[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63827-63828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28180]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting

    The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 147th 
meeting on November 19-20, 2003, Dallas Ballroom D, Texas Station 
Hotel, 2101 Texas Star Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada.
    The entire meeting will be open to public attendance.
    The schedule for this meeting is as follows:

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

    10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
open the meeting with brief opening remarks, outline the topics to be 
discussed, and indicate items of interest.
    10:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m.: DOE Opening Remarks (Open)--The Committee 
will be welcomed and receive introductory comments from John Arthur, 
Deputy Director, Office of Repository Development, Department of 
Energy.
    11:10 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Yucca Mountain Program Status (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of DOE regarding the status of the development of the 
License Application, the Licensing Support Network, and the resolution 
of Key Technical Issues (KTI) including the DOE ``bundling'' process. 
In addition there will be an update on several items discussed during 
the Committee's 2002 visit to Nevada.
    1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Repository Design Status (Open)--The Committee 
will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of 
DOE regarding the surface facility design, pre-closure safety 
assessment, and other Yucca Mountain Repository design issues.
    4:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: DOE Approach to Drift Degradation Analyses 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of DOE on the Department's approach to evaluating 
drift degradation within the Yucca Mountain geologic environment.
    5:30 p.m.-6 p.m.: Stakeholder Interactions (Open)--The Committee 
will reserve this time for interactions with stakeholders and meeting 
participants.

Thursday, November 20, 2003

    8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The Chairman will 
make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
    8:35 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Igneous Activity Status Report (Open)--The 
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of DOE regarding the Igneous Activity Consequence 
Modeling Peer Review Recommendations and the DOE path forward.
    9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.: Inyo County Carbonate Drilling Program Status 
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions 
with representatives of Inyo County (California) regarding its deep 
carbonate aquifer drilling program.
    10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: Nye County Early Warning Drilling Program 
Status (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of Nye County regarding the status of 
its early warning drilling program.

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    10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: EPRI Workshop on Natural Analogues (Open)--
The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with 
representatives of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) 
regarding its recent workshop on natural analogues and their potential 
applicability to Yucca Mountain repository programs.
    12:45 p.m.-2 p.m.: Presentation by Affected Units of Local 
Government (Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold 
discussions with representatives of affected units of local government 
and Native American Organizations regarding their views on the proposed 
high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
    2:15 p.m.-3 p.m.: Stakeholder Interactions (Open)--The Committee 
will reserve this time for interactions with stakeholders and meeting 
participants.
    3 p.m.-5:45 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Reports (Open)--The Committee 
will discuss possible reports on the Pre-Closure Safety Assessment 
Tool, Drift Degradation at Yucca Mountain, and Public Interactions.
    5:45 p.m.-6 p.m.: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will discuss 
matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and matters and 
specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as 
time and availability of information permit.
    Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings 
were published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2003 (68 FR 
59643). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements 
may be presented by members of the public. Electronic recordings will 
be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to 
the public. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. 
Howard J. Larson, Special Assistant (Telephone 301/415-6805), between 
7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, as far in advance as practicable so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made to schedule the necessary time 
during the meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, 
and television cameras during this meeting will be limited to selected 
portions of the meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information 
regarding the time to be set aside for taking pictures may be obtained 
by contacting the ACNW office prior to the meeting. In view of the 
possibility that the schedule for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by the 
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons 
planning to attend should notify Mr. Howard J. Larson as to their 
particular needs.
    Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the 
meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on 
requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time 
allotted therefore can be obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J. Larson.
    ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are 
available through the NRC Public Document Room at [email protected], or by 
calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available 
Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) which 
is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
    Videoteleconferencing service is available for observing open 
sessions of ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use this service for 
observing ACNW meetings should contact Mr. Theron Brown, ACNW 
Audiovisual Technician (301/415-8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. 
ET, at least 10 days before the meeting to ensure the availability of 
this service. Individuals or organizations requesting this service will 
be responsible for telephone line charges and for providing the 
equipment and facilities that they use to establish the video 
teleconferencing link. The availability of video teleconferencing 
services is not guaranteed.

    Dated: November 4, 2003.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-28180 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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