Notice2025-14485
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting
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July 31, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract
The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold an open virtual meeting via web conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 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, progress of the NCST investigation focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in Surfside, Florida, and provide responses to the Committee's 2024 recommendations. 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 90, Number 145 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36024-36025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14485]
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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 an open virtual meeting via web
conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and Tuesday, September 16,
2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purposes
of this meeting are to update the Committee on the
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progress of the NCST investigation focused on the impacts of Hurricane
Maria in Puerto Rico, progress of the NCST investigation focused on the
Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in
Surfside, Florida, and provide responses to the Committee's 2024
recommendations. 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 Tuesday, September 9,
2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, September 16, 2025,
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 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 attend and/or participate in the meeting, please
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Brown-Giammanco, Director of the
Disaster and Failure Studies Program, and Acting Chief of the Disaster
Impact Reduction Office, Engineering Laboratory, NIST. Tanya Brown-
Giammanco's email address is <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0e4d1dec9d19ef2c2dfc7de9df7d9d1ddddd1ded3dff0ded9c3c49ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2074414e59410e62524f574e0d6749414d4d414e434f604e4953540e474f56">[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 seven 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 Teams. 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 Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time and on Tuesday September 16, 2025, from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 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, progress of the NCST investigation focused on the
Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in
Surfside, Florida, and provide responses to the Committee's 2024
recommendations. 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 do so by registering by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday,
September 4, 2025, at the link provided below, and selecting ``yes'' to
the public comment question in the registration. 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#583c312b392b2c3d2a1836312b2c763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2969b819381869780b29c9b8186dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
Anyone wishing to attend the National Construction Safety Team
Advisory Committee meeting via web conference must register by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at: <a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/09/national-construction-safety-team-advisory-committee">https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/09/national-construction-safety-team-advisory-committee</a>. Once successfully registered, attendees will
receive a link to join the meetings by September 8, 2025.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-14485 Filed 7-30-25; 8:45 am]
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