[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68554-68555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20010]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 
Committee (Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), will meet via teleconference Thursday, December 14, 2006, from 
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The meeting will be audio Webcast so that the public 
may listen to the meeting as it takes place. The primary purpose of 
this meeting is for the NCST Advisory Committee to discuss its annual 
report to the Congress and to discuss the status of the investigation 
of World Trade Center 7. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee 
business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST Web site at 
www.nist.gov/ncst.

DATES: The meeting will convene on December 14, at 9 a.m. and will 
adjourn at 11 a.m. The meeting will be conducted via teleconference. 
The live audio Webcast will be available to the public via a link on 
the NIST WTC Web site, http://wtc.nist.gov.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held via teleconference. A live audio 
Webcast of the meeting will be available via a link on the NIST WTC Web 
site, http://wtc.nist.gov. Please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice for additional information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Cauffman, National 
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg, MD 
20899-8611. Mr. Cauffman's e-mail address is stephen.[email protected] 
and his phone number is (301) 975-6051.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established pursuant to 
Section 11 of the National Construction Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 7310 
et seq.). The Committee is composed of seven members appointed by the 
Director of NIST who were selected for their technical expertise and 
experience, established records of distinguished professional service, 
and their knowledge of issues affecting teams established under the 
NCST Act. The Committee will advise the Director of NIST on carrying 
out investigations of building failures conducted under the authorities 
of the NCST Act that became law in October 2002 and will review the 
procedures developed to implement the NCST Act and reports issued under 
section 8 of the NCST Act. Background information on the NCST Act and 
information on the NCST Advisory Committee is available at 
www.nist.gov/ncst.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, 
notice is hereby given that the National Construction Safety Team 
(NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee), National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), will meet Thursday, December 14, at 9 a.m. and 
will adjourn at 11 a.m. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference 
with a live audio Webcast available to the public.
    The primary purpose of this meeting is for the NCST Advisory 
Committee to discuss its annual report to the Congress and to discuss 
the status of the investigation of World Trade Center 7. The meeting 
will be conducted via teleconference with a live audio Webcast. The 
final agenda will be posted on the NIST Web site at www.nist.gov/ncst.

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    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs, or 
the WTC Investigation are invited to request a place on the agenda. 
Approximately one-half hour will be reserved for public comments, and 
speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. 
The amount of time per speaker will be determined by the number of 
requests received, but is likely to be 5 minutes each. Questions from 
the public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish 
to expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to 
attend in person are invited to submit written statements to the 
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8611, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8611, via fax at (301) 975-6122, or 
electronically by e-mail to [email protected].
    Since the meeting will be held by teleconference, all those wishing 
to speak must submit their request by e-mail to the attention of Mr. 
Stephen Cauffman, [email protected] by 5 p.m. EST on December 12, 2006. 
Instructions on how and when to call in for the public comment period 
will be provided to registered speakers by e-mail on December 13, 2006.

    Dated: November 16, 2006.
James E. Hill,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E6-20010 Filed 11-24-06; 8:45 am]
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