[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 71631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27343]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and following 
consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General 
Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Nuclear Energy 
Advisory Committee's charter has been renewed for a two-year period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teddy Echeverria, Designated Federal 
Officer at (240) 313-8669; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will provide advice and 
recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and 
advise on national policy and scientific aspects of nuclear issues of 
concern to the Department of Energy (DOE); provide periodic reviews of 
the various program elements within DOE's nuclear programs and 
recommendations based thereon; ascertain the needs, views, and 
priorities of DOE's nuclear programs, and advise on long-range plans, 
priorities, and strategies to address more effectively the technical, 
financial, and policy aspects of such programs; and advise on 
appropriate levels of resources to develop those plans, priorities, and 
strategies.
    Additionally, the renewal of the Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 
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.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 
10, 2021, by Miles Fernandez, Acting Committee Management Officer, 
pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That 
document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the 
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way 
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-27343 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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