### 5527 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 21 / Monday, February 2, 2015 / Notices

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review

of Agenda

• Administrative Issues

• Public Comments (15 minutes)

• Adjourn

Breaks Taken As Appropriate. Public Participation: The EM SSAB, Paducah, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Jennifer Woodard as soon as possible in advance of the meeting at the telephone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Jennifer Woodard at the telephone number listed above. Requests must be received as soon as possible prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. The EM SSAB, Paducah, will hear public comments pertaining to its scope (clean-up standards and environmental restoration; waste management and disposition;stabilization and disposition of nonstockpile nuclear materials; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship; risk assessment and management; and clean-up science and technology activities). Comments outside of the scope may be submitted via written statement as directed above.

Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Jennifer Woodard at the address and phone number listed above. Minutes will also be available at the following Web site: http://www. pgdpcab.energy.gov/2014Meetings.html.

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 27, 2015. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–01956 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**
**Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Science, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting. **SUMMARY :**  This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC). 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 :**  Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:00 a.m.

to 5:15 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2015 9:00 a.m. to

12:00 noon.
**ADDRESSES :**  Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Katie Perine, Office of Basic Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; SC–22/Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290; Telephone: (301) 903–6529.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of this Board is to make recommendation to DOE–SC with respect to the basic energy sciences research program.

Tentative Agenda:

• Annual Ethics Briefing (BESAC

Members Only)

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review

of the Agenda

• News from the Office of Science

(Budget)

• News from the Office of Basic Energy

Sciences (Budget)

• Report by the BESAC Subcommittee

on Transformational Opportunities

• NSLS–II Update

• BES Nanocenters Update

• Committee of Visitors for the

Materials Sciences and Engineering Division

• Public Comments

• Adjourn Breaks Taken As Appropriate

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 Katie Perine at (301) 903–6594 (fax) or katie.perine@science.doe.gov (email). 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 by contacing Ms. Perine at the address listed above. Issued in Washington, DC on January 27, 2015. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–01906 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**
**Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of Science, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces a meeting of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC). 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 :**  Thursday, February 26, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
**ADDRESSES :**  Sheraton Tysons Hotel, 8661 Leesburg Pike, Tysons, VA 22182.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Dr. Michael Kuperberg, Designated Federal Officer, BERAC, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, SC–23/Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290. Phone 301–903–3511; fax (301) 903–5051 or email: michael.kuperberg@ science.doe.gov. The most current information concerning this meeting can be found on the Web site: http://science. energy.gov/ber/berac/meetings/.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of the Committee: 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 arise in the development and implementation of the Biological and Environmental Research Program.

Tentative Agenda Topics:

• Report from the Office of Science

• Report from the Office of Biological and Environmental Research

• News from the Biological Systems Science and Climate and Environmental Sciences Divisions

• Response to the Biological Systems Science Division Committee of Visitors Report

• Climate and Environmental Sciences Division data activities

• Climate modeling update

• Integrated Field Laboratory workshop report and discussion