2025-00528. Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

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Department of Energy

AGENCY:

Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a hybrid meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register .

DATES:

Wednesday, February 12, 2025; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. PST.

Thursday, February 13, 2025; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. PST.

ADDRESSES:

The Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 4525 Convention Place, Pasco, Washington 99301. This hybrid meeting will be held in-person at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites and virtually. To receive the virtual access information and call-in number, please contact the Designated Federal Officer, Kelly Snyder, at the telephone number or email listed below at least five days prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly Snyder, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management; Phone: [phone]; or Email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on any EM program components.

Tentative Agenda:

○ Consideration of Draft Advice:

Fiscal Year 2027 Cleanup Priorities

○ Tri-Party Agreement Agencies' Updates

○ Board Business

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The EM SSAB, Hanford, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Kelly Snyder at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the telephone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or within five business days after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Kelly Snyder. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments.

Minutes: Minutes will be available at the following website: https://www.hanford.gov/​page.cfm/​hab/​FullBoardMeetingInformation.

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on ( print page 3200) January 7, 2025, by David Borak, Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register .

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2025.

Jennifer Hartzell,

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.