Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada

AGENCY:

Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces an in-person/virtual hybrid meeting of the

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the

Federal Register

.

DATES:

Wednesday, January 15, 2025; 4-8:45 p.m. PST. The opportunity for public comment is at 4:10 p.m. PST. This time is subject to change; please contact the Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board (NSSAB) Administrator at

nssab@emcbc.doe.gov

for confirmation of time prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES:

Valley Electric Association's Valley Conference Center, 800 E Highway 372, Pahrump, Nevada 89048. This meeting will be open to the public in-person at the Valley Conference Center or virtually via Microsoft Teams. To attend virtually, please contact Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, by email

nssab@emcbc.doe.gov

or phone (702) 523-0894, no later than 4 p.m. PST on Monday, January 13, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, by phone: (702) 523-0894 or email:

nssab@emcbc.doe.gov

or visit the Board's internet homepage at

www.nnss.gov/NSSAB/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board:

The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on any EM program components.

Tentative Agenda:

• Public Comment Period

• Update from Deputy Designated Federal Officer

• Update from National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Field Office

• Updates from NSSAB Liaisons

• Presentations

Public Participation:

The in-person/online virtual hybrid meeting is open to the public either in-person at the Valley Conference Center or via Microsoft Teams. To sign-up for public comment, please contact the NSSAB Administrator (above) no later than 4 p.m. PST on Monday, January 13, 2025. In addition to participation in the live public comment session identified above, written statements may be filed with the Board either before or within seven days after the meeting by sending them to the NSSAB Administrator at the aforementioned email address. Written public comment received prior to the meeting will be read into the record. 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 comments can do so in 2-minute segments for the 15 minutes allotted for public comments.

Minutes:

Minutes will be available by writing or calling Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, U.S. Department of Energy, EM Nevada Program, 100 North City Parkway, Suite 1750, Las Vegas, NV 89106; Phone: (702) 523-0894. Minutes will also be available at the following website:

https://www.nnss.gov/nssab/nssab-meetings/.

Signing Authority:

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 12, 2024, by Alyssa Petit, Deputy Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the

Federal Register

.

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2024.

Jennifer Hartzell,

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 2024-29867 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]

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