[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-89]
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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
Meeting
AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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DATES: Wednesday, January 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and
Thursday, January 22, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be: The Atlantic City Convention
Center, Room 302, 2001 Kirkman Blvd., Atlantic City, NJ 08401. Written
comments can be sent to the Commission at 800 North Capitol Street,
N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20002.
STATUS: The meeting will be open to the public both days. However, the
meeting will adjourn in the afternoon for approximately six hours on
January 21st while the Commission conducts its first two
site visits. Additionally, the meeting will adjourn on January
22nd before the Commission conducts the meeting's final site
visit.
SUMMARY: At its first on-site meeting the National Gambling Impact
Study Commission, established under Pub. L. 104-169, dated August 3,
1996, will hear presentations from invited panels of speakers, conduct
site visits, receive public comment, and conduct its normal meeting
business.
CONTACT PERSONS: For further information contact Amy Ricketts at (202)
523-8217 or write to 800 North Capitol St., N.W., Suite 450,
Washington, D.C. 20002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will include
presentations from Federal, State, and local officials; testimony from
invited panels of speakers on the social and economic impact of
gambling; testimony from an expert panel on pathological gambling; site
visits to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, Trump Taj Mahal Casino, and
boardwalk area; normal meeting business; and an open forum period for
public comment.
An open forum for public participation will be held from 7:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m. on January 21 on issues relevant to the Commission's work.
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact
Mr. Tim Bidwill by telephone only at (202) 523-8217 no later than 5:00
p.m., January 16, 1998. No requests will be accepted before 9:00 a.m.
(EST) the day this notice appears in the Federal Register.
Open forum participants will be asked to provide name, organization
(if applicable), address, and telephone number. No requests will be
accepted via mail, facsimile, e-mail, or voice mail. A waiting list
will be compiled once the allotted number of slots becomes filled. Oral
presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. If this
is not enough time to complete comments, please restrict to three
minutes a summary of your comments and bring a typed copy of full
comments to file with the Commission. Persons speaking at the forum are
requested, but not required, to supply twenty (20) copies of their
written statements to the registration desk prior to the evening
session on January 21. Members of the public, on the waiting list or
otherwise, are always invited to send written comments to the
Commission at any time. However, if individuals wish to have their
written comments placed into the official record of the meeting, the
Commission must receive them by February 11, 1998. Each speaker is
kindly asked to be prepared prior to their presentation; to refrain
from any use of profanity, vulgar language, or obscene signage; to
refrain from making any comments or disrupting sounds during the
presentation of another speaker; and to remain seated. If visual aids
are necessary during the course of a speaker's presentation, each
speaker is responsible for providing the equipment to run the visual
aid.
Nancy Mohr Kennedy,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-89 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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