[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57223-57224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22787]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho 
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

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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 National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. 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 17, 2002, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

    Public participation sessions will be held on:

Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 11:45-12 noon, 4-4:15 p.m.

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

ADDRESSES: Sun Valley Lodge, One Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, Idaho 
83353-0010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Citizens' Advisory 
Board (CAB) Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 545 Shoup 
Avenue, Suite 335B, 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 Topics: (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 www.ida.net/users/cab/.)
    [sbull] Transition in INEEL's mission to Nuclear Energy
    [sbull] Recent activities under the Environmental Management 
program
    [sbull] DOE's strategic objectives for accelerating cleanup
    [sbull] DOE's overall strategy for the buried waste
    [sbull] DOE's strategy for removing calcine and for accelerating 
closure of the high-level waste tank farm
    [sbull] Status of efforts to close high-level waste tanks 182 and 
183
    [sbull] Final High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition 
Environmental Impact Statement
    [sbull] Draft Wildland Fire Management Environmental Assessment
    [sbull] Transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage at 
the Test Area North
    [sbull] Water Integration Project roadmap and conceptual model 
summary
    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. Requests 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. This 
Federal Register notice is being published less than 15 days prior to 
the meeting date due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved 
prior to the meeting date.
    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 a.m. and 4 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, 545 
Shoup Avenue, Suite 335B, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 or by calling (208) 
522-1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on September 3, 2002.
Belinda G. Hood,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-22787 Filed 9-6-02; 8:45 am]
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