[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22604-22605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10516]


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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. The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 
notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, May 18, 1999, Wednesday, May 19, 1999.
TIMES: 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Red Lion Inn, 621 21st Street, Lewiston, Idaho 83501, 1-
800-232-6730.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, INEEL CAB Facilitator, 
Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, 
ID 83402, (208)-522-1662 or visit the Board's Internet homepage at 
http://www.ida.net/users/cab.
    Public Comment sessions will be held: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 
throughout the day following board presentations and at the scheduled 
time of 4:30-5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, May 19, 1999, only between 4:00-4:15 
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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations

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to DOE and its regulators in the areas of future use, cleanup levels, 
waste disposition and cleanup priorities at the INEEL.

Tentative Agenda

    Provide presentations on the following topics:
 Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
Settlement Agreement;
 Modeling of Plutonium Contamination Mitigation at the Idaho 
National Environmental Engineering Laboratory (INEEL);
 INEEL High Level Waste and Facilities Disosition Environmental 
Impact Statement alternatives;
 New centers for excellence at the University of Idaho; and the
 Environmental Protection Agency's Standards for Radionuclides 
in the Drinking Water

Discuss

 Introduction to future SSAB Stewardship Seminar
 Agenda Priority Setting
 Committee Reorganization
 Followup from Self-Evaluation Retreat held in March 1999

    Finalize the Proposed Plan for Waste Area Group 5 (Power Burst 
Facility & Auxiliary Reactor Area)
    A final agenda will be available at the meeting or visit the 
Citizen's Advisory Board's Internet Site at www.ida.net/users/cab/
 Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board facilitator either before or 
after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral presentations 
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 Deputy Designated Federal 
Officer, Jerry Bowman, Assistant Manager for Laboratory Development, 
Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. Every individual wishing to make public comment 
will be provided equal time 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 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Charles M. Rice, 
INEEL CAB Chair, 477 Shoup Ave., Suite 205, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 or 
by calling the Board's facilitator at (208) 522-1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC on April 22, 1999.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-10516 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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