58832 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 191 / Monday, October 2, 2000 / Notices

These Commission papers describe

the scope and content of performance

indicator reporting, a new risk-informed

baseline inspection program, a new

assessment process, and revisions to the

enforcement policy. Commission paper

SECY–00–049 also describes the results

from the Pilot Program Evaluation Panel

(a previous Federal Advisory

Committees Act (FACA) panel),

including a recommendation from the

panel to proceed with initial

implementation of the ROP at all power

reactor facilities. On March 28, 2000,

the Commission approved initial

implementation of the ROP, and on May

17, 2000, the Commission directed the

NRC staff to convene another evaluation

panel under FACA to evaluate the first

year of implementation of the ROP. The

staff has established this IIEP in

response to the Commission’s

directions.

The IIEP will function as a crossdisciplinary oversight group to

independently monitor and evaluate the

results of the first year of

implementation of the ROP and provide

advice and recommendations to the

Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation on reforming and revising

the ROP. The IIEP will provide a written

report containing an overall evaluation

of the ROP to the Director of the Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Meetings

of the Panel will be publically

announced in advance, open to the

public, and all material reviewed placed

in the public document room. A

meeting summary will be prepared

following each meeting to document the

results of the meeting.

The Panel membership will include

participants from NRC headquarters and

regional offices, a representative from

the Nuclear Energy Institute, reactor

licensee management representatives, a

representative from the Union of

Concerned Scientists (a public interest

group), and representatives from State

Governments.

The establishment of the Panel will be

effective with the filing of its charter

with the standing committees of

Congress having legislative jurisdiction

over the NRC, the Library of Congress,

and GSA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew L. Bates, Office of the Secretary,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555: Telephone 301–

415–1963.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on

Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Fire

Protection will hold a meeting on

October 16 (Room T–2B3) and 17 (Room

T–2B1), 2000, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Monday, October 16, 2000—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

Tuesday, October 17, 2000—8:30 a.m.

until the conclusion of business

The Subcommittee will review the

revised draft NFPA 805 Performance

Standard for Fire Protection for Light

water Reactor Electric Generating

Plants, Draft Regulatory Guide on Fire

Protection for Operating Nuclear Power

Plants, post-fire safe shutdown circuit

analysis, and other fire protection

related issues. The purpose of this

meeting is to gather information,

analyze relevant issues and facts, and to

formulate proposed positions and

actions, as appropriate, for deliberation

by the full Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff engineer

named below five days prior to the

meeting, if possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

During the initial portion of the

meeting, the Subcommittee, along with

any of its consultants who may be

present, may exchange preliminary

views regarding matters to be

considered during the balance of the

meeting.

The Subcommittee will then hear

presentations by and hold discussions

with representatives of the NRC staff,

and other interested persons regarding

this review.

Further information regarding the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time for topics to be discussed,

whether the meeting has been canceled

or rescheduled, and allotted therefor,

can be obtained by contacting the

cognizant ACRS staff engineer, Mr.

Amarjit Singh (telephone 301/415–

6899) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(EDT). Persons planning to attend this

meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any potential changes to the agenda,

etc., that may have occurred.

Dated: September 26, 2000.

James E. Lyons,

Associate Director for Technical Support,

ACRS/ACNW.

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Decommissioning of Sequoyah Fuels

Corporation Uranium Conversion

Facility in Gore, Oklahoma: Notice of

Intent To Conduct a Public Outreach

Meeting for Sequoyah Fuels Uranium

Conversion Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Conduct a

Public Outreach Meeting.

SUMMARY: The NRC will conduct a

meeting to discuss the status of the

environmental review of

decommissioning activities at the SFC

facility near Gore, Oklahoma, and to

obtain public comments on the

environmental impacts that need to be

addressed. Ample time will be provided

for public comment at the meeting,

although comments and questions will

generally be limited to the remediation

of the SFC facility. This meeting is part

of the continuing process to keep

affected stakeholders and the public

informed of plans, schedules and

important issues related to the

remediation of the SFC facility.

DATES: The NRC will meet with the

public on Tuesday, October 17, 2000,

from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Gore Junior High School

cafeteria, 1200 Highway 10N, Gore,

Oklahoma.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC

is preparing an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for the

decommissioning of the Sequoyah Fuels

Corporation’s (SFC) uranium conversion

facility located in Gore, Oklahoma.

From 1970 until 1993, SFC operated a

uranium conversion facility at a site

located in Gore, Oklahoma, under the

authority of an NRC license issued

pursuant to 10 CFR part 40. The main

process was the conversion of uranium

oxide (yellowcake) to uranium

hexafluoride. A second process, begun