83 FR 14847 - Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho Cleanup Project

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 67 (April 6, 2018)

Page Range		14847-14848
FR Document		2018-07061

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho Cleanup Project. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 67 (Friday, April 6, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 67 (Friday, April 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-07061]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho 
Cleanup Project

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, 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), Idaho Cleanup 
Project. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice 
of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, April 19, 2018; 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    The opportunity for public comment is at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
    This time is subject to change; please contact the Federal 
Coordinator (below) for confirmation of times prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center, 777 Bannock Trail, 
Fort Hall, ID 83203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Bugger, Federal Coordinator, 
Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS-
1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone (208) 526-0833; or email: 
[email protected] or visit the Board's internet home page at: https://energy.gov/em/icpcab/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE-EM and site management in the areas of 
environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.
    Tentative Topics (agenda topics may change up to the day of the 
meeting; please contact Brad Bugger for the most current agenda):

 Recent Public Outreach
 Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Overview
 Update on Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU)
 Update on Transuranic Waste Characterization and Shipping
 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Study
 Update on EM Budget
 Board Discussion

    Public Participation: The EM SSAB, Idaho Cleanup Project, 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 Brad Bugger 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 presentations pertaining to 
agenda items should contact Brad Bugger at the address or telephone 
number listed above. The request must be received five

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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 comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present 
their comments.
    Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Brad 
Bugger, Federal Coordinator, at the address and phone number listed 
above. Minutes will also be available at the following website: https://energy.gov/em/icpcab/listings/cab-meetings.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on April 2, 2018.
Latanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
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Mark the outside of the envelope Reduction Plan. Each experimental trap SUMMARY: This notice announces a
‘‘Comments on CFRF Lobster EFP.’’ will have the participating fisherman’s meeting of the Environmental
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: identification attached. Management Site-Specific Advisory
Laura Hansen, NOAA Affiliate, (978) Lobster and Jonah crab retrieved from Board (EM SSAB), Idaho Cleanup
281–9225. the standard and modified traps would Project. The Federal Advisory
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The remain onboard for a short period of Committee Act requires that public
Commercial Fisheries Research time to allow for sampling, after which notice of this meeting be announced in
Foundation (CFRF) submitted a they would be returned to the water. the Federal Register.
complete application for an Exempted During sampling, biological information DATES: Thursday, April 19, 2018; 8:00
Fishing Permit (EFP) on February 22, would be collected on all lobsters a.m.–4:30 p.m.
2018, to conduct fishing activities that caught, including: Carapace length; sex; The opportunity for public comment
the regulations would otherwise restrict. cull status; and presence of eggs, v- is at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The EFP would authorize four notches, and shell disease. Bycatch This time is subject to change; please
commercial fishing vessels to conduct a species would also be kept onboard for contact the Federal Coordinator (below)
study using ventless traps to survey the enumeration, weight collection, and for confirmation of times prior to the
abundance and distribution of juvenile measurement. All species captured in meeting.
American lobster and Jonah crab in study traps will be returned promptly to
ADDRESSES: Shoshone-Bannock Hotel
Lobster Conservation Management Area the water after sampling. In conjunction
and Event Center, 777 Bannock Trail,
(LCMA) 2. Overall, this EFP proposes to with the ventless trap survey within the
Fort Hall, ID 83203.
