[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 52 (Friday, March 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13170-13171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5396]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Announcement of a Meeting To Discuss an Opportunity To Join a 
Cooperative Research and Development Consortium on Fire Retardant Foam 
Flammability

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
invites interested parties to attend a meeting on April 20, 2005 to 
discuss the possibility of setting up a cooperative research 
consortium. The objective is to develop high throughput foam 
preparation methods and flammability measurement methods to aid 
polyurethane manufacturers and additive suppliers in developing fire 
safe foams that are environmentally safe and cost effective. The 
primary outcome of this work being the creation of a structure-
flammability property database for polyurethane foams.

DATES: The meeting will take place on April 20, 2005 at 9 a.m. 
Interested parties should contact NIST to confirm their interest at the 
address, telephone number or FAX number shown below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Polymer Building 
(224), Room B-245 Fire Science Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8665.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jeffrey W. Gilman, Polymers 
Building (224), Room A263, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8665. Telephone: 301-975-
6573; FAX: 301-

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975-4052; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any program undertaken will be within the 
scope and confines of The Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. 
L. 99-502, 15 U.S.C. 3710a), which provides Federal laboratories 
including NIST, with the authority to enter into cooperative research 
agreements with qualified parties. Under this law, NIST may contribute 
personnel, equipment, and facilities but no funds to the cooperative 
research program. This is not a grant program.

    Dated: March 10, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-5396 Filed 3-17-05; 8:45 am]
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