[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29261]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats


Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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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, November 6, 1997: 6 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. How plutonium moves in the natural environment at Rocky Flats. 
Scientists are currently studying this subject and hope to be able to 
provide answers about the likelihood of radioactive materials migrating 
into the community from the Rocky Flats site.
    2. Highlight the proposed decommissioning plan for the first 
plutonium-contaminated building to be taken down at Rocky Flats. The 
cleanup and demolition process for this building is scheduled to begin 
early in 1998.
    3. Administrative Business.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements 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.
    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 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 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 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 October 31, 1997.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-29261 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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