[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20561-20562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08881]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction 
(NACWIR or Committee), will hold a webinar initiating the work of the 
Committee via video conference on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, from 9:00 
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This will be the first meeting of the 
Committee and is intended to provide Committee members and the public 
with a description of the statutory requirements and scope of work of 
the Committee, an overview of the National Windstorm Impact Reduction 
Program (NWIRP) and the draft NWIRP Strategic Plan, and to propose 
timeframes and milestones for the work of the Committee. Interested 
members of the public will be able to view the webinar and participate 
from remote locations by calling in to a central phone number.

DATES: The NACWIR will hold a meeting via video conference on 
Wednesday, May 17, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
The meeting will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the meeting should be sent to the 
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Director, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 
Stop 8611, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Anyone wishing to participate 
must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. For 
instructions on how to participate in the meeting, please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Potts, Management and Program 
Analyst, NWIRP, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 
Stop 8611, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. He can also be contacted by 
email at [email protected]; or by phone at (301) 975-5412.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Committee on Windstorm 
Impact Reduction (NACWIR) was established in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act 
Reauthorization of 2015, Public Law 114-52. The NACWIR is charged with 
offering assessments and recommendations on--
     trends and developments in the natural, engineering, and 
social sciences and practices of windstorm impact mitigation;
     the priorities of the Strategic Plan for the National 
Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (Program);
     the coordination of the Program;
     the effectiveness of the Program in meeting its purposes; 
and
     any revisions to the Program which may be necessary.
    Background information on NWIRP and the Committee is available at 
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/07/nist-leads-federal-effort-save-lives-and-property-windstorms.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the NACWIR will hold a webinar 
initiating the work of the Committee via video conference on Wednesday, 
May 17, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This will be 
the first meeting of the Committee and is intended to provide Committee 
members and the public with a description of the statutory requirements 
and scope of work of the Committee, an overview of the NWIRP and the 
draft NWIRP Strategic Plan, and to propose timeframes and milestones 
for the work of the Committee. The agenda and meeting materials will be 
posted on the NACWIR Web site at https://www.nist.gov/el/mssd/nwirp/national-advisory-committee-windstorm-impact-reduction.
    All participants of the meeting are required to pre-register. 
Please submit your first and last name, email address, and phone number 
to Steve Potts at [email protected] or (301) 975-5412. After pre-
registering, participants will be provided with detailed instructions 
on how to join the video conference remotely. Approximately 15 minutes 
will be reserved from 12:35 p.m.-12:50 p.m. Eastern Time for public 
comments. 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. Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral 
statements, those who had wished to speak but could not be 
accommodated, and those who were unable to participate are invited to 
submit written statements to NACWIR, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899, or electronically by email to [email protected].

    Dated: April 27, 2017.
Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-08881 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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