[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 62379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26760]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Reactor Oversight Process Initial Implementation 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), on October 2, 2000, announced the establishment of the Reactor 
Oversight Process Initial Implementation Evaluation Panel (IIEP). The 
IIEP will function as a cross-disciplinary oversight group to 
independently monitor and evaluate the results of the first year of 
implementation of the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). A Charter 
governing the IIEP functions as a Federal Advisory Committee is being 
filed on October 16, 2000, after consultation with the Committee 
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration. The IIEP will 
hold its first meeting on November 1-2, 2000, in Conference Room T-8A1, 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland.

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

A. Randolph Blough--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
R. William Borchardt--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kenneth Brockman--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Steve Floyd--Nuclear Energy Institute
David Garchow--PSEG Nuclear LLC
Richard Hill--Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Rod Krich--Commonwealth Edison Company
Robert Laurie--California Energy Commission
David Lochbaum--Union of Concerned Scientists
James Moorman, III--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Loren Plisco--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Steven Reynolds--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A. Edward Scherer--Southern California Edison Company
James Setser--Georgia Department of Natural Resources
James Trapp--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

A tentative agenda of the meeting is outlined as follows:

November 1, 2000

1:00-1:20--Welcome & Opening Remarks
    --Introduction of Committee Members
1:20-1:40--Role of Independent Advisory Committees
1:40-2:00--Legal Requirements of FACA Committees
2:00-3:00--IIEP Charter
    --Discussion of Proposed Bylaws
3:00-3:15--Break
3:15-3:30--Administrative Support for FACA Committee
3:30-3:45--Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the Pilot Program 
Evaluation Panel
3:45-4:00--Current Status of the Reactor Oversight Process
4:00-5:00--Overview of Staff Performance Measures

Thursday, November 2, 2000

8:00-10:15--Detailed Discussion of Staff Performance Measures
10:15-10:30--Break
10:30-12:00--Detailed Discussion of Staff Performance Measures
12:00-12:45--Lunch
12:45-3:15--IIEP Discussion on Acceptability of Staff Performance 
Measures
3:15-3:30--Break
3:30-4:30--Agenda Planning
    Meetings of the IIEP are open to the members of the public. 
Formal procedures for the conduct of the Panel meetings will be 
developed during the November 1-2, 2000 meeting. In the interim, at 
the November 1-2, 2000, 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. Loren R. Plisco (Telephone 404/562-4501, e-mail 
[email protected]) or Mr. John D. Monninger (Telephone 301/415-3495, 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. Loren R. Plisco or 
Mr. John D. Monninger between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT.
    IIEP 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 the IIEP is 
established.

    Dated: October 12, 2000.
Andrew Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-26760 Filed 10-17-00; 8:45 am]
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