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this date, but, cannot guarantee their 

availability. The conference call will be 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister/index.html. To use PDF you 

must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. If you 

have questions about using PDF, call the 

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 

toll free at 1–866–512–1800; or in the 

Washington, DC area at 202–512–0000. 

Dated: September 28, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25542 Filed 10–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires 

that public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Barkley Centre, 111 

Memorial Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reinhard Knerr, Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box 

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky 

42001. Phone (270) 441–6825. 

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. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda. 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments. 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments. 

• Liaisons’ Comments. 

• Administrative Issues: 

Æ Presentation by Kentucky Research 

Consortium for Energy and Environment 

(KRCEE): Ground Water Model. 

Æ Presentation by Swift & Staley: 

Environmental Information Center. 

• Subcommittee Chairs’ Comments. 

• Public Comments. 

• Final Comments. 

• Adjourn. 

Breaks Taken As Appropriate. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Reinhard 

Knerr as soon as possible in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Reinhard 

Knerr at the telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received as 

soon as possible prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. 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. The EM SSAB, Paducah, 

will hear public comments pertaining to 

its scope (clean-up standards and 

environmental restoration; waste 

management and disposition; 

stabilization and disposition of nonstockpile nuclear materials; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship; risk assessment and 

management; and clean-up science and 

technology activities). Comments 

outside of the scope may be submitted 

via written statement as directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Reinhard Knerr at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.pgdpcab.energy.gov/ 

2011Meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC on September 

28, 2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25559 Filed 10–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE Response to Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board’s Request for 

Clarification on Recommendation 

2011–1, Safety Culture at the Waste 

Treatment and Immobilization Plant 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On August 12, 2011, the 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 

(DNFSB) requested clarification on 

DOE’s response to Recommendation 

2011–1, Safety Culture at the Waste 

Treatment and Immobilization Plant. In 

accordance with section 315(b) of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

42 U.S.C. 2286d(b), the following 

represents the Secretary of Energy’s 

clarification response to the DNFSB’s 

request. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, 

views, or arguments concerning the 

Secretary’s response to: Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana 

Avenue, NW., Suite 700, Washington, 

DC 20004 within thirty (30) days from 

the date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Vorderbrueggen, Nuclear Engineer, 

Departmental Representative to the 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

Office of Health, Safety and Security, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2011. 

Mari-Josette Campagnone, 

Departmental Representative to the Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Office of 

Health, Safety and Security. 

September 19, 2011 

The Honorable Peter S. Winokur 

Chairman 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20004–2901 

Dear Mr. Chairman: 

This letter responds to your August 

12, 2011 letter, which requested 

clarification on four areas identified in 

our original June 30, 2011, response to 

your Recommendation 2011–1, Safety 

Culture at the Waste Treatment and 

Immobilization Plant (WTP). As you 

know, because this issue is of such great 

importance to the Department of Energy 

(DOE), I have designated Deputy 

Secretary Poneman as the Responsible 

Manager for this Recommendation, and 

he has already begun our efforts to 

address the issues our staffs have 

discussed. The Department appreciates 

the opportunity to provide further 


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