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DOE will retain a transcript of the 

public scoping meeting and will make 

the transcript available to the public for 

review via the Golden Field Office 

Online Public Reading Room at: http:// 

www.eere.energy.gov/golden/ 

Reading_Room.aspx. DOE will make 

available additional copies of the public 

scoping meeting transcripts during 

business hours at the following location: 

Stevens County Library, 500 S. Monroe 

Street, Hugoton, Kansas 67951. 

Schedule: DOE expects to issue the 

Draft EIS in summer 2009 and will 

announce the availability of the Draft 

EIS in the Federal Register and local 

media. DOE will consider comments on 

the Draft EIS in preparing the Final EIS. 

Interested parties who do not wish to 

submit comments at this time, but who 

would like to receive a copy of the Draft 

EIS, should contact Kristin Kerwin, as 

provided in the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section of 

this notice. 

Other Agency Involvement: The 

Department has invited the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture to become a 

cooperating agency in the preparation of 

this EIS. DOE anticipates that the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service will assist 

with the Department’s review process 

and adopt the Abengoa Biorefinery EIS, 

to the extent practicable, to satisfy that 

agency’s NEPA-related requirements 

and support its decisions under section 

9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22, 

2009. 

Steven G. Chalk, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. E9–9716 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the State Energy Advisory 

Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory 

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

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: June 23–25, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW. Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Commercialization and 

Project Management, Golden Field 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 

Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303–275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways 

STEAB can support DOE’s 

implementation of the Economic 

Recovery Act, support 

commercialization efforts for both 

energy efficiency and renewable energy, 

consider potential collaborative 

activities involving the State Energy 

Offices, and update members on other 

routine business matters. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Members of the 

public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gary Burch at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

teleconference; reasonable provisions 

will be made to include requested 

topic(s) on the agenda. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. The 

Chair of the Board is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site, http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on April 22, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9762 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah 

River Site 

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), Savannah River Site. 

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: Monday, May 18, 2009, 1 p.m.– 

5 p.m. 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 8:30 a.m.– 

4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Mulberry Inn, 601 East 

Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerri Flemming, Office of External 

Affairs, Department of Energy, 

Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. 

Box A, Aiken, SC 29802; Phone: (803) 

952–7886. 

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: 

Monday, May 18, 2009 

1 p.m. Combined Committee Session 

5 p.m. Adjourn 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 

8:30 a.m. Approval of Minutes, 

Agency Updates, Public Comment 

Session, Chair and Facilitator 

Updates, Administrative Committee 

Report, Strategic and Legacy 

Management Committee Report, 

Public Comment Session 

12 p.m. Lunch Break 

1 p.m. Waste Management Committee 

Report, Facility Disposition and 

Site Remediation Committee 

Report, Nuclear Materials 

Committee Report, Public Comment 

Session 

4 p.m. Adjourn 

If needed, time will be allotted after 

public comments for items added to the 

agenda and administrative details. A 

final agenda will be available at the 

meeting Monday, May 18, 2009. 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Savannah River Site, 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 Gerri Flemming 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 agenda items 

should contact Gerri Flemming’s office 

at the address or telephone listed above. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 


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