[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 41217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19721]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Worker Advocacy 
Advisory Committee.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) 
requires that notice of this meeting be published in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: Tuesday, August 28, 2001, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday, August 
29, 2001, 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Double Tree Hotel, 8773 Yates Drive, Westminster, Colorado.

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 Acting Director of the Office of Worker 
Advocacy of the Department of Energy on implementation of the program 
to assist workers who have been diagnosed with work-related illnesses. 
The meeting will open on Tuesday, August 28, with an extended public 
comment period, in order to provide the Committee with testimony from 
DOE workers, their families, survivors of DOE workers, as well as union 
representatives, and others who can provide information on the 
implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program. The timing of this comment period, at the 
beginning of the committee meeting, is designed to provide the 
Committee with information on the program implementation, to be 
factored into its deliberations during the Committee meeting the 
following day.

Tentative Agenda of the Committee Meeting

Tuesday, August 28
    Extended Public Comment Period
Wednesday, August 29
    Reports from Agency Representatives (Department of Labor, 
Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, 
Department of Energy)
    Invited Presentations/Reports
    WAAC Discussion of Issues
    Public Comment Period
    Next Steps/Path Forward

Public Participation

    This meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-serve 
basis because of limited seating. Members of the public who would like 
to make statements during the comment periods may sign up in advance by 
contacting Judy Keating at the address or telephone listed above, or 
may sign up at the meeting room between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on 
August 28. Members of the public who wish to make statements during 
August 29 comment period may make advance arrangements as stated or may 
sign up at the meeting room prior to 1:00 p.m. on August 29. Written 
statements may be filed with the committee before or after the meeting 
by contacting Judy Keating at the address or telephone listed above. 
The Chair of the committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes

    The minutes of the 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, D.C., between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays and will also 
be made available on the following Internet address: www.eh.doe.gov/advocacy.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on August 1, 2001.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-19721 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
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