[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24077]


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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 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: Monday, October 21, 2002, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 
Washington, DC.

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 Introductions
Status of the Department of Labor Program
Status of Implementation of Subtitle D
Status of Physicians Panels and Claims Process
Organization of the Office of Worker Advocacy
Discussion of Subcommittee Topics, including Claims Processing, and 
Insurer and Contractor Relations
Public Comment
Next Steps/Path Forward

    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public on a 
first-come, first-serve basis because of limited seating. 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 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.
    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, DC, on September 17, 2002.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-24077 Filed 9-20-02; 8:45 am]
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