[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21384]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs 
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 (EMSSAB) Chairs. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 
public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, October 7, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, October 8, 
2004, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland, 
WA 99352, Phone: (509) 946-7611.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Vivari, Program Management 
Specialist (EM30.1), Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5143.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the 
EMSSAB is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental 
restoration, waste management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, October 7, 2004:

    8:30 a.m.--Welcome; introductions; meeting expectations (Waisley; 
Lowe, Mabie).
    8:45 a.m.--Round Robin 1: Top Three Issues for Each Site-Specific 
Advisory Board.
    10 a.m.--Break.
    10:15 a.m.--Round Robin 2: Site-Specific Advisory Boards' 
Organizational Challenges.
    11:30 a.m.--Potential National Stakeholders Workshop.
    11:45 a.m.--Public comment period.
    Noon--Lunch.
    1 p.m.--Hanford's Role in the Department of Energy's Complex and 
How Stakeholders Influence That Role.
    1:45 p.m.--Round Robin 3: Current Developments Related to 
Interdependencies Among Department of Energy Sites for Waste 
Disposition.
    2:30 p.m.--Break.
    2:45 p.m.--Hanford Panel: Perspectives on Shipping and Receiving 
Waste at Hanford.
    3:45 p.m.--Facilitated discussion--Vulnerabilities of the Current 
Waste Disposition Plan and Ramification for All Intersite Transfers.
    4:30 p.m.--Public comment period.
    4:45 p.m.--Next steps.

Friday, October 8, 2004:

    8:30 a.m.--Opening.
    8:45 a.m.--Department of Energy headquarters organizational 
changes, fiscal year 2005 budget, and the outlook for fiscal year 2006/
Waisley.
    9:15 a.m.--Potential National Stakeholders Workshop (continued).
    9:45 a.m.--Break.
    10 a.m.--Panel discussion--Ongoing Transition from Environmental 
Management to Legacy Management at Rocky Flats and Fernald.
    10:30 a.m.--Facilitated discussion.
    11:30 a.m.--Public comment period.
    11:45 a.m.--Meeting wrap-up.

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Committee either before or after the 
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to 
agenda items should contact Jay Vivari at the address above or by 
telephone at (202) 586-5143. Requests must be received five days prior 
to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the 
presentation in the agenda. The Designated Federal Officer 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 five minutes to present their comments at 
the end of the meeting.
    Minutes: 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 calling Jay Vivari at (202) 
586-5143.

    Issued at Washington, DC on September 16, 2004.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21384 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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