[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9194]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Stakeholder Forum on Alternative Technologies to Incineration

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Forum on alternative technologies to 
incineration.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks to improve stakeholder 
involvement in its efforts to develop and evaluate alternative 
technologies to incineration for mixed transuranic and mixed low level 
waste. To encourage broad, diverse stakeholder participation, DOE is 
hosting the Stakeholder Forum on Alternative Technologies to 
Incineration, June 7-8, 2002, in Denver, Colorado.

DATES: The Forum will be held on June 7-8, 2002. June 7, 2002, from 1 
p.m.-5:30 p.m. and June 8, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Denver Airport Marriott, 6900 Tower Road, Denver, CO 80249, 
Phone: 303-371-0300 or 800-321-2211.
    Forum Information and Registration: For more information on the 
background of the Forum please visit http://tmfa.inel.gov/ati/. 
Registration materials and a draft meeting agenda are available on the 
following website http://www.getf.org/ati.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Noeleen Tillman, Global 
Environment and Technology Foundation, 7010 Little River Turnpike, 
Suite # 460, Annandale, VA 22003; e-mail [email protected]; telephone 
(760) 434-4662.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the Forum include: (1) To 
facilitate an exchange of information among technical experts, 
regulators, and interested stakeholders, and (2) to identify 
stakeholder values and concerns that the Department should consider in 
its technology development and evaluation process.
    Topics for discussion at the Stakeholder Forum include:
     The Department of Energy's plans for developing 
alternative technologies to incineration.
     The current state of alternative technology development.
     Factors to be considered in determining the acceptability 
of new technologies.
     Stakeholder views regarding the benefits and drawbacks of 
various alternative technologies.
     Opportunities for stakeholder involvement in new 
technology development and evaluation.
     Federal and State regulatory processes, including 
permitting.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on April 18, 2002.
James Owendoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 02-9194 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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