[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 23221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9296]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Louisiana Advisory 
Committee

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and 
regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a State Advisory 
Committee (SAC) meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the 
Commission will convene on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 2 p.m. and adjourn 
at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). The meeting will convene at Louisiana 
State University, Hebert Law Center, 1 East Campus Drive, Suite 400, 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct 
a briefing and planning meeting to collect preliminary information 
concerning potential racial disparities in the high incarceration of 
African-Americans in state-operated prisons.
    The meeting is open to the public or through the following toll-
free call-in number 1(866) 364-7584, conference call access code number 
68145841. Any interested member of the public may call this number and 
listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls 
they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund 
any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they 
initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. 
Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by 
first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing 
the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. 
Robinson.
    To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of 
lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting 
Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/TDD telephone 
number, by 4 p.m. on May 3, 2012.
    Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The 
comments must be received in the regional office by June 11, 2012. The 
address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 
908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Persons wishing to email their 
comments, or to present their comments verbally at the meeting, or who 
desire additional information should contact Farella E. Robinson, 
Regional Director, Central Regional Office, at (913) 551-1400, (or for 
hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), or by email to [email protected]
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional 
Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before 
and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory 
committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, 
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above 
email or street address.
    The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

    Dated in Washington, DC, April 13, 2012.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2012-9296 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6335-01-P