[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 62469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26048]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Technology; 
2011 National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and 
Safety Strategy Webinar

ACTION: Notice of webinar.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on 
behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) 
Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and 
Technology Council (NSTC), will hold a webinar on Thursday, October 20, 
2011, to provide an open forum to answer questions related to the 2011 
Federal government's strategy for research on environmental, health, 
and safety aspects of nanomaterials. Nanomaterial Measurement 
Infrastructure, Human Exposure Assessment, Human Health, the 
Environment, Risk Assessment and Risk Management Methods, and 
Informatics and Modeling are the six environmental, health, and safety 
research categories identified in the 2011 NSET Subcommittee document 
NNI Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (http://www.nano.gov).

DATES: The webinar will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 12 
p.m. until 12:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: For information about the webinar, please see http://www.nano.gov.
    Submitting Questions: Questions may be submitted beforehand to 
[email protected] beginning at noon (EDT) Wednesday, October 19, 
2011 and will be accepted until the close of the webinar at 12:45 p.m. 
Thursday, October 20, 2011. Questions submitted to 
[email protected] will be considered in the order received during 
the 20 minute question-and-answer segment of the webinar. The moderator 
reserves the right to group similar questions and to skip questions 
that are either repetitive or not germane to the topic. Due to time 
constraints, not all questions may be answered.
    Information about the webinar is posted at http://www.nano.gov.
    The webinar will feature brief comments by NNI agency 
representatives and by outside experts, followed by approximately 20 
minutes to answer audience questions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding this Notice, 
please contact Liesl Heeter, telephone (703) 292-4533, or Marlowe 
Epstein, telephone (703) 292-7128, National Nanotechnology Coordination 
Office. E-mail: [email protected].

Ted Wackler,
Deputy Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2011-26048 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P