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Agenda Western Interstate Energy Board |
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Tempe Mission Palms |
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Tempe, Arizona |
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast (on your own) |
| 7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | WGA WIPP Transportation Technical Advisory Group Meeting |
| 3:30 p.m. | Joint WGA-WIEB Issues/Initiatives |
| Short reports on issues of joint concern | |
| · Congressional update | |
| Kevin Moran, WGA, Washington, D.C. | |
| · NRC RAMQC | |
| Issues raised in rulemaking (Barbara Byron, CA) | |
| · Hanford Cleanup: Status of major projects (Ken Niles, OR) | |
| · Pilot Study to evaluate the usefulness of an emerging tool | |
| (Fred Dilger, Black Mountain Research) | |
| · Prospective Carlsbad complex - WIPP, Enrichment, Reprocessing | |
| WIPP, Enrichment, Reprocessing (Christina Nelson, NCSL) | |
| Background materials | |
| NRC Rulemaking on RAMQC; WGA/WIEB comments | |
| Pilot Study to Evaluate the Usefulness of an Emerging Tool | |
| Hanford cleanup: Status of Major Projects | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn for the day |
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Wednesday,
April 23, 2008 |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45 - 8:30 a.m. |
States-Only Business Meeting |
| WIEB HLW Committee: Cooperative agreement status, budgets, initiatives, resolutions | |
| · Cooperative Agreement Renewal/Extension Status Report - (Jim Williams, WIEB) | |
| · WIEB Budget: FY08, FY09 Status Report - (Jim Williams, WIEB) | |
| · Pilot IRRIS application for route/needs assessment - (Jim Williams, WIEB) | |
| · Renewal of WGA resolution on transportation - (Joe Strolin, NV) | |
| · Draft WGA resolution on RAMQC - (Aubrey Godwin, AZ and Barbara Byron, CA) | |
| Background materials | |
| Draft WGA policy resolution : Transportation of SNF & HLRW | |
| Draft WGA policy resolution: Enhancing security during transport of RAMQC | |
| 8:30
- 8:40 a.m. |
Break |
| 8:40 a.m. | Host State Welcome |
| Aubrey Godwin, Arizona | |
| 8:45
- 8:50 a.m. |
Introductions and Review of Agenda |
| Joe Strolin and Barbara Byron, WIEB HLW Committee, Co-Chairs | |
| 8:50
- 9:50 a.m. |
OCRWM Program Update |
| Alex Thrower, DOE/OLM | |
| Possible topics: | |
| · License Application: prospects and linkages | |
| · FY '09 Budget: OCRWM, OLM, implications for State Regional Groups | |
| · Interim storage and waste confidence | |
| · GNEP and the second repository | |
| · Societal Risk: Response to the Jenkins-Smith challenge | |
| · Nevada-rail and Yucca-related NEPA | |
| · Section 180c: Response to comments and rulemaking | |
| Background materials | |
| OCRWM program: WIEB questions/issues | |
| OCRWM program update: Alex Thrower, OCRWM/OLM | |
| TEC directions and priorities | |
| 9:50
- 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00
- 11:15 a.m. |
National Transportation Plan Issues |
| A panel will discuss these topics, all relevant to DOE's National Transportation Plan. | |
| Short presentations will be followed by general discussion. | |
| · The question of shipment queue: Jim Williams, WIEB | |
| · Financing TADs and loading at origin sites: Rod McCullum, NEI | |
| · Intermodal transportation choices (barge, shortline, heavy haul): Bob Halstead, NV | |
| · Overweight trucks - should they be used cross-country? Rod McCullum, NEI | |
| (John Hauser, TriState, will join the discussion) | |
| Background materials | |
| The SEIS "Proposed Action" and the NTP table1 | table2 | table3 | |
| TAD financing and loading | |
| Intermodal transportation issues and the DOE National Transportation Plan | |
| Overweight trucks in a national SNF transportation campaign | |
| 11:15
- 11:45 a.m. |
NRC Issues and Activities |
| Earl Easton, NRC Spent Fuel Project Office | |
| · NRC Study of Extreme Accident Conditions: Status and Key Findings | |
| · NRC Waste Confidence Rulemaking: Status and Prospects | |
| 11:45
a.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:15 - 1:30 p.m. |
NWPA Section 180c Federal Register Notice |
| · The Section 180c FRN: WIEB comments, rationale and purposes | |
| (Tammy Ottmer, CO) | |
| Background materials | |
| Rationale and purposes: WIEB comments on the Section 180c FRN | |
| Responses to the Section 180c FRN: Regional comparison | |
| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
SRG Updates |
| Given uncertainties in the U.S. nuclear waste program and FY '09 budget prospects, | |
| what can or should the SRGs be trying to do, separately or in collaboration -- with | |
| DOE and TEC, with one another, or in other contexts? | |
| · CSG-MW - Lisa Janeiro | |
| · CSG-ERT - Melissa Bailey | |
| · SSEB - Chris Wells | |
| · NCSL - Christina Nelson | |
| · WIEB - Doug Larson; WIEB activities (renewable energy, interstate transmission) | |
| Background materials | |
| Overview of WIEB activities | |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
Reports from Western States |
| States are asked to report on issues of particular interest to the HLW Committee, | |
| particularly issues with regional or national implications. HLW Committee members | |
| are asked to introduce or update any such issues, and / or make other comments | |
| or suggestions. | |
| · Why DOE's messages don't resonate (Ken Niles, OR / Lisa Janeiro, CSG-MW) | |
| Background materials | |
| Why DOE's Messages Don't Resonate | |
| 3:15 - 3:30 pm |
Next Meeting (in coordination with WGA WIPP/TAG): Time and place |
| · Time and place for the next meeting | |
| · Suggested topics, actions, initiatives | |
| 3:30 pm | Adjourn |
| Other references | |
| WIEB HLW Committee meeting: September 2007 - Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2007 developments in the nuclear waste program | |
| Legislation introduced since late 2006 | |
| NAS "Going the Distance?": Recommendations summary | |
| Nuclear Power in CA, 2007 Status Report: Conclusions summary | |
| SSEB meeting report: November 2007 - Tampa, FL | |
| CSG-MW meeting report: November 2007 - Columbus, OH | |
| WIEB TEC meeting report: February 2008 - San Antonio, TX | |
| TEC meeting report: February 2008 - San Antonio, TX | |
| CVSA Ad Hoc Committee Workshop report, March 29, 2008 | |
| Nuclear plant license applications, by status, reactor type, region/state | |
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