[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 242 (Monday, December 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 77553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27456]


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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 hold an open meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, February 9, 
2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The primary purpose of 
this meeting is for the Committee to review the latest activities of 
the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and to 
discuss the Committee's 2023 Biennial Report on the Effectiveness of 
NEHRP. The final agenda will be posted on the NEHRP website at http://nehrp.gov/.

DATES: The ACEHR will meet on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, February 9, 2023, 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 the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 325 Broadway Street, 
Boulder, Colorado 80305, with an option to participate via web 
conference. Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Faecke, Management and Program 
Analyst, NEHRP, Engineering Laboratory, NIST. Ms. Faecke's email 
address is [email protected] and her phone number is (240) 477-9841.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is composed of 13 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, February 8, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time 
and Thursday, February 9, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain 
Time. The meeting will be open to the public and will be held in-person 
and via web conference. Interested members of the public will be able 
to participate in the meeting from remote locations. The primary 
purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to review the latest 
activities of NEHRP and to discuss the Committee's 2023 Biennial Report 
on the Effectiveness of NEHRP. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Committee business. The final agenda 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. Approximately fifteen minutes 
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. 
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 
electronically by email to [email protected].
    Anyone wishing to attend this meeting via web conference must 
register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, to 
attend. Please submit your full name, the organization you represent 
(if applicable), email address, and phone number to Tina Faecke at 
[email protected]. After pre-registering, participants will be 
provided with instructions on how to join the web conference. Any 
member of the public wishing to attend this meeting in person must pre-
register to be admitted on the NIST campus. Please submit your full 
name, estimated time of arrival, email address, and phone number to 
Peter Gale ([email protected]) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, 
February 1, 2023. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; 
please contact Peter Gale. 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 (P.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 email 
Peter Gale or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7704(a)(5) and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-27456 Filed 12-16-22; 8:45 am]
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