[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25250]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research


Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of 
the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

DATES: Wednesday, October 8, 1997--8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 
October 9, 1997--8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, #2 Montgomery Village Avenue, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20879.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, U.S. 
Department of Energy, ER-10, GTN, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 
20874-1290, Telephone: (301) 903-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

    The Committee will provide advice and guidance with respect to the 
basic energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda

    The meeting will be devoted to the report of the Synchrotron 
Radiation Light Source Panel. Presentations and discussion will cover 
synchrotron radiation light sources. After an overview of synchrotron 
radiation light sources, each facility will make a brief presentation. 
Members of the Synchrotron Radiation Light Source Panel then will make 
presentations summarizing their findings followed by the Chair of the 
Panel, Professor Robert Birgeneau, presenting the Panel's 
recommendations.
    A detailed agenda will be available two weeks before the meeting 
from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairperson of the Committee 
is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in his 
judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Any member of the 
public who wishes to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items 
should contact Patricia Dehmer at the address or telephone number 
listed above. Requests must be received at least five days prior to the 
meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the 
presentation on the agenda. Public comment will follow the 10 minute 
rule.

Minutes

    The 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 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on September 18, 1997.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-25250 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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