[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1911]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Advisory Board

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and in accordance with Title 41, Code 
of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65(a), and following consultation 
with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental 
Management Advisory Board will be renewed for a two-year period 
beginning January 23, 2012.
    The Board provides advice and recommendations to the Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) on a broad range of 
corporate issues affecting the EM program. These issues include, but 
are not limited to, project management and oversight activities, cost/
benefit analyses, program performance, human capital development, and 
contracts and acquisition strategies. Recommendations to EM on the 
programmatic resolution of numerous difficult issues will help achieve 
EM's objective of the safe and efficient cleanup of its contaminated 
sites.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Environmental Management Advisory 
Board has been determined to be essential to the conduct of the 
Department's mission and to be in the public interest in connection 
with the performance of duties imposed the Department of Energy by law 
and agreement. The Board will operate in accordance with the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and rules and regulations issued 
in implementation of that Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kristen G. Ellis, Designated 
Federal Officer, by telephone at (202) 586-5810 or by email at: 
[email protected].

    Issued at Washington, DC, on January 23, 2012.
Carol A. Matthews,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1911 Filed 1-27-12; 8:45 am]
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