[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19160]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the Scientific Earthquake 
Studies Advisory Committee will hold its second meeting. The meeting 
location is the Green Center on the campus of the Colorado School of 
Mines in Golden, Colorado. The Committee is comprised of 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.
    The Committee will review a draft of the 5-year plan of the U.S. 
Geological Survey's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. This 
will include a critique of the goals and objectives of the Program over 
the next 5 years in earthquake hazards assessments, in research on 
earthquake processes and effects, an in earthquake monitoring and 
notification.
    Meetings of the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee 
are open to the public.

DATES: August 26, 2002, commencing at 9 a.m. and adjourning at 4:30 
p.m. on August 27, 2002.

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

    Dated: July 10, 2002.
P. Patrick Leahy,
Associate Director for Geology.
[FR Doc. 02-19160 Filed 7-29-02; 8:45 am]
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