[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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dea9bbb09eb0acbdf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e796b604e607c6d20696178">[email protected]</span></a>

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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