Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 153
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 153
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
There are 6 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - FR. EPA. Implementation of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Addressing a Portion of the Phase 2 Ozone Implementation Rule Concerning Reasonable Further Progress Emissions Reductions Credits Outside Ozone Nonattainment Areas
2. ENERGY/Efficiency - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With EPA's ENERGY STAR Program in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors; EPA
ICR No. 1772, OMB Control No. 2060-0347
ICR No. 1772, OMB Control No. 2060-0347
3. AIR - ND. EPA. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC); Request for Nominations for 2009 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program
4. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
5. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee
6. ENERGY - ND. DOE. Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
CODES USED: THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.
REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES: AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT - Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Subject: AIR - FR. EPA. Implementation of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Addressing a Portion of the Phase 2 Ozone Implementation Rule Concerning Reasonable Further Progress Emissions Reductions Credits Outside Ozone Nonattainment Areas
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40074-40083]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 50 and 51
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0419, FRL-8943-3]
RIN 2060-AP96
Implementation of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard: Addressing a Portion of the Phase 2 Ozone
Implementation Rule Concerning Reasonable Further Progress Emissions
Reductions Credits Outside Ozone Nonattainment Areas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to revise a portion of its Phase 2
implementation rule for the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS or standard) for which the Agency had sought a
voluntary remand from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit. The Court granted EPA's request by
remanding and vacating that portion of the rule. Specifically, this
rule addresses an interpretation that allowed certain credits toward
reasonable further progress (RFP) for the 8-hour standard from
emissions reductions outside the nonattainment area.
DATES: This rule is effective on October 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0419. All documents in the docket are
listed in http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard
copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air
and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Headquarters
Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA West Building, located at 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the this
final rule contact: Ms. Denise Gerth, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, (C539-01), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5550 or by e-mail at
gerth.denise@epa.gov, fax number (919) 541-0824; or Mr. John Silvasi,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, (C539-01), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
telephone number (919) 541-5666, fax number (919) 541-0824 or by e-mail
at silvasi.john@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40074-40083]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 50 and 51
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0419, FRL-8943-3]
RIN 2060-AP96
Implementation of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard: Addressing a Portion of the Phase 2 Ozone
Implementation Rule Concerning Reasonable Further Progress Emissions
Reductions Credits Outside Ozone Nonattainment Areas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to revise a portion of its Phase 2
implementation rule for the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS or standard) for which the Agency had sought a
voluntary remand from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit. The Court granted EPA's request by
remanding and vacating that portion of the rule. Specifically, this
rule addresses an interpretation that allowed certain credits toward
reasonable further progress (RFP) for the 8-hour standard from
emissions reductions outside the nonattainment area.
DATES: This rule is effective on October 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0419. All documents in the docket are
listed in http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard
copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air
and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Headquarters
Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA West Building, located at 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the this
final rule contact: Ms. Denise Gerth, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, (C539-01), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5550 or by e-mail at
gerth.denise@epa.gov, fax number (919) 541-0824; or Mr. John Silvasi,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, (C539-01), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
telephone number (919) 541-5666, fax number (919) 541-0824 or by e-mail
at silvasi.john@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With EPA's ENERGY STAR Program in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors; EPA
ICR No. 1772, OMB Control No. 2060-0347
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 40183-40186]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0407; FRL-8943-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With
EPA's ENERGY STAR Program in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors; EPA
ICR No. 1772, OMB Control No. 2060-0347
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0407, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460.
Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0407. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of
your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Susan Bailey, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Mailcode: 6202J, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-343-9014; fax number: 202-343-2204; e-mail address:
bailey.marysusan@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 40183-40186]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0407; FRL-8943-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With
EPA's ENERGY STAR Program in the Commercial and Industrial Sectors; EPA
ICR No. 1772, OMB Control No. 2060-0347
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0407, by one of the following methods:
submitting comments.
Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460.
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0407. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of
your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Susan Bailey, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Mailcode: 6202J, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-343-9014; fax number: 202-343-2204; e-mail address:
bailey.marysusan@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC); Request for Nominations for 2009 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 40186]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8943-5]
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC); Request for Nominations
for 2009 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations for Clean Air Excellence Awards.
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SUMMARY: EPA established the Clean Air Excellence Awards Program in
February, 2000. This is an annual awards program to recognize
outstanding and innovative efforts that support progress in achieving
clean air. This notice announces the competition for the Year 2009
program.
DATES: All submissions of entries for the Clean Air Excellence Awards
Program must be postmarked by September 25, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the Clean Air Excellence
Awards Program please use the CAAAC Web site and click on awards
program or contact Mr. Pat Childers, U.S. EPA at 202-564-1082 or 202-
564-1352 (Fax), mailing address: Office of Air and Radiation (6102A),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.
[Notices]
[Page 40186]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8943-5]
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC); Request for Nominations
for 2009 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations for Clean Air Excellence Awards.
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SUMMARY: EPA established the Clean Air Excellence Awards Program in
February, 2000. This is an annual awards program to recognize
outstanding and innovative efforts that support progress in achieving
clean air. This notice announces the competition for the Year 2009
program.
DATES: All submissions of entries for the Clean Air Excellence Awards
Program must be postmarked by September 25, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the Clean Air Excellence
Awards Program please use the CAAAC Web site and click on awards
program or contact Mr. Pat Childers, U.S. EPA at 202-564-1082 or 202-
564-1352 (Fax), mailing address: Office of Air and Radiation (6102A),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 40173]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Ultra-Deepwater
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (CDT), and
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (CDT).
ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, 111 E. Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX
78205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-5600.
[Notices]
[Page 40173]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Ultra-Deepwater
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (CDT), and
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (CDT).
ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, 111 E. Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX
78205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-5600.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 40173-40174]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Unconventional
Resources Technology Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (CDT) and
Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (CDT).
ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, 111 E. Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX
78205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-5600.
[Notices]
[Page 40173-40174]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Unconventional
Resources Technology Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this
meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. (CDT) and
Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (CDT).
ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, 111 E. Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX
78205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-5600.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ENERGY - ND. DOE. Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
[Federal Register: August 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 153)]
[Notices]
[Page 40174]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee
Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C. App., and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with
the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee has been renewed for a two-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to the Office of Science (DOE),
on long-range plans, priorities, and strategies for advancing plasma
science, fusion science and fusion technology--the knowledge base
needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy
source. The Secretary of Energy has determined that the renewal of the
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct
of the Department's business and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by
law. The Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91), the General Services
Administration Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, and
other directives and instruction issued in the implementation of those
Acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.
[Notices]
[Page 40174]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Fusion Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee
Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C. App., and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with
the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee has been renewed for a two-year period.
The Committee will provide advice to the Office of Science (DOE),
on long-range plans, priorities, and strategies for advancing plasma
science, fusion science and fusion technology--the knowledge base
needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy
source. The Secretary of Energy has determined that the renewal of the
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is essential to the conduct
of the Department's business and in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy by
law. The Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Energy Organization Act (Pub. L. 95-91), the General Services
Administration Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, and
other directives and instruction issued in the implementation of those
Acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.
