[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13623]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Intent To Establish the Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to establish a Beryllium Rule Advisory
Committee.
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463),
and title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subpart 101-6, Final
Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, I hereby certify the
Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public
interest in connection with the performance of the duties imposed on
the Department of Energy (DOE) by law. This notice of intent follows
consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat of the General
Services Administration, pursuant to 41 CFR subpart 101-6.10.
The purpose of the committee is to provide the Secretary of Energy
with advice, information, and recommendations on the development of a
notice of proposed rulemaking for beryllium. The committee will provide
an organized forum for a diverse set of interested stakeholders and
technically adept individuals to conduct an in-depth assessment of
beryllium-related issues.
The committee will include DOE employees and contractor employees
with expertise in beryllium operations, representatives from health
professions, physicians, other Federal agencies, private industries
(both national and international), and academic institutions who have
expertise in the health effects, exposure monitoring, appropriate
controls and medical monitoring for beryllium. Committee membership
will reflect a balance of disciplines and diverse interests,
experiences and points of view. This committee has been determined to
be essential to the conduct of the Department's business and in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed
upon DOE. The committee will operate in accordance with the provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the DOE Organization Act (Public
Law 95-91), and rules and regulations issued in implementation of those
acts. All meetings of this committee will be noticed ahead of time in
the Federal Register.
Further information regarding this advisory committee may be
obtained from Mr. C. Rick Jones, Director, Office of Worker Protection
Programs and Hazards Management, EH-52, 270CC, 19901 Germantown Road,
Germantown, MD, 20874-1290; e-mail: rick.jones@eh.doe.gov; telephone:
301-903-6061.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 20, 1997.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-13623 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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