Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices 11923 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

Reservation 

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), Oak Ridge 

Reservation. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 

475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Halsey, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

576–4025; Fax (865) 576–2347 or e-mail: 

halseypj@oro.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ 

ssab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Agenda: The main meeting 

presentation will be on the DOE 

Transuranic (TRU) Waste Processing 

Center. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, 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 Pat Halsey at 

least seven days in advance of the 

meeting at the phone 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 the agenda 

item should contact Pat Halsey at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days 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 comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Pat Halsey at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab/ 

minutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 16, 

2009. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6135 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Request for Expressions of Interest in 

Hosting a Facility or Facilities for the 

Long-Term Management and Storage 

of Elemental Mercury 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request for expressions 

of interest. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is seeking Expressions of 

Interest from Federal agencies and from 

the private sector regarding potential 

locations for a facility or facilities where 

DOE can store and manage elemental 

mercury pursuant to the Mercury Export 

Ban Act of 2008 (the Act). The Act 

directs DOE to designate by January 1, 

2010, a facility or facilities of DOE for 

the long-term management and storage 

of elemental mercury. At least one such 

facility must be operational by January 

1, 2013. 

DOE intends to initiate an 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

early 2009 and seeks to identify 

facilities to consider as potential 

alternatives. Accordingly, respondents 

to this Request for Expressions of 

Interest may have the facilities they 

identify considered during the 

environmental review scoping process. 

This is a request for expressions of 

interest. No proposals are allowed. 

DATES: Federal agencies and commercial 

entities wishing to make an Expression 

of Interest should do so in writing no 

later than 30 days from the date this 

notice is published. Questions may be 

submitted in writing by letter or e-mail. 

DOE may ask vendors to clarify 

information provided in their 

Expressions of Interest or submit 

additional information. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit hard copies 

of Expressions of Interest to Mr. David 

Levenstein, Mail Stop: EM–11/ 

Cloverleaf 2128, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–2040. 

Electronic versions of Expressions of 

Interest may be submitted in portable 

document format (pdf) by e-mail to 

david.levenstein@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 

prohibits the export of elemental 

mercury from the United States effective 

January 1, 2013. To ensure that 

elemental mercury is managed and 

stored safely, the Act directs DOE to 

take a number of actions. By October 1, 

2009, DOE must issue guidance 

establishing standards and procedures 

for the receipt, management and longterm storage of elemental mercury 

generated within the United States at a 

facility or facilities of DOE. DOE must 

designate such facilities by January 1, 

2010, but is prohibited by the Act from 

locating such a facility at DOE’s Oak 

Ridge Reservation. At least one such 

facility must be operational by January 

1, 2013. In addition to the standards and 

procedures referenced above, elemental 

mercury managed and stored at a 

designated facility will be subject to the 

requirements of the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act, as amended (Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

(RCRA)), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. A 

designated facility in existence on or 

before January 1, 2013, is authorized to 

operate under interim status pursuant to 

RCRA section 3005(e), 42 U.S.C. 

6925(e), until a final decision on a 

permit application is made pursuant to 

RCRA section 3005(c), 42 U.S.C. 

6925(c). The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), or an 

authorized State, shall issue a final 

decision on the permit application by 

January 1, 2015. 

Currently elemental mercury in the 

United States comes from several 

sources, including mercury used in the 

chlorine and caustic soda 

manufacturing process, mercury 

reclaimed from recycling and waste 

recovery activities, and mercury 

generated as a byproduct of the gold 

mining process. In a November 2007 

‘‘Mercury Storage Costs Estimates’’ 

report, EPA assumed the total amount of 

excess mercury supply from commercial 

sources that would require storage to be 

between 7,500 and 10,000 metric tons 

over 40 years. The 7,500 metric ton 

scenario assumes that approximately 

1,200 metric tons would come from 

mercury cell chlor-alkali plants, 

approximately 2,050 metric tons would 

come from product recycling and waste 

recovery, and approximately 4,250 

metric tons would be a byproduct of