[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14619-14620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05532]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an online virtual combined meeting of 
the Consent Order Committee and Risk Evaluation and Management 
Committee of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board 
(EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
requires that public notice of this online virtual meeting be announced 
in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, April 14, 2021; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held virtually via Webex. To attend, 
please contact Menice Santistevan by email, 
[email protected], no later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Monday, 
April 12, 2021.
    To Sign Up for Public Comment: Please contact Menice Santistevan by 
email, [email protected], no later than 5:00 p.m. MT on 
Monday, April 12, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Menice Santistevan, Northern New 
Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board (NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, Santa 
Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995-0393 or Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE-EM and site management in the areas of 
environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.
    Purpose of the Consent Order Committee (COC): It is the mission of 
the COC to review the Consent Order, evaluate its strengths and 
weaknesses, and make recommendation as to how to improve the Consent 
Order. It is also within the mission of this committee to review and 
ensure implementation of NNMCAB Recommendation 2019-02,

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Improving the Utility of the Consent Order with Supplementary 
Information. The COC will work with the NNMCAB Risk Evaluation and 
Management Committee to review the risk-based approaches used to 
determine the prioritization of cleanup actions, as well as the 
``relative risk ranking'' of the campaigns, targets, and milestones by 
the NNMCAB, to be recommended for use by the DOE EM Los Alamos Field 
Office (EM-LA) both within and outside of those activities covered by 
the Consent Order.
    Purpose of the Risk Evaluation and Management Committee (REMC): The 
REMC provides external citizen-based oversight and recommendations to 
the DOE EM-LA on human and ecological health risk resulting from 
historical, current, and future hazardous and radioactive legacy waste 
operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The REMC will, to 
the extent feasible, stay informed of DOE EM-LA and LANL's 
environmental restoration and long-term environmental stewardship 
programs and plans. The REMC will also work with the NNMCAB COC to 
provide DOE EM-LA and LANL with the public's desires in determining 
cleanup priorities. The REMC will prepare recommendations that 
represent to the best of committee's knowledge and ability to 
determine, the public's position on human and ecological health risk 
issues pertaining to direct radiation or contaminant exposure to soils, 
air, surface and groundwater quality, or the agricultural and 
ecological environment.

Tentative Agenda

 Call to Order
 Welcome and Introductions
 Roll Call and Meeting Protocols
 Approval of Agenda and Meeting Minutes of October 13, 2020
 Old Business
    [cir] Review of Revisions to NNMCAB Bylaws
    [cir] Other Items
 New Business
 Presentations on Waste Management Processes at LANL During 
COVID-19 Pandemic
 Board Member Discussion on NNMCAB Recommendations
 Update from Deputy Designated Federal Officer
 Public Comment Period
 Adjourn

    Public Participation: The online virtual meeting is open to the 
public. Written statements may be filed with the Committees either 
before or within five days after the meeting by sending them to Menice 
Santistevan at the aforementioned email address. 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 comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to 
present their comments.
    Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Menice 
Santistevan at the address or telephone number listed above. Minutes 
and other Board documents are on the internet at: http://energy.gov/em/nnmcab/meeting-materials.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2021.
LaTanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05532 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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