[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68563-68564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28579]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Request for nominations of members to serve on the National 
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for 
appointment to the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee 
(Committee). This a new Federal Advisory Committee established pursuant 
to the National Construction Safety Team Act. NIST will consider 
nominations received in response to this notice for appointment to the 
Committee, in addition to nominations already received.

DATES: Please submit nominations on or before November 27, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Stephen Cauffman, National 
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8610, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8610. Nominations may also be submitted via fax 
to (301) 975-6122.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Cauffman, National 
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8610, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8610, telephone 301-975-6051, fax 301-975-6122; 
or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Committee Information

    The Committee was established in accordance with the National 
Construction Safety Team Act, Public Law 107-231 and the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

Objectives and Duties

    1. The Committee shall advise the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on carrying out the 
National Construction Safety Team Act (Act), review and provide advice 
on the procedures developed under section 2(c)(1) of the Act, and 
review and provide advice on the reports issued under section 8 of the 
Act.
    2. The Committee functions solely as an advisory body, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    3. The Committee shall report to the Director of NIST.
    4. The Committee shall provide a written annual report, through the 
Director of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) and 
the Director of NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce for submission to 
the Congress, to be due at a date to be agreed upon by the Committee 
and the Director of NIST. Such report will provide an evaluation of 
National Construction Safety Team activities, along with 
recommendations to improve the operation and effectiveness of National 
Construction Safety Teams, and an assessment of the implementation of 
the recommendations of the National Construction Safety Teams and of 
the Committee. In addition, the Committee may provide reports at 
strategic stages of an investigation, at its discretion or at the 
request of the Director of NIST, through the Director of the BFRL and 
the Director of NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce.

Membership

    1. The Committee will be composed of not fewer than five nor more 
than ten members that reflect a wide balance of the diversity of 
technical disciplines and competencies involved in the National 
Construction Safety Teams investigations. Members shall be selected on 
the basis of established records of distinguished service in their 
professional community and their knowledge of issues affecting the 
National Construction Safety Teams.
    1. The Director of the NIST shall appoint the members of the 
Committee, and they will be selected on a clear, standardized basis, in 
accordance with applicable Department of Commerce guidance.

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Miscellaneous

    1. Members of the Committee will not be paid for their services, 
but will, upon request, be allowed travel and per diem expenses in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq., while attending meetings of the 
Committee or of its subcommittees, or while otherwise performing duties 
at the request of the chairperson, while away from their homes or a 
regular place of business.
    2. The Committee will meet at least once per year at the call of 
the Chair. Additional meetings may be called whenever one-third or more 
of the members so request it in writing or whenever the Chair or the 
Director of NIST requests a meeting.
    3. Committee meetings will be open to the public except when a 
closed session is held in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), because 
divulging information discussed in those portions of the meetings is 
likely to reveal information of a personal nature where disclosure 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 
All other portions of the meetings are open to the public.

Nomination Information

    1. Nominations are sought from all fields involved in issues 
affecting National Construction Safety Teams.
    2. Nominees should have established records of distinguished 
service. The field of expertise that the candidate represents he/she is 
qualified should be specified in the nomination letter. Nominations for 
a particular field should come from organizations or individuals within 
that field. A summary of the candidate's qualifications should be 
included with the nomination, including (where applicable) current or 
former service on federal advisory boards and federal employment. In 
addition, each nomination letter should state that the person agrees to 
the nomination, acknowledges the responsibilities of serving on the 
Committee, and will actively participate in good faith in the tasks of 
the Committee.
    3. The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity in 
the workplace and seeks a broad-based and diverse Committee membership.

    Dated: November 5, 2002.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-28579 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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