[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12412]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given
of the following advisory committee meeting:
Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Laboratory Operations
Board
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 20, 1998, 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M.
Place: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Medical Building 490, Large
Conference Room, Upton, Long Island, New York.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board (AB-1), US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Laboratory Operations
Board is to provide advice to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
regarding the strategic direction of the Department's laboratories, the
coordination of budget and policy issues affecting laboratory
operations, and the reduction of unnecessary and counterproductive
management burdens on the laboratories. The Laboratory Operations
Board's goal is to facilitate the productive and cost-effective
utilization of the Department's laboratory system and the application
of best business practices.
Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, May 20, 1998
8:30-8:45 A.M.--Opening Remarks--Co-Chairs: Dr. John McTague and Under
Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz
8:45-9:15 A.M.--Status Report on Secretarial Commitments--Dr. Martha
Krebs, Director of the Office of Energy Research and Vice Chair of the
DOE R&D Council
9:15-10:00 A.M.--Presentation of the Small Laboratory Study--Dr. John
McTague, Co-Chair
10:00-10:30 A.M.--Laboratory Director's Presentation & Discussion--Dr.
John Marburger, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
10:30-12:30 P.M.--Site Tour (LOB Members only)
12:30-1:30 P.M.--Lunch
1:30-2:15 P.M.--Presentation of the Peer Review Study--Dr. Paul Gilman
2:15-3:30 P.M.--Discussion of Laboratory Operations Board Tasks
3:30-4:00 P.M.--DOE's Science & Technology Direction--Dr. Ernest Moniz,
Co-Chair
4:00-4:30 P.M.--Public Comment Period
4:30 P.M.--Adjourn
This tentative agenda is subject to change. A final agenda will be
available at the meeting.
Public Participation: The Chairman of the Laboratory Operations
Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a way which will, in the
Chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During
its meeting in Upton, Long Island, New York, the Laboratory Operations
Board welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be heard in
the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the meeting. The
Laboratory Operations Board will make every effort to hear the views of
all interested parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila
Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1,
US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20585. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date
of the meeting due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved prior
to publication.
Minutes: Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be 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, D.C.,
between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday except Federal
holidays. Information on the Laboratory Operations Board may also be
found at the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's web site, located at
http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on May 6, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-12412 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]
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