[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54277-54278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15233]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


State Energy Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory 
Board (STEAB). 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: Oct. 18, 2006 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory (ORNL) on-site; Oct. 19, 2006 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and 
Oct. 20, 2006 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Courtyard by Marriott, The Hotels at Cedar Bluff, 216 
Langley Place, Knoxville, TN 37922.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 
Officer, Assistant Manager, Office of Intergovernmental Projects & 
Outreach, Golden Field Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
(EERE), U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 
80401, Telephone 303/275-4801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Board: To make recommendations to the Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regarding goals 
and objectives, programmatic and administrative policies, and to 
otherwise carry out the Board's responsibilities as designated in the 
State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-
440).
    Tentative Agenda: Briefings on, and discussions of:
     (Oct. 18, 2006) Tour of the ORNL and Presentations:

--The Electricity/Energy Efficiency Nexus of 2006.
--More-electric transportation.
--Nanomanufacturing-bringing science to energy efficient materials and 
systems.
--Laboratory R&D functions in the areas of:
    [cir] Building Technologies;
    [cir] Electricity Technologies; and
    [cir] Bio-energy Technologies.
     (Oct. 19-20, 2006) Board Meeting:

--Discussion/response to lab visits.
--Discussion of and drafting the STEAB FY 06 Annual Report.

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the 
meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements 
pertaining to agenda items should contact Gary Burch at the address or 
telephone number listed above. Requests to make oral presentations must 
be received five days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will 
be made to include the statements in the agenda. The Chair of the Board 
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 within 60 days at the Freedom

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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 September 11, 2006
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-15233 Filed 9-13-06; 8:45 am]
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