03-6328. State Energy Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY:

Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory Board. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES:

March 17, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and March 18, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Raup, Office of Planning, Budget, and Outreach, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC 20585, Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: To make recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regarding goals and objectives and 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:

• STEAB Committee updates
• STEAB Annual Report Update
• State Success Stories
• Discussion Sessions with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, USDOE Staff
• STEAB Presentations on SEP metrics to EERE staff and Office of Management and Budget Staff
• Public Comment Period

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 William J. Raup at the address or telephone number listed above. The Chair of the Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to the late resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying within 60 days 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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2003.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.