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inaccessible or underground electrical 

cables, and 

Require that addressees submit a 

written response to the NRC in 

accordance with NRC regulations in 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations Section 50.54(f). 

This Federal Register notice is 

available through the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) under 

Accession Number ML070470317. 

DATES: The GL was issued on February 

7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Not applicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberley Corp, (301) 415–1091 or by 

email kar1@nrc.gov or Matthew 

McConnell at (301) 415–1597 or e-mail 

mxm4@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRC 

Generic Letter 2007–01 may be 

examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 

NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) at 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

ADAMS Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at the NRC Web 

site, http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/ 

index.html. The ADAMS number for the 

GL is ML070360665. 

If you do not have access to ADAMS 

or if you have problems in accessing the 

documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC 

Public Document Room reference staff 

at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737 or 

by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day 

of February 2007. 

For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Theodore R. Quay, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste; Notice of Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste (ACNW) will hold its 177th 

meeting on March 20–22, 2007, Room 

T–2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

The schedule for this meeting is as 

follows: 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 

11 a.m.–11:05 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACNW Chairman (Open)—The 

ACNW Chairman will make opening 

remarks regarding the conduct of 

today’s sessions. 

11:05 a.m.–12 p.m.: Savannah River 

National Laboratory (SRNL) 

Workshop on Cementitious Materials 

Used in Waste Determination 

Activities (Open)—Professor Barry 

Scheetz from the Pennsylvania State 

University will brief the Committee 

on a SRNL-sponsored workshop that 

examined the use of cementitious 

materials in radioactive waste 

management applications. This 

workshop was held on December 12–

14, 2006, in Aiken, South Carolina. 

1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.: Stakeholder Views on 

Moderator Exclusion (Open)—

Representatives from the Nuclear 

Energy Institute (NEI), the Electric 

Power Research Institute (EPRI), and 

H322 Consulting LLC will brief the 

Committee on their views on the 

moderator exclusion issue in 

transportation canisters for spent 

nuclear fuel. 

2:45 p.m.–3:30 p.m.: Idaho National 

Laboratory (INL) / U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) Views on Moderator 

Exclusion (Open)—An INL/DOE 

representative will brief the 

Committee on an upcoming license 

application requesting NRC approval 

for the DOE Standardized Spent 

Nuclear Fuel Canister relying on the 

use of moderator exclusion. 

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.: Round Table 

Discussion on Moderator Exclusion 

(Open)—ACNW Member Ruth Weiner 

will lead a follow up discussion with 

the previous presenters and 

representatives from NRC’s Office of 

Nuclear Materials Safety and 

Safeguards (NMSS), Division of Spent 

Fuel Storage and Transportation 

(SFST), on the technical and 

regulatory issues surrounding the 

moderator exclusion issue. 

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: ACNW Meeting 

with NRC Commissioner Gregory B. 

Jaczko (Open)—Commissioner Jaczko 

will address the Committee on current 

topics and issues of common interest. 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 

8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACNW Chairman (Open)—The 

ACNW Chairman will make opening 

remarks regarding the conduct of 

today’s sessions. 

8:35 a.m.–10 a.m.: Update by the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) on the 

Proposed Yucca Mountain Repository 

Design (Open)—A Department 

representative will update the 

Committee on the status of DOE 

design activities for surface facilities 

for the proposed geologic repository. 

Briefing is also expected to examine 

repository design options for spent 

nuclear fuel handling in light of the 

TAD (transportation-aging-disposal) 

canister decision-making. 

10:15 a.m.–12 p.m.: ACNW Action Plan 

for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008 

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

and approve its Action Plan for Fiscal 

Years 2007 and 2008. 

1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Briefing on Shieldalloy, 

New Jersey, Site Decommissioning 

Plan (Open)—Staff from the Office of 

Federal and State Materials and 

Environmental Management Programs 

(FSME) will brief the Committee on 

the Decommissioning Plan for the 

Shieldalloy Metallurgical 

Corporation’s complex 

decommissioning site. 

2 p.m.–3 p.m.: Updated EPRI Response 

on Potential Igneous Event at Yucca 

Mountain (Open)—NRC staff recently 

reviewed reports prepared by EPRI on 

magma interactions with the proposed 

Yucca Mountain repository. EPRI 

representatives will provide the 

Committee with their comments on 

the staff’s review. 

3:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of 

ACNW activities and specific issues 

that were not completed during 

previous meetings, as time and 

availability of information permit. 

Discussions may include content of 

future letters and scope of future 

Committee Meetings. 

Thursday, March 22, 2007 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening Remarks 

by the ACNW Chairman (Open)—The 

Chairman will make opening remarks 

regarding the conduct of today’s 

sessions. 

8:35 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: ACNW White 

Paper on Volcanism (Open)—

Followup discussion from February 

working group meeting; general 

review of observations, revisions, and 

summary conclusions for the White 

Paper on Igneous Activity at Yucca 

Mountain. 

12:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Miscellaneous 

(Open)—The Committee will discuss 

matters related to the conduct of 

ACNW activities and specific issues 

that were not completed during 

previous meetings, as time and 

availability of information permit. 

Discussions may include the ACNW 

Action Plan as well as future 

Committee Meetings. 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACNW meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 12, 2006 (71 FR 60196). In 

accordance with these procedures, oral 

or written statements may be presented 

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recordings will be permitted only 

during those portions of the meeting 

that are open to the public. Persons 

desiring to make oral statements should 

notify Mr. Antonio F. Dias (Telephone 

301–415–6805), between 8:15 a.m. and 

5 p.m. ET, as far in advance as 

practicable so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made to schedule 

the necessary time during the meeting 

for such statements. Use of still, motion 

picture, and television cameras during 

this meeting will be limited to selected 

portions of the meeting as determined 

by the ACNW Chairman. Informatition 

regarding the time to be set aside for 

taking pictures may be obtained by 

contacting the ACNW office prior to the 

meeting. In view of the possibility that 

the schedule for ACNW meetings may 

be adjusted by the Chairman as 

necessary to facilitate the conduct of the 

meeting, persons planning to attend 

should notify Mr. Dias as to their 

particular needs. 

Further information regarding topics 

to be discussed, whether the meeting 

has been canceled or rescheduled, the 

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the 

opportunity to present oral statements 

and the time allotted, therefore can be 

obtained by contacting Mr. Dias. 

ACNW meeting agenda, meeting 

transcripts, and letter reports are 

available through the NRC Public 

Document Room (PDR) at pdr@nrc.gov, 

or by calling the PDR at 1–800–397–

4209, or from the Publicly Available 

Records System component of NRC’s 

document system (ADAMS) which is 

accessible from the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html or http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS & 

ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas). 

Video Teleconferencing service is 

available for observing open sessions of 

ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use 

this service for observing ACNW 

meetings should contact Mr. Theron 

Brown, ACNW Audiovisual Technician 

(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and 

3:45 p.m. ET, at least 10 days before the 

meeting to ensure the availability of this 

service. Individuals or organizations 

requesting this service will be 

responsible for telephone line charges 

and for providing the equipment and 

facilities that they use to establish the 

video teleconferencing link. The 

availability of video teleconferencing 

services is not guaranteed. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Andrew L. Bates, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

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Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste; Meeting on Planning and 

Procedures; Notice of Meeting 

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear 

Waste (ACNW) will hold a Planning and 

Procedures meeting on March 20, 2007, 

Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting 

will be open to public attendance, with 

the exception of a portion that may be 

closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) 

and (6) to discuss organizational and 

personnel matters that relate solely to 

internal personnel rules and practices of 

ACNW, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007—8:30 a.m.–

10:30 a.m. 

The Committee will discuss proposed 

ACNW activities and related matters. 

The purpose of this meeting is to gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the full Committee. 

Members of the public desiring to 

provide oral statements and/or written 

comments should notify the Designated 

Federal Official, Mr. Antonio F. Dias 

(Telephone: 301/415–6805) between 

8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET) five days prior 

to the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Electronic recordings will be permitted 

only during those portions of the 

meeting that are open to the public. 

Further information regarding this 

meeting can be obtained by contacting 

the Designated Federal Official between 

8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. (ET). Persons 

planning to attend this meeting are 

urged to contact the above named 

individual at least two working days 

prior to the meeting to be advised of any 

potential changes in the agenda. 

Dated: February 27, 2007. 

Antonio F. Dias, 

Acting Branch Chief, ACNW. 

[FR Doc. E7–3864 Filed 3–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATE: Weeks of March 5, 12, 19, 26, 

April 2, 9, 2007. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of March 5, 2007 

Monday, March 5, 2007 

1 p.m. 

Meeting with Department of Energy 

on New Reactor Issues (Public 

Meeting). 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 

9:30 a.m. 

Briefing on Office of Nuclear Security 

and Incident Response (NSIR) 

Programs, Performance, and Plans 

(Public Meeting). (Contact: Miriam 

Cohen, 301 415–0260.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

1 p.m. 

Discussion of Security Issues 

(Closed—Ex. 1 and 3). 

Thursday, March 8, 2007 

9:55 a.m. 

Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) 

(Tentative) 

a. Exelon Generation Company, LLC 

(Early Site Permit for Clinton ESP) 

(Tentative). 

10 a.m. 

Briefing on Office of Nuclear 

Materials Safety and Safeguards 

(NMSS) Programs, Performance, 

and Plans (Public Meeting). 

(Contact: Gene Peters, 301 415–

5248.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

1 p.m. 

Briefing on Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation (NRR) Programs, 

Performance, and Plans (Public 

Meeting). (Contact: Reginald 

Mitchell, 301 415–1275.) 

This meeting will be webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of March 12, 2007—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the Week of March 12, 2007. 

Week of March 19, 2007—Tentative 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 

1:30 p.m. 

Briefing on Office of Information 

Services (OIS) Programs, 

Performance, and Plans (Public 

Meeting). (Contact: Edward Baker, 

301 415–8700.) 


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