[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23447-23448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10881]


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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, May 20, 2003, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 8 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, May 20, 
2003, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, 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 (formerly the West Coast Hotel), 1555 
Pocatello Creek Road, Pocatello, Idaho 83201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Green 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/.)
    Objectives include:
    [sbull] Develop an Annual Work Plan for the CAB
    [sbull] Meet with the new site manager
    [sbull] Develop consensus on a Recommendation Addressing the 
Proposed Plan for the V-Tanks
    [sbull] Presentation on Emergency planning at INEEL
    [sbull] Presentation on the Annual National Environmental Policy 
Act Planning Summary for the INEEL
    [sbull] Presentation on Current and Potential Future Missions for 
Argonne National Laboratory-West
    [sbull] Presentation on Fiscal Year 2003 EM Budget at the INEEL
    [sbull] Status Report on Transition in INEEL mission to Nuclear 
Energy
    [sbull] Status Report on Environmental Management (EM) Program and 
the implementation of the Performance Management Plan (PMP) at the 
INEEL

--status of permit modification efforts for the Waste Isolation Pilot 
Plant to receive remote-handled transuranic waste,
--lawsuit addressing the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Determination
--INEEL Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act Disposal Facility

    [sbull] Status Report on Science and Technology Strategies for the 
Water Integration Project
    [sbull] Status Report on Efforts under PMP Strategic Objectives 4.4 
(acceleration of off-site shipments of transuranic waste) and 4.6 
(efforts to consolidate mixed low-level waste into one facility, 
eliminate the backlog, and cease on-site disposal of low-level) and 
provide citizen reactions to the overall strategy
    [sbull] Status Report on Tetra Tech (formerly Foster Wheeler) dry 
storage facility for spent nuclear fuel
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board facilitator either before or 
after the meeting.

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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.
    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., 
P.O. Box 51174, Idaho Falls, ID 83405 or by calling (208) 528-8718.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on April 28, 2003.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-10881 Filed 5-1-03; 8:45 am]
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