Meetings: Pilot Program Evaluation Panel,

[Federal Register: December 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 230)]

[Notices]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Pilot Program Evaluation Panel; Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 94-463, Stat. 770-776) the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the establishment of the Pilot Program Evaluation Panel (PPEP). The PPEP will function as a management-level Oversight group to monitor and evaluate the success of the Commission's Reactor Oversight Process Improvements program. A Charter governing the PPEP functions as a Federal Advisory Committee was filedwith Congress on June 30, 1999, after consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration. The PPEP will hold its forthcoming meetings on December 8 and 9, 1999, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Room T-2 B3.

The PPEP meeting participants are listed below along with their affiliation:

Frank P. Gillespie--Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mohan C. Thadani--Nuclear Regulatory Commission James T. Wiggins--Nuclear Regulatory Commission Heidi Hahn--Los Alamos National Laboratories Bruce Mallet--Nuclear Regulatory Commission Geoffrey Grant--Nuclear Regulatory Commission Kenneth E. Brockman--Nuclear Regulatory Commission James Lieberman--Nuclear Regulatory Commission Steve Floyd--Nuclear Energy Institute David Garchow--Public Service Electric and Gas Masoud Bajestani--Tennessee Valley Authority George Barnes--Commonwealth Edison Company James Chase--Omaha Public Power District Gary Wright--Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety David Lochbaum--Union of Concerned Scientists

These meetings are scheduled to develop consensus on the PPEP's final report. The PPEP will discuss the comments provided by the PPEP members, and resolve the differences of views if any. The product of this two day meeting will be the final report of the panel. To ensure flexibility, the panel will not follow any specific chronological agenda.

Meetings of the PPEP are open to the members of the public. Oral or written views may be presented by the members of the public, including members of the nuclear industry. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify Mr. Frank P. Gillespie (Telephone 301/415- 1004, e-mail FPG@nrc.gov) or Mr. Mohan C. Thadani (Telephone 301/415- 1476, e-mail MCT@nrc.gov) five days prior to the meeting date, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made to allow necessary time during the meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and television cameras will be permitted during this meeting.

Further information regarding topics of discussion; whether the meeting has been canceled, rescheduled, or relocated; and the Panel Chairman's ruling regarding requests to present oral statements and time allotted, may be obtained by contacting Mr. Frank P. Gillespie or Mr. Mohan C. Thadani between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT.

PPEP meeting transcripts and meeting reports will be available from the Commission's Public Document Room. Transcripts will be placed on the agency's web page at the address below: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/ OVERSIGHT/index.html.

Transcripts of previous PPEP meetings can be viewed as background material at the above web site.

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Dated: November 24, 1999. Andrew L. Bates, Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-31187Filed11-30-99; 8:45 am]

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