[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5086]
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NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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DATES: Monday, March 16, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Tuesday, March
17, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting site will be: The Westin, Copley Place, 10
Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA.
Written comments can be sent to the Commission at 800 North Capitol
Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20008.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public both days.
Summary: At its second 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 Person: 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 State and local officials; testimony from invited
panels of experts on who plays lotteries, who wins and loses, lottery
operations, and an introduction to Native American gaming; site visits
to Foxwoods casino and lottery sales locations; normal meeting
business; and an open forum period for public comment.
The meeting will recess at 5:00 p.m. on March 16, while the
Commissioners go on site visits. An open forum for public participation
will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. on March 17 on items relevant
to the Commission's work; the Commission is particularly interested in
comments on lotteries and Native American gaming. Anyone wishing to
make an oral presentation at the meeting must speak with Mr. Doug Seay
by telephone at (202) 523-8217 no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 11, 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, voice-mail or e-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 the three
minutes to 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 March 17. 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 record of the meeting, they must be
received by the Commission by April 6, 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. 98-5086 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]
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