[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41216-41217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19720]


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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, September 18, 2001, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, September 
19, 2001, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, September 
18, 2001, 12:15-12:30 p.m., 5:45-6 p.m.; Wednesday, September 19, 2001, 
11:45-12 noon, 3:30-3:45 p.m.
    These times are subject to change as the meeting progresses. Please 
check with the meeting facilitator to confirm these times.

ADDRESSES: Coeur d'Alene Inn, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Citizens' Advisory 
Board (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 
contract Jason Associates for the most current agenda or visit the 
CAB's Internet site at www.ida.net/users/cab/.
    Objectives of the meeting will be:
     To receive a presentation on groundwater contamination at 
the INEEL in preparation to participate in the upcoming Site Specific 
Advisory Board Groundwater Workshop
     To discuss parameters for what is acceptable in technology 
alternatives to incineration, concerns with incineration that apply to 
other alternatives, and the relative importance of this evaluation in 
relation to other environmental research needs
     To clarify DOE's expectations of the INEEL CAB and discuss 
the utility of the CAB to DOE
     To receive presentations on the General Accounting 
Office's report and the House Appropriations Committee's request for a 
review of on-site versus off-site disposal costs and then discuss 
whether the INEEL CERCLA Disposal Facility is still acceptable to the 
INEEL CAB
     To discuss parameters for acceptability of site missions 
and research for use in institutional planning and budget allocation
     To receive a presentation on and discuss the ``Top-Down 
Review''
     To receive a status report on the INEEL Workforce 
Restructuring
     To receive a presentation on and discuss a recommendation 
addressing the Draft Environmental Assessment for Deactivation, 
Decommissioning, and Dismantlement of Building 603

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. Minuted 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.


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    Issued at Washington, DC on August 2, 2001.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-19720 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
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