PUBLIC WORKSHOP NOTICE 

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF FORTHCOMING PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THE STATUS 

OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL RULEMAKING 

AND STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE 

WASTE REGULATORY PROGRAM IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, March 7, 2014 

 Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time) 

 Public Workshop: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time) 

LOCATION: Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 

 50 East Adams Street, 

 Meeting Room: Salons 7 & 8 

 Phoenix, AZ 85004 

 1-602-333-0000 

PURPOSE: To discuss the status of proposed revisions to the U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Low-Level Radioactive Waste 

(LLRW) disposal regulations and gather information on an update to the 

NRC’s 2007 Strategic Assessment of the LLRW regulatory program from 

stakeholders and other interested members of the public. 

TYPE: This is a Category 2 Meeting. The public is invited to participate in this 

meeting by discussing regulatory issues with the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) at designated points identified on the agenda. 

At this type of meeting, the NRC anticipates that the public will obtain 

factual information and provide the agency with feedback on the 

analysis of the issues, alternatives, and/or decisions. The NRC staff 

also encourages the submission of written comments on the matters to 

be discussed. Those comments may be submitted to 

www.regulation.gov under Docket ID NRC-2011-0012. 
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The NRC provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with 

disabilities, where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodations 

to participate in this workshop or need this workshop notice in another 

format, kindly notify either of the NRC staff workshop contacts. 

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodations will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC staff will include members of the Office of 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Program.

WEBINAR: Interested members of the public can also participate in this workshop 

via webinar. The webinar registration link can be found at: 

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/482915697. The Webinar ID is 

482-915-697. After registering, instructions for joining the webinar 

(including a teleconference number and pass code) will be provided via 

email. All participants will be in “listen-only” mode during the 

presentation. Participants will have a chance to pose questions either 

orally after the presentation or in writing during the webinar. 

TELEPHONE: A dedicated toll-free telephone line is also available to those members 

of the interested public who wish to participate in this workshop 

remotely. That toll-free telephone is 1-800-779-7381, pass code 

8375324. 

CONTACTS: Melanie Wong 

 (301) 415-2432, Melanie.Wong@nrc.gov

 Tarsha A. Moon 

 (301) 415-6745, Tarsha.Moon@nrc.gov

Enclosure: Agenda 

cc: See next page 
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The NRC provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with 

disabilities, where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodations 

to participate in this workshop or need this workshop notice in another 

format, kindly notify either of the NRC staff workshop contacts. 

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodations will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC staff will include members of the Office of 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Program.

WEBINAR: Interested members of the public can also participate in this workshop 

via webinar. The webinar registration link can be found at: 

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/482915697. The Webinar ID is 

482-915-697. After registering, instructions for joining the webinar 

(including a teleconference number and pass code) will be provided via 

email. All participants will be in “listen-only” mode during the 

presentation. Participants will have a chance to pose questions either 

orally after the presentation or in writing during the webinar. 

TELEPHONE: A dedicated toll-free telephone line is also available to those members 

of the interested public who wish to participate in this workshop 

remotely. That toll-free telephone is 1-800-779-7381, pass code 

8375324. 

