[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54109-54110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26995]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology
[DOC PS 20-94]


American Lumber Standard Committee; Notice of Meeting on Proposed 
Revision of Softwood Lumber Standard

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), the Standing 
Committee for Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 ``American Softwood 
Lumber Standard'' of the Department of Commerce (DOC), will meet on 
Friday, November 6, 1998, to discuss and vote upon a draft revision of 
the standard.

DATES: The one-day meeting will convene at 9:00 A.M. on November 6, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: The site of the meeting is the Westin La Paloma, 300 Sunrise 
Drive, Tucson, AZ 85718 (telephone: 520-577-5873). Inquiries should be 
sent to Barbara M. Meigs, Room 164, Building 820, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department sponsors DOC PS 20-94 under 
procedures established in Part 10 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations and administered by NIST. The ALSC is the Standing 
Committee for PS 20-94 and is responsible for maintaining the standard. 
The Committee will meet on November 6, 1998, to discuss and vote upon a 
draft revision of DOC PS 20-94. The draft was developed by an ALSC Task 
Group after it had considered comments received from Committee members 
and other interested parties who responded to NIST's announcement of 
March 30, 1998, in the NIST Update. In the NIST announcement, NIST 
indicated that as part of the Department's 5-year review, mandated by 
the DOC procedures, it was seeking comments on the standard to 
determine its technical adequacy, the level of acceptability the 
standard's compatibility with existing law and established public 
policy, and the benefits that would be derived from PS 20-94 versus any 
alternatives. Based upon the recommendation of the ALSC, NIST will 
reaffirm, revise, or withdraw the standard, as appropriate.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.

    Dated: October 2, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-26995 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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