[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17461-17462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4999]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, June 1, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, 620 Perry Parkway, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20887, USA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion 
Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290; Telephone: 301-903-4927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Meeting: The major purposes of the meeting are for 
the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) to (1) complete 
the charge to rate the program's progress toward meeting long-range 
PART measures; (2) review the EPAct-required plan for the participation 
of U.S. scientists in ITER; and, (3) hear from a small group of FESAC 
members that was appointed after the last meeting to consider how to 
address the charge on how the program should evolve over the coming 
decade taking into account new and upgraded international experiments, 
and how the U.S. program should prepare to make the transition to ITER.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, June 1, 2006:

     Complete the charge on assessing the program's progress 
toward achieving long-range PART measures.
     Review the EPAct-required plan for the participation of 
U.S. Scientists in ITER.

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     Discuss the approach to addressing the new charge to 
recommend how the program should evolve over the next ten years.
     Hear Public Comments.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do 
so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral 
statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact 
Albert L. Opdenaker at 301-903-8584 (fax) or 
[email protected] (e-mail). You must make your request 
for an oral statement at least 5 business days before the meeting. 
Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral 
statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct 
the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public 
comment will follow the 10-minute rule.
    Minutes: We will make the minutes of this meeting available for 
public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information 
Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on March 30, 2006.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-4999 Filed 4-5-06; 8:45 am]
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