Wednesday, September 5

Travel Day

Thursday, September 6  (Corcoran Room, Hotel Palomar)

7:30 a.m.         Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.         Welcome
                        Representative John Heaton, Chair; New Mexico House of Representatives 
                        Linda Sikkema, Group Director, Environment, Energy and Transportation; National Conference of State Legislatures

8:15 a.m.         Introduction to the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM)
                        Ward Sproat, Director; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

8:30 a.m.         Radioactive Waste 101
                        Melissa Savage, Program Director, Environment, Energy and Transportation; NCSL
                        Christina Nelson, Senior Policy Specialist, Environment, Energy and Transportation; NCSL
                        Cloyce Brackett, Policy Analyst, Nuclear Programs; Southern States Energy Board

• Mission/History of NCSL's High-Level Radioactive Waste Working Group
• General overview of Nuclear Waste Issues (New web-based tool for legislators!)

9:15 a.m.         National Transportation Plan, OCRWM Update
                       Alex Thrower, Senior Policy and Technical Advisor; U.S. DOE-OCRWM

10:00 a.m.       Break

10:15 a.m.       180(c) Emergency Preparedness Funding for States along Transportation Corridor
                        Corinne Macaluso, TEC Coordinator, Office of Logistics Management, U.S. DOE-OCRWM

• Federal Register Notice (eligibility and grant funding formula for states)
• Deadline for state comments

11:00 a.m.       Legislator Roundtable Discussion

• Review of the NCSL Energy Summit - Kate Marks, Energy Program Manager; NCSL
• What is going on in your state?  Legislators to discuss nuclear-related events/legislation from around the country.

12:00 p.m.       Lunch

1:00 p.m.         Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Update
                        Earl Easton, Senior Level Advisor for Transportation; Spent Fuel Project Office, U.S. NRC

2:00 p.m.         Industry Report from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
                        Marshall Cohen, Senior Director, Legislative Programs; Nuclear Energy Institute
                        Everett Redmund and Rod McCollum, NEI

3:15 p.m.         Break

3:30 p.m.         Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel Panel:  What is it?  Who uses it?  Benefits and Drawbacks
                        Buzz Savage, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle Management; DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
                        Dr. Alan S. Hanson, Executive Vice President-Technology and Used Fuel Management; AREVA NC Inc.
                        Dr. Thomas B. Cochran, Director, Nuclear Programs; Natural Resources Defense Council

5:00 p.m.         3-year HLWWG Work Plan
                        Christina Nelson, NCSL

• Issue priorities identified by the Executive Committee
• Work products
• Outreach to State Regional Groups; Meetings
• NCSL policies related to Radioactive Waste

5:15 p.m.         Action Items
                        Rep. John Heaton
                        Linda Sikkema/Melissa Savage/Christina Nelson, NCSL 

• Action items from meeting, schedule for resolution
• Potential locations/dates for next HLWWG meeting

5:30 p.m.         Adjourn