[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9868]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Open Meeting, Advisory Committee for the National Urban Search 
and Rescue Response System

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and 
Response Directorate (EP&R), Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App.), we, EP&R, announce the 
following committee meeting:
    Name: National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Advisory 
Committee.
    Date of Meeting: April 30-May 1, 2003.
    Place: Holiday Inn Capital, 550 C Street, Apollo Room, Washington, 
DC 20024.
    Time: April 30: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
    May 1: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Proposed Agenda: The Committee will receive a program update that 
will address the status of ongoing program activities, including recent 
training and exercises. The committee will consider current and future 
program requirements and will make recommendations for budget 
allocations and requests for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005. The Committee 
will also discuss urban search and rescue task force operational status 
and transportation issues. The Committee will review the current status 
of proposed urban search and rescue regulations and system 
documentation revisions. Finally, the committee will review priorities 
for its subordinate working groups for the remainder of Fiscal Year 
2003.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with approximately 20 seats 
available on a first-come, first-served basis. All members of the 
public interested in attending should contact Michael Tamillow at 202-
646-3498.
    We will prepare minutes of the meeting and will make them available 
for public viewing at the Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Directorate, Preparedness Division, Urban Search and Rescue (US&R), 500 
C Street, SW., Room 326, Washington, DC 20472. Copies of the minutes 
will be available upon request 30 days after the meeting.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
Michael D. Brown,
Undersecretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 03-9868 Filed 4-21-03; 8:45 am]
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