[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60634-60636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27505]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0235]


Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel: Meeting Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a 
meeting of the Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP) 
on January 30-31, 2018, at the NRC's Headquarters Offices in Room 01C3, 
Three White Flint North Building, 11601 Landsdown Street, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
    The meeting is being held to carry out the NRC's responsibilities 
under the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's 
decision in the case In re Aiken County, 645 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2011), 
and the Commission's July 31, 2017, direction in the Staff Requirements 
Memorandum associated with COMSECY-17-0019 that a next step in the 
Yucca Mountain licensing process is for the NRC to initiate 
information-gathering activities regarding reinstituting or replacing 
the Licensing Support Network (LSN). The LSN, which was used to make 
documentary material associated with the Yucca Mountain adjudicatory 
proceeding available to hearing participants and the public, was 
decommissioned when the adjudication was suspended in 2011. The 
information being collected will assist the Commission in making 
efficient, informed decisions concerning appropriate means for 
reconstituting the LSN's functionality if the currently-suspended Yucca 
Mountain adjudication were to re-commence in the future.
    The meeting will be open to the public pursuant to the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 94-463, 86 Stat. 770-776) and 
will be conducted as a virtual meeting with representatives of LSNARP 
member organizations utilizing the capabilities of GoToMeeting[supreg] 
and the general public having access via GoToWebinar[supreg]. 
Representatives of LSNARP member organizations and the public may also 
attend in person at the location indicated above.
    Agenda: The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST 
on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST on 
Wednesday, January 31, 2018. If attending the meeting in person, please 
plan your arrival to allow additional time (e.g., 15 to 30 minutes) for 
security screening. The preliminary agenda is listed below. Additional 
details regarding timing of presentations and changes to the agenda may 
be obtained through the contacts listed below and will be announced 
prior to the meeting.
    The primary focus of the meeting will be on the options available 
for reconstituting the LSN's functionality. The NRC has prepared a 
paper describing the options (Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17347B671) to be examined and 
discussed at the meeting with the objective of soliciting the views of 
the LSNARP member organizations on the best path forward for 
reconstituting the LSN or developing a suitable replacement system if 
the Yucca Mountain licensing adjudication is resumed in the future. 
Additionally, at the conclusion of the January 30 meeting session, the 
NRC will provide an orientation session regarding the ADAMS LSN 
Library, which currently houses the documentary material previously 
accessible via the LSN and provides the technical basis for one of the 
options to be discussed at the meeting.

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January 30, 2018:
    Security Check-in for Onsite      9:30 a.m./6:30 a.m.
     Attendees.
    Introduction and Overview.......  10:00 a.m./7:00 a.m.
    Meeting Process/Ground Rules
    Status of Adjudicatory
     Proceeding
    Status of E-Filing/Electronic
     Hearing Docket and New Exhibit
     Submission Process
    Break
    History of the LSN
    Introduction of LSN
     Reconstitution/Replacement
     Options and New Functional
     Requirements
    Lunch
    Option 1, Traditional Discovery
    Member Comment and Discussion
    Public Comments
    Break
    Option 2, NRC ADAMS LSN Library
    Member Comment and Discussion
    Public Comments
    Wrap-up/Adjourn
    Break
    ADAMS LSN Library Orientation...  (Approx. 1 Hour.)
    End of Day 1....................  6:30 p.m./3:30 p.m.
January 31, 2018:
    Security Check-in for Onsite      9:30 a.m./6:30 a.m.
     Attendees.
    Introduction and Overview.......  10:00 a.m./7:00 a.m.

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    Meeting Process/Ground Rules
    Option 3, Move to the Cloud
    Break
    LSNARP Member Comment and
     Discussion
    Public Comments
    Lunch
    Option 4, Rebuild the Original
     LSN
    LSNARP Member Comment and
     Discussion
    Public Comments
    Break
    Member Discussion Regarding
     Recommendations on Options
    Wrap Up/Next Steps
    Adjourn.........................  5:00 p.m./2:00 p.m.
    End of Day 2
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    The agenda is subject to change.
    Public Participation: Members of the public attending the meeting 
in person or virtually utilizing GoToWebinar or an audio-only telephone 
connection may provide oral comments to the LSNARP during the meeting 
or submit written comments during and after the meeting. Instructions 
for attending the meeting and providing comments virtually via 
GoToWebinar or an audio-only connection are outlined below and the 
process for providing comments will be explained during the LSNARP 
meeting.

