[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15914-15915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6985]


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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 
fifth meeting on April 2-3, 2001, in the Commission Conference Hearing 
Room O-1F16, located at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 
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
Mary Ferdig--Ph. D. Candidate, Organization Development Program, 
Benedictine University; Ferdig Inc.

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Organizational Research and Development
Steve Floyd--Nuclear Energy Institute
David Garchow--PSEG Nuclea
Richard Hill--Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Rod Krich--Exelon Corporation
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:

April 2, 2001

9:00 a.m.  Introduction/Meeting Objectives and Goals/Review of Meeting 
Minutes from February 26-27, 2001 Meeting
9:30 a.m.  Update from NRC Staff on the Reactor Oversight Process--Bill 
Dean/NRR
    --Self-Assessment Program
    --Results of the Internal/External Lessons Learned Workshops
12:15 p.m.  Lunch
1:15 p.m.  IIEP Members Feedback from the Reactor Oversight Process 
Lessons Learned Workshop
2:00 p.m.  Presentations by Invited Stakeholders
3:00 p.m.  Discussion of Consensus on Final List of Issues
4:00 p.m.  Panel Discussion of Narrative Developed in Support of IIEP 
Issues
6:00 p.m.  Adjourn

April 3, 2001 Meeting

8:00 a.m.  Recap of Previous Day's Meeting/Meeting Objectives and Goals
8:30 a.m.  Panel Discussion of Narrative Developed in Support of IIEP 
Issues
12:00 p.m.  Lunch
1:00 p.m.  Panel Discussion of Narrative Developed in Support of IIEP 
Issues
2:00 p.m.  Agenda Planning Session/Public Comments/General Discussion
3:00 p.m.  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: March 15, 2001.
Andrew Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-6985 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 a.m.]
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