Notice of Establishment of One and Termination of Six Federal Advisory Committees
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this notice pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1975, Federal Advisory Committee Management regulations, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services Administration. Notice is hereby given that a new unified Committee, the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC), will be established for a two-year period. The Committee will provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy, on a continuing basis on the SC programs. This unified advisory committee, which will replace the Office of Science six programmatic advisory committees, will better support the cross-disciplinary mission and strategic direction of the office.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51727-51728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20131]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Establishment of One and Termination of Six Federal
Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Office of Science, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of a Unified Office of Science Federal
Advisory Committee and termination of six Office of Science Federal
Advisory Committees.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this notice
pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1975, Federal
Advisory Committee Management regulations, and following consultation
with the Committee Management Secretariat of
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the General Services Administration. Notice is hereby given that a new
unified Committee, the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC),
will be established for a two-year period. The Committee will provide
advice, information, and recommendations to the Director, Office of
Science, Department of Energy, on a continuing basis on the SC
programs. This unified advisory committee, which will replace the
Office of Science six programmatic advisory committees, will better
support the cross-disciplinary mission and strategic direction of the
office.
DATES: This also serves as notification that the following Federal
Advisory Committees were terminated effective August 8, 2025: Advanced
Scientific Computing Advisory Committee, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee, Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee,
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, High Energy Physics Advisory
Panel, and the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Horton, Associate Deputy
Director for Science Programs; telephone: (301) 903-7506; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aee2c7c0cacf80e6c1dcdac1c0eeddcdc7cbc0cdcb80cac1cb80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7ab8e898386c9af8895938889a794848e82898482c9838882c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the new Committee being formed, SCAC,
members will be carefully considered to be balanced in terms of views
represented and functions to be performed, in accordance with FACA, and
to obtain a balance of scientific disciplines, experiences, points or
view, and geography. Members shall be experts in their respective
fields from entities, including, but not limited to, National
Laboratories, research facilities, industry, and academic institutions.
Membership and representation of all interests will be determined in
accordance with the requirements of FACA.
The Committee will operate in accordance with the provisions of
FACA and the rules and regulations in implementation of that Act. The
Committee has been deemed essential to DOE's business and in the public
interest, in conjunction with the performance of duties imposed upon
the DOE, by law and agreement.
Six Committees are being terminated under the provision of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1975 (5 U.S.C. Ch. 10) and 41 CFR
102-3.55.
Signing Authority
This document was signed on November 13, 2025, by David Borak,
Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date
is maintained by the Department of Energy. For administrative purposes
only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2025.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-20131 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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