[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64326-64327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26960]


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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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

SUMMARY: The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 
Committee (Committee) will meet on Monday, November 7, 2011. The 
primary purpose of this meeting is to update the Committee on the 
status of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
Disaster and Failure Studies Program, the NCST activities within the 
Program, and NIST studies following recent tornados, wildland-urban 
interface fires, and earthquakes. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST Web 
site at http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ncst.

DATES: The NCST Committee will meet on Monday, November 7, 2011, from 
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The meeting will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Rooms C103-C106, Advanced 
Measurement Laboratory (AML) Building (215), National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Letvin, Director, Disaster and 
Failure Studies Program, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8600, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8600. Mr. Letvin's e-mail address is 
[email protected] and his phone number is (301) 975-5412.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established pursuant to 
Section 11 of the National Construction Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 7301 
et seq.). The Committee is composed of ten 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 studies 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 http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ncst.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., 
notice is hereby given that the NCST Advisory Committee will meet on 
Monday, November 7, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5 p.m. The 
meeting will be open to the public.
    The primary purpose of this meeting is to update the Committee on 
the status of the NIST Disaster and Failure Studies Program, the NCST 
activities within the Program, and NIST studies following recent 
tornados, wildland-urban interface fires, and earthquakes. The final 
agenda will be posted on the NIST Web site at http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ncst.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to items on the Committee's 
agenda for this meeting 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 8600, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8600, via fax at (301) 975-4032, or 
electronically by e-mail to [email protected].
    All those wishing to speak must submit their request by e-mail to 
the attention of Mr. Eric Letvin, [email protected] by 5 p.m. EST on 
November 2, 2011.
    All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be 
admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by close 
of business Monday, October 31, 2011, in order to attend. Please submit 
your full name, e-mail address, and phone number to Eric Letvin. Non-
U.S. citizens must also submit their country of citizenship, title, and 
employer/sponsor. Mr. Eric Letvin's e-mail address is 
[email protected] and his phone number is (301) 975-5412.


[[Page 64327]]


    Dated: October 11, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-26960 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-13-P