5860 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 25 / Monday, February 7, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Semi-Annual

Chairs Meeting

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), Semi-Annual Chairs

Meeting. 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: Friday, February 18, 2000, 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Saturday, February 19,

2000, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Cavanaugh’s on the Falls,

475 River Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho,

800–325–4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Butterfield, Deputy Designated Federal

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington DC, 20585, (202) 586–5542.

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.

Tentative Agenda

Friday, February 18, 2000: EM SSAB

Chairs Meeting (Day 1)

8:00–8:30 a.m—Registration

8:30–8:45 a.m—Welcome by Ms. Bev

Cook, Manager, DOE Idaho

Operations Office; Mr. Chuck Rice,

Chair of INEEL CAB; and the

Honorable Linda Milam, Mayor of

Idaho Falls, ID

8:45–8.50 a.m—Introductory remarks

(Martha Crosland, Director, EM

Office of Intergovernmental and

Public Accountability, DOEHeadquarters)

8:50–9:00 a.m—EM SSAB Chairs

Meeting ‘‘Rules of Engagement’’

(Wendy Green Lowe, INEEL CAB

Administrator/Facilitator)

9:00–10:00 a.m—Update on EM

Integration Program (Mr. David

Huizenga, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Integration and

Disposition)

10:00–10:15 a.m—Break

10:15–11:00 a.m—Integrated Nuclear

Materials Management Plan (Dave

Huizenga)

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m—Update on Status

of Stakeholder Questions from May

1999 SSAB Transportation

Workshop, Cincinnati, OH (Dave

Huizenga)

11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m—Lunch

1:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m—‘‘Round-robin’’

general issues and information

exchange among local EM SSABs

(SSAB Chairs)

2:45–3:00 p.m—Break

3:00–4:00 p.m—Overview of the FY

2001 EM Budget and discussion of

EM’s 2000 Paths to Closure Process

(Fred Butterfield, Office of Policy,

Planning & Budget)

4:00–4:45 p.m—Summary/Discussion:

Oak Ridge Stewardship Seminar

(Oak Ridge)

4:45–5:00 p.m—Public Comment period

(Wendy)

5:00 p.m—Dinner (on your own)

Saturday, February 19, 2000: EM SSAB

Chairs Meeting (Day 2)

8:00–9:00 a.m—DOE–EM Informational

and Status Updates (Martha)

• Waste Management PEIS and

Disposal Records of Decision

• PEIS Lawsuit Settlement

• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

• NEPA (EIS/EA) Status Updates

• Transportation Protocols

Standardization Initiative

• DOE–EM Reorganization

ImplementationP=’02’≤

9:00–10:00 a.m—Update/Discussion on

Draft Revised EM SSAB Guidance

(Fred)

10:00–10:30 a.m—Discussion:

Determine Interest in Offering the

EM ‘‘Environmental Laws and

Regulations’’ Training Course for

EM SSAB Chairs at next SSAB

Chairs’ Meeting (Martha)

10:30–11:00 a.m—New Business/TBD

(Martha)

11:00–11:15 a.m—Public comment

period (Wendy)

11:15–11:30 a.m—Break

12:00 p.m—Closing Remarks/Adjourn

(Martha)

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m—Lunch (on your

own)P=’02’≤

1:00–5:00 p.m—Opportunities for

informal gatherings of EM SSAB

Chairs, SSAB Administrators/

Facilitators, and DOE SSAB Federal

Coordinators

5:00 p.m—Dinner (on your own)

(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)P=’02’≤

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 their specific

site, or Fred Butterfield at the address

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 Designated Federal Officer, Martha

Crosland, and the Deputy Designated

Federal Officer, Fred Butterfield, U.S.

Department of Energy, are empowered

to conduct the meeting in a fashion that

will facilitate the orderly conduct of

business. This notice is being published

less than 15 days before the date of the

meeting due to programmatic issues that

had to be resolved prior to publication.

Minutes: A written summary 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-Friday,

except Federal holidays. The meeting

summary will also be available by

writing the EM–SSAB Chair or

Designated Deputy Federal Officer of

every EM–SSAB that participated in the

meeting.

Issued at Washington, DC on February 1,

2000.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–2706 Filed 2–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Representative

Average Unit Costs of Energy

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Department

of Energy (DOE or Department) is

forecasting the representative average

unit costs of five residential energy

sources for the year 2000. The five

sources are electricity, natural gas, No.

2 heating oil, propane, and kerosene.

The representative unit costs of these

energy sources are used in the Energy

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products, established by Part B of Title

III of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The representative

average unit costs of energy contained

in this notice will become effective

March 8, 2000 and will remain in effect

until further notice.