### 2259 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 7 / Thursday, January 10, 2013 / Notices

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]

**BILLING CODE 5001–06–P**

**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.
[FR Doc. 2013–00330 Filed 1–9–13; 8:45 am]

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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

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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