2017-21919. Fusion Energy Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Office of Science, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of renewal.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2., and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has been renewed for a two-year period.

The Committee will provide advice to the Office of Science (DOE), on long-range plans, priorities, and strategies for advancing plasma science, fusion science and fusion technology—the knowledge base needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy source. The Secretary of Energy has determined that the renewal of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct of the Department's business and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by law. The Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91), the General Services Administration Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, and other directives and instruction issued in the implementation of those Acts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edmund J. Synakowski at [phone].

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 4, 2017.

Shena Kennerly,

Acting Committee Management Officer.