The Facility Review Committee (FRC), created under the terms of the contract between the Commission and USE, is an advisory body to the Commission regarding the project's progress and funding requirements.
The FRC meets in the Commission office in Lincoln, Nebraska, on a quarterly basis to review USE's Quarterly Funding Requests.
The FRC reviews the project schedules and time lines, the scope and tasks of the project, the anticipated and projected costs related to the project, and other reasonable and related matters. Recommendations of the FRC are forwarded to the Commission for action at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting.
Voting members of the FRC include the Host State (Nebraska) Commissioner, a representative appointed by and from the Village of Butte (Host Community), the Chairman of the Commission, and a representative of the Major Generators of LLRW from the five Compact states. USE is currently a non-voting member.
The FRC met on August 21, 1996, and recommended approval of the Quarterly Funding Request of USE. The next meeting was November 20, 1996, during which discussion was held regarding review of options and alternatives for the Mid-Year Meeting of the Commission. It was suggested by the FRC that there be a round-table discussion of options and alternatives and that this discussion would include representatives of the Commission, USE, the Major Generators, and the Host State. The FRC recommended approval of the USE 1997 Pre-Construction Work Plan based on the Commission schedule adopted on September 30, 1996, and that any and all references to a Host State schedule or projected dates be deleted from the 1997 Pre-Construction Work Plan. The Quarterly Funding Request was also approved by the FRC.
Meeting on February 19, 1997, the FRC recommended approval of the Quarterly Funding Request of USE with the contingency that design and engineering funds not be spent until receipt of the draft licensing documents from the Host State and the staff review of corporate overhead hours. On May 21, 1997, the FRC recommended approval of the Quarterly Funding Request with the same contingency as was noted at their February 19th meeting.