Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Strategic Energy

Research and Development

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the

following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Strategic

Energy Research and Development

Date and Time: Thursday, December 15, 1994, 8:45 AM-12:45 PM

Place: Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'enfant Plaza, SW.,

Ballroom B, Washington, DC 20024-2197.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter F. Didisheim, Acting Executive Director, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7092.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Task Force: The Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and

Development will assist the Board in its top-level review of the

Department's civilian energy research programs. The Board's Task Force

will examine the Department's current research and development (R&D)

portfolio against its strategic goals policy priorities and national

needs; the Departments research and development planning and management

process; and the first research, development, demonstration, and

commercialization management plan, required biennially by the Energy

Policy Act of 1992.

Tentative Agenda

8:45 AM--Opening Remarks and Agenda Review

9:00 AM--Panel discussion of Nuclear Power and Related R&D Needs

10:30 AM--Break

10:45 AM--Panel discussion of Clean Coal Technology and Related R&D

Needs

12:15 PM--Public Comment

12:45 PM--Public Meeting Adjourns

A final agenda will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation: The Chairman of the Task Force is empowered

to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in the Chairman's

judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. During its

meeting in Washington, the Task Force welcomes public comment. Members

of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign up at the

beginning of the meeting. The Task Force will make every effort to hear

the views of all interested parties. Written comments may be submitted

to the Executive Director, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 8E-044/

AB-1, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. In order to

insure that Board members have the opportunity to review written

comments prior to the meeting, comments should be received by Friday,

December 9, 1994. Due to difficulty in locating a meeting space, this

notice will be published less than fifteen days prior to the meeting.

Minutes: Minutes and a transcript of the meeting will be available

for public review and copying approximately 30 days following the

meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC,

between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday except Federal

holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on November 29, 1994.

Rachel Murphy Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-29704 Filed 12-1-94; 8:45 am]

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