7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Phillips Ballroom
COMMITTEE BUSINESS SESSION
8:00 a.m.	Welcome Rep. John Heaton, New Mexico, Chair Linda Sikkema, Program Director, NCSL
8:05 a.m.	Overview of the National Energy Picture and Need for a National Energy Plan Rep. John Heaton, New Mexico, Chair Linda Sikkema, National Conference of State Legislatures
8:45 a.m.	Nuclear Industry Perspective on the National Repository Program, Update on Private Fuel Storage and Overview of Utility Lawsuits Making Claims for DOE Non-Performance Steve Kraft, Nuclear Energy Institute
9:15 a.m.	Overview of Centralized Interim Storage and Reprocessing Provisions before Congress Linda Sikkema, Program Director, NCSL
9:30 a.m.	Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Background, Overview and Costs Steve Kraft, Nuclear Energy Institute
10:00 a.m.	Review of NCSL's Energy and Radioactive Waste Policies Linda Sikkema, National Conference of State Legislatures
10:15 a.m.	Project Update Waste Management Conference Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Meeting Transportation External Coordination Working Group Topic Group Activities: Section 180(c) Route Identification Security Rail Tribal Issues Regional Groups Meetings: Council of State Governments Midwest Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference Western Interstate Energy Board Southern States Energy Board
11:00 a.m.	New Business Creation of Executive Committee for the Working Group
11:30 a.m.	Plan Next Meeting
11:45 - 12:45 p.m.	Lunch Freer Suite
1:00 p.m.	Welcome Linda Sikkema, Program Director, NCSL Rep. John Heaton, New Mexico, Chair Paul Golan, Deputy Director, Office of Strategic and Program Development, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. DOE
1:25 p.m.	Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Update Judith Holm, Director, Operations Development Division, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. DOE
2:05 p.m.	Update on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Rulemaking on Yucca Mountain Radiation Standard Betsy Forinash, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2:20 p.m.	Update on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Activities including the Yucca Mountain Licensing Process/Safety Review William Reamer, Director, Division of High Level Waste Repository Safety Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Overview of Spent Fuel Transportation Cask Design and Certification Earl Easton, Spent Fuel Project Office, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
3:30 p.m.	Lessons Learned from WIPP Shipments William Mackie, Western Governors Association
4:00 p.m.	Federal Railroad Administration Update Kevin Blackwell, Federal Railroad Administration
4:30 p.m.	Commercial Safety Vehicle Alliance Update Larry Stern, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn of the day Group Dinner

Wednesday, June 29, 2005