Agenda
Meeting of the High-Level Waste Committee 
of the 
Western Interstate Energy Board 

Atrium Suites Hotel

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Thursday, October 13

 

7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. Call to order
     · Introduction & review agenda
8:15 a.m. Reports
     · Chairs' Report on activities since May
    o Governors' instructions - Ken Niles (OR)
    o Cooperative Agreement tasks - Scott Field (WIEB)
    o Special projects - Dan Nix (consultant)/Scott Field (WIEB)
               - WGA Resolution 05-15
               - WIEB Cooperative Agreement Work Plan
     · TEC Topic Group updates
    o Rail - Scott Ramsay (WY)
    o Security - Bill Reese (ID)
    o 180(c) - Anne DeLain Clark (NM)
     · Work with other regions
    o Principles of Agreement letters - Barbara Byron (CA)
    o Protocols working group - Ken Niles (OR)
    o SCOP comments - Scott Field (WIEB)
              - July 7, 2005 Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman
              - July 7, 2005 Letter to PFS Chairman Parkyn
              - September 9, 2005 Letter to Paul Golan
              - Draft SCOP comments
     · SRG updates
    o CSG - Midwest - Sarah Wochos
    o CSG - East - Charles Richardson
    o SSEB - Cloyce Brackett/Michael Cash
    o NCSL - Linda Sikkema
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. OCRWM National Transportation System discussion
             Participants:  Judith Holm, DOE; HLW Committee; SRG representatives
     · OCRWM Dedicated Train Policy Statement
     · Routing issues 
     · Terrorism planning
     · Transportation planning
     · Assistance to states
     · Interim storage/reprocessing/other remedies
     · Shipment of LWT casks by rail
     · Caliente rail corridor concerns
     · Privitization issues
             - Discussion Questions
             - 09/22/05 OCRWM program update to TEC
             - 07/13/05 OCRWM Dedicated Train policy
             - March 2005 FRA Dedicated Train study
             - 09/23/05 BLET presentation to TEC
             - WGA Resolution 04-02
             - Nevada Concerns Regarding Caliente Corridor
11:45 a.m. Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m. OCRWM National Transportation System discussion (continued)
2:00 p.m. PFS and the National Transportation System
           Participants:  John Parkyn, PFS; Judith Holm, DOE; HLW Committee; SRG representatives
     · PFS licensing update, current plans and schedule - Ken Niles (OR)
     · PFS transportation planning - John Erickson (NE)
     · Discussion of "States Principles of Agreement" - Barbara Byron (CA)
     · DOE-PFS interface issues - Joe Strolin (NV)
             - Discussion Questions
             - 07/07/05 Letter to PFS Chairman Parkyn
             - DOE/UP Agreement
             - UP Proposed Routes
             - 09/23/05 BLET presentation to TEC
             - PFS Program Update (4MB file)
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Western States roundtable on recent developments
4:30 p.m. Committee business meeting
5:00 pm Adjourn