[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21898]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board
Notice of Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of
the following advisory committee meeting:
NAME: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, September 3, 1997, 9:00 AM-3:30 PM.
ADDRESSES: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel--Pentagon City, Diplomat Room, 1250
South Hayes Street, Arlington, Virginia 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board (AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-1709 or (202) 586-6279
(fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Board
The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (Board) reports directly to
the Secretary of Energy and is chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, and section 624(b) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91). The Board provides the Secretary of
Energy with essential independent advice and recommendations on issues
of national importance. The Board and its Task Force Subcommittees
provide timely, balanced, and authoritative advice to the Secretary on
the Department's management reforms, research, development, and
technology activities, energy and national security responsibilities,
environmental cleanup activities, and economic issues relating to
energy.
Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, September 3, 1997
9:00-9:10 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:10-9:25 AM Secretary of Energy Remarks & Recognitions
Task Force Reports & Discussion
9:25-10:00 AM Laboratory Operations Board External Members Report
10:00-10:35 AM Interim Report of the Openness Advisory Panel
10:35-10:50 AM Break
10:50-11:25 AM Interim Report of the Electric System Reliability Task
Force
11:25-11:30 PM Summary of Task Force Reports
11:30-12:00 PM Departmental Response
12:00-1:15 PM Lunch
Discussion of SEAB & Task Force Plans
1:15-2:30 PM Discussion of Next Steps and Task Forces
2:30-2:45 PM Break
2:45-3:15 PM Public Comment Period
3:15-3:30 PM Closing Remarks
This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will
be available at the meeting.
Public Participation: The Chairman of the Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a way that will,
in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
During its meeting in Arlington, Virginia, the 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 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, D.C. 20585.
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 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal
holidays. Information on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board may
also be found at the Board's web site, located at http://
vm1.hqadmin.doe.gov:80/seab/.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on August 14, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-21898 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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