[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22740]


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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, (DOT).

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 Thursday, September 18, 1997, from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 19, 1997, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will take place in Room 2230 of Department of 
Transportation (DOT) Headquarters, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC.

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, 
DC 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. The meeting 
is open to the public both days. In particular, topics for discussion 
at the September 18 session include a presentation by the National 
Transportation Safety Board on the lessons learned from the Korean Air 
Flight 801 disaster as well as a review of the recommendations to be 
issued by the Task Force in its Final Report to Congress, including a 
discussion of passenger manifest requirements that could be implemented 
to speed family notification. On September 19, the Task Force will hear 
testimony regarding the treatment of families by lawyers and continue 
the review of the recommendations to be issued by the Task Force in its 
Final Report to Congress.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 21, 1997.
Steven R. Okun,
Task Force Executive Director, Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-22740 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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