Meeting on Electric and Magnetic Fields

[Mike Grissom <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

Radsafer's,

The following was extracted from today's US Federal
Register:

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Federal Register: September 1, 1998 (Volume 63,
Number 169).

Page: 46424-46425

                 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

        National Electric and Magnetic Fields
                  Advisory Committee

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770),
notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National
Electric and Magnetic Fields Advisory Committee.

DATES: Thursday, September 17, 1998: 1:30 p.m.-5:00
p.m.; Friday, September 18, 1998: 8:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Inn Suites Hotel, 475 North Granada, Tucson
AZ, 85701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Imre Gyuk, EMF
Program Manager, EE-14, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-1482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Committee

    The National Electric and Magnetic Fields Advisory
Committee (NEMFAC) advises the Department of Energy and
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS) on the design and implementation of a
five-year, national electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
research and public information dissemination (RAPID)
program. The Secretary of Energy, pursuant to Section
2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102-486,
has overall responsibility for establishing the
national program which includes health effects
research, development of technologies to assess and
manage exposures, and dissemination of information.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, September 17, 1998
  1:30 p.m Welcome and opening remarks
  1:40 p.m. Acceptance of minutes
  1:50 p.m. Report on the EMF Working Group
  2:45 p.m. Public input process for Working Group
            report
  3:15 p.m. Break
  3:30 p.m. Interagency Committee perspective on
            Working Group report
  4:00 p.m. Discussion
  5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Friday, September 18, 1998
  8:30 a.m. DOE Core program activities
  9:00 a.m. Plans for NIEHS final report
  10:00 a.m. Break
  10:15 a.m. Plans for Interagency Committee final
             report
  10:45 a.m. NEMFAC responsibilities for final reports
  11:15 a.m. Open time for public comments
  12:15 p.m. Adjourn

A final agenda will be available at the meeting.

Public Participation. The meeting is open to the
public. Written statements may be filed with the
Committee either before or after the meeting. Members
of the public who wish to make oral statements
pertaining to agenda items should contact Dr. Gyuk at
the address or telephone number listed above. Requests
must be received five days prior to the meeting and
reasonable provision will be made to include the
presentation on the agenda. Depending on the number of
requests, comments may be limited to five minutes. The
Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the
meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business.

Transcript and Minutes. A transcript and minutes of
this meeting will be available for public review and
copying at the Freedom of Information Public Reading
Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, between 9:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. Copies of the minutes will also be available
by request.

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 26, 1998.

Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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