January 31, 2013 

MEMORANDUM TO: Andy Imboden, Chief 

Communications, Planning and Rulemaking Branch 

Waste Confidence Directorate 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

FROM: Sarah Lopas, NEPA Communications Project Manager /RA/

 Communications, Planning and Rulemaking Branch 

 Waste Confidence Directorate 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC TELECONFERENCE TO DISCUSS STATUS 

 OF WASTE CONFIDENCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

 AND RULEMAKING 

On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) staff held a public teleconference at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The 

teleconference was the first in a planned series of monthly public teleconferences to provide an 

update on the activities related to the Waste Confidence rulemaking and preparation of the 

environmental impact statement (EIS) that will support the revised Waste Confidence rule. The 

purpose of the meeting was for the NRC staff to share information with the public and to allow 

participants to ask questions about the process for the activities underway. 

The meeting began at 1:30 p.m. EST and concluded at 2:30 p.m. EST. The meeting opened 

with a brief overview of the recently completed public scoping period followed by a status 

update on the draft EIS. Staff then discussed future public participation opportunities before 

opening the teleconference lines for questions. 

There were 101 participants in the meeting representing members of the public, tribal and state 

governments, industry, public advocacy groups and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its 

contractors. Of the 76 members of the public who participated, 9 asked questions during the 

teleconference. A list of meeting participants is included as Attachment 1. 

Concerns, questions, and issues discussed during the teleconference included: how the 

scoping comments that have been received are being organized and when all comments will be 

available for public review; the locations, format, and number of future public meetings to 

discuss the draft EIS; clarification of Commission involvement in this process; notification that 

the Scoping Summary Report is scheduled to be available in early March to address scoping 

comments and clarify the scope of the EIS; concern that there aren’t enough public meetings 

planned in communities that could be affected by issues such as transportation and centralized 

interim storage; how non-power reactor license renewals will be affected by the Waste 

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related documents, Blue Ribbon Commission documents, and the recently released “Strategy 

for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste”) as part of the 

development of the scope of the EIS; inclusion of a no-action alternative as part of this process; 

concern for the financial implications of the Waste Confidence decision; and the justification for 

the plan to complete the Waste Confidence environmental review in two years. 

The transcript for this meeting is available in the NRC’s Agencywide Document Management 

and Access System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML13029A238. The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing documents 

located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 1-800-

397-4737, or via email at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, the transcript is also available on the 

Waste Confidence Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuelstorage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

The next public teleconference to discuss the status of the Waste Confidence EIS and 

Rulemaking is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013. The Meeting Notice is available 

in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13031A063. Meeting details are also available at 

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm. 

Enclosure: 

Meeting Attendee List 

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related documents, Blue Ribbon Commission documents, and the recently released “Strategy 

for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste”) as part of the 

development of the scope of the EIS; inclusion of a no-action alternative as part of this process; 

concern for the financial implications of the Waste Confidence decision; and the justification for 

the plan to complete the Waste Confidence environmental review in two years. 

The transcript for this meeting is available in the NRC’s Agencywide Document Management 

and Access System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML13029A238. The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing documents 

located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 1-800-

397-4737, or via email at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, the transcript is also available on the 

Waste Confidence Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuelstorage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

The next public teleconference to discuss the status of the Waste Confidence EIS and 

Rulemaking is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013. The Meeting Notice is available 

in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13031A063. Meeting details are also available at 

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm. 

Enclosure: 

Meeting Attendee List 

cc: See next page 

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NRC Teleconference Attendees 

