[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION Meeting AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 6802-ET-P