State Energy Advisory Board Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

State Energy Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY:

Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory Board. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice be announced in the

Federal Register

.

DATES:

February 28, 2002 from 8 am to 5:30 pm, and March 1, 2002 from 8:30 am to 5 pm.

Place:

The Madison Hotel, Fifteenth and M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Raup, Office of Planning, Budget, and Outreach, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC 20585, Telephone 202/586-2214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board:

To make recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regarding goals and objectives and programmatic and administrative policies, and to otherwise carry out the Board's responsibilities as designated in the State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-440).

Tentative Agenda

• STEAB Committee updates

• STEAB Annual Report Kickoff

• EERE State Success Stories

• Homeland and Energy Security Discussion

• Open Discussion with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, USDOE

• Update on Current Energy Legislation

• STEAB Budget Committee Meeting

• Public Comment Period

Public Participation:

The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board before or after the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact William J. Raup at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests to make oral presentations must be received five days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will be made to include the statements in the agenda. The Chair of the Board is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying within 60 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 29, 2002.

Rachel Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 02-2601 Filed 2-1-02; 8:45 am]

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