Status of Waste Confidence EIS and Rulemaking 

January 16, 2013 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. EST 

 First Name Last Name Organization 

1 Leslie Allen Balch & Bingham 

2 Jeff Beattie The Energy Daily 

3 Gary Becker NuScale Power 

4 Jane Beetem MO Department of Natural Resources 

5 Andrew Burgess Ameren Missouri 

6 Daniel Chalk Department of Energy 

7 Christopher Charles Nuclear Energy Institute 

8 Tom Clements Alliance for Nuclear Accountability 

9 Daniel Cronin University of Florida 

10 Diane Curran Harmon Curran Spielberg 

11 Terry Curtiss Stars Regulatory Affairs 

12 Paul DiCristino Private Citizen 

13 Nick Dinunzio Dept of Energy 

14 Patrick Dostie State of Maine 

15 Dagmar Fabian Crabshell Alliance 

16 Edwin Floyd Enercon Services 

17 Daniel Gibbons Pacific Gas & Electric 

18 Pete Glass Excel Energy 

19 Patrick Gorman Dept. of Energy 

20 Tim Gregoire American Nuclear Society 

21 Doug Guarino National Journal Group 

22 Tim Hall South Texas Nuclear Project 

23 Steven Hamrick Next Era Energy 

24 Mandy Hancock Southern Alliance for Clean Energy 

25 Johanna Hariharan Morgan Lewis & Brokius 

26 Deanna Homer Private Citizen 

27 Eric Howes Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 

28 Tom Iaccarino Spectrum Environmental 

29 Lisa Janairo Council of State Government 

30 Rich Janati PA DEPT of Environmental Protection 

31 Lisa Jones Alta 

32 Jay Jones Department of Energy 

33 Miriam Juckett Southwest Research Institute 

34 Kevin Kamps Beyond Nuclear 

35 Beverly Kerr Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League 

36 Russell Kiesling Nuclear Innovation North America 
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First Name Last Name Organization

37 Lingard Knutson The Environmental Protection Agency 

38 Justin Kolber VT Attorney General's Office 

39 Marvin Lewis Private Citizen 

40 Deborah Luchsinger Enercon Services 

41 Jennifer Mansh Hogan Lovells 

42 Rod McCullum Nuclear Energy Institute 

43 Steve McInall Jacksonville Electric Authority 

44 Steve Nesbit Duke Energy 

45 Hannah Northey E and E Publishing 

46 Paul Plante Maine Inc 

47 Elizabeth Poole US Environmental Protection Agency 

48 Nancy Ranek Exelon Generation 

49 Milton Rejcek Nuclear Innovation North America 

50 Michael Risinit Journal News Newspaper 

51 David Robillard Public Service Electric and Gas Company 

52 Tony Roisman VT Dept. of Public Service 

53 Harold Rothstein URS 

54 Jon Rund Morgan Lewis & Brokius 

55 Kendra Ryan Enercon Services 

56 Carlos Sisco Winston & Strawn 

57 Rhonda Smith Enviromental Protection Agency 

58 David Snellings AR Dept of Health 

59 Robert Snook CT Attorney General Officce 

60 Jane Swanson San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 

61 Ken Taplett South Texas Nuclear Project 

62 Brittany Theis Witt Law 

63 Ruth Thomas Environmentalist Inc. 

64 Tom Tramm Tererec 

65 Judy Treichel NV Nuclear Waste Task Force 

66 Uldis Vanags VT Dept of Public Service 

67 Michael Voegel Private Citizen 

68 Toby Walter Neal R Gross & Company 

69 Pat Ware Bloomberg BNA 

70 Konnie Wescott Argonne National Laboratory 

71 Randal Westmoreland TTE Electric Company 

72 Heather Westra Prairie Island Indian Community 

73 Greg White MI Public Service Commission 

74 Wray Woong AZ Public Service 

75 Nancy Wrenn Mass Peace Action 

76 Suzanne Yohannan Inside Washington Publishers 
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First Name Last Name Organization

77 Louis Zeller Blue Ridge Environmental 

78 Joe Ziegler Nye County NV 

79 Margaret Bupp NRC 

80 Tison Campbell NRC 

81 Russell Chazell NRC 

82 Cathy Haney NRC 

83 Amy Hardin NRC 

84 Merri Horn NRC/WCD 

85 Andy Imboden NRC/WCD 

86 Janelle Jessie NRC 

87 Sarah Lopas NRC/WCD 

88 Timothy McCartin NRC/WCD 

89 Keith McConnell NRC/WCD 

90 Dave McIntyre NRC Public Affairs 

91 Paul Michalak NRC/WCD 

92 Alicia Mullins NRC/WCD 

93 Monica Orendi NRC Region 1 

94 TR Rowe NRC/WCD 

95 Carrie Safford NRC/WCD 

96 Diane Screnci NRC 

97 Neil Sheehan NRC 

98 Andrew Stuyvenberg NRC/WCD 

99 Aaron Szabo NRC 

100 Rebecca Tadesse NRC 

101 Susan Wittick NRC/WCD