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for the Implementation of a Dose
Standard After 10,000 Years (Open)—
NRC is proposing to amend its
regulations at 10 CFR Part 63 that
govern the disposal of high-level
radioactive wastes in a proposed
geologic repository at Yucca Mountain.
The proposed rule would implement
EPA’s proposed standards for doses that
could occur after 10,000 years but
within the period of geologic stability.
The Committee will hear a presentation
from and hold discussions with a
representative from NRC’s Office of
Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards
on the proposed revisions.
10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.:
Reasonableness of the NRC Infiltration
Assumption (Tentative) (Open)—NRC’s
proposed rule change at Part 63 also
specifies a value to be used to represent
climate change after 10,000 years, as
called for by EPA. The Committee will
hear presentations from and hold
discussions with knowledgeable subject
matter experts on the reasonableness of
NRC’s proposed infiltration assumption.
1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Public Comment
Session (Open)—The Committee will
hear presentations from and hold
discussions with interested stakeholders
on the issues discussed during the
earlier sessions. Scheduled presenters
include: Dr. Dade Moeller, Chairman of
the Board, Dade Moeller and Associates;
Dr. Thomas Tenforde, President,
National Council on Radiation
Protection; Dr. John Kessler, Manager,
Electric Power Research Institute HighLevel Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Program; and Mr. Martin Malsh, Esq.
State of Nevada.
5:30 p.m.–6 p.m.: ACNW Roundtable
Discussion (Open)—The Committee will
review the matters discussed from the
previous pubic sessions and decide
whether it intends to provide advice to
the Commission.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.: Opening
Statement (Open)—The ACNW
Chairman will make opening remarks
regarding the conduct of today’s
sessions.
8:45 a.m.–10:45 a.m.: Reactive
Transport Research (Open)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the NRC Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research staff and
its contractors and the U.S. Geological
Survey regarding work being performed
by Sandia National Laboratories on
radionuclide sorption in soils.
11 a.m.–12 noon: Preparation for
Commission Briefing on January 11,
2006 (Open)—The Committee will
review draft vu-graphs in preparation
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for the Commission Briefing on January
11, 2006.
1:30 p.m.–3 p.m.: Generalized
Composite Modeling (Open)—The
Committee will hear presentations by
and hold discussions with
representatives of the U.S. Geological
Survey and the NRC Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research regarding
demonstrations of the generalized
composite approach to the modeling of
reactive transport and insights from the
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development Nuclear Energy
Agency Sorption Project Phase 2.
3 p.m.–4 p.m.: White Paper on LowLevel Radioactive Waste (Open)—The
Committee will discuss preparation of a
White Paper on Low-Level Radioactive
Waste.
4:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.: Preparation of
ACNW Reports/Letters (Open)—The
Committee will discuss proposed
ACNW reports on matters considered
during this meeting.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
10 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Opening Remarks
by the ACNW Chairman (Open)—The
ACNW Chairman will make opening
remarks regarding the conduct of
today’s sessions.
10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Discussion of
Possible Letters (Open)—The Committee
will discuss prepared draft letters and
determine whether letters would be
written on topics discussed during the
meeting.
11:30 a.m.–12 noon: Miscellaneous
(Open)—The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of ACNW
activities, and specific issues that were
not completed during previous
meetings, as time and availability of
information permit. Discussions may
include future Committee Meetings.
Procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACNW meetings were
published in the Federal Register on
October 11, 2005 (70 FR 59081). In
accordance with these procedures, oral
or written statements may be presented
by members of the public. Electronic
recordings will be permitted only
during those portions of the meeting
that are open to the public. Persons
desiring to make oral statements should
notify Ms. Sharon A. Steele, (Telephone
301–415–6805), between 7:30 a.m. and
4 p.m. ET, as far in advance as
practicable so that appropriate
arrangements can be made to schedule
the necessary time during the meeting
for such statements. Use of still, motion
picture, and television cameras during
this meeting will be limited to selected
portions of the meeting as determined
by the ACNW Chairman. Information
regarding the time to be set aside for
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taking pictures may be obtained by
contacting the ACNW office prior to the
meeting. In view of the possibility that
the schedule for ACNW meetings may
be adjusted by the Chairman as
necessary to facilitate the conduct of the
meeting, persons planning to attend
should notify Ms. Steele as to their
particular needs.
Further information regarding topics
to be discussed, whether the meeting
has been canceled or rescheduled, the
Chairman’s ruling on requests for the
opportunity to present oral statements
and the time allotted, therefore can be
obtained by contacting Ms. Steele.
ACNW meeting agenda, meeting
transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) at pdr@nrc.gov,
or by calling the PDR at 1–800–397–
4209, or from the Publicly Available
Records System component of NRC’s
document system (ADAMS) which is
accessible from the NRC Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/ (ACRS &
ACNW Mtg schedules/agendas).
Video Teleconferencing service is
available for observing open sessions of
ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use
this service for observing ACNW
meetings should contact Mr. Theron
Brown, ACNW Audiovisual Technician
(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and
3:45 p.m. ET, at least 10 days before the
meeting to ensure the availability of this
service. Individuals or organizations
requesting this service will be
responsible for telephone line charges
and for providing the equipment and
facilities that they use to establish the
video teleconferencing link. The
availability of video teleconferencing
services is not guaranteed.
