2019-19502. Open Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms

AGENCY:

Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms (ACRSM) will convene a meeting on Monday, September 30, 2019, in the Cash Room, Room 2121, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20220, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the public, and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Monday, September 30, 2019, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:

The ACRSM meeting will be held in Room 2121 (Cash Room), U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20220. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting will be held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to attend the meeting must either:

1. Register online. Attendees may visit http://www.cvent.com/​d/​9yqrp2/​4W and fill out a secure online registration form. A valid email address will be required to complete online registration. (Note: Online registration will close at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 23, 2019.)

2. Contact the Federal Insurance Office at [phone], by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 23, 2019, and provide registration information.

Requests for reasonable accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be directed to Mariam G. Harvey, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, U.S. Department of the Treasury at [phone], or [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lindsey Baldwin, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220, at [phone] (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2), through implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150.

Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on the business of the ACRSM are invited to submit written statements by any of the following methods:

Electronic Statements

• Send electronic comments to [e-mail].

Paper Statements

• Send paper statements in triplicate to the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220.

In general, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will post all statements on its website https://www.treasury.gov/​initiatives/​fio/​acrsm/​Pages/​default.aspx without change, including any business or personal information provided such as names, addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers. The U.S. Department of the Treasury will also make such statements available for public inspection and copying in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Library, 720 Madison Place NW, Room 1020, Washington, DC 20220, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can make an appointment to inspect statements by telephoning [phone]. All statements received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly.

Background: The ACRSM provides advice and recommendations to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) with respect to the creation and development of non-governmental, private market risk-sharing mechanisms for protection against losses arising from acts of terrorism.

Tentative Agenda/Topics for Discussion: This will be the second ACRSM meeting of 2019. In this meeting, the ACRSM will address, consistent with its charter's mandate, topics related to the role of nongovernmental mechanisms in supporting the terrorism risk insurance market. The ACRSM will receive updates with respect to: Terrorism risk modeling; implications of non-renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP); the TRIP event certification process; nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological risk and its effect on TRIP; and private risk-sharing mechanisms. The ACRSM will also discuss potential event loss scenarios to analyze TRIP's risk-sharing mechanisms and other topics as necessary.

Dated: September 3, 2019.

Steven Seitz,

Director, Federal Insurance Office.