[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 47677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18802]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Science, 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, App. 2, and Section 102-3.65(a), Title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and following consultation with the Committee 
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is 
hereby given that the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee's 
(BESAC) charter will be renewed for a two-year period.
    The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the Office 
of Science on the Basic Energy Sciences program.
    Additionally, the renewal of the BESAC has been determined to be 
essential to conduct business of the Department of Energy's and to be 
the in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed upon the Department of Energy, by law and agreement. The 
Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the rules and regulations in 
implementation of that Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Harriet Kung at (301) 903-3081.

    Issued in Washington DC on July 29, 2013.
Carol A. Matthews,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-18802 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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