96-1197. Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management Advisory Board Renewal

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2238-2239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1197]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management 
Advisory Board Renewal

    Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463), and in accordance with title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 101-6.1015(a), and following consultation 
with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board has been renewed for a two-year period 
beginning on January 18, 1996. The Board will provide advice to the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
    The purpose of the Board is to provide the Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management with advice and recommendations on 
Environmental Management projects and issues, such as program budget, 
risk, technology development, the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, worker health and 
safety, and program cost effectiveness, from the perspective of 
affected groups and State and local governments. Consensus 
recommendations to the Department of Energy from the Board on 
programmatic nationwide resolution of numerous difficult issues will 
help achieve the Department's objective of an integrated environmental 
restoration program.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Environmental Management Advisory 
Board has been determined to be essential to the conduct of Department 
of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with 
the performance of duties imposed on the Department of Energy by law 
and agreement. The Board will operate in accordance with the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

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Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), and rules and 
regulations issued in implementation of those Acts.

    Further information regarding this Advisory Board may be obtained 
from Rachel Murphy Samuel at [phone].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 18, 1996.

JoAnne Whitman,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96-1197 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]

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