[Federal Register: April 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 65)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Office of Science; Biological and Environmental Research Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Biological and 
Environmental Research Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of

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these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, April 22, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Friday, 
April 23, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. David Thomassen (301-903-9817; 
david.thomassen@science.doe.gov), or Ms. Shirley Derflinger (301-903-
0044; shirley.derflinger@science.doe.gov), Designated Federal Officers, 
Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and 
Environmental Research, SC-70, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, 
Maryland 20874-1290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Meeting: To provide advice on 
a continuing basis to the Director, Office of Science of the Department 
of Energy, on the many complex scientific and technical issues that 
rise in the development and implementation of the biological and 
environmental research program.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 1999

8:30 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks
8:40 a.m.--Remarks from Director, Office of Science
9:40 a.m.--Low Dose Radiation Research Program
10:30 a.m.--New Directions in Bioengineering
11:30 a.m.--Science Talk, Medical Imaging
2:00 p.m.--Talk, National Science Foundation in the New Millennium
3:00 p.m.--Carbon Management & Climate Change Technology Initiative
3:15 p.m.--Scientific Simulation Initiative
5:00 p.m.--Public Comments and Adjourn

Friday, April 23, 1999

8:30 a.m.--State of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)/FY2000 
Outlook
9:30 a.m.--Human Genome Program Update
10:45 a.m.--BER Structural Biology Program
11:45 a.m.--Public Comments and Adjourn

    Public Participation: The day and a half 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 David Thomassen or Shirley Derflinger at the 
address or telephone numbers listed above. You must make your request 
for an oral statement at least five 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: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public 
Reading Room, IE-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 in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-8453 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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