16796 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 67 / Tuesday, April 8, 1997 / Notices

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. This notice is

being published less than 15 days before

the date of the meeting due to

programatic issues that has to be

resolved.

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

9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,

except Federal holidays. Minutes will

also be available by writing to Mike

Zamorski, Department of Energy

Kirtland Area Office, P.O. Box 5400,

Albuquerque, NM 87185, or by calling

(505) 845–4094.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 3, 1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–8934 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah Gaseous

Diffusion Plant.

DATES: Thursday, April 17, 1997: 6:00

p.m.–9:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Technical

School (cafeteria), 5200 Blandville

Road, Paducah, Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carlos Alvarado, Site-Specific Advisory

Board Coordinator, Department of

Energy Paducah Site Office, Post Office

Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001, (502) 441–6804.

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.

Tentative Agenda

Updates on proposed meeting sites,

the Environmental Management and

Enrichment Facilities Project report, the

Federal Facility Agreement, the

membership drive, the budget, the draft

work plan, and presentations on the 10-

Year Plan and a Request for Proposal.

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 Carlos Alvarado 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 Designated Federal

Official 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.

This notice is being published less than

15 days before the date of the meeting

due to programmatic issues that has to

be resolved.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Department of Energy’s

Environmental Information and Reading

Room at 175 Freedom Boulevard,

Highway 60, Kevil, Kentucky between

8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday

through Friday, or by writing to Carlos

Alvarado, Department of Energy

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001, or by calling him at (502) 441–

6804.

Issued at Washington, DC on April 3, 1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–8935 Filed 4–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. ETEC–029]

Certification of the Radiological

Condition of Building 029 at the

Energy Technology Engineering

Center near Chatsworth, California

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Environmental Restoration.

ACTION: Notice of Certification.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has completed radiological

surveys and taken remedial action to

decontaminate Building 029 located at

the Energy Technology Engineering

Center (ETEC) near Chatsworth,

California. This property was found to

contain radioactive materials from

activities carried out for the Atomic

Energy Commission and the Energy

Research and Development

Administration (AEC/ERDA),

predecessor agencies to DOE. Although

DOE owns the majority of the buildings

and equipment, a subsidiary of

Rockwell International, Rocketdyne,

owned the land. Rocketdyne has

recently been sold to Boeing North

American Incorporated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don

Williams, Program Manager, Office of

Northwestern Area Programs, Office of

Environmental Restoration (EM–44),

U.S. Department of Energy, Washington,

D.C. 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has

implemented environmental restoration

projects at ETEC (Ventura County, Map

Book 3, Page 7, Miscellaneous Records)

as part of DOE’s Environmental

Restoration Program. One objective of

the program is to identify and clean up

or otherwise control facilities where

residual radioactive contamination

remains from activities carried out

under contract to AEC/ERDA during the

early years of the Nation’s atomic energy

program.

ETEC is comprised of a number of

facilities and structures located within

Administrative Area IV of the Santa

Susana Field Laboratory. The work

performed for DOE at ETEC consisted

primarily of testing of equipment,

materials, and components for nuclear

and energy related programs. These

nuclear energy research and

development programs, conducted by

Atomics International under contract to

AEC/ERDA, began in 1946. Several

buildings and land areas became

radiologically contaminated as a result

of facility operations and site activities.

Building 029 is one ETEC area that has

been designated for cleanup under the

DOE Environmental Restoration

Program. Other areas undergoing

decontamination will be released as

they are completed and are verified to

meet established cleanup criteria and

standards for release without

radiological restrictions as established

in DOE Order 5400.5.

Building 029 is located in the northeastern section of ETEC with access by

way of 10th Street, which intersects ‘‘G’’

Street just southwest of Building 064.

An asphalt concrete roadway (10th

Street) runs directly to the facility.

Constructed in 1959 as an open bay

facility, Building 029 is a Butler-type

building with a steel frame and