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Agenda for the 2022 National State Liaison Officers Conference

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
ALL TIMES LISTED IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME	TOPIC
12:00 - 12:10 pm	Welcome Kevin Williams, Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs (MSST), NRC Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
12:10 – 12:15 pm	Agenda, Logistics Jeff Lynch, Project Manager, MSST/NMSS
12:15 – 12:45 pm	Reactor Vessel Embrittlement Introduction and Moderator Duncan White, Senior Health Physicist, NMSS Speaker David Rudland, Senior Level Advisor for Nuclear Power Plant Materials, NRR
12:45 – 1:45 pm	States ONLY Breakout Session [Separate Link provided by Jeff Semancik (State of Connecticut) for this session] Introduction Doug Tifft, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region I
1:45 – 1:55 pm	Break
1:55 – 2:00 pm	State ONLY Breakout Session – Report Back Moderator Doug Tifft, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region I
2:00 – 3:00 pm	Overcoming the Curse of Knowledge to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges Introduction and Moderator John Pelchat, Regional Government Liaison Officer, NRC Region II Speaker: Patrick Sheehan, Director, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Address by NRC Chairman Christopher T. Hanson Introduction and Moderator John Pelchat, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region II Remarks by Christopher T. Hanson The Honorable Christopher T. Hanson, Chairman, NRC
3:30 – 4:00 pm	State ONLY Breakout Session Report Back Carryover (if necessary) Moderator Doug Tifft, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region I

Wednesday, March 23, 2022
12:00 – 12:05 pm	Welcome Back and Agenda Jeff Lynch, Project Manager, NMSS
12:05 – 1:00 pm	Regional Administrators Panel Introduction and Moderator: Allan Barker, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region III Speakers David Lew, Regional Administrator, NRC Region I Laura Dudes, Regional Administrator, NRC Region II Jack Giessner, Regional Administrator, NRC Region III Scott Morris, Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV
1:00 – 1:45 pm	Updates on Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities and Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Readiness Introduction and Moderator Ryan Alexander, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region IV Speakers Jose Cuadrado, Project Manager, NMSS James Rubenstone, Branch Chief, NMSS
1:45 – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 – 3:00 pm	North Carolina Transportation Event Introduction and Moderator John Pelchat, Regional Government Liaison Officer, NRC Region II Speakers Travis Cartoski, North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services Cole Owen, North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety TBD, North Carolina Regional Response Team TBD, North Carolina Highway Patrol
3:00 – 3:20 pm	Decommissioning Rulemaking Introduction and Moderator Doug Tifft, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region I Speaker Dan Doyle, Senior Rulemaking Project Manager, NMSS
3:20 - 3:40 pm	Petition for Rulemaking 50.72 (Non-Emergency Event Reporting) Introduction and Moderator Doug Tifft, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region I Speaker George Tartal, Senior Project Manager, NMSS
3:40 – 4:00 pm	Congressional Affairs Discussion Introduction and Moderator Allan Barker, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region III Speaker Carolyn Wolf, Congressional Affairs Officer, NRC Office of Congressional Affairs

Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:00 – 12:05 pm	Welcome Back and Agenda Jeff Lynch, Project Manager, NMSS
12:05 – 12:30 pm	FEMA Disaster Initiated Review - Lessons Learned from Hurricane Ida Introduction and Moderator Ryan Alexander, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region IV Speaker Edith “Nan” Williams, Policy Section Chief, Technological Hazards Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency
12:30 – 1:00 pm	NMSS’ Inspection Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations Moving Forward Introduction and Moderator Duncan White, Senior Health Physicist, NMSS Speaker Leira Cuadrado, Senior Project Manager, NMSS
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Iowa Lessons Learned from the 2020 Derecho Event Introduction and Moderator Allan Barker, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region III Speaker Angela Leek, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Radiological Health, Iowa Department of Public Health
2:00 – 2:10 pm	Break
2:10 – 3:00 pm	Advanced Reactor Application and Part 53 Rulemaking Introduction and Moderator Ryan Alexander, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region IV Speaker Jordan Hoellman, Sr. Project Manager, NMSS
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Address by NRC Commissioner David A. Wright Introduction and Moderator Ryan Alexander, Regional State Liaison Officer, NRC Region IV Remarks by David A. Wright The Honorable David A. Wright, Commissioner, NRC
3:30 – 3:45 pm	Meeting Wrap-Up/Hotwash & Feedback Moderator Jeff Lynch, Project Manager, NMSS

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