[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56054-56055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27551]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense Programs; 
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.

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    Pursuant to the provision of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting:

    Name: Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense 
Programs.
    Date and Time: Agenda is subject to revision.

Tuesday, November 14, 1995, 7:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.--Open
Tuesday, November 14, 1995, 10:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.--Closed
Tuesday, November 14, 1995, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.--Break
Tuesday, November 14, 1995, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.--Closed
Wednesday, November 15, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.--Closed
Wednesday, November 15, 1995, 10:50 a.m.-1:00 p.m.--Open
    Place: General Atomics, San Diego (La Jolla), California.
    For Further Information Contact: Marshall M. Sluyter, Designated 
Federal Officer, Office of Research and Inertial Fusion (DP-11), 
Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, 
Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone: (301) 903-5491. Persons wishing to 
attend the meeting should submit their names to David A. Steinman 
mailing address: General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, CA 
92186-9784 or by telephone at: (619) 455-2879 on or before November 
9, 1995, to obtain a visitor pass and/or escort to the meeting 
room(s).
    Supplementary Information: Purpose of the Committee: To provide 
advice and guidance to the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs 
on both technical and management aspects of the Inertial Confinement 
Fusion (ICF) program.
    Purpose of the Meeting: To evaluate the progress of the target 
physics program and the target fabrication program with respect to 
their technical contracts and their capability to support the 
Nation's Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship Program, the National 
Ignition Facility (NIF) program, the Omega Upgrade program, and the 
KrF laser program. To be informed about the recently revised ICF 
Five Year Program Plan.
    Tentative Agenda: subject to revision.

November 14, 1995

7:30 a.m.  Opening
8:15 a.m.  General Atomics Welcoming Remarks
8:30 a.m.  Summary of Recent Events; Stockpile Stewardship; ICF 
Program Mission, Priorities, and Objectives
9:10 a.m.  Omega Upgrade Status
9:25 a.m.  Nike Laser Status
9:40 a.m.  NIF Program Office Remarks
9:55 a.m.  ICF Program Wrap-Up and Review of ICF 5-Year Program Plan
10:45 a.m.  Closed Meeting (10:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m.)

November 15, 1995

8:00 a.m.  Closed Meeting (8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.)
11:05 a.m.  Opportunity for Public Comment
12:05 p.m.  Committee Discussions, Wrap-Up
1:00 p.m.  Adjournment
    Open to the Public: On November 14, 1995, from 7:30 a.m. to 
10:45 a.m., and on November 15, 1995, from 10:50 a.m. until 
adjournment, the meeting is open to the public. The chairman of the 
committee is empowered to guide the meeting in a manner that will, 
in the chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business.
    Any member of the public who wishes to make an oral statement 
pertaining to agenda items should contact the Designated Federal 
Officer at the address or telephone number shown above. Requests 
must be received before 3:00 p.m. (eastern standard time) Thursday, 
November 9, 1995. Reasonable provisions will be made to include the 
presentation during the public comment period. Oral presenters are 
asked to provide 25 copies of their statements at the time of their 
presentations.
    Written statements pertaining to agenda items may also be 
submitted prior to the meeting. Written statements must be received 
by the Designated Federal Officer at the address shown above before 
3:00 p.m. (eastern standard time) Thursday, November 9, 1995, to 
assure they are considered by the committee during the meeting.
    Closed Meeting: Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (title 5, 
United States Code, App. 2), section 7234(b), title 42, United 
States Code, and section 552b(c)(1), title 5, United States Code, 
the portions of the meeting from10:45 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and from 
2:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on November 14, 1995; and from 8:00 a.m. 
until 10:50 a.m. on November 15, 1995 will be closed to the public 
in the interest of national security.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date 
of the meeting due to 

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programmatic issues that had to be resolved prior to publication.
    Minutes: Minutes of the open portions of the meeting will be 
available to the public to view and for copying approximately 30 
days following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public 
Reading Room, Room 1E-190, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., 20585, between the hours 
of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC on November 1, 1995.
Jo Anne C. Whitman,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-27551 Filed 11-2-95; 2:20 pm]
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