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(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.116S), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for evaluating the applications 

for this program are from 34 CFR 75.210 

and are listed in the application 

package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department will use the 

following measures to assess the 

performance of this program: 

(a) The percentage of FIPSE grantees 

reporting project dissemination to 

others. 

(b) The percentage of FIPSE projects 

reporting institutionalization on their 

home campuses. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data on these measures in 

your project’s annual performance 

report (34 CFR 75.590). Applicants are 

also advised to consider these two 

measures in conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of the 

proposed project because of their 

importance in the application review 

process. Collection of data on these 

measures should be part of the project 

evaluation plan, along with any 

measures of progress on goals and 

objectives that are specific to your 

project. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krish Mathur, FIPSE—Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6155, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7512 or by e-mail: 

krish.mathur@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can 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. 

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– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the function of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Amended Notice of Intent To Modify 

the Scope of the Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project Near Hugoton, KS 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Amended notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE or the Department) is 

providing this Amended Notice of 

Intent to announce its intent to modify 

the scope of an ongoing environmental 

impact statement in which DOE is 

assessing the potential environmental 

impacts of a project proposed by 

Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, 

LLC (ABBK), to construct and operate a 

biomass-to-ethanol and energy facility 

near Hugoton, Kansas (Abengoa 

Biorefinery Project). DOE issued its 

original Notice of Intent on Aug. 25, 

2008, for the proposed construction and 

operation of a biomass-to-ethanol and 

energy facility that was planned to be 


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integrated with a traditional grain-toethanol production facility on the same 

site. 

DATES: The public scoping period begins 

today, and will end on May 29, 2009. 

DOE will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by May 29, 

2009. DOE will consider late comments 

to the extent practicable. DOE will hold 

a public scoping meeting in Memorial 

Hall at the Stevens County Courthouse, 

200 East 6th St., Hugoton, Kansas 

67951–2606, on May 19, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. DOE will give equal 

weight to written and oral comments. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct written 

comments on the scope of the EIS to Ms. 

Kristin Kerwin at the U.S. Department 

of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 

Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado, 

80401. You also may contact Ms. 

Kerwin by telephone at 303–275–4968, 

by facsimile at 303–275–4790, or by email at kristin.kerwin@go.doe.gov. 

Please label envelopes and the subject 

line of e-mails with the heading 

‘‘Abengoa EIS Scoping Comments.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the proposed project, 

information on how to comment, or to 

receive a copy of the Draft EIS when it 

is issued, contact Ms. Kristin Kerwin by 

any of the means described above under 

the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section. 

For further information on the DOE 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Integrated 

Biorefinery Program, contact: Ms. Valri 

Lightner, Biomass Program Manager 

(Acting), U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., EE– 

2E, Washington, DC 20585; telephone: 

202–586–0937; facsimile: 202–586– 

1640; e-mail: eere_biomass@ee.doe.gov. 

For further information on DOE’s 

Loan Guarantee Program, contact: Mr. 

Daniel Tobin, Loan Guarantee Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., CF–1.3, 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone: 202– 

586–1940; facsimile: 202–586–4052; email: daniel.tobin@hq.doe.gov. 

For further information on the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service 

Biorefinery Assistance Program contact: 

Energy Branch, Attention: Biorefinery 

Assistance Program, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 3225, 

Washington, DC 20250–3225; telephone: 

202–720–1400. 

For general information regarding the 

DOE National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process contact: Ms. Carol M. 

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., GC–20, 

Washington, DC 20585; e-mail 

AskNEPA@hq.doe.gov; telephone 202– 

586–4600; or leave a message at 1–800– 

472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In September 2007, DOE 

granted an initial award to ABBK to 

advance the conceptual design, initiate 

the permitting process, and support an 

environmental review under NEPA for 

ABBK’s proposed biomass-to-ethanol 

and energy facility near Hugoton, 

Kansas, pursuant to section 932 of 

EPAct 2005. DOE requires completion of 

the design, permitting, and 

environmental review obligations prior 

to deciding whether to co-fund the 

construction and operation phase of the 

project. The total anticipated cost of this 

initial work was $37.5 million of which 

DOE funded 40 percent ($15 million) 

and ABBK provided 60 percent ($22.5 

million). For additional information on 

section 932 of EPAct 2005 and details 

regarding DOE’s competitive solicitation 

process for commercial-scale integrated 

biorefineries, refer to the original NOI, 

(73 FR 50001 (Aug. 25, 2008)). 

In DOE’s original NOI, the 

Department announced its intent to 

prepare an EIS for the Abengoa 

Biorefinery Project. DOE indicated that 

it was proposing to negotiate a second 

financial assistance agreement for 

approximately $61 million for the final 

design, construction, and operation of 

the biomass-to-ethanol and energy 

facility. This facility was planned to be 

integrated with a traditional grain-toethanol production facility, and the 

grain-to-ethanol facility was to be 

constructed and operated using private 

funds. 

