Document ID: FERC-2008-0348-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Posted Date: 2008-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register: March 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 46)]
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[Page 12406]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD06-6-000]

 
Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Notice of Joint Meeting of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission

February 29, 2008.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold a joint meeting on April 8, 2008 
at the headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The meeting is expected to 
begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 12 noon (EST).

Purpose of the Meeting

    The NRC and FERC signed a Memorandum of Agreement on September 1, 
2004, to facilitate interactions between the two agencies on matters of 
mutual interest pertaining to the nation's bulk power system 
reliability. Since signing this agreement, the two agencies have met on 
April 24, 2006, and January 23, 2007, to engage in dialogue to further 
the goals of this Memorandum of Agreement. These goals included grid 
reliability issues and the roles of the respective agencies in 
addressing these issues.

Format for Joint Meeting of Commissions

    The format for the joint meeting will be discussions between the 
two sets of Commissioners following presentations by their respective 
staffs. In addition, representatives of the North American Electric 
Reliability Council (NERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may 
attend and participate in this meeting.
    A free webcast of this event is available through http://
www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this 
event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of 
Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain 
a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical 
support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via 
television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. Visit http://
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David 
Reininger the Capitol Connection at 703-993-3100 for information about 
this service.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system 
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    All interested persons are invited. Pre-registration is not 
required and there is no fee to attend this joint meeting. Questions 
about the meeting should be directed to Sarah McKinley at 
Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov or by phone at 202-502-8004.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-4500 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]

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