Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board; Renewal

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Environmental Management; Environmental Management Site

Specific Advisory Board; Renewal

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Public Law 92-463), and in accordance with title 41 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, section 101-6.1015(a), and following consultation

with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services

Administration, notice is hereby given that the Environmental

Management Site Specific Advisory Board has been renewed for a two-year

period beginning May 16, 1996.

The purpose of the Board is to provide the Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management with advice and recommendations on

environmental management projects and issues such as risk management,

economic development, future land use, and budget prioritization

activities, from the perspectives of affected groups and State and

local governments. Board membership will reflect the full diversity of

views in the affected community and region and be composed primarily of

people who are directly affected by site clean-up activities. Members

will include interested stakeholders from local governments, Indian

Tribes, environmental and civic groups, labor organizations,

universities, waste management and environmental restoration firms, and

other interested parties. Representatives from the Department of Energy

(DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency, and State governments will

be ex-officio members of the Board. Selection and appointment of Board

members will be accomplished using procedures designed to ensure

diverse membership and a balance of viewpoints. Consensus

recommendations to the DOE from the Board on the resolution of numerous

difficult issues will help achieve DOE's objective of an integrated

environmental management program.

The Secretary of Energy has determined that renewal of the

Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board is necessary to

conduct the DOE's business and is in the public interest. The Board

will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the DOE Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), and rules

and regulations issued in implementation of those Acts.

Further information regarding this advisory board may be obtained

from

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Rachel Murphy Samuel at (202) 586-3279.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 16, 1996.

JoAnne Whitman,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96-12821 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]

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