[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 27703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12515]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences 
Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires 
that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday, July 
14, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting 
Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy 
Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-
6529.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of this Board is to make 
recommendation to DOE-SC with respect to the basic energy sciences 
research program.

Tentative Agenda

 Call to Order, Introductions, Review of the Agenda
 News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
 Report for the Next Generation Electrical Energy Storage Basic 
Research Needs Workshop
 Report for the Catalysis-Science to Transform Energy 
Technologies Basic Research Needs Workshop
 Quantum Information Science
 Neuromorphic Computing
 Introduction of New BESAC Charge
 Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Committee of 
Visitors Report
 Public Comments
 Adjourn
Breaks Taken as Appropriate

    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 
Katie Runkles at 301-903-6594 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). 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: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying within 30 days by contacting Ms. Katie Runkles at 
the address above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 12, 2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-12515 Filed 6-15-17; 8:45 am]
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