[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40469-40470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10234]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 
Committee (Committee) will hold a virtual meeting via web conference on 
Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
The primary purposes of this meeting are to update the Committee on the 
progress of the NCST investigation focused on the impacts of Hurricane 
Maria in Puerto Rico, and on the progress of the NCST investigation 
focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that 
occurred in Surfside, Florida. The final agenda will be posted on the 
NIST website at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee-meetings.

DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 12, 
2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be 
open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via web conference. For 
instructions on how to participate in the meeting, please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Brown-Giammanco, Disaster and 
Failure Studies Program, Engineering

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Laboratory, NIST. Tanya Brown-Giammanco's email address is [email protected] and her phone number is (301) 975-2822.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established pursuant to 
Section 11 of the NCST Act (Pub. L. 107-231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 
et seq.). The Committee is currently composed of eight members, 
appointed by the Director of NIST, who were selected on the basis of 
established records of distinguished service in their professional 
community and their knowledge of issues affecting the National 
Construction Safety Team program. The Committee advises the Director of 
NIST on carrying out the NCST Act; reviews the procedures developed for 
conducting investigations; and reviews the reports issued documenting 
investigations. Background information on the NCST Act and information 
on the NCST Advisory Committee is available at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq., notice is hereby given that the NCST Advisory 
Committee will meet on the date(s) and at the time(s) set forth in the 
DATES section of this notice. The meeting will be open to the public 
and will be held via web conference. Interested members of the public 
will be able to participate in the meeting from remote locations. The 
primary purposes of this meeting are to update the Committee on the 
progress of the NCST investigation focused on the impacts of Hurricane 
Maria in Puerto Rico, and on the progress of the NCST investigation 
focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that 
occurred in Surfside, Florida. The agenda may change to accommodate 
Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website 
at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee-meetings.
    This meeting will be recorded. Individuals and representatives of 
organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions related 
to items on the Committee's agenda for this meeting are invited to 
request a place on the agenda. Approximately twenty minutes will be 
reserved for public comments and 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. 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 Taylor 
Avery at [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 
September 9, 2024. Any member of the public is also permitted to file a 
written statement with the advisory committee; speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, those who wish to speak but cannot 
be accommodated on the agenda, and those who are unable to attend 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, Monday, September 9, 2024, to 
attend. Please submit your full name, the organization you represent 
(if applicable), email address, and phone number to Taylor Avery at 
[email protected].

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-10234 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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