[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39444-39445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16082]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
NRC Coordination Meeting With Standards Development Organizations
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The NRC has committed through its Strategic Plan to utilize
consensus standards to increase the involvement of licensees and others
in the NRC's regulatory development process, consistent with the
provisions of Public Law (P.L.) 104-113, the National Technology and
Transfer Act of 1995, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A-119, ``Federal Participation in the Development and Use of
Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment.'' As part of
this commitment, periodic coordination meetings with key standards
development organizations (SDOs) and other stakeholders have been held
to foster better communication of SDOs' ongoing activities, and NRC
needs regarding standards development and their use. This notice
provides the date and agenda for the next meeting.
DATES: July 27, 2000--The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will last
approximately four hours. Attendees should enter the One White Flint
North lobby by 12:45 p.m. to complete the required badging process.
LOCATION: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Headquarters, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room O-4-B6, Rockville, Maryland
20852-2738.
CONTACT: Wallace E. Norris, USNRC, Telephone: (301) 415-6796; Fax:
(301) 415-5074; Internet: [email protected]
ATTENDANCE: This meeting is open to the general public. All individuals
planning to attend, including SDO representatives, are requested to
preregister with Mr. Norris by telephone or e-mail and provide their
name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address.
PROGRAM: The purpose of the meeting is to foster better communication
between SDOs and NRC regarding standards development and use. By
holding periodic coordination meetings, the SDOs will be able to
describe their on-going and planned activities, and the NRC will be
able to discuss activities and issues related to specific standards
that are being developed or revised to meet its regulatory needs. The
meeting will be coordinated by the NRC Standards Executive.
Among the topics to be discussed are:
1. The on-going review of NRC staff participation on standards
committees.
2. Coordination between NRC and SDOs and the mechanism for
initiating standards.
3. When overlapping standards exist or are being developed (e.g.,
ASTM, ISO, CEN), how should the lead SDO be determined?
4. Use of consensus standards in Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Facilities (ISFSI); how the NRC will use consensus standards in NRC
licensing
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activities for ISFSI and geologic repository disposal for high level
nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of June, 2000.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Michael E. Mayfield,
NRC Standards Executive.
[FR Doc. 00-16082 Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
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