Notice2024-10234
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
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Published
May 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40469-40470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee">https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee</a>-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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d88cb9b6a1b9f69aaab7afb6f59fb1b9b5b5b9b6bbb798b6b1abacf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0551646b7c642b47776a726b28426c646868646b666a456b6c76712b626a73">[email protected]</span></a> 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 <a href="https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee">https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee</a>.
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 <a href="https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee">https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee</a>-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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d091c0411120f531c0b180f043d13140e09531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2450455d484b560a455241565d644a4d57500a434b52">[email protected]</span></a> 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdd9d4cedccec9d8cffdd3d4cec993dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfdbd6ccdecccbdacdffd1d6cccb91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bffeaf2e7e4f9a5eafdeef9f2cbe5e2f8ffa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8dcc9d1c4c7da86c9decddad1e8c6c1dbdc86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-10234 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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