[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29802]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; Open 
Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security 
will hold a meeting to discuss aviation safety and security issues. 
Part of the meeting is open to the public, and part is not.

DATES: The open part of the meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 
20, 1996, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, unless adjourned earlier; the closed 
part will be held from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in the Commerce Department 
Auditorium, 14th Street, between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, 
NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard K. Pemberton, Administrative 
Officer, Room 6210, GSA Headquarters, 18th & F Streets, NW, Washington, 
DC 20405; telephone 202-501-3863; telecopier 202-501-6160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix), DOT gives notice of a meeting of the White 
House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (``Commission''). The 
Commission was established by the President to develop advice and 
recommendations on ways to improve the level of civil aviation safety 
and security, both domestically and internationally. The principal 
purpose of the meeting on November 20 is to take testimony from 
relatives of persons killed in aviation accidents.
    Part of the meeting will be open to the public, the part from 1:00 
PM to 3:00 PM. Thereafter, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, the Commission will 
meet in closed session to receive from the Central Intelligence Agency 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation information that is properly 
classified in the interest of national security; the authority for 
closing that session of the meeting is Exemption 1 of the Government in 
the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1).
    Exceptional circumstances exist for providing less than fifteen 
days' public notice of this meeting, the circumstances being 
uncertainty of the availability of the Vice President of the United 
States, Chair of the Commission. It should also be noted that ample 
notice of this meeting has been given by other means, and therefore the 
shortness of this notice is not likely to disadvantage anyone.
    Limited seating for the public portion of the meeting is available 
on a first-come, first-served basis. The public may submit written 
comments to the Commission at any time; comments should be sent to Mr. 
Pemberton at the address and telecopier number shown above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 14, 1996.
Nancy E. McFadden,
General Counsel, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-29802 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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