[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6517-6518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3512]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces and seeks public comment on a report 
prepared by the Environmental Management Advisory Board. The Report of 
a Stakeholder Process to Develop Guiding Principles for the Formerly 
Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), Background Information 
Document, prepared by the Environmental Management Advisory Board 
Formerly Utilized Site Remedial

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Action Program Committee, will be available on February 12, 1997.

DATES: Comments should be submitted by Friday, March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: To Obtain Copies of the Report or Submit Comments to: James 
T. Melillo, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, Environmental Management Advisory Board, EM-
1, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-
4400. The Internet address is: James.M[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board. The purpose of the 
Board is to provide the Assistant Secretary for Environmental 
Management (EM) with advice and recommendations on issues confronting 
the Environmental Management program from the perspectives of affected 
groups and State and local Governments. The Board helps to improve the 
Environmental Management Program by assisting in the process of 
securing consensus recommendations, and providing the Depart ment's 
numerous publics with opportunities to express their opinions regarding 
the Environ mental Management Program including the Formerly Utilized 
Site Remedial Action Program, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770).
    The objectives of this Report currently available for comment are 
to provide risk information on FUSRAP materials and to provide 
recommended guiding principles developed by the Committee and involved 
stakeholders to assure that actions taken at FUSRAP sites are 
protective of public health and the environment and are sensitive to 
stakeholder interests.

    Issued at Washington, DC on February 7, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-3512 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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