[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21192]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

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), Hanford Site. 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: Thursday, September 7, 2000, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, September 8, 
2000, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Radisson Hotel, 17001 Pacific Highway S., Seattle, WA, (206) 
244-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail McClure, Public Involvement 
Program Manager, Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, P.O. 
Box 550 (A7-75), Richland, WA, 99352; Phone: (509) 373-5647; Fax: (509) 
376-1563.

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:
--DOE-RL's Hanford Vision: The River, The Plateau, The Future
--DOE-ORP: Status on Obtaining Tank Waste Treatment Capability, 
including Status of Consent Decrees
--Spent Fuel Project--Project Update
--DOE--RL, DOE-ORP, Washington Department of Ecology, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Office identify and discuss the major polity 
issues for the coming year.
--Environmental Restoration
    --300-FF-2 Focused Feasibility Study and Proposed Plan
    --Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Five Year Remedy Review
--Preliminary Report on Hanford Fire
--FY 2001 Performance Incentives
--Updates
    --Transuranic Project Management Plan
    --WIPP Shipments
    --Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Draft EIS
    --Overview of Site Specific Advisory Board (SSAB) Chairs Meeting
    --Hanford Advisory Board Chairperson Transition

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the 
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to 
agenda items should contact Gail McClure's office 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 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 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 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Gail McClure, 
Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box 550, 
Richland, WA 99352, or by calling her at (509) 373-5647.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on August 16, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-21192 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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