[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66623-66624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27801]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


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

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 National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 
notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday, November 
20, 2002, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, November 
19, 2002, 12:15-12:30 p.m., 5:45-6 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 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: West Coast Downtown, 1800 Fairview Avenue, Boise, Idaho 
83702, Reservations: (208) 344-7691.

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

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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] Possible remedial actions to reduce risks associated 
with the buried waste at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex
    [sbull] Performance Management Plan for Accelerating Cleanup and 
recent activities under the Environmental Management program
    [sbull] Design for Stage II of the Pit 9 removal action
    [sbull] Fiscal Year 2003 funding allocation for the INEEL 
cleanup program
    [sbull] Final Idaho High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition 
Environmental Impact Statement
    [sbull] Consolidation of spent nuclear fuel into dry storage
    [sbull] Remediation approach for the V Tanks in Waste Area Group 
I (Test Area North)
    [sbull] The Draft Remedial Action Work Plan for the Sorting, 
Sizing and Staging Treatment Facility and the waste acceptance 
criteria for the INEEL Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act Disposal Facility
    [sbull] Status of the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing 
Determination if the lawsuit has been resolved
    [sbull] Completion of the 3,100 Cubic Meter Project
    [sbull] Status of Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project
    [sbull] Values and priorities that should inform decisions 
related to decontamination and decommissioning of facilities at 
INEEL
    [sbull] Possible changes in how the CAB issues press releases 
proposed by the Public Communications Committee
    [sbull] Possible evaluation of presentations delivered to the 
CAB

    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. 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 October 28, 2002.
Belinda G. Hood,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-27801 Filed 10-31-02; 8:45 am]
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