2024-01611. Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting

AGENCY:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR or Committee) will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is for the Committee to receive agency responses for each recommendation in the 2023 ACEHR Biennial Report on the Effectiveness of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (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 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held in Room 3410 at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hoffman Town Center, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 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 [e-mail] 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. 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 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 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 receive agency responses for each recommendation in the 2023 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 [e-mail] by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 12, 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 [e-mail].

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting via web conference must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 12, 2024, to attend. Please submit your full name, the organization you represent (if applicable), email address, and phone number to Tina Faecke at [e-mail]. 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 in the NSF building. Please submit your full name, estimated time of arrival, email address, and phone number to Tina Faecke ( [e-mail]) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 12, 2024. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; please contact Tina Faecke. For participants attending in person, please note that federal agencies, including NSF, 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. NSF currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information please visit https://new.nsf.gov/​about/​visit#building.

Tamiko Ford,

NIST Executive Secretariat.