[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19107-19108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10082]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Advisory Committee for National Electric and Magnetic Fields

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the National Electric and Magnetic Fields Advisory Committee.

DATES: Thursday, May 1, 1997: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Friday, May 2, 1997: 
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Room 6E-083, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Imre Gyuk, EMF Program Manager, 
EE-14, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 
586-1482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Purpose of the Committee: The National Electric and Magnetic Fields 
Advisory Committee (NEMFAC) advises the Department of Energy and the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on the design and 
implementation of a five-year, national electric and magnetic fields 
(EMF) research and public information dissemination (RAPID) program. 
The Secretary of Energy, pursuant to Section 2118 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992, Public Law 102-486, has overall responsibility for 
establishing the national program which includes health effects 
research, development of technologies to assess and manage exposures, 
and dissemination of information.

Tentative Agenda:

Thursday, May 1, 1997

9:00 a.m.  Welcome and opening remarks
9:15 a.m.  Status of RAPID program extension
10:00 a.m.  Summary of FY97 non-Federal contributions
10:15 a.m.  Break
10:45 a.m.  Status of RAPID engineering research
11:15 a.m.  Status of RAPID communication activities
11:45 a.m.  Lunch
1:30 p.m.  Record of expenditures and budgets
2:00 p.m.  Status of RAPID health effects research
2:20 p.m.  Project reporting requirements
2:30 p.m.  Science review symposium
3:30 p.m.  Break
3:45 p.m.  Science review symposium, discussion
5:30 p.m.  Adjourn


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Friday, May 2, 1997

9:00 a.m.  Site visits for quality assurance
9:30 a.m.  Regional EMF facilities, progress reports
10:00 a.m.  Summary of replication experiments
10:30 a.m.  Break
11:00 a.m.  NEMFAC business
11:30 a.m.  Open time for public comments
12:30 a.m.  Adjourn
A final agenda will be available at the meeting.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Committee either before or after the 
meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements 
pertaining to agenda items should contact Dr. Gyuk at the address or 
telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days 
prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include 
the presentation on the agenda. Depending on the number of requests, 
comments may be limited to five minutes. The Designated Federal Officer 
is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 
the orderly conduct of business. This notice is being published less 
than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues 
that needed to be resolved prior to publication.
    Transcript and Minutes: A transcript and minutes of this meeting 
will be available for public review and copying at the Freedom of 
Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585 between 9:00 a.m. and 
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Copies of 
the minutes will also be available by request.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. on April 15, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-10082 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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