[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 78908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32502]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Biological and Environmental Research 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and in accordance with Title 41, Code 
of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65(a), and following consultation 
with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Biological and 
Environmental Research Advisory Committee will be renewed for a two-
year period beginning December 14, 2011.
    The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Department 
of Energy on matters related to the Biological and Environmental 
Research programs.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Biological and Environmental 
Research Advisory Committee has been determined to be essential to the 
conduct of the Department's mission and to be in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department 
of Energy by law and agreement. The Committee will operate in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
and rules and regulations issued in implementation of that Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. David Thomassen, Designated 
Federal Officer, by telephone at (301) 903-9817.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2011.
Carol A. Matthews,
Committee Management Officer .
[FR Doc. 2011-32502 Filed 12-19-11; 8:45 am]
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