[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3934-3935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1721]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Idaho Operations Office
Office of Site Operations


National Analytical Management Program Notice 99-01

AGENCY: Idaho operations office, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of meetings open to the public.

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SUMMARY: The National Analytical Management Program within the Office 
of Site Operations is announcing that the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Food and Drug 
Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, and U.S. Geological Survey are meeting to 
develop a joint interagency guidance manual for programs and 
laboratories to use when planning and implementing the analysis of 
environmental samples for radioactivity. The manual uses a performance 
based approach and will provide guidance to both project planners and 
laboratory personnel. The guidance is being developed as a draft 
document entitled the MultiAgency Radiation Laboratory Protocol 
(MARLAP) Manual, and it is anticipated that the final product will be a 
consensus document each agency can agree upon and adopt. Meetings of 
the group are open to the public on a first

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come, space available basis with advance registration. The agenda for 
this meeting will be available on the appropriate INTERNET sites listed 
in the Supplementary Information section.

DATES: A meeting will be held on February 8, 9, 10, from 9:00 a.m. 
until 5:30 p.m. and on February 11 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, Building 245, Room 
C-301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to attend this meeting 
should contact Kenneth Inn at 301-975-5541 to register. Persons needing 
further information concerning this group and the work of developing 
the MultiAgency Radiation Laboratory Protocols Manual should contact 
Stan Morton, U.S. Department of Energy/National Analytical Management 
Program, 850 Energy Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83402, (208) 526-2186.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The schedule, location, and registration 
information for future meetings will be posted at the following 
INTERNET sites:

EPA, http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marlap
DOE/EM, http://www.em.doe.gov/namp
DOE/EH, http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa
NRC, http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/meet.html#OTHER

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 14, 1999.
John S. Morton,
Director, National Analytical Management Program.
[FR Doc. 99-1721 Filed 1-25-99; 8:45 am]
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