[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50128-50129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21301]


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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: Wednesday, September 17, 2003; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Opportunities for public participation will be held from 11:45-12 
noon and 3:30 to 3:45 p.m. Additional time may be made available for 
public comment during the presentations.

ADDRESSES: Willard Arts Center, 498 A Street, 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.

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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

    The tentative objectives for the meeting include:
    [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 discuss and finalize a recommendation addressing 
reactions to/concerns about the INEEL End State Plan to be submitted to 
DOE-HQ
    [sbull] To discuss and finalize a recommendation addressing 
reactions to/concerns about the Final Sagebrush Steppe Reserve 
Environmental Assessment
    [sbull] To discuss participation in the upcoming Site Specific 
Advisory Board Chairs Meeting
    [sbull] Discuss changes to Annual Work Plan to reflect current 
funding situation
    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.
    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 August 15, 2003.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-21301 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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