Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

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), Hanford. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Shilo Inn, 50 Comstock Street, Richland, Washington 99352,

Phone: (509) 946-4661 or (800) 222-2244, Fax: (509) 943-6741.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Call, Federal Coordinator,

Department of Energy Richland Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue,

P.O. Box 550, A7-75, Richland, WA 99352; Phone: (509) 376-2048; or E- mail: Paula_K_Call@rl.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the

Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.

Tentative Agenda:

Agency Updates (Department of Energy Office of River

Protection and Richland Operations Office; Washington State Department of Ecology; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency): American Recovery and Reinvestment Act;

Committee Updates, including: Tank Waste Committee; River and Plateau Committee; Health, Safety and Environmental Protection

Committee; Public Involvement Committee; and Budgets and Contracts

Committee;

Central Plateau Strategy Work Session;

Tank Closure & Waste Management Environmental Impact

Statement Overview;

Draft advice on the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA) Community

Relations Plan;

Draft advice on the Hanford Cleanup Completion Framework;

Draft advice on the Proposed Consent Decree and TPA modifications;

NEPA/CERCLA/RCRA Tutorial;

Board Business.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The EM

SSAB, Hanford, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Paula Call at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the phone number listed above.

Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Paula Call 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 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 comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments.

This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting date due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved prior to the meeting date.

Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Paula

Call's office at the address or phone number listed above. Minutes will also be available at the following Web site: http://www.hanford.gov/

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Issued at Washington, DC on October 16, 2009.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Committee Management Officer.

FR Doc. E9-25433 Filed 10-21-09; 8:45 am

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