[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60244-60245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28858]


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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 functions 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 forthcoming meetings on 
November 16 and 17, 1999, at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852 (Phone 301-468-1100/Fax 301-468-0308). Hotel 
accommodations may be arranged directly with DoubleTree Hotel. Parking 
is available at $5.00 per day.
    The PPEP meeting participants are listed below along with their 
affiliation:


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Frank P. Gillespie--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mohan C. Thadani--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
James T. Wiggins--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Heidi Hahn--Los Alamos National Laboratories
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

    Additionally, the representatives of the following States and 
interested groups have been invited to provide their views and their 
stakeholders' views:

Public Citizen-Washington, DC;
Manager of Projects and Programs-Southern California Edison , San 
Clemente, CA;
The State of North Carolina;
The State of Pennsylvania;
The State of New Jersey;
The State of Nebraska;
The State of New York;
The State of Vermont;
The State of Florida;
The State of Tennessee; and
The State of Minnesota

    Tentative agendas of the meetings are outlined as follows:

November 16, 1999 Meeting

8:00 a.m.  Introduction/Meeting Objectives and Goals
8:30 a.m.  Performance indicators and Risk Informed Baseline 
Inspections Input from each non-NRC participant (10 minutes each) PPEP 
Discussion and questions (30 minutes)
11:00 a.m.  Significance Determination Process and Assessments Input 
from each non-NRC participant (10 minutes each)
12:00 Noon  Lunch
1:00 p.m.  Significance Determination Process and Assessments 
(Continued) PPEP Discussion and questions (30 minutes)
2:00 p.m.  Enforcement and Overall Evaluation Input from each non-NRC 
participant (10 minutes each) PPEP Discussion and questions (30 
minutes)
3:30 p.m.  General Discussion
4:00 p.m.  Adjourn

November 17, 1999 Meeting

8:00 a.m.  Recap of previous day/Meeting objectives and Goals
8:30 a.m.  Performance Indicators and Risk Informed Baseline 
Inspections; NRC Headquarter's Panel Presentation (45 minutes); NRC 
Regional Panel Presentation (15 minutes); PPEP Discussion and questions 
(30 minutes)
10:15 a.m.  Significance Determination Process and Assessments; NRC 
Headquarter's Panel Presentation (45 minutes); NRC Regional Panel 
Presentation (15 minutes); PPEP Discussion and questions (30 minutes)
12:00 Noon  Lunch
1:00 p.m.  Enforcement and Overall; NRC Headquarter's Panel 
Presentation (45 minutes); NRC Regional Panel Presentation (15 
minutes); PPEP Discussion and questions (30 minutes)
3:00 p.m.  PPEP Teams Caucus
3:30 p.m.  PPEP Discussion
4:00 p.m.  Adjourn

    Meetings of the PPEP are open to the members of the public. 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 at the address below.

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/index.html.

    Transcripts of previous PPEP meetings can be viewed as background 
material at the above web site.

    Dated: October 29, 1999.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-28858 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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