[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27062]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of an Open Teleconference of the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of 
the following advisory committee teleconference of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board. The purpose of the teleconference is to discuss 
whether to approve a letter report dated September 26, 1996, from the 
Task Force on the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Implications of 
Fissile Materials Disposition Alternatives to the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board.
    Date and Time: Monday, November 4, 1996 5:00 PM-6:00 PM EDT.
    Place: Participation by calling (202) 287-1373 at 5:00 PM, EDT, on 
November 4, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Bornfleth, Program Analyst, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4040.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In early 1996, the Secretary of Energy 
directed the Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation to conduct a 
Nonproliferation and Arms Control Assessment of the Weapons-Usable 
Fissile Material Storage and Plutonium Disposition Alternatives 
addressed in the Materials Disposition Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement. This Assessment will help form the basis for a Record 
of Decision as to how the United States will store and dispose of 
materials that can be used in nuclear weapons. In order to ensure that 
the widest possible range of technical and policy factors are addressed 
fully in the final version of the Assessment, the Secretary directed 
the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board to form a Task Force, a 
temporary subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, to 
review the draft Assessment. On September 26, 1996, the Task Force 
transmitted a letter report to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 
for review.
    Public Participation: During its teleconference on November 4, 
1996, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT, the Secretary of Energy Advisory 
Board welcomes public comment. Teleconference lines will be assigned on 
a first come basis. Members of the public can participate in the 
discussion, and the Board will make every effort to hear the views of 
all interested parties. Members of the public who wish to make a brief 
oral presentation at the teleconference should contact Bruce Bornfleth 
no later than October 30, 1996 in order to have time reserved on the 
agenda. In general, each individual or group making an oral 
presentation will be limited to a total time of three minutes. Written 
comments may be submitted to David Cheney, Executive Director (Acting), 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585.
    Copies of the September 26, 1996, Task Force Letter Report, and the 
Department's Draft Nonproliferation and Arms Control Assessment of 
Weapons-Usable Fissile Material Storage and Plutonium Disposition 
Alternatives can be obtained by contacting the Office of the Secretary 
of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 
D.C. 20585, (202) 586-6279, or can be found on the Internet under the 
corresponding Task Force of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's 
home page at: HTTP://WWW.DOE.GOV/SEAB/SEAB.HTML. In addition, public 
meetings conducted by the Department of Energy's Office of Arms Control 
and Nonproliferation on the Draft Assessment will be held at ten 
locations nationwide October 28-November 8, 1996 (61 FR 51093).
    Any member of the public wishing further information, such as a 
proposed agenda on the meeting, should contact Bruce Bornfleth, Program 
Analyst; Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20585 or via the Internet at 
[email protected]. This Federal Notice is being published less 
than 15 calendar days prior to the teleconference date because the 
Secretary's decision on the Department's preferred options for the 
disposal of excess weapons-usable fissile material has been scheduled 
on an earlier date than originally anticipated.
    Minutes: Minutes of the teleconference will be available for public 
review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting at the 
Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal Building, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 
PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on October 17, 1996.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27062 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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