[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33026]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey


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

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to invite public participation in meetings of 
the FGDC Facilities Working Group and subgroups. The major topics for 
this meeting are: development of a Facility/Installation ID standard; 
development of a utility data content standard; and development of an 
environmental hazard data content standard, and an accuracy standard 
for facility mapping.

TIME AND PLACE: 10 February 1997, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. The 
meeting 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. The standards development project teams will also 
meet in the same place at the following times: the Facility ID and 
Environmental Hazards Standards Teams will meet from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 
noon and the Utilities Standard Team will meet from 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fox, FGDC Secretariat, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 590 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 
Reston, Virginia 20192; 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 which is financed in whole in part by Federal funds; 
exchange information on technological improvements for collecting 
facilities data; encourage the Federal and non-Federal community to 
identify and adopt standards and specifications for facilities data; 
and to promote the sharing of facilities data among Federal and non-
Federal organizations

    Dated: December 19, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-33026 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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