[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 80846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32683]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Worker Advocacy 
Advisory Committee Meeting. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 
No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), requires that public notice of the meetings 
be announced in the Federal Register.

DATE: Thursday, January 11, 2001, 9 am to 4:30 pm.

ADDRESSES: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Keating, Executive Administrator, 
Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy, EH-8, 
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585, Telephone Number 
202-586-7551, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Meeting: To provide advice to 
the Director of the Office of Worker Advocacy of the Department of 
Energy on plans, priorities, and strategies for in providing assistance 
to workers who have been diagnosed with work-related illnesses.
    Tentative Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction
Opening Remarks
Role of the Advisory Committee
Status of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 
2000
Status and direction of DOE worker advocacy efforts
Relationships with other federal agencies
Public comment
Next Steps/Path Forward

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public on a first-
come, first-serve basis because of limited seating. Written statements 
may be filed with the committee before or after the meeting. Members of 
the public who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items 
should contact Judy Keating at the address or telephone listed above. 
Requests to make oral statements must be made and received five days 
prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will be made to include the 
statement in the agenda. The Chair of the committee is empowered to 
conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business.
    Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying at the Freedom of Information Reading Room, 1E-190, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2000.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-32683 Filed 12-21-00; 8:45 am]
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