[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5618]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Fernald

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), Fernald. 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: Saturday, March 13, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (public comment 
session: 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.).

ADDRESSES: Fernald Environmental Management Project, Large Laboratory 
Conference Room, 7400 Willey Road, Hamilton, Ohio.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwen Doddy, Fernald Citizens' Advisory 
Board (FCAB), c/o Phoenix Environmental, P.O. Box 544, Ross, Ohio 
45061, or call the FCAB office at (513) 648-6478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board

    The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE and its 
regulators in the areas of future use, cleanup levels, waste 
disposition and cleanup priorities at the Fernald site.

Tentative Agenda

8:30 a.m.  Call to Order
8:30-8:45  Chairs Remarks and Announcements
8:45-9:00  Site Progress and Issues

--Leachate Piping Leaks
--First Waste Loadout
--Waste Shipping Resumption
--Safe Shutdown Completion

9:00-9:15  Transportation Workshop Update
9:15-9:30  Nye County Request for Support
9:30-10:00  Future of Fernald Workshop Planning
10:00-10:15  Break
10:15-11:00  Nuclear Materials Disposition Planning
11:00-11:30  Silos Proof of Principle and Radon
11:30-11:45  Public Comment
11:45-12:00  Wrap Up
12:00 p.m.  Adjourn

    A final agenda will be available at the meeting, Saturday, March 
13, 1999.

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed 
with the Board chair either before or after the meeting. Individuals 
who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should 
contact the Board chair 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 Officer, Gary Stegner, Public Affairs 
Officer, Ohio Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 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 in advance of the meeting 
due to a late decision to hold the meeting. This was necessary to 
complete the planning efforts for the Future of Fernald Workshop to be 
held in mid-April.

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 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Gwen Doddy, 
Fernald Citizens' Advisory Board, c/o Phoenix Environmental, P.O. Box 
544, Ross, Ohio 45061 or by calling the FCAB Office at (513) 648-6478.

    Issued at Washington, DC on March 3, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5618 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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