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The Council of State Governments
Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee

Traverse City, Michigan
May 24-25, 2005

Revised Agenda

Tuesday, May 24

 8:00 a.m.  Committee Business Session    
  Welcome and Introductions Thor Strong 
  Chair's Report Thor Strong
  Project Update  Lisa Sattler
  Reports from the Committee Work Groups    
         Section 180(c)  Thor Strong
         Route Identification Jane Beetem, Sarah Wochos 
         Security Julie Maaske
         Protocols Revision Robert Owen
   
10:15 a.m.  Break  
     
10:30 a.m.  Committee Business Session, continued  
  TRANSCOM User Group Tim Runyon
  Other Meetings  
         CSG Northeast Task Force Meeting Lisa Sattler 
         SSEB Meeting Dave Crose, Sarah Wochos 
         U.S. Transport Council Meeting Thor Strong
         Waste Management Conference Lisa Sattler
         NCR Regulatory Information Conference Tim Runyon 
         TEC/WG Meeting  Several 
         EM Best Practices Tim Runyon, Don Flater, Lisa Sattler
         WIEB/WGA Meeting Lisa Sattler, Sarah Wochos 
  New Business  Thor Strong 
  Next Meeting  Sarah Wochos 
     
Noon  Lunch (on your own)   
     
1:30 p.m.  Regional Activities Roundtable   
     
2:15 p.m.  Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management   
  Transportation Program Update  Judith Holm 
  Discussion of Regional Interest Areas   
         Policy Decision on Dedicated Trains   
         Policy Decision on Full-Scale Testing   
         Concept of Transportation Operations   
         Revision of DOE's Operations   
         Revision of DOE's Protocols   
          Other Issues  
     
3:30 p.m.  Break   
     
 3:45 p.m. Office of Environmental Management   
  Headquarters Update  Dennis Ashworth 
  TRANSCOM Transition Update  Casey Gadbury 
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Update  Ralph Smith 
  Fernald and Mound Shipment Update  John Sattler 
  Transportation Emergency Preparedness  Joe DiMatteo 
  Program Update   
     
5:30 p.m.  Adjourn of the Day   
     

Wednesday, May 25

 8:00 a.m.  State and Regional Stakeholders    
  Idaho MERRTT Program Kristi Moser-McIntire 
  National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Greg White
  Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Update Carlisle Smith
  Regional Group Updates Scott Field, WIEB; Christopher Wells, SSEB
     
9:15 a.m.  Utility Stakeholders   
  Big Rock Point Decommissioning  Speaker TBD 
  Update on Nuclear Management Co. Dry Storage Projects  Suzanne LeBlang
  Nuclear Energy Institute Update  Paul Genoa 
     
10:00 a.m.  A Practical Primer on Cask Testing  Earl Easton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     
10:30 a.m.  Break   
     
10:50 a.m.  New Mexico's Radiation Education and Awareness Program  Dr. Debra Thrall, University of New Mexico 
     
Noon  Lunch (on your own)   
     
1:30 p.m.  U.S. Transport Council Update  David Bennett, Tri-State Motor Transit Co. 
     
2:00 p.m.  Committee Business Session, resumed   
  Further Discussion of the Committee Work Group Activities:   
         Section 180(c)   
         Route Identification   
         Security   
         Protocols Revision   
     
3:30 p.m.  Break   
     
3:45 p.m.  Committee Business Session, continued   
         Discussion of Key Issues   
         Special Projects   
         Ideas for Fall Meeting   
         New Business   
         Review Action Items  Sarah Wochos 
     
5:00 p.m.  Meeting Adjourned   

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