[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8254-8255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02888]


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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: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s 
Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR or Committee) 
will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, March 26, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

DATES: The ACEHR will meet on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, March 26, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Katharine Blodgett Gebbie 
Laboratory Conference Room 1A106, Building 81, at NIST, 325 Broadway 
Street, Boulder, Colorado 80305, with an option to participate via 
teleconference or webinar. 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 (NEHRP),

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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: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7704(a)(5) and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. The Committee 
is composed of 12 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.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ACEHR will meet on 
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time 
and Thursday, March 26, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain 
Time. The meeting will be open to the public. The primary purpose of 
this meeting is for the Committee to review the latest activities of 
NEHRP and receive responses to the Committee's 2019 biennial Report on 
the Effectiveness of NEHRP. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Committee business. The final agenda and any meeting materials will be 
posted on the NEHRP website at http://nehrp.gov/.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's business are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On March 25, 2020, 
approximately fifteen minutes will be reserved near the beginning of 
the meeting 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. 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 participate are invited to 
submit written statements to ACEHR, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Mail Stop 8604, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, 
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. Please submit your full name, estimated time of arrival, 
email address, and phone number to Tina Faecke by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Non-U.S. citizens must submit 
additional information; please contact Ms. Faecke. Ms. Tina Faecke's 
email address is [email protected], and her phone number is (301) 
975-5911. If you wish to participate via teleconference or webinar, 
please submit your full name, affiliation, and phone number to Ms. 
Faecke by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. After pre-
registering, participants will be provided with detailed instructions 
on how to join the teleconference or webinar remotely. 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) 975-5911 or visit: 
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2020-02888 Filed 2-12-20; 8:45 am]
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