[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34434-34435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16262]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an open teleconference meeting of the 
Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee (WAAC).
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 
770), requires that notice of this meeting be published in the Federal 
Register to allow for public participation. The purpose of the meeting 
is to provide the Committee and public participants with a status 
update on the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The program is scheduled to 
be launched on July 31, 2001. Representatives from the four agencies 
involved in this program (Department of Energy, Department of Labor, 
Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice) 
will summarize progress in their respective programs, and provide 
details on plans for the program rollout on July 31.

DATES: Friday, July 20, 2001, 1 -5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Participants may call the Office of Worker Advocacy at (202) 
586-2407 to reserve a teleconference line and receive a call-in number. 
Public participation is welcomed. However, the number of teleconference 
lines is limited and will be made available on a first-come, first-
serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Keating, Executive Administrator, 
Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy, EH-8, 
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone Number 
202-586-7551, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Meeting: To provide advice to the Director of the 
Office of Worker Advocacy of the Department of Energy on plans, 
priorities, and strategies for assisting workers who have been 
diagnosed with work-related illnesses.
    Tentative Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction
Opening Remarks
Status of Implementation of Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Act
Public Comment
Next Steps/Path Forward

    Public Participation: This teleconference meeting is open to the 
public on a first-come, first-serve basis because of the extremely 
limited number of telephone lines. Written statements may be filed with 
the committee before or after the meeting. Members of the public who 
wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact 
Judy Keating at the address or telephone listed above. Requests to make 
oral statements must be made and received

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five days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will be made to 
include the statement in the agenda. The Chair of the committee is 
empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. For those who may not be able to 
participate due to the limited phone lines, please note that there will 
be a follow up public meeting of the Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee 
in Denver, Colorado at the end of August. Details of that meeting are 
still being worked out.
    Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying at the Freedom of Information Reading Room, 1E-190, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2001.
Belinda Hood,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-16262 Filed 6-27-01; 8:45 am]
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