[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-598]


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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 functions 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 was filed with Congress on 
October 17, 2000, after consultation with the Committee Management 
Secretariat, General Services Administration. The IIEP will hold its 
third meeting on January 22-23, 2001, at the Four Points by Sheraton 
Bethesda Hotel. The Four Points by Sheraton Bethesda Hotel is located 
at 8400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 and can be contacted 
at (301)654-1000. The meeting will take place in the Hotel's Ambassador 
II Conference Room.
    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
Mary Ferdig--Ph. D. Candidate, Organization Development Program, 
Benedictine University; Ferdig Inc. Organizational Research and 
Development
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
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
Raymond Shadis--New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution
James Trapp--U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    A tentative agenda of the meeting is outlined as follows:

January 22, 2001 Meeting

8:00 am  Introduction/Meeting Objectives and Goals/Review of Meeting 
Minutes from December 11-12, 2000 Meeting
8:30 am  Initial Prioritization of Issues Identified Through the 
Panel
12:00 pm  Lunch
1:00 pm  Presentation by NRC Staff on (1) Reactor Oversight Process 
Self-Assessment Data and Insights, (2) Current Reactor Oversight 
Process Initiatives and Status, and (3) Status of Recommendations 
and Issues Identified in the Pilot Program Evaluation Panel Report 
and Commission Staff Requirements Memorandum
5:00 pm  Adjourn

January 23, 2001 Meeting

8:00 am  Recap of Previous Day's Meeting/Meeting Objectives and 
Goals
8:30 am  Presentation of Stakeholder Issues/Views (Invited parties)
12:00 pm  Lunch
1:00 pm  Initial Prioritization of Issues Identified Through the 
Panel (continued)
3:00 pm  Agenda Planning Session 4:00 pm Public Comments / General 
Discussion
5:00 pm  Adjourn

    Meetings of the IIEP 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. 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. EST.
    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.

    Dated: January 3, 2001.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-598 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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