83 FR 6247 - Board Meeting
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 30 (February 13, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 30 (February 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-02883 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 6247] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02883] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD Board Meeting March 27, 2018--The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet in Washington, DC to discuss performance confirmation monitoring and retrievability of emplaced high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Pursuant to its authority under section 5051 of Public Law 100-203, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will hold a public meeting in Washington, DC on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to review information related to operational and performance confirmation monitoring of a geologic repository and retrievability of emplaced high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The Board meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites DC Convention Center, 900 10th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. A block of rooms has been reserved for meeting attendees at a rate of $253.00 per night. Reservations may be made by phone (1-202-739-2001, refer to NWTRB meeting). Reservations must be made by March 5, 2018, to ensure receiving the meeting rate for available rooms. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, and is scheduled to adjourn at 5:00 p.m. Representatives from several countries will discuss national policies and approaches to monitoring and retrievability. Technical specialists will discuss sensors and technologies for monitoring subsurface seepage, in-drift environmental conditions, and corrosion of waste packages for HLW and SNF emplaced in a geologic repository. A detailed meeting agenda will be available on the Board's website at www.nwtrb.gov approximately one week before the meeting. The meeting will be open to the public, and opportunities for public comment will be provided before the lunch break and at the end of the day. Those wanting to speak are encouraged to sign the ``Public Comment Register'' at the check-in table. Depending on the number of people who sign up to speak, it may be necessary to set a time limit on individual remarks. However, written comments of any length may be submitted, and all comments received in writing will be included in the record of the meeting, which will be posted on the Board's website after the meeting. The meeting will be webcast, and the link to the webcast will be available on the Board's website (www.nwtrb.gov) a few days before the meeting. The meeting presentations and an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Board's website following the meeting. The transcript of the meeting will be available on the Board's website no later than May 25, 2018. The Board was established in the NWPPA of 1987 as an independent federal agency in the Executive Branch to evaluate the technical and scientific validity of DOE activities related to the management and disposal of SNF and HLW and to provide objective expert advice to Congress and the Secretary of Energy on these issues. Board members are experts in their fields and are appointed to the Board by the President from a list of candidates submitted by the National Academy of Sciences. The Board reports its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to Congress and the Secretary of Energy. All Board reports, correspondence, congressional testimony, and meeting transcripts and related materials are posted on the Board's website. For information on the meeting agenda, contact Daniel Metlay: [email protected] or Karyn Severson: [email protected]. For information on lodging and logistics, or to request copies of the meeting agenda or transcript, contact Davonya Barnes: [email protected]. All three can be reached by mail at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-3367; by telephone at 703-235-4473; or by fax at 703-235-4495. Dated: February 6, 2018. Nigel Mote, Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. [FR Doc. 2018-02883 Filed 2-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-AM-P
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IV. Conclusion must be made by March 5, 2018, to meeting agenda or transcript, contact
Accordingly, the Commission has ensure receiving the meeting rate for Davonya Barnes: barnes@nwtrb.gov. All
determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR available rooms. three can be reached by mail at 2300
The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300,
72.7, this exemption is authorized by
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, and is Arlington, VA 22201–3367; by
law, will not endanger life or property
scheduled to adjourn at 5:00 p.m. telephone at 703–235–4473; or by fax at
or the common defense and security,
Representatives from several countries 703–235–4495.
and is otherwise in the public interest.
will discuss national policies and
Therefore, the Commission hereby Dated: February 6, 2018.
approaches to monitoring and
grants ENO an exemption from those Nigel Mote,
retrievability. Technical specialists will
provisions of 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 10 Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste
discuss sensors and technologies for
CFR 72.212(b)(3), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(5)(i), Technical Review Board.
monitoring subsurface seepage, in-drift
10 CFR 72.214, and the portion of 10 environmental conditions, and [FR Doc. 2018–02883 Filed 2–12–18; 8:45 am]
CFR 72.212(b)(11) that require corrosion of waste packages for HLW BILLING CODE 6820–AM–P
compliance with terms, conditions, and and SNF emplaced in a geologic
specifications of the CoC No. 1014, repository. A detailed meeting agenda
Amendment No. 10, for the VYNPS to will be available on the Board’s website PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
use a new regionalized loading pattern, at www.nwtrb.gov approximately one CORPORATION
load fuel cooled for at least 2 years, and week before the meeting.
establish a per-cell maximum average The meeting will be open to the Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of
burnup limit at 65,000 MWD/MTU in public, and opportunities for public Records
MPC–68M using CoC No. 1014, comment will be provided before the
Amendment No. 10. AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty
lunch break and at the end of the day. Corporation.
