[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54109-54110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26995]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[DOC PS 20-94]
American Lumber Standard Committee; Notice of Meeting on Proposed
Revision of Softwood Lumber Standard
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), the Standing
Committee for Voluntary Product Standard PS 20-94 ``American Softwood
Lumber Standard'' of the Department of Commerce (DOC), will meet on
Friday, November 6, 1998, to discuss and vote upon a draft revision of
the standard.
DATES: The one-day meeting will convene at 9:00 A.M. on November 6,
1998.
ADDRESSES: The site of the meeting is the Westin La Paloma, 300 Sunrise
Drive, Tucson, AZ 85718 (telephone: 520-577-5873). Inquiries should be
sent to Barbara M. Meigs, Room 164, Building 820, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Barbara M. Meigs, telephone: 301-975-4025; fax: 301-926-1559, e-mail:
barbara.meigs@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department sponsors DOC PS 20-94 under
procedures established in Part 10 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and administered by NIST. The ALSC is the Standing
Committee for PS 20-94 and is responsible for maintaining the standard.
The Committee will meet on November 6, 1998, to discuss and vote upon a
draft revision of DOC PS 20-94. The draft was developed by an ALSC Task
Group after it had considered comments received from Committee members
and other interested parties who responded to NIST's announcement of
March 30, 1998, in the NIST Update. In the NIST announcement, NIST
indicated that as part of the Department's 5-year review, mandated by
the DOC procedures, it was seeking comments on the standard to
determine its technical adequacy, the level of acceptability the
standard's compatibility with existing law and established public
policy, and the benefits that would be derived from PS 20-94 versus any
alternatives. Based upon the recommendation of the ALSC, NIST will
reaffirm, revise, or withdraw the standard, as appropriate.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.
Dated: October 2, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-26995 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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