[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1653-1654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-585]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho; 
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), Idaho. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 
public notice of these meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES:  
Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 24, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

    Public participation sessions will be held on:
Tuesday, January 23, 2001, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 24, 2001, 11:45-12:00 noon, 3:45-4:00 p.m.

    These times are subject to change as the meeting progresses. Please 
check with the meeting facilitator to confirm these times.

ADDRESSES: Cavanaugh's, 1350 Blue Lakes Boulevard, Twin Falls, ID 
83301, 208-734-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, INEEL Cab Facilitator, 
Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, 
ID 83402, Phone (208) 522-1662 or visit the Board's Internet home page 
at 
http://www.ida.net/users/cab.

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 INEEL.
    Tentative Agenda: (Agenda topics may change up to the day of the 
meeting. Please contact Jason Associates for the most current agenda or 
visit the CAB's Internet site at http://www.ida.net/users/cab).
    Presentations on the following:
     Spent nuclear fuel: What it is, where and how it is 
stored, and the schedule for transferring it to dry storage
     Draft Closure Plan for the New Waste Calcining Facility
     The Idaho Settlement Agreement, what it requires, and how 
DOE is doing in meeting its terms and conditions
     DOE-ID's budget request for Fiscal Year 2003
     The significance of being designated as a lead laboratory
     Licensing and permitting for facilities on the INEEL
     The Transuranic/Mixed Waste Focus Area and its efforts to 
identify alternatives to incineration
     How DOE sets shipping schedules for off-site shipments of 
radioactive materials
    Briefings on the following:
     Final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on 
alternatives to incineration
     Final Nuclear Infrastructure Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement
    Consideration of draft recommendations on:
     Draft Closure Plan for High-Level Waste Tanks 182 and 183
     Proposed Plan for Groundwater Remediation at the Test Area 
North
     Institutional Plan for Fiscal years 2001-2005
    Discussion of the following:
     Activities related to the Site Specific Advisory Board 
Stewardship Workshop
     Possibly cosponsoring a Site Specific Advisory Board 
Seminar on alternatives to incineration for treatment of transuranic 
mixed waste
    Public Participation: This 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. Request 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, 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. Additional time 
may be made available for public comment during the presentations.
    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 through Friday except 
Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Ms. 
Wendy Lowe, INEEL CAB Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 477 
Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 or by calling (208) 522-
1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC on January 4, 2001.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-585 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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