[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28230]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of a Meeting to Discuss an Opportunity to Join a 
Cooperative Research and Development Consortium on Flammability of 
Polymer Nanocomposites

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology; Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a meeting on November 21, 1997 to 
discuss the possibility of setting up a cooperative research consortium 
on Polymer Nanocomposite Flammability technology. The Consortium is 
dedicated to further research on the basic science of the technology as 
applied to specific applications.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday November 21, 1997 from 10:00 
a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Room B245, Building 224, at NIST in Gaithersburg, 
MD. Interested parties should contact NIST to confirm their attendance 
at the address, telephone number or FAX number shown below no later 
than November 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m., Room B245, Building 
224, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jeffrey Gilman, Building 224, Room 
B256, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. 
20899. Telephone: 301-975-6573; FAX: 301-975-4052; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any program undertaken will be within the 
scope and confines of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. 
L. 99-502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides federal laboratories 
including NIST, with the authority to enter into cooperative research 
agreements with qualified parties. Under this law, NIST may provide 
``personnel, service, facilities, equipment or other resources with or 
without reimbursement (but not funds to non-federal parties)''--to the 
cooperative research program.
    The meeting will be held on Friday November 21, 1997 from 10:00 
a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Room B245, Building 224, at NIST in Gaithersburg, 
MD, for interested parties. The meeting will discuss the possible 
formation of a research consortium including NIST and manufacturing 
industry to conduct research in this area.
    Members will be expected to make a contribution to the consortium's 
efforts in the form of personnel, data, and/or funds. This is not a 
grant program.

    Dated: October 16, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-28230 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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