Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah

River Site

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the

following Advisory Committee meeting: Environmental Management Site-

Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site.

DATES AND TIMES: Monday, September 22, 1997: 4:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.;

Tuesday, September 23, 1997: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Marine Corps Air Station--Beaufort, U.S. Highway 21,

Beaufort, South Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerri Flemming, Public Accountability

Specialist, Environmental Restoration and Solid Waste Division,

Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. Box A,

Aiken, S.C. 29802, (803) 725-5374.

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, waste management and related activities.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, September 22, 1997

4:00 p.m.--Executive committee meeting

6:00 p.m.--Public comment session (5-minute rule)

6:30 p.m.--Board Overview--Presentation

7:00 p.m.--Issues-based subcommittee meetings

9:00 p.m.--Adjourn

Tuesday, September 23, 1997

8:30 a.m. Approval of minutes, agency updates (15 minutes) Public

comment session (5-minute rule) (30 minutes), Environmental restoration

and waste management subcommittee report (2 hours), Nuclear materials

management subcommittee (45 minutes)

12:00 p.m.--Lunch

1:00 p.m.--DOE Emergency Preparedness Program (30 minutes)

Administrative subcommittee report (45 minutes)--Includes by-laws

amendment proposal (membership selection), Risk management & future use

subcommittee report (30 minutes), National Dialogue discussion (30

minutes), Facilitator update (15 minutes), Outreach subcommittee report

(15 minutes)

4:00 p.m.--Adjourn

If necessary, 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, September 22, 1997.

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 Gerri Flemming's office at the address or

telephone number listed above. Requests must be received 5 days prior

to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The Designated Federal Official 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 5 minutes 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 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday except Federal

holidays. Minutes will also be available by writing to Gerri Flemming,

Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. Box A,

Aiken, S.C. 29802, or by calling her at (803) 725-5374.

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 20, 1997.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-22628 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]

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