[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2061]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management 
Advisory Board; Renewal

    Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law No. 92-463), and in accordance with Title 41 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, section 101-6.1015(a), and following 
consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board has been renewed for a two-year period 
beginning on January 18, 2000. The Board will provide advice to the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
    The purpose of the Board is to provide the Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management with advice and recommendations on 
Environmental Management projects and issues, such as program budget, 
strategic planning, risk, technology development, the National 
Environmental Policy Act, long-term nuclear stewardship, science 
initiatives, worker health and safety, and program cost effectiveness, 
from the perspective of affected groups and State, Tribal, and local 
governments. Consensus recommendations to the Department of Energy from 
the Board on programmatic nationwide resolution of numerous difficult 
issues will help achieve the Department's objective of the safe and 
efficient cleanup of its contaminated sites.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Environmental Management Advisory 
Board has been determined to be essential to the conduct of Department 
of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with 
the performance of duties imposed on the Department of Energy by law 
and agreement. The Board will operate in accordance with the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and rules and regulations issued 
in implementation of those Acts.
    Further information regarding this Advisory Board may be obtained 
from Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 18, 2000 .
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-2061 Filed 1-31-00; 8:45 am]
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