[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 29921-29922] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-14048] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste; Notice of Meeting The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold its 110th meeting on June 28-30, 1999, at the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Building 189, San Antonio, Texas. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The schedule for this meeting is as follows: Monday, June 28, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business. Tuesday, June 29, 1999--8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business. Wednesday, June 30, 1999--8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. [[Page 29922]] The following topics will be discussed: A. ACNW Planning and Procedures--The Committee will hear a briefing from its staff on issues to be covered during this meeting. The Committee will also consider topics proposed for future consideration by the full Committee and Working Groups. The Committee will discuss ACNW-related activities of individual members. B. Review Activities Underway at the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA)--The Committee will review activities underway at the CNWRA. Discussions will include an overview of the Center, including its historical evolution. Each of the 10 high-level waste key technical issues (KTIs) will be reviewed with special emphasis placed on four KTIs: Igneous Activity, Evolution of the Near- Field, Repository Design and Thermal Mechanical Effects, and Container Life and Source Term. C. Laboratory Tours--The Committee will visit a number of experiments underway at the Center involving: hydrology and thermal- hydrology, geochemistry and radionuclide transport, structural geology modeling, and materials performed. D. Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement--The Committee will review the staff's plans for reviewing the Department of Energy's Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yucca Mountain project. E. Total-System Performance Assessment (TPA) Code 3.2 Sensitivity Study--The Committee will review the results of the system level sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to determine the parameters that have the most influence on repository performance. F. Defense In-Depth--The NRC staff and the CNWRA will discuss the current concept of defense in-depth as it applies to a high-level waste repository. G. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Yucca Mountain Site Specific Standards (tentative)--The Committee may offer comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on EPA's Yucca Mountain site specific standard 40 CFR part 191 should the proposed standard be made publicly available. The timing for release of the standard remains uncertain. H. Preparation of ACNW Reports--The Committee will discuss planned reports on the following topics: a White Paper on Repository Design Issues at Yucca Mountain and other topics discussed during this and previous meetings as the need arises. I. Miscellaneous--The Committee will discuss miscellaneous matters related to the conduct of Committee activities and organizational activities and complete discussion of matters and specific issues that were not completed during previous meetings, as time and availability of information permit. Procedures for the conduct of and participation in ACNW meetings were published in the Federal Register on September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51967). In accordance with these procedures, oral or written statements may be presented by members of the public, electronic recordings will be permitted only during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public, and questions may be asked only by members of the Committee, its consultants, and staff. Persons desiring to make oral statements should notify the Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW, Dr. Richard P. Savio, as far in advance as practicable so that appropriate arrangements can be made to schedule the necessary time during the meeting for such statements. Use of still, motion picture, and television cameras during this meeting will be limited to selected portions of the meeting as determined by the ACNW Chairman. Information regarding the time to be set aside for taking pictures may be obtained by contacting the Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW, prior to the meeting. In view of the possibility that the schedule for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by the Chairman as necessary to facilitate the conduct of the meeting, persons planning to attend should notify Dr. Savio as to their particular needs. Further information regarding topics to be discussed, whether the meeting has been canceled or rescheduled, the Chairman's ruling on requests for the opportunity to present oral statements and the time allotted therefor can be obtained by contacting Dr. Richard P. Savio, Associate Director for Technical Support, ACNW (Telephone 301/415- 7363), between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EDT. ACNW meeting notices, meeting transcripts, and letter reports are now available for downloading or reviewing on the internet at http:// www.nrc.gov/ACRSACNW. Dated: May 27, 1999. Andrew L. Bates, Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 99-14048 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P