[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5624-5625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2542]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.
SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of 
Energy Advisory Board. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 
92-463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that agencies publish these notices in 
the Federal Register to allow for public participation.

DATES AND TIMES:  Friday, February 11, 2000, 9:00 am-3:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Conference Rooms A-106/A-107, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Nevada Operations Office, 232 Energy Way, North Las Vegas, Nevada 
89030-4199. Note: Members of the public who plan to attend this open 
meeting are requested to contact Mr. Darwin Morgan, Director of the 
Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations 
Office in advance of the meeting in order to facilitate access to the 
meeting site. Mr. Morgan may be reached at (702) 295-3521 or via e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, or 
Richard Burrow, Deputy Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board 
(AB-1), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586-7092 or (202) 586-6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board (The Board) is to provide the Secretary of Energy with 
essential independent advice and recommendations on issues of national 
importance. The Board and its subcommittees provide timely, balanced, 
and authoritative advice to the Secretary of Energy on the Department's 
management reforms, research, development and technology activities, 
energy and national security responsibilities, environmental cleanup 
activities, and economic issues relating to energy.

Tentative Agenda

Friday, February 11, 2000
9:00 am-9:15 am--Welcome & Opening Remarks--SEAB Chairman Andrew 
Athy
9:15 am-9:35 am--Opening Remarks--Energy Secretary Bill Richardson
9:35 am-9:45 am--Introduction of New Board Members
9:45 am-10:15 am--Briefing on the DOE's Racial Profiling Task Force 
Report
10:15 am-11:00 am--Board Action on the Laboratory Operations Board's 
External Members' Report on Laboratory Directed Research and 
Development.
11:00 am-11:45 am--Updates on SEAB Subcommittees and Working Group 
Activities:
    --Russia Task Force
    --Education Working Group
11:45 am-1:00 pm--Lunch
1:10 pm-1:30 pm--Updates on SEAB Subcommittees and Working Group 
Activities:
    --Openness Advisory Panel

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    --NIF Task Force
1:30 pm-2:45 pm--Update on DOE Activities:
    --National Nuclear Security Administration
    --Energy Efficiency
2:45 pm-3:00 pm--Public Comment Period
3:00 pm-Closing Remarks & Adjourn

    This tentative agenda may change. We will have a final agenda 
available at the meeting.

Public Participation

    The Chairman of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board is empowered 
to conduct the meeting in a way that will, in the Chairman's judgment, 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its meeting in North 
Las Vegas, Nevada, the Board 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 Board will make every effort to hear the 
views of all interested parties. You may submit written comments to 
Betsy Mullins, Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 
AB-1, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is being published less than 15 
days before the date of the meeting due to the programmatic issues that 
needed to be resolved prior to publication.

Minutes

    We will make minutes and a transcript of the meeting 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, D.C., between 9:00 
am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. You can 
find more information on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board at the 
Board's web site, located at http://www.hr.doe.gov/seab

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-2542 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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