[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8264-8265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02658]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)


Advisory Committee for Nuclear Security; Notice of Renewal

AGENCY: Office of Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 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 charter for 
the Defense Programs Advisory Committee (DPAC) will undergo a major 
amendment and DPAC will be renamed the Advisory Committee for Nuclear 
Security (ACNS or the Committee). The charter is being renewed for a 
two-year period.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACNS will provide advice and 
recommendations to the Department of Energy's Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA) on the activities and operations of the NNSA, 
including but not limited to, the stewardship, governance, and 
maintenance of the Nation's nuclear deterrent; nuclear security; 
nonproliferation; counterterrorism; counterproliferation; and nuclear 
incident and accident response.
    The renewal of the Committee has been deemed essential to the 
conduct of the Department's business and in the public interest in 
conjunction 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 the rules and regulations in implementation of that Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Watti Hill, Office of Defense Programs 
at (202) 586-8266; email: [email protected].

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy (DOE) was signed on 
February 3, 2023, by Shena Kennerly, 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

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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 February 3, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-02658 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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