory Review Panel (LSSARP). Like the 
LSSARP, the LSNARP is to provide advice and recommendations to the NRC, 
including the LSN Administrator, concerning the design, development, 
and operation of an LSN electronic information management system for 
the storage and retrieval of information relevant to the Commission's 
future licensing proceeding for a geologic repository for HLW disposal. 
When the NRC Rules of Practice in 10 CFR part 2, Subpart J, recently 
were modified to provide an Internet-based technological solution to 
the submission and management of records and documents relating to the 
licensing of a HLW repository, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1011(e) the LSNARP 
was re-established to provide advice on such issues as the type of 
computer system necessary to comply with the requirements for 
electronic document production and service; the operation, maintenance, 
and compliance monitoring of the electronic document databases 
established for the potential participants to the HLW repository 
licensing proceeding; and solutions to improve the LSN functioning once 
it is operational.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3-F23, Washington, 
DC 20555 Attn: John C. Hoyle (telephone 301-415-7467; fax 301-415-5599; 
e-mail [email protected]) or Jack G. Whetstine (telephone 301-415-7391; fax 
301-415-5599; e-mail [email protected]).

Public Participation

    Prior to the LSNARP meeting, the LSN Administrator will make 
available to interested persons materials that outline policies and 
issues relating to LSN design, development, and operation. Interested 
persons may make oral presentations to the LSNARP or file written 
statements regarding these matters. Requests for oral presentations 
should be made to one of the contact persons listed above as far in 
advance as practicable so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 
Any person having a written statement that they wish to have before the 
LSNARP at the time of the meeting should provide that statement so that 
it is received electronically, by facsimile transmission, or by mail by 
one of the contacts listed above on or before Wednesday, October 6, 
1999.
    A number of HLW repository-related meetings and conferences are 
being held in the Las Vegas, Nevada area in October 1999. Nonetheless, 
interested persons should be aware that LSN design options will be 
developed based on the input from those attending this LSNARP meeting 
and any written statements provided by interested persons in connection 
with this meeting. Accordingly, all interested persons are urged to 
attend the October 13, 1999 meeting at which these matters will be 
discussed and/or to submit written statements providing their views on 
these matters.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-24052 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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