04-2804. Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Fernald

AGENCY:

Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Fernald. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES:

Wednesday, February 18, 2004; 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Fernald Closure Project Site, 7400 Willey Road, Trailer 214, Hamilton, OH 45013-9402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doug Sarno, The Perspectives Group, Inc., 1055 North Fairfax Street, Suite 204, Alexandria, VA 22314, at [phone], or e-mail; [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

6 p.m.—Call to Order

6-6:30 p.m.—Chair's Remarks, Ex Officio Announcements and Updates

6:30-8:15 p.m.—Discuss Groundwater Treatment Alternatives

—Review Options Presented in January

—Evaluate and Compare Options

—Discuss Other Potential Alternatives

8:15-8:45 p.m.—Update on Stewardship Issues

—Request for Recommendation on Artifacts and Photographic Resources

—Use of Existing Buildings for Education Facility

—8:45-9 p.m.—Public Comment

—9 p.m. Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board chair either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact the Board chair at the address or telephone number listed below. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer, Gary Stegner, Public Affairs Office, Ohio Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Each individual wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. This Federal Register notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting date due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved prior to the meeting date.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to the Fernald Citizens' Advisory Board, Phoenix Environmental Corporation, MS-76, Post Office Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 43253-8704, or by calling the Advisory Board at [phone].

Issued at Washington, DC on February 5, 2004.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.