[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-89]


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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION


Meeting

AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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DATES: Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and 
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be: The Atlantic City Convention 
Center, Room 302, 2001 Kirkman Blvd., Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Written 
comments can be sent to the Commission at 800 North Capitol Street, 
N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the public both days. However, the 
meeting will adjourn in the afternoon for approximately six hours on 
January 21st while the Commission conducts its first two 
site visits. Additionally, the meeting will adjourn on January 
22nd before the Commission conducts the meeting's final site 
visit.

SUMMARY: At its first on-site meeting the National Gambling Impact 
Study Commission, established under Pub. L. 104-169, dated August 3, 
1996, will hear presentations from invited panels of speakers, conduct 
site visits, receive public comment, and conduct its normal meeting 
business.

CONTACT PERSONS: For further information contact Amy Ricketts at (202) 
523-8217 or write to 800 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 450, 
Washington, D.C. 20002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will include 
presentations from Federal, State, and local officials; testimony from 
invited panels of speakers on the social and economic impact of 
gambling; testimony from an expert panel on pathological gambling; site 
visits to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, Trump Taj Mahal Casino, and 
boardwalk area; normal meeting business; and an open forum period for 
public comment.
    An open forum for public participation will be held from 7:00 p.m. 
to 9:00 p.m. on January 21 on issues relevant to the Commission's work. 
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact 
Mr. Tim Bidwill by telephone only at (202) 523-8217 no later than 5:00 
p.m., January 16, 1998. No requests will be accepted before 9:00 a.m. 
(EST) the day this notice appears in the Federal Register.
    Open forum participants will be asked to provide name, organization 
(if applicable), address, and telephone number. No requests will be 
accepted via mail, facsimile, e-mail, or voice mail. A waiting list 
will be compiled once the allotted number of slots becomes filled. Oral 
presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. If this 
is not enough time to complete comments, please restrict to three 
minutes a summary of your comments and bring a typed copy of full 
comments to file with the Commission. Persons speaking at the forum are 
requested, but not required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their 
written statements to the registration desk prior to the evening 
session on January 21. Members of the public, on the waiting list or 
otherwise, are always invited to send written comments to the 
Commission at any time. However, if individuals wish to have their 
written comments placed into the official record of the meeting, the 
Commission must receive them by February 11, 1998. Each speaker is 
kindly asked to be prepared prior to their presentation; to refrain 
from any use of profanity, vulgar language, or obscene signage; to 
refrain from making any comments or disrupting sounds during the 
presentation of another speaker; and to remain seated. If visual aids 
are necessary during the course of a speaker's presentation, each 
speaker is responsible for providing the equipment to run the visual 
aid.
Nancy Mohr Kennedy,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-89 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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