[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17461]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcement of Meeting of National Conference on Weights and
Measures
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the 83rd Annual Meeting of the
National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held July 12
through 16, 1998, at the Portland Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon. The
meeting is open to the public. The National Conference on Weights and
Measures is an organization of weights and measures enforcement
officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United States, and
private sector representatives. The interim meeting of the conference,
held in January 1998, as well as the annual meeting, brings together
enforcement officials, other government officials, and representatives
of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations
to discuss subjects that relate to the field of weights and measures
technology and administration.
Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272(B)(6)), the National Institute of
Standards and Technology acts as a sponsor of the National Conference
on Weights and Measures in order to promote uniformity among the states
in the complex of laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment
that comprises regulatory control by the states of commercial weighting
and measuring.
DATES: The meeting will be held July 12-16, 1998.
LOCATION: The Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gilbert M. Ugiansky, Executive Secretary, National Conference on
Weights and Measures, P.O. Box 4025, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885.
Telephone: (301) 975-4004.
Dated: June 25, 1998.
Robert E. Herbner,
Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
[FR Doc. 98-17461 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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