[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 14949] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-7944] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION Meeting AGENCY: National Bankruptcy Review Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIME AND DATE: Thursday, April 17, 1997; 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, April 18, 1997; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PLACE: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Courtroom, United States Courthouse--Room 815, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington. The handicap entrance is located at the Sixth Avenue side of the building. STATUS: The meeting will be open to the public. NOTICE: At its public meeting, the Commission will consider general administrative matters and substantive agenda items including consumer bankruptcy, mass torts and future claims, and Chapter 12; Commission working groups will consider the following substantive matters: Chapter 11, consumer bankruptcy, government, service to the estate and ethics, and small business/partnership/single asset real estate. An open forum session devoted to issues related to consumer bankruptcy for public participation is tentatively planned to be held on April 17, 1997 from 8:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. In addition, an open forum session devoted to issues related to the United States Trustee Program for public participation will tentatively be held on April 18, 1997 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. This will be followed by a general open forum session for public participation that will tentatively be held on April 18, 1997 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dates and times for the open forum sessions may be subject to change. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any individual or organization who wants to make an oral presentation to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission concerning the Commission's statutory responsibilities may do so at the open forum sessions. Persons who would like to make an oral presentation to the Commission at the open forum sessions should register in advance by contacting the National Bankruptcy Review Commission at (202) 273-1813 no later than Wednesday, April 16, 1997 before 5:00 p.m. EST and providing name, organization (if applicable), address and phone number, or may register in person at the National Bankruptcy Review Commission registration desk at the meeting site by providing name, organization (if applicable), address and phone number. If the volume of requests to speak at the open forum sessions exceeds the time available to accommodate all such requests, the speakers will be chosen on the basis of order of registration. Oral presentations will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Persons speaking at the open forum sessions are requested, but not required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their written statements prior to their presentations to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Suite 5-130, Washington, DC 20544. Written submissions are not subject to any limitations. CONTACT PERSONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Susan Jensen-Conklin or Carmelita Pratt at the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., Suite 5-130, Washington, D.C. 20544; Telephone Number: (202) 273- 1813. Susan Jensen-Conklin, Deputy Counsel. [FR Doc. 97-7944 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-36-P