82_FR_42713 82 FR 42540 - National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

82 FR 42540 - National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 173 (September 8, 2017)

Page Range42540-42541
FR Document2017-19080

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet in person and via teleconference on Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is to update the Committee on the progress of the implementation of the recommendations made as a result of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Joplin tornado investigation, provide the Committee an overview of ongoing work focused on enhancing the readiness and effectiveness of future National Construction Safety Teams in the field, and provide NIST's response to the Committee's 2016 Annual Report and recommendations. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST Web site at https://www.nist.gov/topics/ disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/ advisory-committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 
Committee (Committee) will meet in person and via teleconference on 
Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
The primary purpose of this meeting is to update the Committee on the 
progress of the implementation of the recommendations made as a result 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Joplin 
tornado investigation, provide the Committee an overview of ongoing 
work focused on enhancing the readiness and effectiveness of future 
National Construction Safety Teams in the field, and provide NIST's 
response to the Committee's 2016 Annual Report and recommendations. The 
agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda 
will be posted on the NIST Web site at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee.

DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 28, 
2017 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be 
open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Heritage Room of Building 
101, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. For 
instructions on how to participate in the meeting, please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Davis, Management and Program 
Analyst, Community Resilience Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8615, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8604. 
Mr. Davis' email address is [email protected]; and his phone 
number is (301) 975-6071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established pursuant to 
Section 11 of the NCST Act (Pub. L. 107-231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 
et seq). The Committee is currently composed of four members, appointed 
by the Director of NIST, who were 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. The Committee advises the Director of NIST on carrying out the 
NCST Act; reviews the procedures developed for conducting 
investigations; and reviews the reports issued documenting 
investigations. Background information on the NCST Act and information 
on the NCST Advisory Committee is available at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the NCST Advisory Committee 
will meet on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public. The meeting 
will be held in the Heritage Room of Building 101, NIST, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. The primary purpose of this 
meeting is to update the Committee on the progress of the 
implementation of the NIST Joplin Tornado Investigation Report's 
recommendations, available at http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/upload/Recommendations_Joplin.pdf, and receive NIST's response to the 
Committee's 2016 Annual Report recommendations which can be found at 
https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. The agenda may change 
to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda will be posted on 
the NIST Web site at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure-studies/national-construction-safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee-
meetings.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to items on the Committee's 
agenda for this meeting are invited to request a place on the agenda. 
On September 28, 2017, approximately fifteen minutes will be reserved 
from 1:05 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. Eastern Time for public comments. Speaking 
times will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The amount 
of time per speaker will be determined by the number of requests 
received, but is likely to be three minutes each. Questions from the 
public will not be considered during this period. All those wishing to 
speak must submit their request by email to the attention of Mr. 
Benjamin Davis, [email protected], by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 
Friday, September 8, 2017.
    Speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, those who 
had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, and 
those who were unable to attend are invited to submit written 
statements to the NCST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8604, or 
electronically by email to [email protected].
    To participate in the teleconference, please submit your first and 
last name, email address, and phone number to Benjamin Davis at 
[email protected] or (301) 975-6071. After pre-registering, 
participants will be provided with detailed instructions on how to join 
the teleconference remotely. All visitors to the NIST site are required 
to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 
must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, September 8, 2017, in 
order to attend. Please submit your full name, email address, and phone 
number to Benjamin Davis at [email protected]; his phone number 
is (301) 975-6071. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional 
information; please contact Mr. Davis. For participants attending in 
person, please note that federal agencies, including NIST, can only 
accept a state-issued driver's license or identification card for 
access to federal facilities if such license or identification card is 
issued by a state that is compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. 
L. 109-13), or by a state that has an extension for REAL ID compliance.

