Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)

Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)

Notices

Page 9735

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2017-02563

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, February 23, 2017; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday, February 24, 2017; 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Runkles; Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-

6529.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of this Board is to make recommendation to DOE-SC with respect to the basic energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda

Call to Order, Introductions, Review of the Agenda

News from the Office of Science

News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Report for the Energy-Water Nexus Basic Research Needs Workshop

Grand Challenges Science Reports Review

X-Ray Light Sources: An International Perspective

NSLS-II Operations Update

Energy Frontier Research Centers/Hubs Committee of Visitors Report

WDTS Committee of Visitors Report

ASCAC LDRD Review Update

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Committee of Visitors Update

Public Comments

Adjourn

Breaks Taken As Appropriate

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 Katie Runkles at 301-903-6594 (fax) or katie.runkles@science.doe.gov (email). 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 on the Committee's Web site: http://science.energy.gov/bes/besac/.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2017.

LaTanya R. Butler,

Deputy Committee Management Officier.

FR Doc. 2017-02563 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P