[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9485-9486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4843]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental
Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). 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: Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 8 a.m.--6 p.m.; Wednesday, March 17,
1999, 8 a.m.--5 p.m.
There will be public comment sessions following presentations on
Tuesday, March 16, 1999 from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday,
March 17, 1999, from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Additional time may be made
available for public comment during the presentations. These times are
subject to change as the meeting progresses, depending on the extent of
comment offered. Please check with the meeting facilitator to confirm
these times.
ADDRESSES: The Miles & Virginia Willard Fine Arts Center, 498 A Street,
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Green Lowe, INEEL Board
Facilitator, Jason Associates Corp. (208-522-1662) or vist the Board's
Internet homepage at http://www.ida.net/users/cab. You may also contact
Mr. Charles Rice, INEEL Board Chair, c/o Jason Associates Corporation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board
The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE and its
regulators in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management,
and related activities.
Tentative Agenda: The EM SSAB, INEEL will receive presentations on
contamination at the Power Burst Facility/Auxiliary Reactor Area (Waste
Area Group 5), the results of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility
Study, and a review of the Proposed Plan; the implications to INEEL
resulting from the Nevada Test Site Plutonium Migration Report; cost
estimating for remediation at INEEL and how costs are presented in
proposed plans; and laboratory directed research and development and
the University Research Consortium. Discussions will be held on the
DOE-Idaho management transition including the introduction of Acting
Manager, Warren Bergholz; the Millenium Grant and DOE-Idaho's options
for using it for the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, and the strategy
for pursuing development of a space port in Idaho. Status reports will
be given on the High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition
Environmental Impact Statement; the Advanced Mixed-Waste Treatment
Project; Pit 9 and Waste Area Group 7 (Radioactive Waste Mangement
Complex); the recently discovered inadvertent destruction of records;
and the recent Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement. The INEEL Board will finalize its recommendation on DOE-
Idaho's planned Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request. For a most current
copy of the agenda, contact Woody Russell, DOE-Idaho, (208) 526-0561,
or Wendy Green Lowe, Jacon Associates Corp., (208) 522-1662. Agenda
topics may change up to the day of the meeting. Please contact Jason
Associates for the most current agenda or visit the board's Internet
site. The final agenda will be available at the meeting.
Public Participation
The two-day meeting is open to the public, with public comment
sessions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16 and 17, 1999.
The Board will be available during these time periods to hear verbal
public comments or to review any written public comments. If there are
members of the public wishing to comment or no written comments to
review, the board will continue with its current discussion. Written
statements may be filed with the Committee either before or after the
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to
agenda items should contact the INEEL Information line or Wendy Green
Lowe, Jason Associates Corp., at the addresses or telephone numbers
listed above. Requests must be received 5 days prior to the meeting and
reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the
agenda. Gerald Bowman, the Designated Federal Officer and Assistant
Manager for Laboratory Development, 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
5 minutes to present their comments.
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
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a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal holidays. Minutes will
also be available by writing to Charles M. Rice, INEEL Citizens'
Advisory Board Chair, 477 Shoup Ave., Suite 205, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83402 or by calling Wendy Green Lowe, the Board Facilitator, at (208)
522-1662.
Issued at Washington, DC on February 22, 1999.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-4843 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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