The Tribal Caucus met on Monday, June 6, 2016, as part of the broader National Transportation Stakeholders Forum (NTSF) Annual Meeting, which was held June 7-9, 2016, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, in Orlando, Fla. The Tribal Caucus met for a full day on June 6 and the NTSF met for three full days from June 7-9.
Tribal Executive Session
Welcome and Introductions
Richard Arnold, Pahrump Paiute Tribe
Ronald Johnson, Prairie Island Indian Community
Consent-based Siting Briefing and Comment Period
John Kotek, Acting Assistant Secretary, DOE-Office of Nuclear Energy
Facilitated discussion by Chip Cameron, The Zero Gravity Group LLC
Discussion of Other Issues with DOE-Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
An overview of the DOE-NE’s current consent-based siting efforts was provided followed by an open conversation with the group.
John Kotek, Acting Assistant Secretary, DOE-Office of Nuclear Energy
Facilitated by Chip Cameron from The Zero Gravity Group LLC
Updates from DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Frank Marcinowski, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
Albert Petrasek and Michael Wangler, DOE-EM
Updates from the Office of Legacy Management (LM)
General updates on LM activities, with a specific focus on uranium mining were presented.
William Dam, DOE-LM | Presentation
Tony Carter, DOE-LM
Updates from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Updates were provided to the group on NRC’s recent activities and inform members of the importance of the Advanced Notification training offered Thursday, June 9th as part of the NTSF Annual Meeting.
Stuart Easson, NRC
Updates from Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
An overview of tribal jurisdiction and authority to stop shipments of nuclear waste.
Kevin Blackwell, FRA | Presentations
Tribal Caucus Updates from Recently Attended Meetings
NTSF Core Group meeting
Recent site visits
Tribal Executive Session