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NIST currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in 
lieu of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information 
please contact Benjamin Davis or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-19080 Filed 9-7-17; 8:45 am]
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42540 Notices Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 173 Friday, September 8, 2017 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Individuals and representatives of contains documents other than rules or Benjamin Davis, Management and organizations who would like to offer proposed rules that are applicable to the Program Analyst, Community Resilience comments and suggestions related to public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, items on the Committee’s agenda for committee meetings, agency decisions and 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8615, this meeting are invited to request a rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604. place on the agenda. On September 28, statements of organization and functions are Mr. Davis’ email address is 2017, approximately fifteen minutes examples of documents appearing in this Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov; and his phone will be reserved from 1:05 p.m. to 1:20 section. number is (301) 975–6071. p.m. Eastern Time for public comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Speaking times will be assigned on a Committee was established pursuant to first-come, first-served basis. The DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Section 11 of the NCST Act (Pub. L. amount of time per speaker will be 107–231, codified at 15 U.S.C. 7301 et determined by the number of requests National Institute of Standards and seq). The Committee is currently received, but is likely to be three Technology composed of four members, appointed minutes each. Questions from the public by the Director of NIST, who were will not be considered during this National Construction Safety Team period. All those wishing to speak must selected on the basis of established Advisory Committee Meeting submit their request by email to the records of distinguished service in their AGENCY: National Institute of Standards professional community and their attention of Mr. Benjamin Davis, and Technology, Department of knowledge of issues affecting the Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov, by 5:00 p.m. Commerce. National Construction Safety Teams. Eastern Time, Friday, September 8, The Committee advises the Director of 2017. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. NIST on carrying out the NCST Act; Speakers who wish to expand upon SUMMARY: The National Construction reviews the procedures developed for their oral statements, those who had Safety Team (NCST) Advisory conducting investigations; and reviews wished to speak but could not be Committee (Committee) will meet in the reports issued documenting accommodated on the agenda, and those person and via teleconference on investigations. Background information who were unable to attend are invited Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 on the NCST Act and information on the to submit written statements to the a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The NCST Advisory Committee is available NCST, National Institute of Standards primary purpose of this meeting is to at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster- and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS update the Committee on the progress of failure-studies/national-construction- 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899– the implementation of the safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. 8604, or electronically by email to recommendations made as a result of Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Benjamin.Davis@nist.gov. the National Institute of Standards and Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. To participate in the teleconference, Technology (NIST) Joplin tornado App., notice is hereby given that the please submit your first and last name, investigation, provide the Committee an NCST Advisory Committee will meet on email address, and phone number to overview of ongoing work focused on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from Benjamin Davis at Benjamin.Davis@ enhancing the readiness and 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. nist.gov or (301) 975–6071. After pre- effectiveness of future National The meeting will be open to the public. registering, participants will be Construction Safety Teams in the field, The meeting will be held in the Heritage provided with detailed instructions on and provide NIST’s response to the Room of Building 101, NIST, 100 how to join the teleconference remotely. Committee’s 2016 Annual Report and Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland All visitors to the NIST site are required recommendations. The agenda may 20899. The primary purpose of this to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone change to accommodate Committee meeting is to update the Committee on wishing to attend this meeting must business. The final agenda will be the progress of the implementation of register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, posted on the NIST Web site at https:// the NIST Joplin Tornado Investigation Friday, September 8, 2017, in order to www.nist.gov/topics/disaster-failure- Report’s recommendations, available at attend. Please submit your full name, studies/national-construction-safety- http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ email address, and phone number to team-ncst/advisory-committee. upload/Recommendations_Joplin.pdf, Benjamin Davis at Benjamin.Davis@ and receive NIST’s response to the nist.gov; his phone number is (301) 975– DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee Committee’s 2016 Annual Report 6071. Non-U.S. citizens must submit will meet on Thursday, September 28, recommendations which can be found additional information; please contact 2017 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at https://www.nist.gov/topics/disaster- Mr. Davis. For participants attending in Eastern Time. The meeting will be open failure-studies/national-construction- person, please note that federal to the public. safety-team-ncst/advisory-committee. agencies, including NIST, can only sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in The agenda may change to accept a state-issued driver’s license or the Heritage Room of Building 101, accommodate Committee business. The identification card for access to federal NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, final agenda will be posted on the NIST facilities if such license or identification Maryland 20899. