[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54441-54442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14431]


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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, August 7, 2024 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, August 8, 2024, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. The primary purpose of this 
meeting is for the Committee to discuss the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program (NEHRP) agency activities presented in June and focus 
areas for the Committee's 2025 ACEHR 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 
https://www.nehrp.gov/committees/meetings.htm.

DATES: The ACEHR will meet on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and Thursday, August 8, 2024, 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: 
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7704(a)(5) and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

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    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 FACA, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., notice is 
hereby given that the ACEHR will meet on the dates and at the times set 
forth in the DATES section of this notice. 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 discuss the NEHRP agency activities presented in 
June and focus areas for the Committee's 2025 ACEHR 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 https://www.nehrp.gov/committees/meetings.htm.
    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. 
This meeting will be recorded. Public comments can be provided via 
email or by web conference attendance. All those wishing to speak must 
submit their request by email to Tina Faecke at [email protected] by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, July 24, 2024. 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, July 24, 2024, 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 Tina Faecke ([email protected]) 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, July 24, 2024. Non-U.S. citizens must submit 
additional information; please contact Tina Faecke. 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 email Tina Faecke or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-14431 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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