Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 211 / Thursday, November 1, 2007 / Notices 61873 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’

(5 U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given 

of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board’s (Board) public hearing and 

meeting described below. The Board 

will conduct a public hearing and 

meeting pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286b 

and invites any interested persons or 

groups to present any comments, 

technical information, or data 

concerning safety issues related to the 

matters to be considered. 

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 6 p.m., 

December 5, 2007. 

PLACE: Duane W. Smith Auditorium, 

1400 Diamond Drive, Los Alamos, New 

Mexico 87544. Additionally, as part of 

the Board’s E-Government initiative, the 

hearing and meeting will be video 

recorded. A link to the video recording 

will be available on the Board’s Web site 

(http://www.dnfsb.gov) following the 

hearing and meeting. 

STATUS: Open. While the Government in 

the Sunshine Act does not require that 

the scheduled discussion be conducted 

in a meeting, the Board has determined 

that an open meeting in this specific 

case furthers the public interests 

underlying both the Sunshine Act and 

the Board’s enabling legislation. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: In this 

public hearing and meeting, the Board 

will assess the safety posture at Los 

Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 

including actions taken in response to 

the Board’s letter, dated February 1, 

2007, to the Acting Administrator of the 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA). In that letter, 

the Board suggested actions that would 

substantially improve the safety posture 

of the laboratory. These actions include 

strengthening federal safety oversight, 

improving safety bases and ensuring the 

efficacy of safety systems, developing 

effective institutional safety programs, 

eliminating known hazards, and 

increasing federal management of new 

projects. The Board anticipates 

testimony from the laboratory’s 

management and operation contractor, 

Los Alamos National Security (LANS), 

and senior management officials from 

NNSA regarding actions, both taken and 

planned, to improve the health and 

safety of workers at defense nuclear 

facilities at the laboratory and the 

public. Under the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, the Board is 

required, among other things, to review 

and evaluate the content and 

implementation of standards relating to 

the design, construction, operation, and 

decommissioning of Department of 

Energy (DOE) defense nuclear facilities, 

including all applicable DOE orders, 

regulations, and requirements 

pertaining to such facilities. The Board 

is also responsible for investigating any 

event or practice at DOE defense nuclear 

facilities which the Board determines 

has adversely affected, or may adversely 

affect, the health and safety of the 

workers and the public. In this 

December 5, 2007, hearing and meeting, 

the Board will examine how NNSA and 

LANS will ensure adequate protection 

of the public health and safety, 

including that of the workers, and safety 

performance at laboratory defense 

nuclear facilities. The Board will collect 

information needed to understand and 

address any health or safety concerns 

that may require Board action with 

respect to operations at defense nuclear 

facilities at LANL. This information will 

include, but is not limited to, 

presentations from NNSA and LANS 

senior management officials and NNSA 

Los Alamos Site Office personnel. The 

public hearing portion of this 

proceeding is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 

2286b. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Brian Grosner, General Manager, 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788–

4016. This is a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to speak at the hearing and meeting may 

be submitted in writing or by telephone. 

The Board asks that commentators 

describe the nature and scope of their 

oral presentation. Those who contact 

the Board prior to 4 p.m. EST on 

December 4, 2007, will be scheduled for 

time slots. While the hearing and 

meeting will start at 6 p.m., time slots 

for speakers from the public will begin 

at approximately 8 p.m. The Board will 

post a schedule for speakers at the 

entrance to the Duane W. Smith 

Auditorium at the start of the hearing 

and meeting. 

Anyone who wishes to comment or 

provide technical information or data 

may do so in writing, either in lieu of, 

or in addition to, making an oral 

presentation. The Board Members may 

question presenters to the extent 

deemed appropriate by the Members. 

Documents will be accepted at the 

hearing and meeting or may be sent to 

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board’s Washington, DC office. The 

Board will hold the record open until 

January 5, 2008, for the receipt of 

additional materials. A transcript of the 

hearing and meeting will be made 

available by the Board for inspection by 

the public at the Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board’s Washington 

office and at DOE’s public reading room 

at the DOE Federal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

The Board specifically reserves its 

right to further schedule and otherwise 

regulate the course of the hearing and 

meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone, 

or adjourn the hearing and meeting, 

conduct further reviews, and otherwise 

exercise its powers under the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended. 

A.J. Eggenberger, 

Chairman. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November 13, 

2007, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005. 

AGENDA: Commissioners will discuss 

and consider adopting a strategic plan; 

Commissioners may consider an 

internal policy for handling State 

requests to change State-specific 

instructions to the National Voter 

Registration Form; Commissioners will 

consider individual State requests to 

change State-specific instructions to the 

form; Commissioners will receive the 

following presentations: A report on a 

voter registration data base study; an 

update on recommendations by the 

Technical Guidelines Development 

Committee (TGDC) for voting systems 

guidelines and timeline leading to 

adoption of a final version; a report on 

a draft voting systems test laboratory 

accreditation manual; Commissioners 

will discuss other administrative 

matters. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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