[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10415]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Public Meeting on NRC's Inspection Program in Offshore Federal 
Waters in the Gulf of Mexico

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public 
meeting on the NRC's inspection and enforcement program for licensed 
activities conducted in offshore Federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. 
The meeting is intended to discuss current issues facing industrial 
radiography and well logging licensees as they implement the NRC 
requirements in offshore Federal waters.
    Time/Date: The public meeting will be held on Thursday, May 10, 
2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Central Daylight Savings Time).
    Place: Hilton Hotel Lafayette, Ballroom, 4th Floor, 1521 West 
Pinhook Road, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Leonardi, Jr., Health 
Physicist, NRC Region IV Office, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, 
Nuclear Materials Inspection Branch, Arlington, Texas 76011, or by 
telephone: (817) 860-8187, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will 
hold a public meeting on the NRC's inspection and enforcement program 
for licensed activities conducted in offshore Federal waters in the 
Gulf of Mexico. The meeting is intended to discuss current issues 
facing industrial radiography and well logging licensees as they 
implement the requirements of 10 CFR parts 34, 39, and 150 in offshore 
Federal waters. The meeting is designed to inform, listen to, and learn 
from the meeting's attendees, including an exchange of information 
regarding the operational implications and unique conditions associated 
with the use of radiographic exposure devices on platforms and 
laybarges. The meeting will be facilitated by Francis X. Cameron, 
Special Counsel for Public Liaison, of the NRC Office of General 
Counsel.
    To accomplish this goal, the NRC staff will make brief 
presentations on NRC's inspection and enforcement program, the Letter 
of Agreement between NRC and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of 
the Department of the Interior, and the lessons learned during the 
initial implementation of NRC's inspection activities in the Gulf of 
Mexico. Presentations will be followed by a facilitated question and 
answer session to provide a forum for discussion of current issues and 
challenges facing NRC and Agreement State licensees performing licensed 
activities on oil/gas platforms and marine laybarges operating in the 
Gulf of Mexico. Attendees are expected to include individuals 
representing the industrial radiography and well logging industry, 
Federal and State regulatory organizations, platform and laybarge 
owners and operators, and interested members of the public. The meeting 
notice, meeting agenda, Letter of Agreement with MMS, and Federal 
Register notice of termination of the 274i Agreement with Louisiana can 
be obtained from the NRC website (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/meet.html#RIV), or by contacting Richard A. Leonardi, Jr. at (817) 860-
8187 or email at [email protected]. Copies of these documents will also be 
available at the meeting.

    Dated at Arlington, Texas this 18th day of April, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark R. Shaffer,
Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch, Division of Nuclear Materials 
Safety.
[FR Doc. 01-10415 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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