[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7437]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Biological and 
Environmental Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the 
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, 
notice is hereby given that the Biological and Environmental Research 
Advisory Committee has been renewed for a two-year period beginning 
December 11, 2005.
    The Committee will provide advice to the Director, Office of 
Science, on the Biological and Environmental Research Program managed 
by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research. The Secretary 
of Energy has determined that renewal of the Biological and 
Environmental Research Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct 
of the Department's business and is in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed by law upon the 
Department of Energy. The Committee will continue to operate in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463), the General Services Administration Final Rule on 
Federal Advisory Committee Management, and other directives and 
instructions issued in implementation of those acts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on December 11, 2005.
Carol Matthews,
Acting Advisory Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E5-7437 Filed 12-15-05; 8:45 am]
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