[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10825]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially 
Closed Meeting

    A meeting of the Materials Technical Advisory Committee will be 
held June 6, 1996, 10:30 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 1617M-
2, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions 
that affect the level of export controls applicable to materials and 
related technology.

Agenda: General Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
3. Discussion of export controls on chemical mixtures.
4. Discussion of definition for ``reaction vessels.''
5. Discussion of ``production and disposal'' technology for precursors 
and equipment.
6. Consideration of any list of pathogens that may be used in 
conjunction with Biological Weapons Convention measures.
7. Discussion on development of definition for ``production 
microbiology.''
8. Discussion on appropriateness and validity of sampling techniques 
for biological weapons challenge inspections.
9. Discussion on proprietary information that may be found in challenge 
inspections and ways in which it could be compromised.
10. Consideration of equipment or processes indicative of biological 
weapons capability or activity.

Executive Session

11. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria 
related thereto.

    The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. To the extent time permits, 
members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. 
Written statements may be submitted at any time before or after the 
meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation 
materials to the Committee members, the materials should be forwarded 
two weeks prior to the meeting to the address below:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS/EA/BXA, Room 3886C, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the 
delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on March 13, 1996, 
pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of the 
Committee and of any Subcommittee thereof, dealing with the classified 
materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10 (a)(1) and 
(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series of 
meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions 
of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and 
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. For further 
information or copies of the minutes call (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: April 25, 1996.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.
[FR Doc. 96-10825 Filed 4-30-96; 8:45 am]
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