E8-4886. State Energy Advisory Board

AGENCY:

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB). The 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:

April 8, 2008 (Open Meeting—morning only) 8:30-Noon. April 9, 2008 (Open Meeting) 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. April 10, 2008 (Open Meeting) 8:30 a.m.-Noon.

ADDRESSES:

Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Boulevard, NW., Albuquerque, NM 87104.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal Officer, Assistant Manager, Office of Intergovernmental Projects & Outreach, Golden Field Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: To make recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regarding goals and objectives, programmatic and administrative policies, and to otherwise carry out the Board's responsibilities as designated in the State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-440).

Tentative Agenda: Briefings on, and discussions of:

—EERE Energy Efficiency and Policy.

○ Presentations Provided by the Sandia National Laboratory on Their Respective Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs—Tour of the Sandia National Laboratory.

—Board Discussions/Responses to Laboratory Presentations.

—STEAB Effectiveness/Formal Discussions Regarding Current STEAB Products and the Potential Development of New Recommendations and Resolutions.

—STEAB Effectiveness/Planning for Future STEAB Meetings and Events, and New Membership Status.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Gary Burch at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests to make oral presentations must be received five days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will be made to include the statements in the agenda. The Chair of the Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying within 60 days on the STEAB Web site, http://www.steab.org.

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 7, 2008.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Committee Management Officer.