[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59552-59553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29533]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho 
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

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), Idaho National Engineering and 
Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).

DATES:
Tuesday, November 17, 1998
    8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18, 1998
    8 a.m.-5 p.m.

    There will be public comment sessions on Tuesday, November 17, 1998 
from 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., 12 p.m. to 12:15 p.m., 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., 
and 5:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. These times are subject to change as the 
meeting progresses, depending on the extent of comment offered. Please 
check with the meeting facilitator to confirm these times.

ADDRESSES: The Miles & Virginia Willard Fine Arts Center, 498 A Street, 
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: INEEL Information (1-800-708-2680) or 
Woody Russell, DOE-Idaho, (208) 526-0561, or Wendy Green Lowe, INEEL 
Board Facilitator, Jason Associates Corp. (208-522-1662) or visit the 
Board's Internet homepage at http://www.ida.net/users/cab.

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

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Environmental Impact Statement 
scoping process; Plutonium 238 Production Environmental Impact 
Statement;
DOE's perspective on the INEEL Long Range Plan `` expectations for 
new site contractor;

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Proposed Plan for Waste Area Group 3 (Idaho Nuclear Technology and 
Engineering Center);
Nevada Test Site report regarding migration of plutonium 
contamination and the implications for cleanup at the INEEL;
DOE's strategy for emergency response planning and preparations for 
State, local, and Tribal governments for radiological materials 
transport; and
The TRA Accident report, plutonium uptake at the INTEC, and the 
decision to rebid the INEEL contract;
Discuss the Environmental Assessment on the intermodal transport of 
Low-Level Waste to Nevada Test Site; and
Finalize recommendations on the Proposed Plan for Waste Area Group 3 
(Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center), the Proposed Plan 
for Waste Area Group 1 (Test Area North), suggestions developed at 
the Low-Level Waste Seminar, and establishing common databases for 
background radiation information to support decisionmaking in the 
cleanup program.

    Agenda topics may change up to the day of the meeting. The final 
agenda will be available at the meeting.
    Public Participation: The two-day meeting is open to the public, 
with public comment sessions scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 1998. 
The Board will be available during these time periods to hear verbal 
public comments or to review any written public comments. If there are 
no members of the public wishing to comment or no written comments to 
review, the board will continue with it's current discussion. 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 the INEEL Information line or Wendy Green 
Lowe, Jason Associates Corp., at the addresses or telephone numbers 
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 Officer 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. This notice 
is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due 
to programmatic issues that had 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 by writing to Charles M. Rice, 
INEEL Citizens' Advisory Board Chair, 477 Shoup Ave., Suite 205, Idaho 
Falls, Idaho 83402 or by calling Wendy Green Lowe, the Board 
Facilitator, at (208) 522-1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC on October 29, 1998.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-29533 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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