[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 67954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31376]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Public Meeting of the Sewage Sludge Subcommittee of the 
Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards

AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Protection 
Agency, and Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host a 
meeting of the Sewage Sludge Subcommittee of the Interagency Steering 
Committee on Radiation Standards (ISCORS) on December 13, 1999, in 
Rockville, Maryland to discuss the sampling and analysis of sludge and 
ash from Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW) to screen for 
radiation hazards. The parent committee, ISCORS, fosters early 
resolution and coordination of regulatory issues associated with 
radiation standards.
    Agencies represented on the ISCORS Sewage Sludge Subcommittee 
include the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of 
Defense, in addition to State and Local representatives.
    The objectives of the ISCORS Sewage Sludge Subcommittee are to: (1) 
Conduct a survey of selected POTWs; (2) prepare a guidance document for 
use by the POTWs in collecting samples of sludge and ash for analysis; 
and (3) prepare a model for estimating dose from use and disposal of 
sewage sludge and ash.
    This ISCORS Sewage Sludge Subcommittee meeting will consist of 
presentations by members of the sewage sludge subcommittee and 
statements by members of the public. Subcommittee meetings normally 
involve pre-decisional intra-governmental discussions and, as such, are 
normally not open for observation by members of the public or media. 
Minutes of subcommittee meetings are available through the NRC's Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555; 
telephone 202-634-3273; fax 202-634-3343.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, 
December 13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the NRC auditorium, at Two White 
Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary L. Thomas, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, telephone 301-415-6230; fax 301-415-5385; E-mail [email protected]; 
or Duane Schmidt, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 
telephone 301-415-6919; fax 301-415-5398; E-mail [email protected], U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Visitor parking around the NRC building is 
limited; however, the workshop site is located adjacent to the White 
Flint Metro Station on the Red Line. Seating for the public will be on 
a first-come, first-served basis.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 29th day of November 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cheryl A. Trottier,
Chief, Radiation Protection, Environmental Risk and Waste Management 
Branch, Division of Risk Analysis and Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research .
[FR Doc. 99-31376 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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