[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3724-3725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1809]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management 
Advisory Board Renewal

    Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463), and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 101-6.1015(a), and following consultation 
with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board has been renewed for a two-year period 
beginning on January 17, 1998. The Board will provide advice to the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
    The purpose of the Board is to provide the Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management with advice and recommendations on 
Environmental Management projects and issues, such as program budget, 
strategic planning, risk, technology development, the National 
Environmental Policy Act, long-term nuclear stewardship, science 
initiatives, worker health and safety, and program cost effectiveness, 
from the perspective of affected groups and State Tribal, and local 
governments. Consensus recommendations to the Department of Energy from 
the Board on programmatic nationwide resolution of numerous difficult 
issues will help achieve the Department's objective of an integrated 
environmental restoration program.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Environmental Management Advisory 
Board has been determined to be essential to the conduct of Department 
of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with 
the performance of duties imposed on the Department of Energy by law. 
The Board will operate in accordance with the

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provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), and rules and regulations 
issued in implementation of those Acts.
    Further information regarding this Advisory Board may be obtained 
from Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 1998.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-1809 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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