use a total of 144 ventless traps to RI/MA WEA, the project will include a
lobster tagging program to determine the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad
survey the abundance and distribution Bugger, Federal Coordinator,
of juvenile American lobster and Jonah seasonal movement patterns and habitat
use by lobsters. Investigators anticipate Department of Energy, Idaho Operations
crab in the Rhode Island/Massachusetts Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS–
Wind Energy Area (RI/MA WEA); tagging of 300 lobsters per month across
the area. Outreach and incentive 1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone
covering statistical areas 537 and 539. (208) 526–0833; or email: buggerbp@
Maps depicting these areas are available programs will be developed to
encourage tag reporting. Permitted id.doe.gov or visit the Board’s internet
on request. home page at: https://energy.gov/em/
This study is funded through the activities would begin on or after May
1, 2018, and continue through icpcab/.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
November 2018. No catch from this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Award #M13AC00009). The CFRF is
requesting exemptions from the project will be landed for sale. All data Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
following Federal lobster regulations: collected will be made available to state the Board is to make recommendations
1. Gear specification requirements in and Federal management agencies to to DOE–EM and site management in the
50 CFR 697.21(c) to allow for closed improve and enhance the available data areas of environmental restoration,
escape vents; for these two crustacean species. waste management, and related
2. Trap limit requirements, as listed in If approved, the applicant may activities.
§ 697.19 (b), for LCMA 2, to be exceeded request minor modifications and Tentative Topics (agenda topics may
by 32 standard survey traps and 48 extensions to the EFP throughout the change up to the day of the meeting;
ventless traps per fishing vessel for a year. We may grant EFP modifications please contact Brad Bugger for the most
total of 80 additional traps; and extensions may be granted without current agenda):
3. Trap tag requirements, as specified further notice if they are deemed • Recent Public Outreach
in § 697.19(j), to allow for the use of essential to facilitate completion of the • Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Overview
untagged traps; proposed research and have minimal • Update on Integrated Waste
4. Possession restrictions in impacts that do not change the scope or Treatment Unit (IWTU)
§§ 697.20(a), 697.20(d), and 697.20(g) to impact of the initially approved EFP • Update on Transuranic Waste
allow for temporary onboard biological request. The EFP would prohibit any Characterization and Shipping
sampling of sub-legal lobsters; and, fishing activity conducted outside the • Nuclear Waste Technical Review
5. Possession limits and minimum scope of the exempted fishing activities. Board Study
fish size requirements specified in Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
• Update on EM Budget
§ 648, subsections B and D through O, • Board Discussion
Dated: April 3, 2018.
for biological sampling purposes. Public Participation: The EM SSAB,
If the EFP is approved, this study Jennifer M. Wallace, Idaho Cleanup Project, welcomes the
would take place from May through Acting Director, Office of Sustainable attendance of the public at its advisory
November, 2018. Each participating Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. committee meetings and will make
vessel would have eight trawls with 10 [FR Doc. 2018–07088 Filed 4–5–18; 8:45 am] every effort to accommodate persons
traps per trawl, consisting of 6 ventless BILLING CODE 3510–22–P with physical disabilities or special
traps and 4 standard traps per trawl. needs. If you require special
Each vessel will deploy a trawl at eight accommodations due to a disability,
stations twice a month. Gear will be please contact Brad Bugger at least
deployed and retrieved after a five-day DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY seven days in advance of the meeting at
soak period. No more than 144 modified the phone number listed above. Written
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Environmental Management Site-
and 96 standard traps would be in the statements may be filed with the Board
Specific Advisory Board, Idaho
water at any time. Modifications to a either before or after the meeting.
Cleanup Project
standard lobster trap would include a Individuals who wish to make oral
closed escape vent, a smaller mesh size, AGENCY: Office of Environmental presentations pertaining to agenda items
and a smaller entrance head. Traps will Management, Department of Energy. should contact Brad Bugger at the
be rigged on trawls that are compliant address or telephone number listed
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
with the Atlantic Large Whale Take above. The request must be received five

