05-8678. 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 (EMSSAB), Fernald. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES:

Saturday, May 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Ross Township Firehouse, 2565 Cincinnati-Brookville Road, Ross Township, Ohio 45061.

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

8:30 a.m. Call to Order

8:35 a.m. Updates and Announcements

—Projects Updates

—Ex-Officio Updates

—Silos Projects Status

—Site Transition Update

9:15 a.m. Review Legacy Management and Institutional Controls Plan

10 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Public Participation during Site Transition

11 a.m. Educators' Roundtable Debrief

11:20 a.m. Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs' Meeting Debrief

11:40 a.m. Review Fernald Citizens' Advisory Board Meeting Schedule

11:50 a.m. Public Comment

12 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 provisions will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 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 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 Department of Energy's 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 April 27, 2005.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.