[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 74960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9650]


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NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


Repository Development; Yucca Mountain, NV

    Board Meeting: January 24, 2007--Las Vegas, Nevada.
    The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet to discuss 
U.S. Department of Energy efforts to develop the proposed Yucca 
Mountain repository.
    Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, 
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board will meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday, 
January 24, 2007. The meeting agenda will include updates on Department 
of Energy (DOE) technical and scientific activities to the proposed 
repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at 
Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The meeting will be open to the public, and 
opportunities for public comment will be provided. The Board is charged 
by Congress with reviewing the technical and scientific validity of 
activities undertaken by DOE related to nuclear waste disposal as 
stipulated in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987.
    The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and to continue until 
approximately 6 p.m. It will be held at the Atrium Suites Hotel; 4255 
South Paradise Road; Las Vegas, NV 89109; (tel.) 702-369-4400; (fax) 
702-369-3770.
    A final agenda detailing meeting times, topics, and participants 
will be available approximately one week before the meeting data. 
Copies of the meeting agenda can be requested by telephone or obtained 
from the Board's Web site at nwtrb.gov.
    Time will be set aside at the end of the day for public comments. 
Those wanting to speak are encouraged to sign the ``Public Comment 
Register'' at the check-in table. A time limit may have to be set on 
individual remarks, but written comments of any length may be submitted 
for the record. Interested parties also will have the opportunity to 
submit questions in writing to the Board. As time permits, submitted 
questions relevant to the discussion may be asked by Board members.
    Transcripts of the meetings will be available on the Board's Web 
site, by e-mail, on computer disk, and on a library-loan basis in paper 
format from Davonya Barnes of the Board's staff, beginning on February 
19, 2007.
    A block of rooms has been reserved at the Atrium Suites Hotel for 
meeting participants. When making a reservation, please state that you 
are attending the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting. 
Reservations should be made by January 8, 2007, to ensure receiving the 
meeting rate.
    For more information, please contact Karyn Severson, NWTRB External 
Affairs; 2300 Clarendon Boulevard; Suite 1300; Arlington, VA 22201-
3367; (tel.) 703-235-4473; (fax) 703-235-4495.

    Dated: December 8, 2006.
William D. Barnard,
Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
[FR Doc. 06-9650 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
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