[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19395-19396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9664]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Postponement of Public Meeting To Gather Information and Data 
Relating to the World Trade Center Disaster for Building and Fire 
Safety Purposes

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

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ACTION: Postponement of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces 
that it is postponing the public meeting to gather information and data 
relating to the World Trade Center disaster for building and fire 
safety purposes, previously scheduled for April 22, 2002.

DATES: The meeting previously scheduled for April 22, 2002, from 8 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. is postponed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Cauffman, (301) 975-6051 or by 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 2002, the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) announced in the Federal Register (67 
FR 16728) a public meeting to gather information and data relating to 
the World Trade Center disaster for building and fire safety purposes. 
The meeting was scheduled for April 22, 2002, from 8 aa.m. to 4 p.m. at 
the New York Marriott Hotel, Financial Center, in New York, NY.
    The meeting will be rescheduled after two critical documents are 
available to potential presenters at the meeting: (1) The upcoming 
report on the Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT) study of the 
disaster conducted by the coalition led by the American Society of 
Civil Engineers (ASCE) and sponsored by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA); and (2) the proposed NIST investigation 
approach, which will be based in part on the BPAT report. The NIST plan 
will be made available after the BPAT report is released.
    The postponement will allow the public a greater opportunity to 
provide informed comment on the scope of NIST's plan, which will help 
guide the planned NIST investigation.
    Submissions already received by NIST will be given full 
consideration when the meeting is rescheduled; those submissions may be 
amended to reflect the additional information that will be made 
available to the public.

    Dated: April 16, 2002.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 02-9664 Filed 4-18-02; 8:45 am]
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