In January 2009, because of economic 

viability concerns and anticipated 

market conditions, ABBK notified DOE 

that it no longer was considering the 

construction and operation of the 

traditional grain-to-ethanol facility, and, 

further, was proposing to modify its 

biomass-to-ethanol and energy 

production facility by including a 

steam-driven turbine to generate 

electricity that would be supplied to the 

regional power grid. In addition, ABBK 

stated its intent to solicit loan 

guarantees from the DOE Loan 

Guarantee Program pursuant to Title 

XVII of EPAct 2005 and from the USDA 

RBC Biorefinery Assistance Program 

pursuant to section 9003 of the 2008 

Farm Bill. 

EPAct 2005 (Title XVII) authorizes the 

Department to issue loan guarantees to 

eligible projects that ‘‘avoid, reduce, or 

sequester air pollutants or 

anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse 

gases,’’ and ‘‘employ new or 

significantly improved technologies as 

compared to commercial technologies in 

service in the United States at the time 

the guarantee is issued.’’ ABBK 

submitted a DOE loan guarantee 

application on February 26, 2009. 

Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill is 

intended to assist in the development 

and construction of commercial-scale 

biorefineries and the retrofitting of 

existing facilities using eligible 

technology for the development of 

advanced biofuels. ABBK has not 

submitted an application to the USDA 

RBC Biorefinery Assistance Program for 

a loan guarantee under section 9003 of 

the 2008 Farm Bill. After the receipt and 

review of an application, the RBC may 

decide to provide a loan guarantee to 

ABBK. The RBC would only do so if the 

application is for an eligible project that 

provides for the development, 

construction, and retrofitting of 

commercial biorefineries using eligible 

technology. 

Previous Public Scoping Comments: 

The Department received 14 scoping 

comments during the public scoping 

period that ended on October 9, 2008, 

and received no comments after that 

date. Commenters expressed support for 

the proposed biorefinery project, 

suggested there would be no adverse 

environmental impacts from 

constructing and operating the 

biorefinery, requested information, or 

asked that DOE include certain analyses 

in the EIS. For example, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

requested an analysis of the potential 

impacts from biomass production and 

harvesting on soils, surface and 

groundwater quality and quantity, air 

quality, and upland wildlife habitat. 

DOE will address these comments, as 

well as those submitted during the 

public comment period for this 

Amended NOI, in the Abengoa 

Biorefinery EIS. 

Proposed Action: DOE is proposing to 

provide cost-shared Federal funding, 

only potentially, to issue a loan 

guarantee for the Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project. DOE would provide 

approximately $61 million in Federal 

funding pursuant to section 932 of 

EPAct 2005 to ABBK for the final 

design, construction, and initial 

operation of a commercial-scale 

biomass-to-ethanol and energy 

production facility near Hugoton, 

Kansas. The total estimated cost 

(beyond the initial award) for final 

design, construction, and initial 

operation of the facility with the new 

scope is approximately $290 million. 


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1The amount requested for the loan guarantee is 

not being disclosed at this time because it is 

business sensitive. Moreover, should DOE approve 

a loan guarantee, that amount may differ from the 

original request. 

DOE may also provide a loan guarantee 

pursuant to Title XVII of EPAct 2005.1

The biomass-to-ethanol facility would 

use an enzymatic hydrolysis process for 

converting biomass feedstocks to 

ethanol and co-products, and a 

gasification technology to convert 

biomass to synthesis gas. The synthesis 

gas would be used to fire a gas-powered 

boiler to generate steam that ultimately 

would be used to produce electricity. 

Biomass feedstock would be supplied 

from waste products from the 

production of crops produced near the 

facility, and may include sorghum 

stubble, corn stover, switchgrass, and 

other opportunity feedstocks that are 

available. 

The estimated biomass usage (dry 

metric tons per day) and output of 

ethanol (million gallons per year) for the 

biomass-to-ethanol facility, the project 

site features and location, and 

infrastructure requirements would 

remain the same as outlined in the 

original NOI. However, electricity 

produced by the steam-powered turbine 

would be sold to Pioneer Electric 

Cooperative, Inc., for supply to the 

regional power grid. As discussed in the 

original NOI, the proposed project 

would require a new transmission line 

to bring electricity to the site. The 

power produced by the steam-powered 

turbine would be supplied back to the 

regional power grid via this same new 

transmission line. The line would run 

from the proposed project location to 

the east side of Road 11, then several 

miles north to the existing substation. 

In addition to processing an estimated 

400 dry metric tons per day of biomass 

for the biomass-to-ethanol facility (to 

produce approximately 12 million 

gallons per year of denatured ethanol), 

the synthesis gas production facility 

would process an estimated 300 dry 

metric tons per day of biomass, and the 

electric generation portion of the facility 

would process and estimated 275 to 700 

dry metric tons per day of biomass. The 

entire facility would process 

approximately 975 to 1400 dry metric 

tons per day of biomass. 

