[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1180-1181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-381]


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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. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 
notice of these meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
    Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on:
    Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6 p.m.
    Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 11:45-12 noon, 4 p.m.-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 Hotel in the Teton/Bonneville Rooms, 475 River 
Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402.

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 http://www.ida.net/users/cab/.)
    [sbull] Potential new missions under the Idaho National Engineering 
and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)'s new Nuclear Energy mission.
    [sbull] The status of cleanup at Waste Area Group 7, including the 
Revised Work Plan and the major findings of the Remedial Investigation 
and the Baseline Risk Assessment.
    [sbull] The status of the INEEL Environmental Management Program 
and implementation of the Performance Management Plan for Accelerating 
Cleanup at the INEEL.
    [sbull] The waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot 
Plant, (including criteria for remote-handled transuranic waste) that 
need to be changed to receive INEEL waste.
    [sbull] The Record of Decision for the High-Level Waste and 
Facilities Disposition Environmental Impact Statement.
    [sbull] The Public Involvement Plan to support the phased Record of 
Decision for the High-Level Waste and Facilities Disposition 
Environmental Impact Statement.
    [sbull] DOE's efforts to address ``problematic wastes'' for which 
there is no clear treatment and disposal path.
    [sbull] Board member reactions and concerns related to the V-Tank 
contents treatment and disposal options.
    [sbull] Lessons learned from the 3,100 cubic meter project.
    [sbull] Transuranic Waste Performance Management Plan.
    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 tele-phone 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

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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.
    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. 
Penny Pink, INEEL CAB Administrator, North Wind Environmental, Inc., PO 
Box 51174, Idaho Falls, ID 83405 or by calling (208) 528-8718.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on December 31, 2002.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-381 Filed 1-8-03; 8:45 am]
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