Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Stewardship Workshop

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board,

Stewardship Workshop

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), Stewardship

Workshop. 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, October 25, 1999, 1:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, October

26, 1999, 8:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 27, 1999 8:00 a.m.-

3:30 p.m.; Thursday, October 28, 1999, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES:

Garden Plaza Hotel (October 25 Session), 215 South Illinois Avenue, Oak

Ridge, TN 37830

Oak Ridge Mall Conference Center (October 26-28 Sessions), 333 Main

Street, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carolyn Davis, U.S. Department of

Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN

37831, phone (423) 576-0418.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Management Site-Specific

Advisory Board (EM-SSAB), Oak Ridge, in conjunction with the Oak Ridge

Reservation Stewardship Group, will sponsor the EM-SSAB Workshop on

Stewardship. Speakers and panelists from the Department of Energy,

state and federal regulatory agencies will be on hand to discuss the

issues surrounding long-term stewardship for DOE sites. Participants

will also engage in small-group discussions and share issues and ideas

with the entire workshop.

On October 28, DOE will hold an informal workshop to provide an

opportunity for information exchange and constructive discussions

between DOE and interested parties on the types of issues DOE should

examine in the long-term stewardship study. DOE staff will discuss the

objectives and the process of the study, describe how public input will

be incorporated into the study, and address any questions from the

public. The workshop will be facilitated to promote fill and open

discussion among the participants.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, October 25, Garden Plaza Hotel

1 p.m.--Leave for tour of the Oak Ridge Reservation (For interested

members of the public, tour arrangements should be made in advance with

Ms. Carolyn Davis)

5:00-7:00 Registration (Salon C)

Tuesday, October 26, Oak Ridge Mall Conference Center, Cumberland Room

8:00 a.m.--Registration

8:30-9:00

Welcome and Introductions

Mayor, City of Oak Ridge

Chair, Oak Ridge Site, Site Specific Advisory Board

Leah Dever, Manager, Oak Ridge Operations Office

Justin Wilson, Chief Policy Advisor to Tenn. Governor Don Sundquist

(invited)

9:00-9:15--Meeting Orientation, Doug Sarno, Meeting Facilitator

9:15-10:30

Panel Session: Perspectives on Stewardship

Earl Leming, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Jim Werner, DOE Headquarters

Jim Woolford, EPA Headquarters

Russell Edge, DOE Grand Junction Office

10:30-10:45--Break

10:45-11:30--Q & A on Panel Session

11:30-12:30 p.m.--SSAB Introductions

Background on stewardship activities at each site

Number one goal for each SSAB at the Stewardship Meeting

Fernald, Hanford, Idaho, Nevada Test, Site, Northern NM, Oak Ridge,

Paducah, Pantex, Rocky Flats, Sandia, Savannah River

12:30-1:45

Lunch ($6.50 per person, collected at door), Club Room

Lunch Speaker: Carolyn Huntoon, Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management (invited)

2:00-3:20

Plenary Discussion of Four Core Topic Areas

What needs to be done?

Who should do what?

How should we deal with stewardship information?

How should stewardship be funded?

3:20-5:00

Core Topic Breakout Session I

Identify top issues and draft initial statements

5:30-7:30

Caucus and Reception, Garden Plaza Hotel

Wednesday, October 27, Oak Ridge Mall Conference Center, Cumberland

Room

8:00 a.m.--Participants Arrive

8:30-10:00

Core Topics Plenary Session

Present breakout group issues and statements, plenary discussion to

identify areas of agreement and suggestions for change.

10:00-10:45

Site-Specific Breakout Sessions

Site representatives discuss results of core topic breakouts and

plenary sessions.

10:45-11:45

Core Topic Breakout Session II

Revise, expand, and refine statements based on site-specific and

plenary feedback.

11:45-12:45--Lunch ($6.50 per person, collected at the door), Club Room

12:45-1:30

Core Breakout Session III

Select presenters and develop overheads for the plenary

presentations.

2:00-3:00

Core Topic Statement Presentations to

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Plenary

Present statements, plenary discussion to develop final statements.

3:00-3:15--Closing Remarks, Lorene Sigal, Chair, National SSAB Meeting

on Stewardship

3:15--3:30 Sign Statements and Adjourn

Thursday, October 28, Oak Ridge Mall Conference Center

8:30-11:30--Informal workshop presented by DOE to provide information

and the opportunity for a discussion on issues to be examined in DOE's

long-term stewardship study

(Agenda topics may change up to the day of the meeting; please call the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in this notice for the current agenda)

Public Participation

This meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed

with the Board facilitator before or after the meeting. Individuals who

wish to make oral presentations pertaining to agenda items should

contact the Board Chair at their specific site, or Fred Butterfield at

the address 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.

Minutes

A written summary 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 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal

holidays. The meeting summary will also be available by writing the EM-

SSAB Chair or Designated Deputy Federal Officer of every EM-SSAB that

participated in the meeting.

Issued at Washington, DC on October 4, 1999.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-26152 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]

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