[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24446-24447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11312]


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

DATES: Thursday, June 5, 2003, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, June 6, 2003, 
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland, 
WA, Phone: (509) 946-7611, Fax: (509) 943-8564.

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:
    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, June 5, 2003

 Revised Draft Hanford Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste 
Program Environmental Impact Statement--Discussion and Draft Advice
 Integrated Safety Management System and Voluntary Protection Program 
Discussion Panel
 Office of River Protection Baseline (draft advice--tentative)
 DOE Budget Process Update (draft advice--tentative)
 Office of River Protection: Disposition of Transuranic Waste in the 
Tanks (draft advice--tentative)

Friday, June 6, 2003

 Informational Session on Hanford Project Management Plan Strategic 
Initiative 3:

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    --Accelerate Stabilization and De-Inventory of Nuclear Materials: 
Spent Nuclear Fuel, Special Nuclear Material (Plutonium) and Cesium and 
Strontium Capsules
 Hanford Natural Resource Trustee Council Overview
 Adoption of Draft Advice:
    --Revised Draft Hanford Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste 
Program Environmental Impact Statement
    --Office of River Protection Baseline (tentative)
    --DOE Budget Process Update (tentative)
    --Office of River Protection: Disposition of Transuranic Waste in 
the Tanks (tentative)
 Committee Updates
 Identification of September Hanford Advisory Board meeting agenda 
topics

    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 May 1, 2003.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-11312 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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