[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31709]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research


Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Renewal 
(Previously Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.A. App. 2, and section 101-6.1015(a), title 41, 
of the Code of Federal Regulations, and following consultation with the 
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, 
notice is hereby given that the Biological and Environmental Research 
Advisory Committee, previously named the Health and Environmental 
Research Advisory Committee, has been renewed for a two-year period 
beginning in November 1997. The Committee will provide advice to the 
Director, Office of Energy Research, on the Biological and 
Environmental Research Program managed by the Office of Biological and 
Environmental Research.
    The renewal of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory 
Committee has been determined to be essential to the conduct of the 
Department of Energy business and to be in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department 
of Energy by law. The Committee will operate in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95-91), and rules and regulations 
issued in implementation of those Acts.
    Further information regarding this Advisory Committee can be 
obtained from Mrs. Rachel M. Samuel, at (202) 586-3279.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on November 21, 1997.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-31709 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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