[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23337]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR 
or Committee), will meet on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, November 10, 2016, from 8:30 
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is 
to discuss the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) 
activities and gather information for the Committee's 2017 Report on 
the Effectiveness of the NEHRP. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the NEHRP Web 
site at http://nehrp.gov/.

DATES: The ACEHR will meet on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, from 8:30 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The meeting will continue on 
Thursday, November 10, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Mountain 
Time. The meeting will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Katharine Blodgett Gebbie 
Laboratory Conference Room 1A106, Building 81, at the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 325 Broadway Street, 
Boulder, Colorado 80305. Please note admittance instructions under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Faecke, Management and Program 
Analyst, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Engineering 
Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899-8604. Ms. Faecke's email address is [email protected] 
and her phone number is (301) 975-5911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established in accordance 
with the requirements of Section 103 of the NEHRP Reauthorization Act 
of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-360). The Committee is composed of 15 members 
appointed by the Director of NIST, who were selected for their 
established records of distinguished service in their professional 
community, their knowledge of issues affecting NEHRP, and to reflect 
the wide diversity of technical disciplines, competencies, and 
communities involved in earthquake hazards reduction. In addition, the 
Chairperson of the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Earthquake Studies 
Advisory Committee serves as an ex-officio member of the Committee. The 
Committee assesses:
     Trends and developments in the science and engineering of 
earthquake hazards reduction;
     the effectiveness of NEHRP in performing its statutory 
activities;
     any need to revise NEHRP; and
     the management, coordination, implementation, and 
activities of NEHRP.
    Background information on NEHRP and the Advisory Committee is 
available at http://nehrp.gov/.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ACEHR will hold an open 
meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Mountain Time and Thursday, November 10, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m. Mountain Time. The meeting will be held in the Katharine Blodgett 
Gebbie Laboratory Conference Room 1A106, Building 81, at NIST, 325 
Broadway Street, Boulder, Colorado 80305. The primary purpose of this 
meeting is to discuss the NEHRP activities and gather information for 
the Committee's 2017 Report on the Effectiveness of the NEHRP. The 
agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda 
will be posted on the NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On Thursday, November 10, 
approximately 15 minutes in the morning will be reserved for public 
comments and speaking times will be assigned on a first-come, first-
serve basis. The amount of time per speaker will be determined by the 
number of requests received, but is likely to be about three minutes 
each. The exact time for public comments will be included in the final 
agenda that will be posted on the NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/. 
Questions from the public will not be considered during this period. 
All those wishing to speak must submit their request by email to the 
attention of Ms. Tina Faecke, [email protected], by 5:00 p.m. 
Eastern time, Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
    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 ACEHR, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8604, via fax 
at (301) 975-4032, or electronically by email to [email protected].
    All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be 
admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting must register by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, October 26, 2016, in order to attend. 
Please submit your full name, email address, and phone number to Tina 
Faecke. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; please 
contact Ms. Faecke. Ms. Faecke's email address is [email protected] 
and her phone number is (301) 975-5911. For participants attending in 
person, please note that federal agencies, including NIST, can only 
accept a state-issued driver's license or identification card for 
access to federal facilities if such license or identification card is 
issued by a state that is compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. 
L. 109-13), or by a state that has an extension for REAL ID compliance. 
NIST currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in 
lieu of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information 
please contact Ms. Faecke at (301) 975-5711 or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2016-23337 Filed 9-27-16; 8:45 am]
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