[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61156-61157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26456]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford; 
Notice of Open Meeting

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

DATES: Thursday, November 2, 2000, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, November 3, 
2000, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Double Tree Inn, 2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA (509) 
547-0701.

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

Thursday, November 2, 2000
1. Tri-Party Agreement (TPA): Regulating for Success
    a. Discussion of the TPA in the context of the following programs: 
Spent Fuel Tanks, Waste Management and Environmental Restoration
    b. For each program, there will be a discussion related to: 1) FY 
2000 TPA Accomplishments; 2) Identification of important milestones in 
the next five years; and 3) Identification of potential schedule 
impacts
    c. Discussion of recent modifications to the Tanks Interim 
Stabilization Consent Decree
    d. Proposed Changes to M-45; Single Shell Tank Waste Retrieval 
Actions; Associated Leak Detection; Monitoring and Mitigation; and

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Single-Shell Tank Farm Closure Activities
2. Informational Discussion on the DOE-Richland Vision: Done in a 
Decade
3. Introduction of Draft Advice from Dollars and Sense Committee on 
Contracting Criteria
4. Re-introduction of FY 2001 Performance Measures Advice (#111)
5. Initiate discussion of Hanford Advisory Board Chair Selection
Friday, November 3, 2000
1. Hanford Advisory Board Sounding Board on Department of Energy-
Richland Vision
2. Possible adoption of Draft Advice from Dollars and Sense Committee 
on Contracting Criteria
3. Formal adoption of FY2001 Performance Measures Advice (#111)
4. Continued Discussion on the selection of Hanford Advisory Board 
Chair
5. Board Discussion on Headquarters Structure and Guidance of Site-
Specific Advisory Board

Updates

Denver Stewardship Workshop
Washington State Department of Ecology Tank Waste Workshop
Fourth National Department of Energy Radioactive Waste Tank Closure 
Workshop

    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 five 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 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 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 October 11, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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