[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27795]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy, National Coal Council; Notice of Open 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463, 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting:

    Name: National Coal Council.
    Date and Time: Thursday, November 14, 1996, 9:00 am.
    Place: Ritz-Carlton Washington, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Contact: Margie D. Biggerstaff, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Office of Fossil Energy (FE-5), Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: 
202/586-3867.
    Purpose of the Council: To provide advice, information, and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to 
coal and coal industry issues.
    Tentative Agenda:
    --Call to order and opening remarks by Clifford Miercort, 
Chairman of the National Coal Council.
    --Approve agenda.
    --Remarks by the Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy 
(invited).
    --Remarks by Kurt Yeager, President Electric Power Research 
Institute (invited).
    --Report of the Coal Policy Committee.
    --Membership to consider draft report entitled ``Consumption 
Issues Affecting the Role of Coal in Energy and the Environment.''
    --Administrative matters.
    --Discussion of any other business properly brought before the 
Council.
    --Public comment--10-minute rule.
    --Adjournment.
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The 
Chairman of the Council is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Any 
member of the public who wishes to file a written statement with the 
Council will be permitted to do so, either before or after the 
meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements 
pertaining to agenda items should contact Margie D. Biggerstaff at 
the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be 
received at least five days prior to the meeting and reasonable 
provisions will be made to include the presentation on the agenda.
    Transcript: Available for public review and copying at the 
Public Reading Room, 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 at Washington, DC, on October 25, 1996.
Gail Cephas,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27795 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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