[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 21269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10567]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the Scientific Earthquake 
Studies Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting. The meeting 
location is 245 Market Street, 14th floor, San Francisco, California. 
The Committee is comprised of 10 members from academia, industry, and 
State government. The Committee shall advise the Director of the U.S. 
Geological Survey (USGS) on matters relating to the USGS's 
participation in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
    Topics to be discussed by the Committee include a review of the 
current status and 5-year plan accomplishments of the U.S. Geological 
Survey's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. This will 
include a critique of the accomplishments of the Program over the past 
5 years in earthquake hazards assessments, in research on earthquake 
processes and effects, and in earthquake monitoring and notification.
    Meeting of the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee are 
open to the public.

DATES: May 20, 2002, commencing at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 12 Noon on 
May 21, 2002.

Contact: Dr. John R. Filson, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 648-6785.

    Dated: April 8, 2002.
P. Patrick Leahy,
Associate Director for Geology.
[FR Doc. 02-10567 Filed 4-29-02; 8:45 am]
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