CONTACTS: Melanie Wong 

 (301) 415-2432, Melanie.Wong@nrc.gov

 Tarsha A. Moon 

 (301) 415-6745, Tarsha.Moon@nrc.gov

Enclosure: Agenda 

cc: See next page 
LLW Distribution List

Ralph Andersen 

NEI 

rla@nei.org

Mike Aplin 

State of Texas 

mike.aplin@tceq.texas.gov

Miguel Azar 

Exelon Corp 

Minguel.Azar@exeloncorp.com

Doris Bradshaw 

Gilbert Sanchez, Wilbur Slockish 

Military Toxics Project 

dorismtp411@yahoo.com

Brad Broussard 

State of Texas 

Brad.Broussard@tceq.texas.gov

S.Y. Chen 

Argonne National Lab 

sychen@anl.gov

Tom Clements 

Friends of the Earth 

tomclements329@cs.com

Susan Corbett 

Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Action Team 

jscorbett@mindspring.com

Billy Cox 

EPRI 

bcox@epri.com

Abigail Cuthbertson 

DOE/NNSA/ Office of Global Threat 

Reduction 

Abigail.Cuthbertson@nnsa.doe.gov

Diane D’Arrigo 

Nuclear Information & Resource Service 

dianed@nirs.org

Joseph DiCamillo 

Studsvik 

Joseph.dicamillo@studsvik.com

William Dornsife 

Waste Control Specialists 

wdornsife@verizon.net

Lisa Edwards 

Electric Power Research Institute 

ledwards@epri.com

Mike Elsen 

State of Washington 

Mike.Elsen@DOH.WA.GOV

Kathleen Ferris 

Citizens to ENDIT 

k.r.ferris@comcast.net

Earl Fordham 

State of Washington 

Earl.Fordham@DOH.WA.GOV

Christine Gelles 

DOE/EM 

Christine.Gelles@em.doe.gov

Debbie Gilley 

Department of Heath, Florida 

Debbie_.Gilley@doh.state.fl.us

John Greeves 

JTG Consulting 

greevesj@aol.com

Harry Gregory 

South Carolina Sierra Club 

harrycgregory@gmail.com

Karen Hadden 

SEED Coalition 

Karen@seedcoalition.org

Ann P. Harris 

We The People, Inc of the US 

apharris40@gmail.com
Richard Haynes 

State of South Carolina 

haynesra@dhec.sc.gov

Brian Hearty 

US Army Corps of Engineers 

Hq-publicaffairs@usace.army.mil

Sarah Herness 

Radwaste Monitor 

herness@exchangemonitor.com

David James 

Electric Power Research Institute 

djames@dwjames.com

Rich Janati 

State of Pennsylvania 

rjanati@state.pa.us

Donna Janda 

Region I – RSAO 

Donna.Janda@nrc.gov

Leslie Jardine 

jardine1@comcast.net

Susan Jenkins 

State of South Carolina 

jenkinse@dhec.sc.gov

Graham Johnson 

Duke Energy 

graham.johnson@duke-energy.com

Thomas Kalinowski 

DW James Consulting 

tkalinowski@dwjames.com

Ashok Kapoor 

U.S. DOE 

ashok.kapoor@hq.doe.gov

J. Scott Kirk 

Waste Control Specialists 

skirk@valhi.net

John LePere 

WMG Inc. 

john.lepere@wmginc.com

Marty Letourneau 

DOE/EM 

martin.letourneau@em.doe.gov

James Lieberman 

Talisman 

JL@Lieblet.com

Todd Lovinger 

LLW Forum 

LLWForuminc@aol.com

Rusty Lundberg 

State of Utah 

rlundberg@utah.gov

Thomas Magette 

PricewaterhouseCoopers 

thomas.e.magette@us.pwc.com

Sean McCandless 

EnergySolutions 

smccandless@energysolutions.com

Arjun Makhijani 

Institute of Energy and Environmental 

Research 

Arjun@ieer.org

Leigh Anne Methlie 

DOE EM Intern 

leighanne.methlie@gmail.com

Jennifer Opila 

Colorado Department of Public Health 

and Environment and current Chair of 

CRCPD’s E-5 committee on waste 

management 

Jennifer.Opila@dphe.state.co.us

Matt Pacenza 

HEAL UTAH 

matt@healutah.org
Bob Petras 

URS 

robert.petras@srs.gov

Kathryn H. Pryor 

Health Physics Society 

kathy.pryor@pnnl.gov

Joseph Rustick 

Vanderbilt University 

joseph.rustick@gmail.com

Don Safer 

TN 

dsafer@comcast.net

Daniel Schultheisz 

U.S. EPA 

Schultheisz.Daniel@epa.gov

Debra Shults 

State of Tennessee 

Debra.Shults@state.tn.us

Roger A. Stigers 

PPL Susquehanna LLC 

rastigers@pplweb.com

Linda Suttora 

DOE/EM 

linda.suttora@em.doe.gov

Robert Vellinger 

Terranear PMC, LLC 

rvellinger@terranearpmc.com

Aaron White 

U.S. DOE Oak Ridge 

whitea@emor.doe.gov

Mark Yeager 

SCDHEC 

yeagerma@dhec.sc.gov 

Michael Zittle 

Oregon State University 

Michael.Zittle@oregonstate.edu
 

 Enclosure 

Public Workshop on the Status of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Rulemaking and 

Strategic Assessment of Low-Level Waste Regulatory Program 

Friday, March 7, 2013, (8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. MST) 

Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel,

50 East Adams Street, 

Room: Salons 7 & 8 

Phoenix, AZ 85004 

602-333-3000 

Friday, March 1, 2013 Speaker

7:30 - 8:00 am Registration 

8:00 - 8:15 Facilitator Opening Comments C. Cameron, Facilitator 

8:15 - 8:30 NRC Welcome L. Camper, NRC/FSME1

8:30 - 9:30 Status of Low-Level Radioactive Waste D. Esh, NRC/FSME 

 Disposal Rulemaking and Discussions 

9:30 – 9:452

 Break 

9:45 - 10:00 Strategic Assessment of M. Wong, NRC/FSME 

Low-Level Waste Regulatory Program 

10:00 - 11:30 Panel Discussions 

11:30 - 12:45 pm Facilitated Public Discussions 

12:45 - 1:00 Closing Remarks A. Mohseni, NRC/FSME 

 

For further information contact:

Melanie Wong, telephone (301) 415-2432, e-mail Melanie.Wong@nrc.gov

Link to meeting details: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20140216 

 

1

 Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (FSME)

2

 The timing is subject to change based on the status of the proposed rulemaking on 10 CFR Part 61.