[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26164]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY:  U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the National Earthquake 
Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a 2-day meeting on 
November 3 and 4, 2010. The meeting will be held on the campus of the 
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91106. The 
Council is comprised of members from academia and the Federal 
Government. The Council shall advise the Director of the U.S. 
Geological Survey (USGS) on proposed earthquake predictions, on the 
completeness and scientific validity of the available data related to 
earthquake predictions, and on related matters as assigned by the 
Director. Additional information about the Council may be found at: 
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/.
    At the meeting, the Council will review plans and progress related 
to understanding, forecasting and communicating about earthquake 
occurrence in California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Central United 
States. The Council will ratify the charges to NEPEC subcommittees that 
will focus on: (1) Methods for rapidly estimating the probability of a 
large earthquake following a possible foreshock or during a swarm of 
seismicity, procedures by which Council findings are to be transmitted 
to the USGS, and the format and content of earthquake advisory 
statements that may be composed and delivered at times of heightened 
concern; (2) earthquake occurrence and forecasting in the Pacific 
Northwest; (3) earthquake occurrence and forecasting in the Central and 
Eastern U.S.; and (4) review procedures for the project intended to 
deliver an updated Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast 
(UCERF3) in summer 2012.
    Workshops and meetings of the National Earthquake Prediction 
Evaluation Council are open to the public. A draft workshop agenda is 
available on request (contact information below). In order to ensure 
sufficient seating and hand-outs, it is requested that visitors pre-
register by November 1. Members of the public wishing to make a 
statement to the Committee should provide notice of that intention by 
November 1 so that time may be allotted in the agenda.

DATES: November 3, 2009, commencing at 8:30 a.m. and adjourning at 5:30 
p.m., and November 4, 2009, commencing at 8:30 a.m. and adjourning at 
Noon.
    Contact: Dr. Michael Blanpied, Executive Secretary, National 
Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 
905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 648-
6696, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: October 8, 2010.
William S. Leith,
Acting Associate Director for Natural Hazards.
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