[Federal Register: June 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 107)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

 
Announcement of Public Forum on Risk Assessment

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Announcement of Public Forum on Risk Assessment.

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TIME AND DATE: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., June 16, 1999.

PLACE: Room 10234, Nassif Building, Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

STATUS: Open to public with attendance limited to space available.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the forum is to have an exchange of ideas and 
to start a dialogue that will better enable the Department to analyze 
its rules. We do not want comments on specific rules or proposals, 
although it would be appropriate to use an existing rule to illustrate 
a point.


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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation will be hosting a public 
forum on risk assessment in rulemaking. Expert panelists for this forum 
will include representatives from business, labor and government. The 
moderator of the forum will present a series of issues to the panel for 
discussion; the audience will also be encouraged to ask questions or 
make comments. The forum will address various issues such as problems 
with adequately describing the hazard or risk a regulation is trying to 
avoid; properly using and describing the evidence of the risk, the 
uncertainties involved; and the value and cost of peer review. This 
forum is the second of three planned public forums this year. In May, 
the Department hosted a forum on economic analysis, and later on this 
year we are planning a forum on small entities.

REGISTRATION: Participants are requested to register their intent to 
attend this forum meeting by sending e-mail to bob.klothe@ost.dot.gov. 
Put the words ``Risk Assessment Registration'' in the Subject line and 
the participant's name, address, phone number, and affiliation in the 
body of the message. If you do not have Internet access, you can 
register by calling 202-366-4723 or by writing to the contact person 
below. Please include your name, address, and phone number in your 
letter/postcard. Also, remember that space is limited and registration 
is on a first-come-first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Klothe, Office of General 
Counsel (C-50), Department of Transportation, Room 10424, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Phone: (202) 366-4723 (voice), (202) 
755-7687 (TDD); Email: bob.klothe@ost.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, this 28th day of May, 1999.
Neil Eisner,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-14164 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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