[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16720]


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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, July 15, 2003, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., and Wednesday, July 16, 
2003, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, July 15, 
2003, 12:15-12:30 p.m., 5:45-6 p.m., and Wednesday, July 16, 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), 475 River 
Parkway, Idaho Falls, ID 83402.

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, X3012 
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] To meet with the new DOE's Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID) 
Site Manager.
    [sbull] To receive a status report addressing the Environmental 
Management Program, implementation of the Performance Management Plan 
for Accelerating Cleanup at the INEEL, and compliance with the Idaho 
Settlement Agreement.
    [sbull] To receive informational presentations, participate in 
facilitated discussions, and/or provide recommendations addressing the 
end state for the INEEL, including discussion of:
    --The Comprehensive Facilities and Land Use Plan and other land use 
planning documents addressing the INEEL.
    --A review of the entire site (by Waste Area Group) describing 
those end states that have already been determined and identification 
of those that have not been determined.
    --Discussion of how the public will be involved in all pending end 
state decisions.
    [sbull] To receive a presentation addressing DOE's contracting 
strategy for the INEEL.
    [sbull] To discuss the Long-Term Stewardship Implementation Plan.
    [sbull] To discuss the Community Relations Plan for the INEEL.
    [sbull] To receive a presentation addressing the selection of a 
small business contractor for the INEEL CERCLA Disposal Facility.
    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. 
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 June 27, 2003.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-16720 Filed 7-1-03; 8:45 am]
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