2023-18046. Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada

AGENCY:

Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

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

DATES:

Wednesday, September 20, 2023; 4:00 p.m.–8:20 p.m. PDT.

The opportunity for public comment is at 4:10 p.m. PDT.

This time is subject to change; please contact the Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board (NSSAB) Administrator (below) for confirmation of time prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES:

This meeting will be open to the public in-person at the Molasky Corporate Center (address below) or virtually via Microsoft Teams. To attend virtually, please contact Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, by email [e-mail] or phone [phone], no later than 4:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, September 18, 2023.

Molasky Corporate Center, 15th Floor Conference Room, 100 North City Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, by phone: [phone] or email: [e-mail] or visit the Board's internet homepage at www.nnss.gov/​NSSAB/​.

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:

1. Follow-up to a EM Work Plan Presentation

2. Public Comment Period

3. Update from Deputy Designated Federal Officer

4. Updates from NSSAB Liaisons

5. Updates on Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order

6. Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan Development

7. Election of Officers for Fiscal Year 2024

Public Participation: The in-person/online virtual hybrid meeting is open to the public either in-person at the Molasky Corporate Center or via Microsoft Teams. To sign-up for public comment, please contact the NSSAB Administrator (above) no later than 4:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, September 18, 2023. In addition to participation in the live public comment session identified above, written statements may be filed with the Board either before or within seven days after the meeting by sending them to the NSSAB Administrator at the aforementioned email address. Written public comment received prior to the meeting will be read into the record. 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 comments can do so in 2-minute segments for the 15 minutes allotted for public comments.

Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, U.S. Department of Energy, EM Nevada Program, 100 North City Parkway, Suite 1750, Las Vegas, NV 89106; Phone: [phone]. Minutes will also be available at the following website: http://www.nnss.gov/​nssab/​pages/​MM_​FY23.html.

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2023.

LaTanya Butler,

Deputy Committee Management Officer.