[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30602-30603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12196]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD06-6-000]


Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Notice of Joint Meeting of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a joint meeting on Wednesday, May 
28, 2014 at the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 
open meeting is expected to begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 10:30 
a.m. Eastern Time. Members of the public may attend the open session. 
This meeting will be followed by a session that is closed pursuant to 
the attached certification of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 
Commissioners from both agencies are expected to participate.
    The format for the joint meeting will consist of discussions 
between the two sets of Commissioners following presentations by their 
respective staffs. In addition, representatives of the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) will attend and participate in 
this meeting. A copy of the agenda for the open meeting is attached.
    A free webcast of this event will be made available through the NRC 
Web site, at www.nrc.gov. In addition, the event will be transcribed 
and the transcription will be made available through the NRC Web site 
approximately three business days after the meeting.
    All interested persons are invited. Pre-registration is not 
required and there is no fee to attend this joint meeting. Questions 
about the meeting should be directed to Sarah McKinley at 
[email protected] or by phone at 202-502-8368.

    Dated: May 19, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Attachment A

CERTIFICATION

    I, Margaret M. Doane, General Counsel of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, hereby Certify, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(f)(1) and 10 CFR 
Sec. 9.108(a), that on the basis of information presently available to 
me, the meeting of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the subject of 
``Joint Meeting with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Grid Reliability'' scheduled for May 
28, 2014, at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville 
Maryland may be closed to the public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) 
and 10 CFR Sec. 9.104(a)(3).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland

This 14th Day of May, 2014.

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Margaret M. Doane,
General Counsel.
Attachment B
Title: JOINT MEETING OF THE (FERC) AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY 
COMMISSION (NRC) ON GRID RELIABILITY
Scheduled: May 28, 2014
    9:00 a.m. (Public Session)
Duration: Approx. 1 hour and 35 minutes
Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st fl, NRC Headquarters 
Building, One White Flint North, Rockville, MD

Participants:
FERC Chairman and Commissioners:
    Acting Chairman Cheryl A. LaFleur
    Commissioner Philip D. Moeller
    Commissioner John R. Norris
    Commissioner Tony Clark

NRC Chairman and Commissioners:
    Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane
    Commissioner Kristine L. Svinicki
    Commissioner George Apostolakis
    Commissioner William D. Magwood, IV
    Commissioner William C. Ostendorff

FERC Staff
    Arnie Quinn, Director, Division of Economics and Technical 
Analysis, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation
    Bill Allerton, Director, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, 
Office of Energy Projects
    Barry Kuehnle, Critical Infrastructure Protection Senior Advisor, 
Office of Energy Infrastructure Security
    Mike Peters, Energy Infrastructure & Cyber Security Advisor, Office 
of Energy Infrastructure Security

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Staff
    Tom Burgess, Vice President and Director, Reliability Assessment 
and Performance Analysis
    Tim Roxey, Chief Security Officer, Senior Director--Electricity 
Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ES-ISAC)

NRC Staff
    Brian Smith, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
    Brian McDermott, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Security and 
Incident Response

 
 
 
Presentations
     Introductions and Opening Statements.....  10 mins.
     Grid Reliability, Markets, and Extended    55 mins.
     Loss of All AC Power.
Mr. Burgess, NERC.....................................  10 mins.*
    [cir] 2014 State of Reliability Report Q&A........  10 mins.
    Mr. Quinn, FERC...................................  5 mins.*
            [cir] Market Dynamics that May Affect the   10 mins.
             Financial Viability of Nuclear Power
             Plants Q&A.
    Mr. Smith, NRC....................................  10 mins.*
    [cir] Nuclear Power Plants--License Renewals and
     Projections of New Units
    [cir] Extended Loss of All AC Power Mitigation      10 mins.
     Strategies--Order Implementation and the Scope of
     the Rulemaking Activity Q&A.
     Dam Safety...............................  30 mins.
    Mr. Allerton, FERC................................  5 mins.*
        [cir] MOU between FERC and NRC; Inspections;
         and Flood Evaluations

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    Mr. Smith, NRC....................................  5 mins.*
        Areas of Cooperation with FERC: Inspections,    20 mins.
         Dams Upstream of Nuclear Power Plants, and
         Flooding Reevaluations Q&A.
 
*For presentations only and does not include time for Q & A's

[FR Doc. 2014-12196 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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