[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33534-33535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15683]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental 
Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho. The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 
public notice of these meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Public participation sessions will be held on: Tuesday, July 17, 
2001, 12:15-12:30 p.m, 5:45-6 p.m.; Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 11:45-12 
noon, 3:30-3:45 p.m.
    These times are subject to change as the meeting progresses. Please 
check with the meeting facilitator to confirm these times.

ADDRESSES: Ameritel Inn, 645 Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Lowe, Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Citizens' Advisory 
Board (CAB) Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 477 Shoup 
Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, Phone (208) 522-1662 or visit 
the Board's Internet home page at http://www.ida.net/users/cab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the 
Board is to make recommendations to the Department of Energy and its 
regulators in the areas of future use, cleanup levels, waste 
disposition and cleanup priorities at the INEEL.
    Tentative Agenda: (Agenda topics may change up to the day of the 
meeting. Please contact Jason Associates for the most current agenda or 
visit the CAB's Internet site at www.ida.net/users/cab/).
    Presentations on the following:
    <bullet> The conceptual design, siting, and waste acceptance 
criteria for the INEEL Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Disposal Facility
    <bullet> The remaining major components of the EM Program (Waste 
Area Group 7 cleanup program, the rest of the cleanup program, and the 
site-wide infrastructure program) for consideration in development of a 
recommendation on budget priorities within limited funding levels
    Discussion of the following:
    <bullet> Consider development of a recommendation addressing 
priorities under the Environmental Management Program budget for use in 
the event that insufficient funds are provided to allow INEEL to 
conduct the program as desired
    Status Reports on the following:
    <bullet> Workforce restructuring at the INEEL

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    <bullet> Preparations for the 2001 fire season
    <bullet> Top-down DOE-HQ review
    Review:
    <bullet> Follow-up activities related to the May 2001 Self-
Evaluation Retreat
    <bullet> A process to set priorities for the INEEL CAB over the 
next year of operation
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board facilitator either before or 
after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral presentations 
pertaining to agenda items should contact the Board Chair at the 
address or telephone number listed above. Request 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, Jerry Bowman, Assistant Manager for Laboratory Development, 
Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy, is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. Every individual wishing to make public comment 
will be provided equal time to present their comments. Additional time 
may be made available for public comment during the presentations.
    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 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except 
Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Ms. 
Wendy Lowe, INEEL CAB Facilitator, Jason Associates Corporation, 477 
Shoup Avenue, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 or by calling (208) 522-
1662.

    Issued at Washington, DC on June 18, 2001.
Belinda Hood,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-15683 Filed 6-21-01; 8:45 am]
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