[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45052-45053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22670]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky
Flats
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the
following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site-
Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats.
DATES: Thursday, September 3, 1998, 6:00 p.m.--9:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Westminster City Hall, Lower-level Multi-purpose Room, 4800
West 92nd Avenue, Westminster, CO.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Korkia, Board/Staff Coordinator,
EM SSAB-Rocky Flats, 9035 North Wadsworth Parkway, Suite 2250,
Westminster, CO 80021, phone: (303) 420-7855, fax: (303) 420-7579.
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
1. The Board will accept input and prepare its first draft of the
1999 Work Plan, to be finalized and approved at a retreat in September.
2. The Board will consider a draft letter to the new Secretary of
Energy regarding medical benefits for retired/disabled Rocky Flats
workers, which emphasizes the importance of separating funding for
retiree benefits from cleanup funding, and asks DOE to ensure the
continuation of this funding once sites begin to close.
3. The Board will review prepared comments on the draft Surplus
Plutonium Disposition Environmental Impact Statement.
4. The Board will consider forwarding a list of questions to DOE-
RFFO, regarding Rocky Flats' preparedness for potential computer
problems caused by the changing century. This list of questions was
prepared by a local interest group working on the Year 2000 (Y2K)
issue.
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written
statements
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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 Ken Korkia at the address or telephone number 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. The Designated Federal Official 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 at the
beginning of the meeting. This notice is being published less than 15
days in advance of the meeting due to programmatic issues that needed
to be resolved prior to publication.
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 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal
holidays. Minutes will also be available at the Public Reading Room
located at the Board's office at 9035 North Wadsworth Parkway, Suite
2250, Westminster, CO 80021; telephone (303) 420-7855. Hours of
operation for the Public Reading Room are 9:00 am and 4:00 pm on Monday
through Friday. Minutes will also be made available by writing or
calling Deb Thompson at the Board's office address or telephone number
listed above.
Issued at Washington, DC on August 19, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-22670 Filed 8-21-98; 8:45 am]
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