[Federal Register: April 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 65)]
[Notices]               
[Page 16722-16723]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 via telephone conference call 
of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) 
requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the 
Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, April 21, 1999, 1:30 p.m. (MST).
    There will be a full Board telephone conference call beginning at 
1:30 p.m. (MST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Green Lowe, INEEL Board 
Facilitator, Jason Associates Corp. (208-522-1662) or visit the Board's 
Internet homepage at http://www.ida.net/users/cab. You may also contact 
Mr. Charles Rice, INEEL Board Chair, c/o Jason Associates Corporation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE and its regulators in the areas of environmental 
restoration, waste management, and related activities.
    To participate in the conference call, the Board members, the 
public, and other interested parties may call Ms. Lowe at the phone 
number above to get the conference call telephone number and pass code. 
Following opening comments by the Board chair, Chuck Rice, the Board's 
facilitator will describe the process and agenda that will be followed 
during the call. Parties interested in participating in the conference 
call are encouraged to call in at the beginning of the call.
    Tentative Agenda: Discuss, develop consensus on, and finalize a 
recommendation currently being drafted by the board's Spent Nuclear 
Fuel Committee (chaired by Board member Jim Bondurant). If achieved 
through consensus, the recommendation--prepared in response to the 
Department of Energy's recent Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Electrometallurgical Treatment 
of Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Conditioning Facility at 
Argonne National Laboratory-West, INEEL--will transmit the Board's 
comments on the scope of the EIS.
    Public Participation: In compliance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, the public is invited to join the conference call, 
listen to the Board's deliberations, and provide comment during a 
specific time segment that will be set aside for public participation. 
Written statements may be filed with the Committee before the call. 
Gerald Bowman, the Designated Federal Officer and Assistant Manager for 
Laboratory Development, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Each 
individual wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of 
5 minutes to present their comments.
    Minutes: The minutes of this conference call 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 p.m., Monday-Friday, 
except Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to 
Charles M. Rice, INEEL Citizens' Advisory Board Chair, 477 Shoup Ave., 
Suite 205, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 or by calling Wendy Green Lowe, the 
Board Facilitator, at (208) 522-1662.


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    Issued at Washington, DC on April 1, 1999.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-8448 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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