[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 44911-44912] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-21419] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Agency
Department of Energy.
Action
Notice of open meeting.
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Summary
This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Dates
Wednesday, September 8, 1999, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, September 9, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Addresses
Holiday Inn/Goshen Hall; 2 Montgomery Village Avenue; Gaithersburg, Maryland.
For Further Information Contact
Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 19901 Germantown Road; Germantown, MD 20874-1290; Telephone: 301-903-4927.
Supplementary Information
Purpose of the Meeting: To finalize the Committee's report to the Department of Energy providing an assessment of the restructured Fusion Energy Sciences Program, including recommendations for further redirection given projected flat budgets in the future. The report will also include recommendations on the ongoing proof-of-principle experiments and the balance between tokamak and non- tokamak physics and between magnetic and inertial fusion energy.
Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
9:00 a.m. Discussion of Report to DOE on October 9, 1998 Charge 1:30 p.m. Public Comment 3:15 p.m. Finalize Report to DOE 5:30 p.m. Adjourn
Thursday, September 9, 1999
8:30 a.m. DOE Perspective 10:00 a.m. Presentation of Findings to DOE 11:00 a.m. Other Business 12:30 p.m. Adjourn 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 Albert L. Opdenaker at 301-903-8584 (fax) or albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (email). You must make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business
days before the meeting. 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 at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room; IE-190; Forrestal Building; 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.; Washington, D.C., between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued at Washington, D.C., on August 13, 1999. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 99-21419 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P