[Federal Register: August 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho;
Meeting
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. 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: Tuesday, September 18, 2001, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, September
19, 2001, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, September
18, 2001, 12:15-12:30 p.m., 5:45-6 p.m.; Wednesday, September 19, 2001,
11:45-12 noon, 3:30-3:45 p.m.
These times are subject to change as the meeting progresses. Please
check with the meeting facilitator to confirm these times.
ADDRESSES: Coeur d'Alene Inn, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Citizens' Advisory
Board (CAB) Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup
Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, Phone (208) 522-1662 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
Agenda topics may change up to the day of the meeting. Please
contract Jason Associates for the most current agenda or visit the
CAB's Internet site at www.ida.net/users/cab/.
Objectives of the meeting will be:
To receive a presentation on groundwater contamination at
the INEEL in preparation to participate in the upcoming Site Specific
Advisory Board Groundwater Workshop
To discuss parameters for what is acceptable in technology
alternatives to incineration, concerns with incineration that apply to
other alternatives, and the relative importance of this evaluation in
relation to other environmental research needs
To clarify DOE's expectations of the INEEL CAB and discuss
the utility of the CAB to DOE
To receive presentations on the General Accounting
Office's report and the House Appropriations Committee's request for a
review of on-site versus off-site disposal costs and then discuss
whether the INEEL CERCLA Disposal Facility is still acceptable to the
INEEL CAB
To discuss parameters for acceptability of site missions
and research for use in institutional planning and budget allocation
To receive a presentation on and discuss the ``Top-Down
Review''
To receive a status report on the INEEL Workforce
Restructuring
To receive a presentation on and discuss a recommendation
addressing the Draft Environmental Assessment for Deactivation,
Decommissioning, and Dismantlement of Building 603
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 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except Federal
holidays. Minuted will also be available by writing to Ms. Wendy Lowe,
INEEL CAB Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup Avenue,
Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 or by calling (208) 522-1662.
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Issued at Washington, DC on August 2, 2001.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-19720 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
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