Dated: October 28, 2005.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste
Meeting on Planning and Procedures;
Notice of Meeting
The Advisory Committee on Nuclear
Waste (ACNW) will hold a Planning and
Procedures meeting on November 16,
2005, Room T–2B3, 11545 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire
meeting will be open to public
attendance, with the exception of a
portion that may be closed pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss
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organizational and personnel matters
that relate solely to internal personnel
rules and practices of ACNW, and
information the release of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
The agenda for the subject meeting
shall be as follows:
Wednesday, November 16, 2005—8
a.m.–9:30 a.m.
The Committee will discuss proposed
ACNW activities and related matters.
The purpose of this meeting is to gather
information, analyze relevant issues and
facts, and formulate proposed positions
and actions, as appropriate, for
deliberation by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to
provide oral statements and/or written
comments should notify the Designated
Federal Official, Ms. Sharon A. Steele
(Telephone: 301/415–6805) between 8
a.m. and 5:15 p.m. (ET) five days prior
to the meeting, if possible, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Electronic recordings will be permitted
only during those portions of the
meeting that are open to the public.
Further information regarding this
meeting can be obtained by contacting
the Designated Federal Official between
8:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. (ET). Persons
planning to attend this meeting are
urged to contact the above named
individual at least two working days
prior to the meeting to be advised of any
potential changes in the agenda.
Dated: October 26, 2005.
Michael L. Scott,
Branch Chief, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. E5–6088 Filed 11–2–05; 8:45 am]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Cost-Based and Interagency Billing
Rates for Medical Care or Services
Provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs
Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
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President and the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This document provides costbased and interagency billing rates for
medical care or services provided by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):
(a) In error or on tentative eligibility;
(b) In a medical emergency;
(c) To pensioners of allied nations;
(d) For research purposes in
circumstances under which VA medical
care appropriation is to be reimbursed
by VA research appropriation; and
(e) To beneficiaries of the Department
of Defense or other Federal agencies,
when the care or service provided is not
covered by an applicable sharing
agreement. The rates contained in this
notice do not apply to sharing
agreements between VA and
Department of Defense unless otherwise
stated.
In addition, until such time as charges
for outpatient dental care and
prescription drugs are implemented
under the provisions of 38 CFR 17.101,
the applicable cost-based billing rates
provided in this notice will be used for
collection or recovery by VA for
outpatient dental care and prescription
drugs provided under circumstances
covered by that section.
This notice is issued jointly by the
Office of Management and Budget and
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The rates set forth
herein are effective November 3, 2005
and until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Romona Greene, Chief Business Office
(168), Veterans Health Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20420, (202) 254–0361. (This is not a
toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA’s
medical regulations at 38 CFR 17.102(h)
set forth a methodology for computing
rates for medical care or services
provided by VA:
(a) In error or on tentative eligibility;
(b) In a medical emergency;
(c) To pensioners of allied nations;
(d) For research purposes in
circumstances under which VA medical
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care appropriation is to be reimbursed
by VA research appropriation; and
(e) To beneficiaries of the Department
of Defense or other Federal agencies,
when the care or service provided is not
covered by an applicable sharing
agreement. The rates contained in this
notice do not apply to sharing
agreements between VA and
Department of Defense unless otherwise
stated.
Two sets of rates are obtained via
application of this methodology: CostBased Rates, for use for purposes (a)
through (d), above, and Interagency
Rates, for use for purpose (e), above.
Government employee retirement
benefits and return on fixed assets are
not included in the Interagency Rates,
and the Interagency Rates are not broken
down into three components (Physician;
Ancillary; and Nursing, Room, and
Board), but in all other respects the
Interagency Rates are the same as the
Cost-Based Rates.
When medical care or service is
obtained at the expense of the
Department of Veterans Affairs from a
non-VA source under circumstances in
which the Cost-Based or Interagency
Rates would apply if the care or service
had been provided by VA, then the
charge for such care or service will be
the actual amount paid by VA for that
care or service.
Inpatient charges will be at the per
diem rates shown for the type of bed
section or discrete treatment unit
providing the care. Prescription Filled
charge in lieu of the Outpatient Visit
rate will be charged when the patient
receives no service other than the
Pharmacy outpatient service. This
charge applies whether the patient
receives the prescription in person or by
mail.
Current rates obtained via the above
methodology are as follows:
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Meeting on Planning and
Procedures; Notice of Meeting
The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) will hold a Planning
and Procedures meeting on November 16, 2005, Room T-2B3, 11545
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to
public attendance, with the exception of a portion that may be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss
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organizational and personnel matters that relate solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of ACNW, and information the release of
which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows:
Wednesday, November 16, 2005--8 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
The Committee will discuss proposed ACNW activities and related
matters. The purpose of this meeting is to gather information, analyze
relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and
actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee.
Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or
written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Ms.
Sharon A. Steele (Telephone: 301/415-6805) between 8 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.
(ET) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate
arrangements can be made. Electronic recordings will be permitted only
during those portions of the meeting that are open to the public.
Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by
contacting the Designated Federal Official between 8:30 a.m. and 5:15
p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact
the above named individual at least two working days prior to the
meeting to be advised of any potential changes in the agenda.
Dated: October 26, 2005.
Michael L. Scott,
Branch Chief, ACRS/ACNW.
[FR Doc. E5-6088 Filed 11-2-05; 8:45 am]
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