Alternatives: The Department 

proposes to analyze the following 

alternatives in detail in the EIS: (1) The 

Abengoa Biorefinery Project as proposed 

by ABBK; (2) the Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project as proposed by ABBK without 

supplying electricity to the regional 

power grid; and (3) the No Action 

alternative, which assumes that none of 

the proposed facilities is constructed. 

In addition, DOE plans to evaluate 

ranges of options for implementing the 

proposed project, including onsite 

versus offsite storage of feedstock; wet 

(unprotected or uncovered) versus dry 

(protected or covered) storage of 

feedstock; and smaller or larger boiler 

sizes. DOE will also explore potential 

mitigation measures that could be 

implemented for any of the alternatives. 

Preliminary Identification of 

Environmental Issues: One purpose of 

this Amended NOI is to solicit 

comments and suggestions for DOE to 

consider in preparing the EIS. As 

background for public comment, the 

Department tentatively has identified 

the following list of potential 

environmental issues for analysis. This 

list identifies resource areas that may be 

affected by construction and operation 

of the proposed Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project and that DOE plans to analyze in 

the EIS. This list is not intended to be 

all-inclusive or to imply any 

predetermination of impacts. DOE 

welcomes comments on these resource 

areas and other suggestions on the scope 

of the EIS. 

1. Water resources: potential impacts 

on surface and groundwater resources 

and water quality, including effects of 

water usage, wastewater management, 

and storm water management. 

2. Wetlands: potential impacts on 

apparent isolated wetlands at the project 

site. 

3. Utility and transportation 

infrastructure: requirements for delivery 

of feedstocks and process chemicals to 

the facility and distribution of products 

from the facility to the marketplace. 

4. Land use: changes in land use, 

including the proposed site and the 

geographical area that will provide 

feedstock to the proposed facility. 

5. Local and regional air quality: 

changes in air quality. 

6. Cultural resources: including 

potential effects on historic and 

archaeological resources and American 

Indian tribal resources. 

7. Ecological resources: terrestrial and 

aquatic plants and animals including 

state and Federally-listed threatened 

and endangered species and other 

protected resources. 

8. Health and safety: including 

construction-related safety and processrelated safety associated with handling 

and management of process chemicals. 

9. Noise: potential impacts resulting 

from construction and operation of the 

proposed plant and from transportation 

of feedstocks, process materials, and 

plant byproducts. 

10. Socioeconomics: potential 

socioeconomic impacts of plant 

construction and operation, including 

effects on public services and 

infrastructure resulting from the influx 

of construction personnel and plant 

operating staff, and environmental 

justice issues. 

11. Aesthetic and scenic resources: 

potential visual effects associated with 

plant structures and operations. 

12. Cumulative impacts that result 

from the incremental impacts of the 

proposed plant when added to the other 

past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future activities. This may 

include potential impacts resulting from 

widespread replication of this type of 

technology, and from traditional grainto-ethanol production facilities. 

13. Global climate change: potential 

greenhouse gas emissions that may 

result from this project. 

Public Scoping Process: Interested 

agencies, organizations, American 

Indian tribes, and members of the public 

are encouraged to submit comments or 

suggestions concerning the proposed 

content of the Abengoa Biorefinery EIS, 

including the range of reasonable 

alternatives and the potential 

environmental impacts. DOE invites 

written and oral comments and 

suggestions at the public scoping 

meeting. The public scoping period will 

be open until May 29, 2009. 

Please send written comments to Ms. 

Kristin Kerwin, as described above 

under the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section. The 

public scoping meeting will be held at 

the location, date, and time listed in the 

‘‘DATES’’ and ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ sections of 

this Amended NOI. This meeting will be 

informal. A presiding officer designated 

by DOE will establish procedures 

governing the conduct of the meeting, 

and DOE will provide an overview of 

the proposed Abengoa Biorefinery 

Project. DOE will not conduct the 

meeting as an evidentiary hearing, and 

those who choose to make statements 

will not be cross-examined by other 

speakers. However, DOE representatives 

may ask speakers questions to help 

ensure that DOE understands their 

comments or suggestions. 

For advanced registration to speak at 

the meeting, please contact Ms. Kristin 

Kerwin via telephone, mail, fax, or email as listed in the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ 

section. For those persons who wish to 

speak but do not register in advance, 

DOE will provide an opportunity to 

speak after previously scheduled 

speakers have spoken, as time allows. 

To ensure that everyone who wishes to 

speak has a chance to do so, DOE will 

allot at least five minutes to each 

speaker. Persons wishing to speak on 

behalf of an organization should 

identify that organization when they 

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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. 

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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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