[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32398-32399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15553]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Task Force on Assistance to Families in Aviation Disasters; Open 
Meeting

agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

action: Notice of meeting.

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summary: The Task Force on Assistance to Families in Aviation Disasters 
will hold a meeting to discuss assistance to families of passengers 
involved in aviation accidents. The meeting is open to the public.

dates: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 9, and Thursday, 
July 10, 1997, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm each day.

addresses: The meeting will take place in Room 2230 of Department of 
Transportation (DOT) Headquarters, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

for further information contact: Steven R. Okun, Task Force Executive 
Director, telephone 202-366-4702, or Marc C. Owen, Task Force Staff 
Director, mailing address, 400 7th Street SW, Room 5424, Washington, 
D.C. 20590, telecopier 202-366-7147, and telephone 202-366-6823.

supplementary information: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix), DOT gives notice of a meeting of the Task 
Force on Assistance to Families in Aviation Disasters (Task Force). The 
Task Force was established by the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance 
Act of 1996 to develop recommendations on ways to improve the treatment 
of families of passengers involved in aviation accidents. One purpose 
of the meeting on July 9 is to take public testimony on issues within 
the Charter of the Task Force. Members of the public wishing to testify 
should submit their request to appear before the Task Force and a copy 
of their comments to Marc Owen by July 1, 1997. Oral testimony must be 
no more

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than ten minutes. Issues relating to the media's involvement with 
aviation disasters is also scheduled to be addressed that day.
    The opportunity to testify is limited and is available on a first-
come, first-serve basis. Seating for the meeting is also available on a 
first-come, first-serve basis. The public may submit written comments 
to the Task Force at any time. Comments should be sent to Mr. Owen at 
the address or telecopier number shown above.
    The meeting on July 10, 1997, is also open to the public. Topics 
for discussion at that meeting include the issue of the proper 
notification to family members by the airlines that an individual was 
on-board an aircraft involved in an aviation disaster.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 1997.
Steven R. Okun,
Task Force Executive Director, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-15553 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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