Instructions for Virtual Attendance at the January 30-31, 2018, LSNARP 
Meeting by Members of the Public via GoToWebinar

    LogMeIn, Inc.'s GoToWebinar will be the primary method for virtual 
(i.e., remote) attendance by members of the public (i.e., anyone other 
than a designated primary/secondary representative of an LSNARP member 
organization \1\) to view and participate in, when appropriate, the 
January 30-31, 2018, LSNARP meeting. Additionally, audio-only 
attendance will be offered to members of the public via a toll-free 
telephone connection.
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    \1\ LSNARP member organization representatives have been 
contacted separately and provided information on how to make video/
audio connections if they wish to attend the LSNARP meeting 
virtually rather than in person.
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Instructions for Viewing via GoToWebinar

    Registration is required to view the meeting using GoToWebinar. To 
register, members of the public should access the following link at 
least several days before the meeting: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4882474129139440898. Once registered 
for the meeting at this link, a member of the public will receive a 
confirmation email that will contain the link and other connection 
information to be used to view the meeting.
    A member of the public viewing the LSNARP meeting via GoToWebinar 
will be able to hear speaker presentations and any discussion with/
among LSNARP member organization representatives through his/her 
computer/tablet speakers or telephone, but will not be able to talk to 
the presenters or LSNARP member representatives directly, as that audio 
connection will be muted until instances during the meeting when public 
comments/questions are requested.
    When afforded an opportunity to comment and/or ask written 
questions, a member of the public connected via GoToWebinar and using 
(1) headphones or a microphone/speakers; or (2) the GoToWebinar-
provided toll telephone connection will be able to employ the ``Raise 
Your Hand'' feature that will allow meeting organizers to recognize 
him/her by unmuting his/her audio so that the comment/question can be 
provided orally to all those attending the meeting in person and 
remotely. Alternatively, a member of the public viewing the meeting via 
GoToWebinar can submit a written comment/question using the GoToWebinar 
``Questions'' feature, which permits text messages to be sent to 
meeting organizers who, in turn, will forward comments/questions for 
appropriate consideration during the meeting.
    Members of the public with questions regarding the use of 
GoToWebinar should visit the GoToWebinar customer support page at 
https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar. It is also recommended that 
members of the public run a computer system check (available on the 
GoToWebinar customer support page) prior to the LSNARP meeting.

Instructions for Audio-Only Remote Attendance

    A member of the public wishing to participate via audio-only (both 
to listen and, when appropriate, to talk) can do so using the following 
toll-free telephone number and access code: (888) 395-2501/4652554. The 
telephone connection of a member of the public using this toll-free 
number to attend the LSNARP meeting will be muted until an opportunity 
for public comments/questions is afforded during the meeting. During 
the meeting, instructions will be given on how a member of the public 
attending via an audio-only connection can make a comment/ask a 
question.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The LSN was an internet-based electronic 
discovery database developed to aid the NRC in complying with the 
schedule for the decision on the construction authorization for the 
high-level waste repository contained in Section 114(d) of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended. In 1998, the NRC Rules of 
Practice in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 
2, subpart J, were modified to provide for the creation and operation 
of the internet-based LSN as the technological solution for the 
submission and management of documentary material relating to the 
licensing of a geologic repository for the disposal of high-level 
radioactive waste (63 FR 71729). Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.1011(d), the 
agency authorized the creation of the LSNARP, a FACA advisory committee 
chartered to provide advice to the NRC on, among other things, 
fundamental issues relating to LSN design, operation, maintenance, and 
compliance monitoring. In 2011, the original LSN was decommissioned, 
with the documentary material contained therein preserved by the NRC 
and currently residing in the ADAMS LSN Library, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/lsn/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Russell Chazell, Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-16B33, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-7469;

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email [email protected] or [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of December 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-27505 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am]
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