82_FR_57820 82 FR 57587 - Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting

82 FR 57587 - Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 233 (December 6, 2017)

Page Range57587-57588
FR Document2017-26218

The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR or Committee), will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is to review the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) agency updates on their latest activities and receive the NEHRP agency responses to the Committee's 2017 Report on the Effectiveness of the NEHRP. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The final agenda and any meeting materials will be posted on the NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR 
or Committee), will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 
2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purpose of this meeting is to 
review the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) agency 
updates on their latest activities and receive the NEHRP agency 
responses to the Committee's 2017 Report on the Effectiveness of the 
NEHRP. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee business. The 
final agenda and any meeting materials will be posted on the NEHRP Web 
site at http://nehrp.gov/.

DATES: The ACEHR will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. 
until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will continue on Tuesday, 
March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The 
meeting will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Heritage Room, 
Administration Building, National Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note 
admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Faecke, Management and Program 
Analyst, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Engineering 
Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899-8604. Ms. Faecke's email address is [email protected] 
and her phone number is (301) 975-5911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established in accordance 
with the requirements of Section 103 of the NEHRP Reauthorization Act 
of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-360). The Committee is composed of 15 members 
appointed by the Director of NIST, who were selected for their 
established records of distinguished service in their professional 
community, their knowledge of issues affecting NEHRP, and to reflect 
the wide diversity of technical disciplines, competencies, and 
communities involved in earthquake hazards reduction. In addition, the 
Chairperson of the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Earthquake Studies 
Advisory Committee serves as an ex-officio member of the Committee. The 
Committee assesses:
     Trends and developments in the science and engineering of 
earthquake hazards reduction;
     the effectiveness of NEHRP in performing its statutory 
activities;
     any need to revise NEHRP; and
     the management, coordination, implementation, and 
activities of NEHRP.
    Background information on NEHRP and the Advisory Committee is 
available at http://nehrp.gov/.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the ACEHR will hold an open 
meeting on Monday, March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time and Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern 
Time. The meeting will be

