Welcome to the CSG Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee Update. Below are links and summaries of several important happenings from the last few weeks. Please don't hesitate to contact Lisa (920/458-5910) or Sarah (630/925-1922) with any questions or concerns about any of these issues.

Final Update on Jefferson City Meeting

Everything is in place for the committee's spring meeting in Jefferson City on June 27-28. Briefing packets will go out later this week to all attendees. Please make sure to bring the packet with you because we'll have only limited copies available at the meeting.

Meeting attendees have the option of participating in two optional activities. The first is a group outing for dinner on Tuesday, June 26, from 6:30-8:30. We'll be dining at the Summit Lake Winery across the river from Jefferson City. Each individual will be responsible for his or her own costs.

The second activity is a tour of the capitol building on Wednesday, June 27, from 6-7 p.m. There is no cost for the tour.

If you would like to attend either or both events, please call or e-mail Lisa Janairo by the end of this week.

Click here for an updated agenda, preliminary participant list and other information.

Click here for information on the Summit Lake Winery.

TEC/WG Comes to the Midwest

Kansas City will be the site of the next meeting of DOE's Transportation External Coordination Working Group (TEC/WG). The meeting will take place on July 24-25, with an optional tour of the Union Pacific rail yard on July 26. One highlight of the meeting will be a session featuring statements from and Q&A for Ward Sproat, director of DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), and James Rispoli, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM). Attendees will also participate in breakout sessions to discuss OCRWM's national transportation plan and EM's upcoming shipping campaigns. In addition, four of the topic groups will meet in Kansas City. OCRWM's Corinne Macaluso will give a briefing on the proposed policy and procedures for implementing Section 180(c), provided the program has published its Federal Register notice before the meeting. The tour and the greater balance between EM and OCRWM topics are among the improvements DOE made to the draft agenda in response to feedback from the regional groups in the Midwest, West, and Northeast.

Committee members who serve on the topic groups will be reimbursed for their travel expenses if they choose to attend the TEC/WG meeting. In addition, states that receive WIPP funding can use that funding to cover their time and travel. CSG Midwest might be able to reimburse the travel expenses for other committee members. If anyone is interested in attending but does not have funding available, please contact Lisa Janairo.

Click here see the draft agenda.

Click here to see the Midwest and other regional groups' recent letter on TEC/WG meeting content.

Help Schedule the Fall Committee Meeting

As our spring meeting nears, it is time once again for the commitee to think about scheduling the fall meeting. Last week Sarah sent out an email to committee members asking for potential open meeting dates in the October - December timeframe. If you have not already done so, please fill out the form below and fax it back to Sarah (630-925-1930) or click on the link to an online survey. Please do one or the other before June 21st. We will discuss the results and schedule the fall meeting while in Jefferson City. Please note that this request is for committee members only.

PDF calendar to fax back to Sarah.

Online survey.

Thanks for reading! Look for the next issue in two weeks!

Sincerely,
Lisa Janairo and Sarah Wochos
Committee Staff