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Federal Register: April 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 69)NoticesPage 17650From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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, May 19, 1999, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, May 20, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Friday, May 21, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Melvin Gottlieb Auditorium); U.S. Route #1; Princeton, N.J., 08543.

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

The Committee will hear presentations on fusion research at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Naval Research Laboratory, and universities. The Committee will tour the PPPL facilities and receive a briefing on the three ongoing proof-of-principle programs.

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, May 19, 1999

1:00 p.m.--Tour PPPL Facilities

6:00 p.m.--Briefing on Fusion Research at PPPL Thursday, May 20, 1999

8:30 a.m.

Continue PPPL Briefing

Report on Status of Proof-of-Principle Programs

Briefing on Fusion Research at the Naval Research Laboratory

Briefing on Fusion Research at the Universities

Report on Status of the Goals and Metrics Panel Activities

6:00 p.m.--Adjourn Friday, May 21, 1999

8:30 a.m.--Continue Discussions, Public Comments

12:00 noon--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). Please 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

We will make the minutes of this meeting available for public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room; I-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 April 7, 1999. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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