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present their issues during the February 

2013 meeting or at a future meeting. 

Dated: January 7, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00343 Filed 1–9–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: January 31, 2013—9:00 a.m. to 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Hilton Gaithersburg, 620 

Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy 

Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 

1000 Independence Avenue SW.; 

Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone: (301) 903–4941. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: To complete 

the charge given to the Committee in the 

letter from the Director, Office of 

Science, dated April 13, 2012, to the 

FESAC Chair asking an assessment by 

FESAC of priorities among and within 

the elements of the magnetic fusion 

energy science program. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• FES Perspectives, including 

Briefing on the new Facilities 

Prioritization Charge. 

• Briefing on the final report from the 

Subcommittee on Magnetic Fusion 

Energy Program Priorities. 

• Presentation on the EU Pathway/ 

DEMO Studies. 

• Discussions of the Report from the 

Subcommittee on MFE Program 

Priorities. 

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 Dr. Ed Synakowski at 301–903– 

8584 (fax) or 

Ed.synakowski@science.doe.gov (email). 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

during the Public Comments time 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 the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 45 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee 

Web site at: http://www.science.doe.gov/ 

ofes/fesac.shtml. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 4, 

2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for a 

teleconference call of the President’s 

Council of Advisors on Science and 

Technology (PCAST), and describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of this 

meeting is required under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App 2. The purpose of this 

teleconference call is to discuss 

PCAST’s Climate and Energy letter 

report. 

DATES: Thursday, January 24, 2013 from 

5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST). To receive 

the call-in information, attendees 

should register for the conference call 

on the PCAST Web site at: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast no later 

than 12:00 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, 

January 16, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding the meeting 

agenda, time, and how to register for the 

meeting is available on the PCAST Web 

site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. Questions about the 

teleconference call should be directed to 

Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz, PCAST 

Acting Executive Director, by email at: 

ascholz@ostp.eop.gov, or by telephone: 

(202) 456–4444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is an 

advisory group of the nation’s leading 

scientists and engineers, appointed by 

the President to augment the science 

and technology advice available to him 

from inside the White House and from 

cabinet departments and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

PCAST is consulted about and provides 

analyses and recommendations 

concerning a wide range of issues where 

understandings from the domains of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. PCAST is co-chaired by 

Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the 

President for Science and Technology, 

and Director, Office of Science and 

Technology Policy, Executive Office of 

the President, The White House; and Dr. 

Eric S. Lander, President, Broad 

Institute of the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology and Harvard. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) is 

scheduled to hold a teleconference call 

in open session on January 17, 2013 

from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

During the conference call, PCAST 

will discuss its Climate and Energy 

letter report. Additional information 

and the agenda, including any changes 

that arise, will be posted at the PCAST 

Web site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length, and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on January 17, 

2013 at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

speak at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast, no later than 12:00 p.m. (EST) on 

January 16, 2013. Phone or email 

reservations to be considered for the 

public speaker list will not be accepted. 

To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, the time for public comments 

will be limited to two (2) minutes per 

person, with a total public comment 

period of 10 minutes. If more speakers 

register than there is space available on 

the agenda, PCAST will randomly select 

speakers from among those who 

applied. Those not selected to present 

oral comments may always file written 


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