[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25693]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 
Reservation

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 (EMSSAB), Oak Ridge 
Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in 
the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 
TN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, PO Box 2001, EM-90, 
Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 576-4025; Fax (865) 576-5333 or e-
mail: [email protected] or check the Web site at http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Meeting: To provide an update 
on the Witherspoon site in South Knoxville. The Witherspoon 901 site 
served as a scrap metal recycling facility for 45 years. The site 
received scrap from the Atomic Energy Commission, a DOE predecessor 
agency, and other organizations. Contaminated surface water and soil 
have been found at the site. Primary contaminants include uranium, 
heavy metals, organics and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The site 
is now a Tennessee Department of Environmental and Conservation 
Superfund site. DOE is overseeing the site cleanup in accordance with a 
Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Tennessee.
    Tentative Agenda:
     Update on Witherspoon site in South Knoxville. Speaker--
Jason Darby of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Committee either before or after the 
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to 
agenda items should contact Pat Halsey 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. Individuals wishing to make public comment 
will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments.
    Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying at the Department of Energy's Information Center at 
475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, Department of Energy Oak 
Ridge Operations Office, PO Box 2001, EM-90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by 
calling her at (865) 576-4025.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 16, 2004.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25693 Filed 11-18-04; 8:45 am]
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