[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9485-9486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4843]


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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: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental 
Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 
notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 8 a.m.--6 p.m.; Wednesday, March 17, 
1999, 8 a.m.--5 p.m.
    There will be public comment sessions following presentations on 
Tuesday, March 16, 1999 from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, 
March 17, 1999, from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Additional time may be made 
available for public comment during the presentations. 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 83401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Green Lowe, INEEL Board 
Facilitator, Jason Associates Corp. (208-522-1662) or vist the Board's 
Internet homepage at http://www.ida.net/users/cab. You may also contact 
Mr. Charles Rice, INEEL Board Chair, c/o Jason Associates Corporation.

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: The EM SSAB, INEEL will receive presentations on 
contamination at the Power Burst Facility/Auxiliary Reactor Area (Waste 
Area Group 5), the results of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility 
Study, and a review of the Proposed Plan; the implications to INEEL 
resulting from the Nevada Test Site Plutonium Migration Report; cost 
estimating for remediation at INEEL and how costs are presented in 
proposed plans; and laboratory directed research and development and 
the University Research Consortium. Discussions will be held on the 
DOE-Idaho management transition including the introduction of Acting 
Manager, Warren Bergholz; the Millenium Grant and DOE-Idaho's options 
for using it for the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, and the strategy 
for pursuing development of a space port in Idaho. Status reports will 
be given on the High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition 
Environmental Impact Statement; the Advanced Mixed-Waste Treatment 
Project; Pit 9 and Waste Area Group 7 (Radioactive Waste Mangement 
Complex); the recently discovered inadvertent destruction of records; 
and the recent Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement. The INEEL Board will finalize its recommendation on DOE-
Idaho's planned Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Request. For a most current 
copy of the agenda, contact Woody Russell, DOE-Idaho, (208) 526-0561, 
or Wendy Green Lowe, Jacon Associates Corp., (208) 522-1662. Agenda 
topics may change up to the day of the meeting. Please contact Jason 
Associates for the most current agenda or visit the board's Internet 
site. 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 and Wednesday, March 16 and 17, 1999. 
The Board will be available during these time periods to hear verbal 
public comments or to review any written public comments. If there are 
members of the public wishing to comment or no written comments to 
review, the board will continue with its 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. Gerald Bowman, the Designated Federal Officer and Assistant 
Manager for Laboratory Development, 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.
    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

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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 February 22, 1999.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-4843 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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