Notice2025-13020

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

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Published
July 11, 2025

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Energy Department

Abstract

This notice announces an in-person/virtual meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 131 (Friday, July 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13020]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an in-person/virtual meeting of the 
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 
Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice 
of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, August 13, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. PDT.

ADDRESSES: Three Rivers Convention Center, 7016 W Grandridge Boulevard, 
Meeting Rooms A/B/C, Kennewick, Washington 99336. This meeting will be 
held in-person at the Three Rivers Convention Center. To receive the 
virtual access information, please contact the Deputy Designated 
Federal Officer, Meegan Tripp, at the telephone number or email listed 
below at least two days prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meegan Tripp, Deputy Designated 
Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental 
Management; Phone: (509) 376-2403; or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4528202022242b6b31372c3535052d242b232a37216b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="402d252527212e6e34322930300028212e262f32246e272f36">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice 
and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: 
clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear 
materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land 
use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide 
advice and recommendations on other EM program components. The Board 
also provides an avenue to fulfill public participation requirements 
outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Federal 
Facility Agreements, Consent Orders, Consent Decrees and Settlement 
Agreements.
    Tentative Agenda: (agenda topics are subject to change; please 
contact Meegan Tripp for the most current agenda)

<bullet> Tri-Party Agreement Agencies' Dialogue and Hanford Site 
Updates
<bullet> Board Leadership Elections
<bullet> Consideration of Draft Advice: 324 Building Path Forward
<bullet> Board Business

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public and public 
comment can be given orally or in writing. Fifteen minutes are 
allocated during the meeting for public comment and those wishing to 
make oral comment will be given a maximum of two minutes to speak. 
Written comments received at least two working days prior to the 
meeting will be provided to the members and included in the meeting 
minutes. Written comments received within two working days after the 
meeting will be included in the minutes. For additional information on 
public comment and to submit written comment, please contact Meegan 
Tripp. The EM SSAB, Hanford, welcomes the attendance of the public at 
its 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 Meegan Tripp at 
least seven days in advance of the meeting.
    Meeting conduct: The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. Questioning of board members or presenters by the 
public is not permitted.
    Minutes: Minutes will be available at the following website: 
<a href="https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab/FullBoardMeetingInformation">https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab/FullBoardMeetingInformation</a>.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on July 9, 2025, by Alyssa Petit, Deputy Committee Management 
Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. 
That document with the original signature and date is maintained by 
DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with 
requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE 
Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit 
the document in electronic format for publication, as an official 
document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no 
way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-13020 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
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