[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26875]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Fossil Energy; National Coal Council Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council 
Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 
86 Stat. 770) requires notice of these meetings be announced in the 
Federal Register.

DATE: Tuesday, November 9, 1999, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie D. Biggerstaff, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202/
586-3867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Committee: To provide advice, information, 
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to coal 
and coal industry issues.

Tentative Agenda

     Call to order E. Linn Draper, Jr., Chairman.
     Administrative business.
     Remarks by Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson (invited).
     Remarks by Senator Larry Craig (R-ID).
     Report by James K. Martin, Chairman of Council Study 
Working Group, on Progress of Council's Current Study on Carbon 
Sequestration.
     Presentation by Daman S. Walia, President/CEO, ARCTECH, 
Inc., on Coal Bioconversion Technology.
     Summary of the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations, 
Conference of Parties Fifth Meeting.
     Presentation by Roger H. Bezdek, President, Management 
Information Services, on J. D. Power & Associates Public Opinion Survey 
on Electricity Issues.
     Other business.
     Adjournment.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The 
Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. 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 Margie D. Biggerstaff at the 
address or telephone number listed above. You must make your request 
for an oral statement at least five business days prior to the meeting, 
and reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation on 
the agenda. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule.
    Transcripts: The transcript will be available for public review and 
copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-26875 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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