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 173 / Friday, September 8, 2017 / Notices 42541 NIST currently accepts other forms of Jacob Taylor at qid@nist.gov in any of Request for Information federal-issued identification in lieu of a the following formats: ASCII; Word; NIST seeks input from stakeholders state-issued driver’s license. For RTF; or PDF. Please include your name, regarding opportunities for research and detailed information please contact organization’s name (if any), and cite development, emerging market areas, Benjamin Davis or visit: http:// ‘‘Building the Foundations for Quantum barriers to near-term and future www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/. Industry RFI’’ in the subject line of all applications, and workforce needs. The correspondence. All comments will be objective of this RFI is to gather facts Kevin Kimball, made publicly available at https:// that will assist the IWG’s formation of NIST Chief of Staff. www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2017/ recommendations for the development [FR Doc. 2017–19080 Filed 9–7–17; 8:45 am] 10/quantum-industry-day as submitted. and coordination of U.S. Government BILLING CODE 3510–13–P Accordingly, proprietary or confidential policies, programs, and budgets to information should not be included in advance U.S. competitiveness in QIS. any comments, as they will be posted The questions below are intended to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE without change. assist in the formulation of comments National Institute of Standards and For Workshop: The workshop will be and should not be construed as a Technology held at NIST, 100 Bureau Dr., limitation on the number of comments Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Please note that interested persons may submit or [Docket No. 170804731–7731–01] admittance instructions under the the issues that may be addressed in such SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of comments. Comments containing Building the Foundations for Quantum this notice. To register, go to: https:// references, studies, research, and other Industry www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2017/ empirical data that are not widely AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 10/quantum-industry-day. Additional published should include copies of the and Technology, Department of information about the workshop will be referenced materials. As noted above, all Commerce. available at this web address as the comments will be made publicly ACTION: Notice; request for information workshop approaches. available as submitted; therefore (RFI). proprietary or confidential information FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: should not be included. NIST is Kimberly Emswiler, Jacob Taylor, or SUMMARY: The National Institute of specifically interested in receiving input Carl Williams by email at qid@nist.gov, pertaining to one or more of the Standards and Technology (NIST) or Kimberly Emswiler by phone at (301) following questions: requests information about the broader 975–4208. Please direct media inquiries needs of the industrial community in to NIST’s Office of Public Affairs at (1) Identification of Opportunities the area of quantum information science (301) 975–2762. QIS includes, for example, quantum (QIS). NIST seeks input from stakeholders regarding opportunities for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: computing and processing, quantum research and development, means and Background: Twenty five years of algorithms and programming languages, methods of inducing interaction and research and development work in QIS quantum communications, quantum collaboration, providing support for is producing dramatic new commercial sensors, quantum devices, single photon emerging market areas, identifying opportunities domestically, including sources, and detectors. What areas of barriers to near-term and future the first niche applications. There is pre-competitive QIS research and applications, and understanding also an increasing level of international development appear most promising? workforce needs. As part of this effort, activity and investment in the field. What areas should be the highest NIST will hold a workshop on NIST is requesting this information and priorities for Federal investment? What Thursday, October 5, 2017. The holding the workshop in support of the are the emerging frontiers? What information received in response to this Interagency Working Group (IWG) on methods of monitoring new RFI and during the workshop will QIS of the National Science and developments are most effective? What inform recommendations for the Technology Council, Committee on market areas are well-positioned to development and coordination of U.S. Science, Subcommittee on Physical benefit from new developments in QIS? Government policies, programs, and Sciences. The IWG was chartered in Where will a technology perspective budgets to advance U.S. October 2014 to develop and coordinate study help most? Where are roadmaps competitiveness in QIS. policies, programs, and budgets for QIS useful for coordination? DATES: research and development, and to (2) Surmounting Challenges For Comments: Comments must be further develop the scientific basis, The 2016 report ‘‘Advancing received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on infrastructure, future technical Quantum Information Science: National October 10, 2017. Written comments in workforce, and intellectual property that Challenges and Opportunities’’ 1 response to the RFI should be submitted will be required to address agency identified institutional boundaries and according to the instructions in the missions and secure future U.S. knowledge transfer challenges, as well SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section competitiveness in QIS. The IWG as workforce needs across the emerging below. includes participants from the quantum industry. To what extent are For Workshop: The Workshop on Departments of Commerce, Defense, and these challenges addressable by the Building the Foundations for Quantum Energy; the Office of the Director of formation of consortia? May they be Industry will be held on Thursday, National Intelligence; and the National sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES addressed with structured academic- October 5, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 Science Foundation. In 2016, the IWG commercial or commercial- p.m. Eastern Time. Attendees must published an initial report identifying governmental interactions? What register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on key challenges for emerging quantum potential collaborative structures might September 29, 2017. industry, including: Institutional ADDRESSES: boundaries, education and training, 1 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ For Comments: Written comments technology development, and levels and whitehouse.gov/files/images/Quantum_Info_Sci_ may be submitted only by email to Dr. stability of funding. Report_2016_07_22%20final.pdf. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Sep 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1


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ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe NCST Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public.
ContactBenjamin Davis, Management and Program Analyst, Community Resilience Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8615, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8604.
FR Citation82 FR 42540 
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