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exemption is granted, to a commercial

facility, consistent with the facility’s

waste acceptance criteria. DOE will

select facilities based on the technical

requirements and capabilities of the

receiving facility and cost, consistent

with applicable requirements, such as

the DOE Radioactive Waste

Management Order, DOE O 435.1, and

the corresponding Manual, DOE M

435.1–1, and Guide DOE G 435.1–1.

DOE will continue onsite treatment of

SRS MLLW streams (about 20%) for

which SRS has the capacity, unless an

exemption is granted (e.g., the Effluent

Treatment Facility or Consolidated

Incineration Facility). Certain MLLW

streams (about 80%) for which onsite

treatment capacity does not exist or is

not cost effective will be treated at two

of DOE’s four regional treatment

facilities (i.e., Hanford Site or ORR), or,

if an exemption is granted, at a

commercial facility (e.g., MLLW High

Efficiency Particulate Air Filters to

Materials & Energy Corp., a commercial

facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee). All

treated MLLW and residuals (100%)

from onsite or offsite treatment will be

disposed of at a DOE regional disposal

facility (i.e., Hanford Site or NTS),

consistent with the disposal facility’s

waste acceptance criteria, or, if an

exemption is granted, at a commercial

facility (e.g., solidified incinerator ash at

Envirocare in Clive, Utah). DOE will use

DOE facilities, whenever practical.

When this is not practical, DOE will

select other facilities based on the

technical requirements and capabilities

of the receiving facility and cost,

consistent with applicable

requirements, such as DOE Radioactive

Waste Management Order, DOE O 435.1,

DOE M 435.1–1, and DOE G 435.1–1.

Reasons for Decision

This decision modifies the October

1995 and May 1997 RODs for the SRS

WMEIS to be consistent with DOE’s

programmatic decisions concerning

LLW and MLLW treatment and disposal

and to reflect regulatory and budgetary

conditions at SRS. Some onsite

treatment facilities for MLLW (e.g., the

Mixed Waste Treatment Facility) and

disposal facilities for LLW and MLLW

(e.g., additional LLW disposal vaults

and MLLW disposal vaults) that would

have been implemented under previous

decisions do not exist or are no longer

planned at SRS. The reasons for the

cancellation of additional onsite

facilities are: The inability of SRS to

meet current South Carolina Department

of Health and Environmental Control

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act waste disposal facility

requirements, funding reductions for

treatment and disposal facilities at SRS,

and the apparent adequacy of existing or

planned treatment and disposal capacity

at other DOE and commercial facilities.

This decision is consistent with

agreements between DOE and the State

of South Carolina concerning MLLW

management under the FFCAct of 1992.

Environmental Impacts

Potential impacts of this decision on

SRS land use and ecological resources

are expected to be less than the impacts

previously analyzed in the SRS WMEIS,

due to canceling construction and

operation of additional SRS treatment

and disposal facilities, and, instead,

using existing or planned offsite

commercial or DOE treatment and

disposal facilities. Before implementing

this decision at receiving sites other

than SRS, DOE will determine the need

for additional site-specific or project

level NEPA reviews.

Mitigation

DOE believes that all practicable

means to avoid and minimize

environmental harm from the

previously selected ‘‘Moderate

Treatment Configuration Alternative’’

have already been adopted.

Conclusion

DOE has reviewed the information

and analyses in the SRS WMEIS and

WM PEIS (Chapters 6 and 7), and

determined that this amended decision

is adequately supported by these EISs.

In making this amended decision, DOE

considered beneficial and adverse

environmental impacts, costs, and

regulatory commitments.

Issued in Washington, DC on this 4th day

of June, 2001.

Carolyn L. Huntoon,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–16264 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. 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.

DATE: Thursday, July 19, 2001—5:30

p.m.–9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Paducah Information Age

Park Resource Center, 2000 McCracken

Boulevard, Paducah, Kentucky.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.

Don Seaborg, Deputy Designated

Federal Officer (DDFO), Department of

Energy Paducah Site Office, Post Office

Box 1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001, (270) 441–6806.

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 and waste

management activities.

