[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7391]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 and Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., (Room 1E-245), Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James T. Melillo, Executive Director 
of the Environmental Management Advisory Board, (EM-10), 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., (Room 5B-161), Washington, DC 20585. The 
telephone number is 202-586-4400. The Internet address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Board is to provide the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) with advice and 
recommendations on issues confronting the Environmental Management 
Advisory Program from the perspective of affected groups, as well as 
state, local, and tribal governments. The Board will contribute to the 
effective operation of the Environmental Management Program by 
providing individual citizens and representatives of interested groups 
an opportunity to present their views on issues facing the Office of 
Environmental Management and by helping to secure consensus 
recommendations on those issues.

Preliminary Agenda

Tuesday, April 17, 2001
1:00 p.m.  Public Meeting Opens
    --Approve Minutes of October 12-13, 2000 Meeting
    Opening Remarks
    Ad hoc Committee on Science & Innovation--Status Report/Briefing
    Technology Development & Transfer Committee--Report/Briefing/
Resolution
    Science Committee--Briefing/Resolution
    Long-Term Stewardship Committee--Status Report
    Ad hoc Committee on Safety and Technology--Briefing
    Contracting & Management Committee--Status Report
    Worker Health & Safety--Status Report
    Alternatives to Incineration Committee--Status Report
5:15 p.m.  Public Comment Period and Adjournment
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
8:30 a.m.  Opening Remarks
    FY 2002 Budget Overview Board Discussions--Work Plan Development
    EM Disposition Mapping
    Public Comment Period
    Board Business--Approval of Resolutions--New Business--Board 
Calendar
    Public Comment Period
    Adjournment

Public Participation

    This meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a 
written statement with the Board, you may do so either before or after 
the meeting. If you would like to make an oral statement regarding any 
of the items on the agenda, please contact Mr. Melillo at the address 
or telephone number listed above, or call the Environmental Management 
Advisory Board office at 202-586-4400, and we will reserve time for you 
on the agenda. You may also register to speak at the meeting on April 
17-18, 2001, or ask to speak during the public comment period. Those 
who call in and or register in advance will be given the opportunity to 
speak first. Others will be accommodated as time permits. The Board 
Chairs will conduct the meeting in an orderly manner.

Transcript and Minutes

    We will make the minutes of the meeting available for public review 
and copying by June 17, 2001. The minutes and transcript of the meeting 
will be available for viewing at the Freedom of Information Public 
Reading Room (1E-190) in the Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. The Public 
Reading Room is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 
except on Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 20, 2001.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-7391 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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