[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1160-1161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-358]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


NRC Coordination Meeting With Standards Development Organizations

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The NRC will host a coordination meeting with key standards 
development organizations (SDOs) and other stakeholders. These meetings 
have been held approximately semi-annually as part of the NRC's 
commitment to utilize consensus standards to increase the involvement 
of licensees and others in the NRC's regulatory development process. 
This is consistent with the provisions of Public Law (Pub. L.) 104-113, 
the National Technology and Transfer Act of 1995, and Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119, ``Federal Participation in 
the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity 
Assessment.'' The primary purpose of these meetings is to foster better 
communication between SDOs' and NRC regarding standards development and 
their use. This notice provides the date and agenda for the next 
meeting.

DATES: January 17, 2001--The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will 
last approximately four hours. Attendees should enter the One White 
Flint North

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lobby by 12:45 p.m. to complete the required badging process.
    Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-4-B4, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852-2738.
    Contact: Wallace E. Norris, USNRC, Telephone: (301) 415-6796; Fax: 
(301) 415-5074; Internet: [email protected].
    Attendance: This meeting is open to the general public. All 
individuals planning to attend, including SDO representatives, are 
requested to preregister with Mr. Norris by telephone or e-mail and 
provide their name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address.
    Program: The purpose of the meeting is to foster better 
communication between SDOs and NRC regarding standards development and 
use. By holding periodic coordination meetings, the SDOs will be able 
to describe their on-going and planned activities, and the NRC will be 
able to discuss activities and issues related to specific standards 
that are being developed or revised to meet its regulatory needs. The 
meeting will be coordinated by the NRC Standards Executive.
    Among the topics to be discussed are:

NRC standards needs
Status of on-going SDO efforts
ANS presentation regarding the possible development of three standards:
    Risk-based fire
    Component reliability
    Non-reactor facility PRA
Verifying accuracy of SDO and NRC rosters

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of December, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Michael E. Mayfield,
NRC Standards Executive.
[FR Doc. 01-358 Filed 1-4-01; 8:45 am]
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