Tentative Agenda

5:30 p.m.—Informal Discussion

6 p.m.—Call to Order; Review of

agenda; Approval of minutes

6:20 p.m.—DDFO’s Comments

6:40 p.m.—Board comments and public

comments/questions

7 p.m.—Ex-officio comments

7:10 p.m.—Break

7:15 p.m.—Presentation—Site Wide

Sediment Controls Project

8 p.m.—Break

8:10 p.m.—Task Force and

Subcommittee Reports

8:50 p.m.—Administrative Issues

Copies of the final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

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 Pat J. 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

Designated Federal Officer 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 five minutes

to present their comments as the first

item of the meeting agenda.

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–Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available at the Department of Energy’s

Environmental Information Center and

Reading Room at 175 Freedom

Boulevard, Highway 60, Kevil,

Kentucky between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on

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Monday thru Friday or by writing to Pat

J. Halsey, Department of Energy

Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box

1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky

42001 or by calling her at (270) 441–

6802.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 22, 2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–16261 Filed 6–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Savannah

River

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. 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: Monday, July 23, 2001—6:30

p.m.–9 p.m.; Tuesday, July 24, 2001—

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn-Coliseum at

University of South Carolina, 630

Assemble Street, Columbia, South

Carolina 29201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerri Flemming, Science Technology &

Management Division, Department of

Energy, Savannah River Operations

Office, P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802;

Phone: (803) 725–5374.

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 environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

Monday, July 23, 2001

6:30 p.m.–7 p.m.—Public comment

session

7 p.m.–9 p.m—Issues-based committee

meetings

9 p.m.—Adjourn

Tuesday, July 24, 2001

8:30–9:15 a.m.—Approval of minutes;

Agency updates; Public comment

session; Facilitator update

9:15–10:15 a.m.—Nuclear Materials

Committee Report

10:15–11:15 a.m.—Environmental

Remediation Committee

11:15–12:15 a.m.—Education

Committee; Public Comments

12:15 p.m.—Lunch Break

1–2:45 p.m.—Waste Management

Committee Report

2:45–4:15 p.m.—Strategic & Long-Term

Issues Committee

4:15–4:30 p.m.—Administrative

Committee Report; Public

Comments

4:30 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, July 23, 2001.

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Board either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make the 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

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. Each individual

wishing to make public comment will

be provided equal time to present their

comments.

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 Gerri Flemming, Department

of Energy Savannah River Operations

Office, PO Box A, Aiken, SC 29802, or

by calling her at (803) 725–5374.

Issued at Washington, DC on June 22, 2001.

Belinda Hood,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee

Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

open teleconference meeting of the

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee

(WAAC).

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

requires that notice of this meeting be

published in the Federal Register to

allow for public participation. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide the

Committee and public participants with

a status update on the implementation

of the Energy Employees Occupational

Illness Compensation Program Act of

2000. The program is scheduled to be

launched on July 31, 2001.

Representatives from the four agencies

involved in this program (Department of

Energy, Department of Labor,

Department of Health and Human

Services, and Department of Justice)

will summarize progress in their

respective programs, and provide details

on plans for the program rollout on July

31.

DATES: Friday, July 20, 2001, 1 –5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Participants may call the

Office of Worker Advocacy at (202) 586–

2407 to reserve a teleconference line

and receive a call-in number. Public

participation is welcomed. However, the

number of teleconference lines is

limited and will be made available on

a first-come, first-serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Keating, Executive Administrator,

Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee,

U.S. Department of Energy, EH–8, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20585, Telephone

Number 202–586–7551, E-mail:

judy.keating@eh.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: To provide

advice to the Director of the Office of

Worker Advocacy of the Department of

Energy on plans, priorities, and

strategies for assisting workers who

have been diagnosed with work-related

illnesses.

Tentative Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction

Opening Remarks

Status of Implementation of Energy

Employees Occupational Illness

Compensation Act

Public Comment

Next Steps/Path Forward

Public Participation: This

teleconference meeting is open to the

public on a first-come, first-serve basis

because of the extremely limited

number of telephone lines. Written

statements may be filed with the

committee before or after the meeting.

Members of the public who wish to

make oral statements pertaining to

agenda items should contact Judy

Keating at the address or telephone

listed above. Requests to make oral

statements must be made and received