NRC: News Release - 2003-081 - NRC to Hold Meeting on Public Involvement Issues In Rockville, Maryland, on July 22

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No. 03-081

June 16, 2003

NRC TO HOLD MEETING ON PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ISSUES
IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, ON JULY 22
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is holding a meeting in Rockville, Md., on July 22 to discuss ways of improving the exchange of information with the public. The meeting is designed to provide a forum to obtain, as well as share, more detail on issues of concern identified by the agency’s stakeholders and to discuss possible solutions.

The meeting, which will be held in Room 14-B8 of the agency’s One White Flint North building, begins at 8:30 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 12:15 p.m.

Among the topics to be discussed are the availability of agency information, the development of a centralized electronic site listing all issues on which the NRC has requested public comment, and suggestions on how the NRC can better demonstrate its evaluation of public comments once it reaches a decision.

A complete agenda for the meeting is attached. For more information, please contact Chip Cameron at 301-415-1642, or via e-mail, FXC@nrc.gov.

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ISSUES MEETING

8:30 a.m.	Meeting Objectives

8:45 a.m.	Availability of Information
	--	Timely entry of incoming correspondence into the Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)
	--	Timely entry of completed NRC documents into ADAMS.
	--	More effective use of electronic distribution of documents to the public.

10:00 a.m.	Break

10:15 a.m.	Development of an NRC staff contact list on various activities.

10:45 a.m.	Development of a centralized electronic site listing all issues on which NRC has requested public comment, with dates and contacts.

11:15 a.m.	Suggestions as to how the NRC can better demonstrate its evaluation of public comments in reaching a decision.

11:45 a.m.	Comments on NRC’s revised policy on public meetings.

12:15 p.m.	Adjournment