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days prior to the meeting and reasonable Department of Energy in advanced Federal Advisory Committee Act
provision will be made to include the computing and networking requires that public notice of this
presentation in the agenda. The Deputy • Program response to Committee of meeting be announced in the Federal
Designated Federal Officer is Visitors for Research programs Register.
empowered to conduct the meeting in a • Technical presentations
• Public Comment (10-minute rule) DATES: Thursday, April 19, 2018, 6:00
fashion that will facilitate the orderly p.m.
conduct of business. Individuals The meeting agenda includes an update
wishing to make public comments will on the budget, accomplishments and ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Community
be provided a maximum of five minutes planned activities of the Advanced and Technical College, Emerging
to present their comments. Scientific Computing Research program Technology Center, 4810 Alben Barkley
Minutes: Minutes will be available by and the exascale computing project; an Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 42001.
writing or calling Brad Bugger, Federal update on the Office of Science; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Coordinator, at the address and phone technical presentations from funded Jennifer Woodard, Deputy Designated
number listed above. Minutes will also researchers; and there will be an Federal Officer, Department of Energy
be available at the following website: opportunity comments from the public. Paducah Site Office, Post Office Box
https://energy.gov/em/icpcab/listings/ The meeting will conclude at 12:00 1410, MS–103, Paducah, Kentucky
cab-meetings. noon on April 18, 2018. Agenda updates 42001, (270) 441–6825.
Issued at Washington, DC, on April 2, and presentations will be posted on the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
2018. ASCAC website prior to the meeting: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
Latanya Butler, http://science.energy.gov/ascr/ascac/. the Board is to make recommendations
Deputy Committee Management Officer. Public Participation: The meeting is to DOE–EM and site management in the
[FR Doc. 2018–07061 Filed 4–5–18; 8:45 am]
open to the public. Individuals and areas of environmental restoration,
representatives of organizations who waste management and related
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would like to offer comments and activities.
suggestions may do so during the Tentative Agenda:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY meeting. Approximately 30 minutes will • Call to Order, Introductions, Review
be reserved for public comments. Time of Agenda
Advanced Scientific Computing allotted per speaker will depend on the • Administrative Issues
Advisory Committee; Notice of a number who wish to speak but will not • Public Comments (15 minutes)
Meeting exceed 10 minutes. The Designated • Adjourn
Federal Officer is empowered to Breaks Taken As Appropriate
AGENCY: Office of Science, Department conduct the meeting in a fashion that
of Energy. Public Participation: The EM SSAB,
will facilitate the orderly conduct of Paducah, welcomes the attendance of
ACTION: Notice of open meeting. business. Those wishing to speak the public at its advisory committee
SUMMARY: This notice announces a should submit your request at least five meetings and will make every effort to
meeting of the Advanced Scientific days before the meeting. Those not able accommodate persons with physical
Computing Advisory Committee to attend the meeting or who have disabilities or special needs. If you
(ASCAC). The Federal Advisory insufficient time to address the require special accommodations due to
Committee Act requires that public committee are invited to send a written a disability, please contact Jennifer
notice of these meetings be announced statement to Christine Chalk, U.S. Woodard as soon as possible in advance
in the Federal Register. Department of Energy, 1000 of the meeting at the telephone number
DATES: Tuesday, April 17, 2018; 8:30
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, listed above. Written statements may be
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and DC 20585, email to Christine.Chalk@ filed with the Board either before or
Wednesday, April 18, 2018; 8:30 a.m. science.doe.gov. after the meeting. Individuals who wish
to 12:00 p.m. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting
to make oral statements pertaining to
will be available within 90 days on the
ADDRESSES: Sheraton Hotel Pentagon agenda items should contact Jennifer
Advanced Scientific Computing website
City, 900 S Orme Street, Arlington, VA Woodard at the telephone number listed
at http://science.energy.gov/ascr/ascac/.
22204. above. Requests must be received as
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Issued in Washington, DC, on April 2, soon as possible prior to the meeting
2018. and reasonable provision will be made
Christine Chalk, Office of Advanced
Scientific Computing Research; SC–21/ Latanya Butler, to include the presentation in the
Germantown Building; U.S. Department Deputy Committee Management Officer. agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal
of Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue [FR Doc. 2018–07060 Filed 4–5–18; 8:45 am] Officer is empowered to conduct the
SW, Washington, DC 20585–1290; BILLING CODE 6450–01–P meeting in a fashion that will facilitate
Telephone (301) 903–7486. the orderly conduct of business.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Individuals wishing to make public
Purpose of the Meeting: To provide DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY comments will be provided a maximum
advice and guidance on a continuing of five minutes to present their
Environmental Management Site- comments. The EM SSAB, Paducah,
basis to the Office of Science and to the
Specific Advisory Board, Paducah will hear public comments pertaining to
Department of Energy on scientific
priorities within the field of advanced AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of its scope (clean-up standards and
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scientific computing research. Environmental Management. environmental restoration; waste
Tentative Agenda Topics: ACTION: Notice of open meeting. management and disposition;
• View from Washington stabilization and disposition of non-
• View from Germantown SUMMARY: This notice announces a stockpile nuclear materials; excess
• Update on Exascale project activities meeting of the Environmental facilities; future land use and long-term
• Report from Subcommittee on 40 Management Site-Specific Advisory stewardship; risk assessment and
years of investments by the Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The management; and clean-up science and

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		Thursday, April 19, 2018; 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Contact		Brad Bugger, Federal Coordinator, Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS- 1203, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415. Phone (208) 526-0833; or email: [email protected] or visit the Board's internet home page at: https:/ /energy.gov/em/icpcab/.
FR Citation		83 FR 14847