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[Federal Register:
November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)]
[Notices]
[Page 68563-68564]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department
of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for nominations of members to serve on the
National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals
for
appointment to the National Construction Safety Team Advisory
Committee
(Committee). This a new Federal Advisory Committee established
pursuant
to the National Construction Safety Team Act. NIST will consider
nominations received in response to this notice for appointment
to the
Committee, in addition to nominations already received.
DATES: Please submit nominations on or before November 27,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Stephen Cauffman,
National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute
of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8610,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8610. Nominations may also be submitted
via fax
to (301) 975-6122.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Cauffman, National
Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, National Institute
of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8610,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8610, telephone 301-975-6051, fax 301-975-6122;
or via email at stephen.cauffman@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committee Information
The Committee was established in accordance with the National
Construction Safety Team Act, Public Law 107-231 and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).
Objectives and Duties
1. The Committee shall advise the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on carrying out
the
National Construction Safety Team Act (Act), review and provide
advice
on the procedures developed under section 2(c)(1) of the Act,
and
review and provide advice on the reports issued under section
8 of the
Act.
2. The Committee functions solely as an advisory body, in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act.
3. The Committee shall report to the Director of NIST.
4. The Committee shall provide a written annual report, through
the
Director of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory
(BFRL) and
the Director of NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce for submission
to
the Congress, to be due at a date to be agreed upon by the
Committee
and the Director of NIST. Such report will provide an evaluation
of
National Construction Safety Team activities, along with
recommendations to improve the operation and effectiveness
of National
Construction Safety Teams, and an assessment of the implementation
of
the recommendations of the National Construction Safety Teams
and of
the Committee. In addition, the Committee may provide reports
at
strategic stages of an investigation, at its discretion or
at the
request of the Director of NIST, through the Director of the
BFRL and
the Director of NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce.
Membership
1. The Committee will be composed of not fewer than five
nor more
than ten members that reflect a wide balance of the diversity
of
technical disciplines and competencies involved in the National
Construction Safety Teams investigations. Members shall be
selected on
the basis of established records of distinguished service
in their
professional community and their knowledge of issues affecting
the
National Construction Safety Teams.
1. The Director of the NIST shall appoint the members of the
Committee, and they will be selected on a clear, standardized
basis, in
accordance with applicable Department of Commerce guidance.
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Miscellaneous
1. Members of the Committee will not be paid for their services,
but will, upon request, be allowed travel and per diem expenses
in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5701 et seq., while attending meetings
of the
Committee or of its subcommittees, or while otherwise performing
duties
at the request of the chairperson, while away from their homes
or a
regular place of business.
2. The Committee will meet at least once per year at the call
of
the Chair. Additional meetings may be called whenever one-third
or more
of the members so request it in writing or whenever the Chair
or the
Director of NIST requests a meeting.
3. Committee meetings will be open to the public except when
a
closed session is held in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6),
because
divulging information discussed in those portions of the meetings
is
likely to reveal information of a personal nature where disclosure
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
All other portions of the meetings are open to the public.
Nomination Information
1. Nominations are sought from all fields involved in issues
affecting National Construction Safety Teams.
2. Nominees should have established records of distinguished
service. The field of expertise that the candidate represents
he/she is
qualified should be specified in the nomination letter. Nominations
for
a particular field should come from organizations or individuals
within
that field. A summary of the candidate's qualifications should
be
included with the nomination, including (where applicable)
current or
former service on federal advisory boards and federal employment.
In
addition, each nomination letter should state that the person
agrees to
the nomination, acknowledges the responsibilities of serving
on the
Committee, and will actively participate in good faith in
the tasks of
the Committee.
3. The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity
in
the workplace and seeks a broad-based and diverse Committee
membership.
Dated: November 5, 2002.
Arden L. Bement, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-28579 Filed 11-8-02; 8:45 am]
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