[Federal Register: June 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 113)]
[Notices]
[Page 32987-32988]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology announces that the National Construction Safety Team Federal
Advisory Committee will meet on June 22-23, 2004.
DATES: The meeting will convene on June 22, 2004, at 8 a.m. and will
adjourn at 4 p.m. on June 23, 2004. Members of the public wishing to
attend the meeting must notify Stephen Cauffman by close of business on
Friday, June 18, 2004, per instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Employees Lounge,
Administration Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Please note
admittance instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Cauffman, National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899-8611, telephone (301) 975-6051, fax (301) 975-6122, or
via e-mail at stephen.cauffman@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given
that the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee
(Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
will meet Tuesday, June 22, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday,
June 23, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at NIST headquarters in
Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The Committee was established pursuant to Section 11 of the
National Construction Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 7310). The Committee
is composed of nine members appointed by the Director of NIST who were
selected for their technical expertise and experience, established
records of distinguished professional service, and their knowledge of
issues affecting teams established under the NCST Act. The Committee
will advise the Director of NIST on carrying out investigations of
building failures conducted under the authorities of the NCST Act that
became law in October 2002 and will review the procedures developed to
implement the NCST Act and reports issued under section 8 of the NCST
Act. Background information on the NCST Act and information on the NCST
Advisory Committee is available at http://www.nist.gov/ncst.
The primary purpose of this meeting is to provide an update on the
World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. The agenda will also include a
discussion on the Rhode Island Nightclub Investigation. The agenda may
change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be
posted on the Internet at http://www.nist.gov/ncst.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs, the
WTC Investigation, or the Rhode Island Investigation are invited to
request a place on the agenda. On June 22, 2004, approximately one hour
will be reserved for public comments, and speaking times will be
assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount of time per
speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is
likely to be 5 minutes each. Questions from the public will not be
considered during this period. Speakers who wish to expand upon their
oral statements, those who had wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to attend in
person are invited to submit written statements to the National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899-8611, via fax at (301) 975-6122, or electronically via
e-mail to ncstac@nist.gov.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of
the General Counsel, formally determined on May 28, 2004, that portions
of the meeting of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory
Committee that involve discussions regarding the proprietary
information and trade secrets of third parties, personal privacy of
third parties, preliminary findings the disclosure of which might
jeopardize public safety, data collection status and the issuance of
subpoenas, and matters the premature disclosure of which would be
likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency
action may be closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (6), (3),
(10), and (9)(B), respectively. The closed portion of the meeting is
scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and to end at 4 p.m. on June 23, 2004. All
other portions of the meeting will be open to the public.
All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be
admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by close
of business Friday, June 18, 2004, in order to attend. Please submit
your name, time of arrival, e-mail address and phone number to Stephen
Cauffman and he will provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-
U.S. citizens must also submit their country of citizenship, title,
employer/sponsor, and address. Mr. Cauffman's e-mail address is
stephen.cauffman@nist.gov and his phone number is (301) 975-6051.
Dated: June 3, 2004.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 04-13398 Filed 6-9-04; 12:37 pm]