[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56570-56571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24053]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board


Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the third in a series of meetings of the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Panel on Emerging Technological 
Alternatives to Incineration. The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish these 
notices in the Federal Register to allow for public participation.
    Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Panel on Emerging 
Technological Alternatives to Incineration.

DATES: September 27, 2000, 8 am--2:30 pm

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Program Review Center, Room 8E-
089, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. Note: Members 
of the public are requested to contact the Office of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board at (202) 586-7092 in advance of the meeting (if 
possible), to expedite their entry to the Forrestal Building on the day 
of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Louise Wagner, Executive 
Director, or Francesca McCann, Staff Director, Office of the Secretary 
of Energy Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW.,

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Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7092 or (202) 586-6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board's Panel on Emerging Technological Alternatives to 
Incineration is to provide independent external advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on emerging 
technological alternatives to incineration for the treatment of mixed 
waste which the Department of Energy should pursue. The Panel will 
focus on the evaluation of emerging non-incineration technologies for 
the treatment of low-level, alpha low-level and transuranic wastes 
containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous 
constituents. Waste categories to be addressed include inorganic 
homogeneous solids, organic homogeneous solids, and soils. The Panel 
will also evaluate whether the emerging non-incineration technologies 
could be implemented in a manner that would allow the Department of 
Energy to comply with all legal requirements, including those contained 
in the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order signed by the State of 
Idaho, Department of Energy, and the U.S. Navy in October 1995.

Tentative Agenda

    The agenda for the September 27 meeting has not been finalized. 
However, the meeting will include panel discussion and presentations on 
Waste Characterization and R&D Plans for Tru Mixed Waste. Members of 
the Public wishing to comment on issues before the Panel on Emerging 
Technological Alternatives to Incineration will have an opportunity to 
address the Panel during the scheduled public comment period. The final 
agenda will be available at the meeting.

Tentative Agenda

8:00-8:10  Opening Remarks
8:10-8:30  Review of Minutes from the Idaho Falls, Idaho and Jackson, 
Wyoming Meetings
8:30-9:00  INEEL Wastes to be Treated: Volumes vs Criteria
9:00-9:30  Characterization Video
9:30-9:45  Break
9:45-10:30  R&D Plan for TRU Mixed Waste
10:30-11:00  RFI Review and Technical Analysis Plan/Responses Received
11:00-12:00  Discussion of Report Outline and Writing Assignments
12:00-12:30  Lunch
12:30-01:00  Public Comment
1:00-2:00  Actions and Plans for future meetings
2:00-2:30  Specific Questions to be Answered by DOE/Closing

Public Participation

    In keeping with procedures, members of the public are welcome to 
observe the business of the Panel on Emerging Technological 
Alternatives to Incineration and submit written comments or comment 
during the scheduled public comment period. Members of the public will 
be heard in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the 
meeting. The Panel will make every effort to hear the views of all 
interested parties. The Chairman of the Panel is empowered to conduct 
the meeting in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business. You may submit written 
comments to Mary Louise Wagner, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published 
less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to the late 
resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes

    A copy of the minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be made 
available for public review and copying approximately 30 days following 
the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except Federal 
holidays. Further information on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 
and its subcommittees may be found at the Board's web site, located at 
http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on September 14, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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