[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59780-59781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5596]
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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 164th
meeting on October 19-20, 2005, in the Fairway Room at the Inn at
Holiday Valley, 6081 Route 219, Holiday Valley Road, Ellicottville, New
York.
The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The ACNW will hold a working group meeting to discuss the
application of the Commission's Final Policy Statement on
Decommissioning Criteria for the West Valley Demonstration Project
(WVDP) a complex decommissioning site. Participants will include the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, the Department of Energy
(DOE), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA), as well as other federal and state organizations and local
stakeholders.
8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.: Introduction, Purpose and Goals (Open)--The
Committee's Chairman and Working Group Chairman will discuss the
purpose and goals of this working group meeting.
8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m.: Roles and Responsibilities (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of involved agencies (NRC, DOE, NYSERDA and others)
regarding their roles and responsibilities in the WVDP. Additionally,
the NRC staff will discuss the WVDP Act and NRC's Final Policy
Statement on the Decommissioning Criteria for the WVDP.
9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: NRC's Performance Assessment Methodology
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff on models and methodology used in
their
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performance assessment for the WVDP site.
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.: DOE's Performance Assessment Methodology
(Open)--The Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the DOE on models and methodology used in their
performance assessment for the WVDP site.
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m: General Roundtable Discussion of Performance
Assessment Methodologies (Open)--The Committee will discuss the two
performance assessments presented earlier by the NRC and DOE.
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Comments From Meeting Attendees on the
Morning Session (Open)--The Committee will hear comments from the
audience/public.
2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Current WVDP Site Status and Ongoing
Dismantlement and Decommissioning Activities (Open)--The Committee will
hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the
DOE on the current WVDP site status.
3:30 p.m.-4 p.m.: General Roundtable Discussion of Site Status
(Open)--The Committee and its invited experts will discuss current WVDP
site status.
4:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Opportunity for Comments from the Audience/
Public (Open)--The Committee will hear comments from the audience/
public.
4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: General Discussion of Presentations (Open)--
The Committee will have a general discussion on the path forward on the
WVDP. The Committee will consider writing a report on the day's session
and future ACNW meetings on the WVDP.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
The ACNW will discuss proposed letter reports and other
miscellaneous matters.
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Consideration of Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)--
The Committee will discuss proposed reports based on reviews from this
and previous meetings.
11:30 a.m.-12 Noon: Miscellaneous (Open)--The Committee will
discuss matters related to the conduct of ACNW activities and specific
issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as time and
availability of information permit. Discussions may include future
Committee meetings.
Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings
were published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2004 (69 FR
61416). 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 Ms.
Sharon A. Steele, (Telephone (301) 415-6805), between 8:30 a.m. and
5:15 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 Ms. Steele 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 Ms. Steele.
ACNW meeting agenda, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) at [email protected], or
by calling the PDR at 1-800-397-4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System 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).
Dated: October 6, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-5596 Filed 10-12-05; 8:45 am]
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