[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9358-9359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3098]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. PAPO-001; ASLBP No. 08-861-01-PAPO-BD01]


Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 13, 2007, 
contained in Staff Requirements Memorandum COMSECY-07-0030, and the 
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 1.15, 2.1000, and 2.1010, this 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is being established to act as an 
Advisory Pre-License Application Presiding Officer Board (Advisory PAPO 
Board) to

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obtain input and suggestions from parties and potential parties on the 
broad range of procedural matters expected to arise from, and 
associated case management requirements that could be imposed in, any 
adjudication regarding an application by the Department of Energy (DOE) 
for authorization to construct a high-level waste (HLW) repository at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Following receipt of input and suggestions--
and, to the extent practicable, prior to or contemporaneously with the 
tendering of an application for construction authorization by DOE for a 
HLW repository--the Advisory PAPO Board will submit its proposed case 
management language to the Commission for possible inclusion in the 
Commission's notice of opportunity to request a hearing and order 
governing the hearing process regarding the DOE application.\1\
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    \1\ In accordance with the July 2004 notice establishing an 
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider Licensing Support 
Network (LSN)-related matters, see 69 FR 42,218 (July 14, 2004), 
unless and until additional licensing boards or other presiding 
officers are appointed to rule on individual pre-license application 
phase issues, or classes of issues, relating to the LSN, all 
requests for Pre-License Application Presiding Officer consideration 
of LSN-related problems should continue to be submitted to that 
Licensing Board.
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    The Advisory PAPO Board is comprised of the following 
administrative judges:

Thomas S. Moore, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
E. Roy Hawkens, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed 
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.1010(d).

    Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of February 2008.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
 [FR Doc. E8-3098 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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