[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27563-27564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 98040112-8112-01]


American Lumber Standard Committee; Additional Memberships 
Approved

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces 
that the Secretary of Commerce approved the request of the American 
Lumber Standard Commtitee (``the Committee'') to allow membership for 
the National Lumber Grades Authority (NLGA) of Canada under Section 
9.3.1 (rules-writing agencies) and for wood treaters under Section 
9.3.3 (other interested and affected groups) of DOC Voluntary Product 
Standard PS 20-94 ``American Softwood Lumber Standard.''

ADDRESSES: Barbara M. Meigs, Office of Standards Services, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Room 164, Building 820, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara M. Meigs, telephone: 301-975-4025, fax: 301-926-1559, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9.3.7 of DOC Voluntary Product 
Standard PS 20-94 ``American Softwood Lumber Standard,'' developed 
under procedures published by the Department of Commerce (15 CFR Part 
10), provides that the Secretary of Commerce, upon request, may 
consider making additional appointments to the Committee to ensure that 
it has a comprehensive balance of interests.
    On February 13, 1997, NIST published a notice in the Federal 
Register (62 FR 6761) announcing that it was considering a request 
received from the Committee. The Committee, after its annual meeting in 
December 1996, had sent a letter to NIST requesting that one voting 
membership for the NLGA of Canada and one for wood treaters be 
approved. NIST announced a 90-day comment period to allow for public 
comment on the recommendation.
    During the comment period, which ended on May 14, 1997, one current 
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one former member of the Committee submitted objections to the NLGA and 
wood-treaters memberships. On October 29, 1997, after considering the 
Committee's recommendation and the comments of those who responded to 
the Federal Register notice, the Secretary of Commerce approved the 
recommendation of the Committee to allow one principal member and one 
alternate to represent the NLGA under Section 9.3.1 of PS 20-94 and one 
principal member and one alternate to represent wood treaters under 
Section 9.3.3.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.

    Dated: May 8, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-13196 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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