ECA Update: September 12, 2011

Published: Mon, 09/12/11

In this update:

BRC DENVER MEETING (Sep. 13)

For more information, go the BRC website.

Conference Call Information

Agenda

NEWS

Candice Trummell to Serve as the Chief of Staff for Environmental Management

DOE IG Report: Follow-up Review of Property Control and Accountability at the Idaho National Laboratory

Conference Call Information
September 13, 2011 - 8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Note: Due to meeting format there will be two different call-in numbers: one for the morning presentations and one for the afternoon following the interactive breakout sessions (see below or here fore agenda).

Morning Conference Phone Line
1-877-717-2601 code# 91311 (if line is full please use #91322)
8:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time Zone

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Afternoon Conference Phone Line
1-877-717-2601 code #91333 (if line is full please use #91344)
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time Zone

Agenda
September 13, 2011
Embassy Suites Hotel, 1420 Stout Street, Denver, CO

7:45 a.m. Registration

8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions (Moderator)

BRC Welcome/Introduction (BRC Commissioner)

WGA Welcome/Introduction: Pam Inmann, WGA Executive Director Meeting purpose and logistics (Moderator)

8:30 a.m. The Blue Ribbon Commission Draft Report: Key Recommendations

John Kotek, BRC Staff Director

9:00 a.m. Implementation Guidelines for a Reformulated Nuclear Waste Program

Introduction: Jennifer Salisbury, WGA.

An integrated national waste management strategy addressing principles of fairness and equity: Barbara Byron, WGA/Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB), High Level Waste (HLW) Committee

Specific authorities and processes regarding federal agency interactions with prospective host states: Robert Halstead, WGA/WIEB HLW Committee

System design for cross-country transportation: Ken Niles, WGA/WIEB HLW Committee

9:45 a.m. Break

10:00 a.m. Individual state, local and tribal and NGO reactions to the BRC draft

1. States:

Utah: John Pearce, General Counsel, Governor Gary Herbert

Nevada: Joseph Strolin, Director, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects

Washington: Suzanne Dahl, Washington Department of Ecology, Section Manager, Nuclear Waste Program

Idaho: Susan Burke, Idaho National Laboratory Oversight Coordinator

2. Local Government: John Heaton, Former New Mexico State Legislator (Carlsbad, NM)

3. Tribal Government: Gabriel Bohnee (Nez Perce)

4. Non-Governmental Organization: Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

5. State Legislators: Sally Jameson (National Council of State Legislators, Executive Committee)

11:30 a.m. The State Role: A Mini-Forum

Earl Potter, Potter & Mills, PA; Counsel for NM-WIPP Relations (1997-2007)

Geoffrey Fettus, Natural Resources Defense Council

Richard Moore, P.E., Pronghorn Engineering, Clancy, MT

12:15 p.m. Lunch (no host)

1:15 p.m. Facilitated discussion of Key Questions: All Attendees and Presenters

a. Opening introductions & brief round-robin to introduce topics of concern.

b. What is your general response to the Commission's Draft Report? Are there any recommendations you particularly liked or disliked? What, if anything, do you think was missed?

c. What specific steps should be taken to improve interactions between the federal government and western states and directly affected tribes and localities in any reformulated program for nuclear waste management? How should these steps apply to the siting of consolidated interim storage facilities and geological disposal facilities, and to the definition of cross-country transportation routes?

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Public Comments: from those that have signed up*

4:30 p.m. Meeting Wrap-up