USTC Summit V Agenda

	Meeting Participants Bios UNITED STATES TRANSPORT COUNCIL *www.ustransportcouncil.org* FINAL PROGRAM NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT V STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: EMERGING CAMPAIGNS AND ISSUES FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS COMMERCE APRIL 24-26 WASHINGTON DC SOFITEL LAFAYETTE SQUARE 806 15^TH STREET, N.W. (15^TH & H Streets) WASHINGTON, DC Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:30 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. USTC Distinguished Leadership Award Dinner Paris Ballroom The Honorable Senator Pete V. Domenici United States Senate & Committee on Energy and Natural Resources By Invitation: Contact Elizabeth DeMoss at 202.332.8155 or ebdemoss@ustransportcouncil.org Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Welcome & Morning Keynotes: Welcome Gene Gleason Chairman, USTC & Vice President, MHF Logistical Solutions U.S. Department of Energy – OCRWM Perspective The Honorable Edward F. Sproat, III - (Ward) Director Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Special Address: Structure for Success Henry B. Barron – (Brew) Chief Nuclear Officer Duke Energy Corporation* * Also included is a link to Mr. Barron's speech at NEI Conference in Budapest entitled "New Nuclear Generation and U.S. Fuel Cycle Policy" 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Emerging Campaign: Yucca Mountain Transportation: Moderator Louis Johnson General Atomics Transport Aging Disposal (TAD System Update) Christopher A. Kouts Director OCRWM Office of Waste Acceptance National Transportation Plan Development Gary Lanthrum Director OCRWM Office of Logistics Management 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Regulatory Roundtable: Moderator: Cavanaugh Mims Visionary Solutions William Brach Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Spent Fuel Project Office Kevin R. Blackwell Office of Safety Assurance & Compliance Hazardous Materials Division Federal Railroad Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. SPECIAL REPORT: DOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS AND SAFETY INITIATIVES Dennis J. Ashworth Director, Office of Transportation U.S. Department of Energy 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Keynote: Presentation of the USTC Special Achievement Award Introduction: Jack Edlow Edlow International Company *Award Recipient:* The Honorable Jeffrey Merrifield Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2:00 p.m. Emerging Issues: State of the Industry: Moderator David Blee United States Transport Council Going the Distance – One Year Later Joseph Morris Senior Program Officer Transportation Research Board The National Academies Rail Standard for Spent Fuel Ruben D. Peña B. Deputy Director Transportation Technology Center, Inc. Government v. Private Sector Paradigms Daniel V. Flanagan Principal American Infrastructure Fund 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Keynote: Introduction David Bennett Tri-State Motor Transit Company National Nuclear Security Administration Perspective The Honorable William H. Tobey Deputy Administrator For Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation National Nuclear Security Administration U.S. Department of Energy 6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Reception Sofitel Lafayette Square 806 15^TH Street, N.W (15^TH & H Streets) Washington, D.C. Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:00 a.m. GNEP Update: Introduction Ted Garrish CH2M Hill & Former Acting Director - OCRWM The Honorable Dennis Spurgeon Acting Under Secretary of Energy & Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy U.S. Department of Energy 10:00 a.m. View from the U.S. Department of Transportation: Richard W. Boyle – (Rick) U.S. Competent Authority Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 10:30 a.m. GNEP Transportation Roundtable: Moderator Charles W. Pennington NAC International Dr. Francis Slakey, Ph.D. Associate Director of Public Affairs American Physical Society APS Report - Consolidated Interim Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Robert Quinn Energy Solutions Mr. Frederic Bailly AREVA 12:00 noon Adjournment