[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25406-25407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10265]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Consortium on ``Concrete Rheology: Enabling Metrology (CREME)'': 
Membership Fee Update

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 25, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) published a notice of a public meeting, which was 
held on November 8, 2011, to explore the feasibility of establishing a 
NIST/Industry Consortium on Concrete Rheology: Enabling Metrology 
(CREME)''. The notice stated that membership fees for participation in 
the CREME consortium would be Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000) per year. 
As a result of the November 8, 2011, public

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meeting, revisions have been made to the membership fee structure.

DATES: This notice is effective on April 30, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Questions about joining the consortium should be sent to 
Chiara Ferraris at the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 
100 Bureau Drive; MS 8615; Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8615.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chiara Ferraris or Nicos Martys via 
email at [email protected]; [email protected] or telephone 
at (301) 975-6711 or (301) 975-5915.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

CREME Consortium Description

    The goal of the CREME consortium is to predict the pumpability of a 
grout/mortar or a concrete from the rheological properties of the 
materials and the geometry/material of the pipe. This goal will be 
achieved by developing test methods and models to measure and predict 
the performance parameters of grout. It is expected that the 
conclusions obtained for grout could be extrapolated for concrete. To 
move these ideas into practice and to engage industry, test bed 
facilities and quality control test methods for the field will be 
developed at NIST. The consortium will be administered by NIST. 
Consortium planning, research and development will be conducted by NIST 
staff along with at least one technical representative from each 
participating member company. Each member of the consortium will be 
required to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement 
(``CRADA'') with NIST.
    At the November 8, 2011 public meeting, organizations interested in 
participating in the CREME Consortium discussed membership fees and 
agreed to the following revisions to the membership fee structure. 
Initial membership fees will be Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) 
per year payable by Member to NIST at the time of CRADA execution and 
annually thereafter, or an in-kind contribution, equitable in value and 
mutually acceptable to NIST and Member. In recognition of the 
contributions made and risks taken by the initial Consortium Members, 
the membership fee for Consortium Members who join after the first year 
will be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or mutually acceptable to NIST 
and Member in-kind contribution the first year and Twenty Five Thousand 
Dollars ($25,000) or mutually acceptable to NIST and Member in-kind 
contribution each year thereafter.

    Dated: April 23, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-10265 Filed 4-27-12; 8:45 am]
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