[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10451-10452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5149]


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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 meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, March 19, 
2003, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, March 18, 
2003, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6 p.m.; Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 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: Red Lion 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 www.ida.net/users/cab/.)

[sbull] The Environmental Management Program and the implementation of 
the Performance Management Plan
[sbull] The budget allocation for the Environmental Management Program 
for Fiscal Year 2003
[sbull] Budget priorities for the Fiscal Year 2004 environmental 
management budget request
[sbull] Grouting and plans for use of grouting at the INEEL
[sbull] Environmental permitting for the Idaho Nuclear Technology and 
Engineering Center
[sbull] Resolution of the Notice of Violation
[sbull] High-level radioactive waste tank closure activities
[sbull] Resolution of the lawsuit involving waste incidental to 
reprocessing (if possible)
[sbull] Science and technology strategies for the Water Integration 
Project
[sbull] Proposed LaSalle Nuclear Fuel Project and the ramifications for 
the INEEL
[sbull] Plans for deactivation and decommissioning surplus facilities 
at the INEEL
[sbull] Final INEEL Strategic Plan and the results of the Laboratory 
Consolidation Study
[sbull] New Office of Legacy Management and how the reorganization will 
affect the INEEL
[sbull] Follow-up activities related to the Site Specific Advisory 
Board Transuranic Waste Workshop
[sbull] Preparations for the upcoming Site Specific Advisory Board 
Chairs Meeting

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[sbull] Discussion of the role of the CAB with the site Manager

    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 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 
notice is being published less than 15 days before the date of the 
meeting due to the late resolution of programmatic issues.
    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 February 27, 2003.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-5149 Filed 3-4-03; 8:45 am]
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