[Federal Register: October 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 205)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho

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 National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 
notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, November 
17, 1999, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Miles & Virginia Willard Fine Arts Center, 498 A Street, 
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, INEEL SSAB Facilitator 
Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, 
ID 83402, (208-522-1662) or visit the Board's Internet homepage at 
http://www.ida.net/users/cab; or contact Mr. Charles Rice, INEEL SSAB 
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 future use, 
cleanup levels, waste disposition and cleanup priorities at the INEEL.

Tentative Agenda:

    Presentations and discussions on the following:

Alternative evaluated and major findings from the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and 
High-Level Waste, Nye County, Nevada;
The DOE Office of Science and Technology and how it contributes to the 
mission of the Environmental Management office;
The transition to the new INEEL Management and Operations contractor;
The Record of Decision for the Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Storage of High Level Waste;
Worker exposure to plutonium at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant;
Follow-on activities from the October 26-28, 1999 SSAB Seminar on 
Stewardship.

    Status reports on the following:

The DOE--Idaho's use of the SSAB recommendation on the Proposed Plan 
for Waste Area Group 3 (Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering 
Center);
The results of the Soil Sorter experimental use at the Waste Area Group 
5 (Power Burst Facility/Auxiliary Reactor Area) and its appropriateness 
for use at the INEEL.

    Finalization of the following recommendations:

On the selection of an ``indicator species'' for use in ecological risk 
assessments at the INEEL;
On the INEEL's ``Institutional Plan.''

(Agenda topics may change up to the day of the meeting; please call the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in this notice for the current agenda 
or visit the Internet site.)
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board facilitator 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. Requests must be received 5 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.
    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 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Charles M. Rice, 
INEEL CAB Chair, 477 Shoup Ave., Suite 205, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 or 
by calling the Board's facilitator at (208) 522-1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC on October 20, 1999.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-27732 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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