[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3484-3485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Environmental Management, Environmental Management 
Advisory Board; Renewal

    Pursuant to Sectioin 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463), and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 102-3.65(a), and following consultation 
with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board has been renewed for a two-year period 
beginning on January 18, 2002. The Board will provide advice to the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
    The Board provides the Assistant Secretary for Environmental 
Management with information and strategic advice on corporate issues, 
with a focus on achieving closure of selected sites by 2006. It 
recommends options to resolve difficult issues faced in the 
Environmental Management program including; public and worker health 
and safety, integration and disposition of waste, regulatory 
agreements, roles and authorities, risk assessment and cost-benefit 
analyses, program performance and functionality, and science 
requirements and applications. Consensus recommendations to the 
Department of Energy from the Board on programmatic nationwide 
resolution of numerous difficult issues will help achieve the 
Department's objective of the safe and efficient cleanup of its 
contaminated sites.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Environmental Management Advisory 
Board has been determined to be essential to the conduct of Department 
of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with 
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performance of duties imposed on the Department of Energy by law and 
agreement. The Board will operate in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and rules and regulations issued in 
implementation of those Acts.
    Further information regarding this Advisory Board may be obtained 
from Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2002.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1746 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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