[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66864-66865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6087]
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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 165th
meeting on November 14-16, 2005, Room T-2B3, Two White Flint North,
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The schedule for this meeting is as follows:
Monday, November 14, 2005
8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The ACNW Chairman
will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m.: Observations from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA's) October 2005 Public Meeting on its Proposed
Revisions to 40 CFR Part 197 (Open)--EPA recently held public hearings
on its proposed amendments to the public health and environmental
radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, found at 40
CFR Part 197. The Committee will receive a report from one of its
Members who observed one of the public hearings.
9:15 a.m.-10 a.m.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC's) Plans
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for the Implementation of a Dose Standard After 10,000 Years (Open)--
NRC is proposing to amend its regulations at 10 CFR Part 63 that govern
the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in a proposed geologic
repository at Yucca Mountain. The proposed rule would implement EPA's
proposed standards for doses that could occur after 10,000 years but
within the period of geologic stability. The Committee will hear a
presentation from and hold discussions with a representative from NRC's
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards on the proposed
revisions.
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Reasonableness of the NRC Infiltration
Assumption (Tentative) (Open)--NRC's proposed rule change at Part 63
also specifies a value to be used to represent climate change after
10,000 years, as called for by EPA. The Committee will hear
presentations from and hold discussions with knowledgeable subject
matter experts on the reasonableness of NRC's proposed infiltration
assumption.
1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Public Comment Session (Open)--The Committee
will hear presentations from and hold discussions with interested
stakeholders on the issues discussed during the earlier sessions.
Scheduled presenters include: Dr. Dade Moeller, Chairman of the Board,
Dade Moeller and Associates; Dr. Thomas Tenforde, President, National
Council on Radiation Protection; Dr. John Kessler, Manager, Electric
Power Research Institute High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Program; and Mr. Martin Malsh, Esq. State of Nevada.
5:30 p.m.-6 p.m.: ACNW Roundtable Discussion (Open)--The Committee
will review the matters discussed from the previous pubic sessions and
decide whether it intends to provide advice to the Commission.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.: Opening Statement (Open)--The ACNW Chairman
will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of today's sessions.
8:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: Reactive Transport Research (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research staff
and its contractors and the U.S. Geological Survey regarding work being
performed by Sandia National Laboratories on radionuclide sorption in
soils.
11 a.m.-12 noon: Preparation for Commission Briefing on January 11,
2006 (Open)--The Committee will review draft vu-graphs in preparation
for the Commission Briefing on January 11, 2006.
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.: Generalized Composite Modeling (Open)--The
Committee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with
representatives of the U.S. Geological Survey and the NRC Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research regarding demonstrations of the generalized
composite approach to the modeling of reactive transport and insights
from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Nuclear
Energy Agency Sorption Project Phase 2.
3 p.m.-4 p.m.: White Paper on Low-Level Radioactive Waste (Open)--
The Committee will discuss preparation of a White Paper on Low-Level
Radioactive Waste.
4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: Preparation of ACNW Reports/Letters (Open)--
The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW reports on matters considered
during this meeting.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
10 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks by the ACNW Chairman (Open)--
The ACNW Chairman will make opening remarks regarding the conduct of
today's sessions.
10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Discussion of Possible Letters (Open)--The
Committee will discuss prepared draft letters and determine whether
letters would be written on topics discussed during the meeting.
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 11, 2005 (70 FR
59081). 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 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 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).
Video Teleconferencing 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: October 28, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-6087 Filed 11-2-05; 8:45 am]
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