[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13514-13515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7362]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey


Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Public Meeting of the 
FGDC Facilities Working Group

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of two meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to invite public participation in two meetings 
of the FGDC Facilities Working Group. The major topics for these 
meetings are: the standardization of definitions for Facility and 
Installation; development of a Facility/Installation ID standard; and 
development of standards for utility, building, and environmental 
hazard geospatial data.

TIME AND PLACE: 8 April 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., and 13 
May 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The meetings will be held at 
Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in room 8222D of the Pulaski 
Building, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The Pulaski 
Building is located just a few blocks west of Union Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fox, FGDC Secretariat, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 590 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 
Reston, Virginia 22092; telephone (703) 648-5514; facsimile (703) 648-
5755; Internet ``[email protected]''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FGDC is a committee of Federal Agencies 
engaged in geospatial activities. The FGDC Facilities Working Group 
specifically focuses on geospatial data issues related to facilities 
and facility management. A facility is an entity with location, 
deliberately established as a site for designated activities. A 
facility database might describe a factory, a military base, a college, 
a hospital, a power plant, a fishery, a national park, an office 
building, a space command center, or a prison. The database for a 
complex facility may describe multiple functions or missions, multiple 
buildings, or even a county, town, or city. The objectives of the 
Working Group are to: promote standards of accuracy and currentness in 
facilities data that are financed in whole or in part by Federal funds; 
exchange information on technological improvements for collecting 
facilities data; encourage the Federal and non-Federal communities to 
identify and adopt standards and specifications for facilities data; 
and promote the sharing of facilities data among Federal and non-
Federal organizations.


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    Dated: March 15, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7362 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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