[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62702-62703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25531]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

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), Hanford. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 
public notice of these meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, November 7, 2002, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, November 8, 
2002, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: West Coast Hotel, 1101 North Columbia Center Boulevard, 
Kennewick, WA 99336.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Sherman, Public Involvement 
Program Manager, Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, 825 
Jadwin, MSIN A7-75, Richland, WA, 99352; Phone: (509) 376-6216; Fax: 
(509) 376-1563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE and its regulators in the areas of environmental 
restoration, waste management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, November 7, 2002
[sbull] Tank Waste Program
    --Strategic Initiative 2: Accelerate Tank Waste Treatment 
Completion by 20 Years
    [sbull] Accelerated Tank Retrieval and Closure Issues
    [sbull] M-45 Tri-Party Agreement Draft Change Package (Single-Shell 
Tank Retrieval and the Establishment of Accelerated Waste Retrieval and 
Closure Demonstration Projects)
[sbull] Waste Treatment
    --Supplemental Technologies
    --Potential Enhancements to the Vitrification Plant
    --Challenges: Funding, Technology Development
    [sbull] Hanford's Draft Long-Term Stewardship Plan
    --Goals and Outcomes for November Long-Term Stewardship Workshop
Friday, November 8, 2002
[sbull] Update on the Draft Hanford Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) 
Waste Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
[sbull] Public Involvement Processes (e.g. HAB press releases, DOE ads, 
fact sheets)
[sbull] Discussion on FY 03 Hanford Advisory Board Meeting Schedule
[sbull] Committee Updates
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the 
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to 
agenda items should contact Yvonne Sherman's office 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 
is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 
the orderly conduct of business. Each individual wishing to make public 
comment will be provided equal time to present their comments.
    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-Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Yvonne Sherman, 
Department of Energy Richland Operation Office, 825 Jadwin, MSIN A7-75, 
Richland, WA 99352, or by calling her at (509) 376-1563.

    Issued at Washington, DC on October 2, 2002.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-25531 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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