The exemption is effective upon Those wanting to speak are encouraged
issuance. ACTION: Notice of modified systems of
to sign the ‘‘Public Comment Register’’
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day at the check-in table. Depending on the records; notice of a rescinded system of
of February 2018. number of people who sign up to speak, records; notice of a new system of
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. it may be necessary to set a time limit records.
Meraj Rahimi, on individual remarks. However, SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, written comments of any length may be 1974, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office submitted, and all comments received Corporation (PBGC) proposes the
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. in writing will be included in the record following changes to its system of
[FR Doc. 2018–02930 Filed 2–12–18; 8:45 am] of the meeting, which will be posted on records notices to: Amend a general
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P the Board’s website after the meeting. routine use, rescind a duplicative
The meeting will be webcast, and the system of records, establish a new
link to the webcast will be available on system of records for collection of data
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL the Board’s website (www.nwtrb.gov) a from the agency website, add or amend
REVIEW BOARD few days before the meeting. The routine uses in ten systems of records,
meeting presentations and an archived
make clarifying changes to all nineteen
Board Meeting version of the webcast will be available
systems of records notices, and
on the Board’s website following the
March 27, 2018—The U.S. Nuclear republish all existing systems of records
meeting. The transcript of the meeting
Waste Technical Review Board will notices. The PBGC determined that the
will be available on the Board’s website
meet in Washington, DC to discuss proposed changes were necessary after
no later than May 25, 2018.
performance confirmation monitoring The Board was established in the conducting the biennial review of its
and retrievability of emplaced high- NWPPA of 1987 as an independent systems of records notices.
level radioactive waste and spent federal agency in the Executive Branch DATES: Comments are due by March 15,
nuclear fuel. to evaluate the technical and scientific 2018. The revised and additional
Pursuant to its authority under validity of DOE activities related to the systems of records described herein will
section 5051 of Public Law 100–203, management and disposal of SNF and become effective 30 days after the date
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act HLW and to provide objective expert of publication, without further notice,
(NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear advice to Congress and the Secretary of unless comments results in a contrary
Waste Technical Review Board will Energy on these issues. Board members determination and a notice is published
hold a public meeting in Washington, are experts in their fields and are to that effect.
DC on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to appointed to the Board by the President ADDRESSES: You may submit written
review information related to from a list of candidates submitted by comments to PBGC by any of the
operational and performance the National Academy of Sciences. The following methods:
confirmation monitoring of a geologic Board reports its findings, conclusions, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
repository and retrievability of and recommendations to Congress and www.regulations.gov. Follow the
emplaced high-level radioactive waste the Secretary of Energy. All Board website instructions for submitting
(HLW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF). reports, correspondence, congressional comments.
The Board meeting will be held at the • Email: reg.comments@pbgc.gov.
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testimony, and meeting transcripts and
Embassy Suites DC Convention Center, related materials are posted on the • Mail or Hand Delivery:
900 10th Street NW, Washington, DC Board’s website. Communications Outreach and
20001. A block of rooms has been For information on the meeting Legislative Affairs Department, Pension
reserved for meeting attendees at a rate agenda, contact Daniel Metlay: metlay@ Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K
of $253.00 per night. Reservations may nwtrb.gov or Karyn Severson: severson@ Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.
be made by phone (1–202–739–2001, nwtrb.gov. For information on lodging With appropriate redactions of
refer to NWTRB meeting). Reservations and logistics, or to request copies of the personally identifiable information,
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