[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50060-50061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19614]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The annual public meeting of the Federal Interagency Steering
Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM) will convene to
discuss new operational initiatives for FY 2009 among the participating
agencies. The meeting is open to the public and all interested parties
may attend.
DATES: September 3, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White Flint North
Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries and notice of intent to
attend the meeting may be faxed or e-mailed to: Ken Rojas, ISCMEM
Chair, Information Technology Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
2150 Centre Ave., Bldg D, Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO, 80526-8121, Tel
970-492-7326, Fax 970-492-7315, e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background:
Eight Federal agencies have been cooperating under a new Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) on the research and development of multimedia
environmental models for the past year. The new MOU continues a
previous 5 year effort that began in 2001 and establishes a framework
facilitating cooperation and coordination among the following agencies
(the specific research organization within the agency is in
parentheses): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Engineer Research and
Development Center); U.S. Department of Agriculture (Natural Resources
Conservation Service); U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Biological
and Environmental Research); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S.
Geological Survey; U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmosphere
Administration; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research); and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. These agencies
are cooperating and coordinating in the research and development of
multimedia environmental models, software and related databases,
including development, enhancements, applications and assessments of
site specific, generic, and process-oriented multimedia environmental
models as they pertain to human and environmental health risk
assessment. Multimedia model development and simulation supports
interagency interests in risk assessment, uncertainty analyses, water
supply issues and contaminant transport.
Purpose of the Public Meeting: The annual public meeting provides
an opportunity for the scientific community, other Federal and State
agencies, and the public to be briefed on ISCMEM activities and their
initiatives for the upcoming year, and to discuss technological
advancements in multimedia environmental modeling.
Proposed Agenda: The ISCMEM Chair will open the meeting with a
brief overview of the goals of the MOU and an update on current
activities of ISCMEM. This introduction will be followed by a series of
invited presentations throughout the morning focusing on topics of
mutual interest to ISCMEM participants. A detailed agenda with
presentation titles and speakers will be posted on the MOU public Web
site: http://iscmem.sc.egov.usda.gov/.
Meeting Access: The auditorium of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Headquarters building at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
is across the street from the White Flint Metro stop. The most
convenient transportation to the meeting venue is via Metro since there
is extremely limited on-street parking. Please take Metro to the White
Flint Metro stop on the Red Line. Please allow time to register with
building security and to check with the entry guard station for signs
for the ISCMEM public meeting room as you enter the building.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William R. Ott,
Chief, Environmental Transport Branch, Division of Risk Analysis,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-19614 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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