[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36675-36676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17196]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.


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SUMMARY: Consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of 
the following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board--Task Force on Fusion Energy

DATES AND TIMES: Friday, July 9, 1999, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Lafayette Park Room, 14th and K Streets, 
NW, Washington, DC 20005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Task Force on Fusion 
Energy is to review the Department of Energy's plans for research and 
development of four fusion related technologies--pulsed-power, lasers, 
ion drivers, and magnetic fusion--and to provide advice to the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board on how to structure the Department's 
fusion energy programs, both inertial and magnetic. The findings and 
recommendation of the Task Force on Fusion Energy are to comment on the 
goals and objectives of the Department's fusion energy related 
programs, provide a critique of the current development strategies, 
suggest changes in the overall fusion energy roadmap, and recommended 
funding levels. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the 
draft findings and recommendations of the Task Force on Fusion Energy.

Tentative Agenda

Friday, July 9, 1999

9-9:10 a.m.--Opening Remarks, Introductions & Objectives--Dr. Richard 
Meserve, Task Force Chairman
9:10-9:30 a.m.--Overview: Draft Findings and Recommendations of the 
Task Force on Fusion Energy--Dr. Richard Meserve
9:30-10 a.m.--Fusion Energy Program Comments on the Draft Findings and 
Recommendations--Dr. N. Anne Davies, Associate Director, Office of 
Fusion Energy Sciences
10-10:30 a.m.--Inertial Confinement Fusion Program Comments on the 
Draft Findings and Recommendations--To Be Announced, Office of Defense 
Programs
10:30-10:45 a.m.--Break
10:45-11:30 a.m.--Public Comment Period
11:30 a.m.--Adjourn

    This tentative agenda is subject to change. The final agenda will 
be available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered to conduct the meeting 
in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in Washington, DC, the 
Task Force welcomes public comment. Members of the public will be heard 
in the order in which they sign up at the beginning of the meeting. The 
Task Force will make every effort to hear the views of all interested 
parties. Written comments may be submitted to Skila Harris, Executive 
Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, AB-1, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585. This notice 
is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due 
to the late resolution of programmatic issues.

Minutes

    Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available for 
public review and copying approximately 30 days following the meeting 
at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190 Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. Further 
information on the Task Force on Fusion Energy may be found at the 
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's web site, located at http://
www.hr.doe.gov/seab.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on July 1, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17196 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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