Notice2021-14392
Establishment of a Team Under the National Construction Safety Team Act
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Published
July 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, announces the establishment of a National Construction Safety Team pursuant to the National Construction Safety Team Act. The Team was established to study the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, FL that occurred on June 24, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35750-35751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14392]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Establishment of a Team Under the National Construction Safety
Team Act
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), United States Department of Commerce, announces the
establishment of a National Construction Safety Team pursuant to the
National Construction Safety Team Act. The Team was established to
study the collapse of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in
Surfside, FL that occurred on June 24, 2021.
DATES: The National Construction Safety Team was established on June
30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Joannie Chin, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Mail Stop 8600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8600, telephone number (301) 975-6815. Members of the public are
encouraged to submit to the Team non-privileged evidence that is
relevant to the subject matter of the NIST investigation described in
this notice. Such evidence may be submitted to the address contained in
this section. Confidential information will only be accepted pursuant
to an appropriate nondisclosure agreement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joannie Chin, Engineering
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Mail Stop
8600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600, telephone number (301) 975-6815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The National Construction Safety
Team Act (``Act''), Public Law 107-231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 et
seq., was enacted to provide for the establishment of investigative
teams (``Teams'') to assess building performance and emergency response
and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure that has
resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant
potential of substantial loss of life. The purpose of investigations by
Teams is to improve the safety and structural integrity of buildings in
the United States. As stated in the statute, a Team shall (1) establish
the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure; (2)
evaluate the technical aspects of evacuation and emergency response
procedures; (3) recommend, as necessary, specific improvements to
building standards, codes, and practices based on the findings made
pursuant to (1) and (2); and (4) recommend any research and other
appropriate actions needed to improve the structural safety of
buildings, and improve evacuation and emergency response procedures,
based on the findings of the investigation. In addition, NIST has
promulgated regulations implementing the Act. The regulations are found
at 15 CFR part 270.
NIST sent a preliminary reconnaissance team to collect information
and data related to the collapse of the Champlain Towers South
Condominium in Surfside, FL that occurred on June 24, 2021. Based on
the recommendations of the preliminary reconnaissance team and
evaluation of the criteria listed in the regulations implementing the
Act, specifically in 15 CFR 270.102, on June 30, 2021, the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United
States Department of Commerce, established a Team to study the collapse
of the Champlain Towers South Condominium in Surfside, FL. The Team may
include members who are Federal employees and members who are not
Federal employees. Team members who are Federal employees are governed
by the Federal conflict of interest laws. Team members who are not
Federal employees will be Federal government contractors, and conflicts
of interest related to their service on the Team will be governed by
FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest,
which will be incorporated by reference into all such contracts.
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Members of the public are encouraged to submit to the Team non-
privileged data and artifacts that are relevant to the subject matter
of the NIST investigation described in this notice. Such data and
artifacts may be submitted to the address contained in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice. Confidential information will only be accepted
pursuant to an appropriate nondisclosure agreement.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 7301 et seq., 15 CFR part 270.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-14392 Filed 7-6-21; 8:45 am]
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