[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29554]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially 
Closed Meeting

    The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet November 19, 
1998, 10:30 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 1617M-2, 14th Street 
between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., Washington, D.C. The 
Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export 
Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the 
level of export controls applicable to materials and related 
technology.

AGENDA

General Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
    2. Presentation of papers and comments by the public.
    3. Discussion on current rolling text of the Biological Weapons 
Convention (BWC) protocol.
    4. Discussion of a country proposal on clarification visits 
presented at the most recent BWC conference.
    5. Discussion of other papers presented at the most recent BWC 
conference.

Executive Session

    6. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria 
related thereto.
    The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not 
required. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present 
oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted 
at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate 
distribution of public presentation materials to the Commission 
members, the materials should be forwarded prior to the meeting to the 
address below:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, BXA/EAD MS:3886C, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
15 St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February 
24, 1998, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the series of meeting or portions of meetings of 
the Committee and of any Subcommittee thereof dealing with the 
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from 
the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1) 
and (a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series 
of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination of close meetings or portions 
of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and 
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. For more 
information call Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: October 30, 1998.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-29554 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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