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held in the Heritage Room, Administration Building, NIST, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. The primary purpose of this 
meeting is to review the NEHRP agency updates on their latest 
activities and receive the NEHRP agency responses to the Committee's 
2017 Report on the Effectiveness of the NEHRP. The final agenda and any 
meeting materials will be posted on the NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On March 13, 2018, 
approximately fifteen minutes will be reserved near the beginning of 
the meeting for public comments, and speaking times will be assigned on 
a first-come, first-serve basis. The amount of time per speaker will be 
determined by the number of requests received, but is likely to be 
about 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 Ms. Tina Faecke, 
[email protected], by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 7, 
2018.
    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 in person are invited to submit written 
statements to ACEHR, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8604, via fax 
at (301) 975-4032, or electronically by email to [email protected].
    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, Thursday, March 1, 2018, in order to attend. Please 
submit your full name, email address, and phone number to Tina Faecke. 
Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; please contact 
Ms. Faecke. Ms. Faecke's email address is [email protected] and her 
phone number is (301) 975-5911. 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. NIST 
currently accepts other forms of federal-issued identification in lieu 
of a state-issued driver's license. For detailed information please 
contact Ms. Faecke at (301) 975-5711 or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-26218 Filed 12-5-17; 8:45 am]
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                                               Assessment Rates                                        regarding the reimbursement of                        final agenda and any meeting materials
                                                 Upon issuing the final results of                     antidumping duties prior to liquidation               will be posted on the NEHRP Web site
                                               review, the Department will determine,                  of the relevant entries during this POR.              at http://nehrp.gov/.
                                               and CBP shall assess, antidumping                       Failure to comply with this requirement               DATES: The ACEHR will meet on
                                               duties on all appropriate entries covered               could result in the Department’s                      Monday, March 12, 2018, from 8:30 a.m.
                                               by this review.19 If the preliminary                    presumption that reimbursement of                     until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The
                                               results are unchanged for the final                     antidumping duties occurred and the                   meeting will continue on Tuesday,
                                               results, we will instruct CBP to apply an               subsequent assessment of doubled                      March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until
                                               ad valorem assessment rate of 82.05                     antidumping duties.                                   2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting
                                               percent to all entries of subject                         We are issuing and publishing these                 will be open to the public.
                                               merchandise during the POR which                        results in accordance with sections                   ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
                                               were exported by the aforementioned                     751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19             the Heritage Room, Administration
                                               companies. If the Department                            CFR 351.213.                                          Building, National Institute of Standards
                                               determines that an exporter under                         Dated: November 30, 2017.                           and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau
                                               review had no shipments of the subject                  Gary Taverman,                                        Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
                                               merchandise, any suspended entries                      Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            Please note admittance instructions
                                               that entered under that exporter’s case                 and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
                                               number (i.e., at that exporter’s rate) will             performing the non-exclusive functions and            section of this notice.
                                               be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.20                   duties of the Assistant Secretary for                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina
                                               The Department intends to issue                         Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                                                                                                                             Faecke, Management and Program
                                               appropriate assessment instructions                     Appendix                                              Analyst, National Earthquake Hazards
                                               directly to CBP 15 days after publication                                                                     Reduction Program, Engineering
                                               of the final results of review.                         List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                                                                       Decision Memorandum                                   Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive,
                                               Cash Deposit Requirements                               I. Summary
                                                                                                                                                             Mail Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland
                                                                                                       II. Background                                        20899–8604. Ms. Faecke’s email address
                                                  The following cash deposit
                                                                                                       III. Scope of the Order                               is tina.faecke@nist.gov and her phone
                                               requirements will be effective upon
                                                                                                       IV. Preliminary Determination of No                   number is (301) 975–5911.
                                               publication of the final results of this                      Shipments                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                               administrative review for shipments of                  V. Discussion of the Methodology
                                               the subject merchandise from the PRC                                                                          Committee was established in
                                                                                                          A. Non-Market Economy Country Status
                                               entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                                                                         accordance with the requirements of
                                                                                                          B. Separate Rates
                                               for consumption on or after the                         VI. Application of Facts Available and                Section 103 of the NEHRP
                                               publication date, as provided by section                      Adverse Inferences                              Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
                                               751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For subject                   A. Use of Facts Available                          108–360). The Committee is composed
                                               merchandise exported by the companies                      B. Application of Facts Available With an          of 15 members appointed by the
                                                                                                             Adverse Inference                               Director of NIST, who were selected for
                                               listed above that have separate rates, the                 C. Selection of the AFA Rate
                                               cash deposit rate will be that established                                                                    their established records of
                                                                                                       VII. Recommendation                                   distinguished service in their
                                               in the final results of review (except, if
                                               the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero
                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2017–26297 Filed 12–5–17; 8:45 am]           professional community, their
                                               cash deposit will be required); (2) for                 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                knowledge of issues affecting NEHRP,
                                               previously investigated or reviewed PRC                                                                       and to reflect the wide diversity of
                                               and non-PRC exporters not listed above                                                                        technical disciplines, competencies, and
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                communities involved in earthquake
                                               that received a separate rate in a prior
                                               segment of this proceeding, the cash                                                                          hazards reduction. In addition, the
                                                                                                       National Institute of Standards and                   Chairperson of the U.S. Geological
                                               deposit rate will continue to be the                    Technology
                                               existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all                                                                  Survey Scientific Earthquake Studies
                                               PRC exporters of subject merchandise                    Advisory Committee on Earthquake                      Advisory Committee serves as an ex-
                                               that have not been found to be entitled                 Hazards Reduction Meeting                             officio member of the Committee. The
                                               to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate                                                                     Committee assesses:
                                               will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and
                                                                                                       AGENCY: National Institute of Standards                  • Trends and developments in the
                                                                                                       and Technology, Department of                         science and engineering of earthquake
                                               (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject
                                                                                                       Commerce.                                             hazards reduction;
                                               merchandise which have not received
                                                                                                       ACTION: Notice of open meeting.                          • the effectiveness of NEHRP in
                                               their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
                                                                                                                                                             performing its statutory activities;
                                               be the rate applicable to the PRC                       SUMMARY:    The Advisory Committee on                    • any need to revise NEHRP; and
                                               exporter that supplied that non-PRC                     Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR                      • the management, coordination,
                                               exporter. These deposit requirements,                   or Committee), will meet on Monday,                   implementation, and activities of
                                               when imposed, shall remain in effect                    March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00                 NEHRP.
                                               until further notice.                                   p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday, March                     Background information on NEHRP
                                               Notification to Importers                               13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.                 and the Advisory Committee is available
                                                                                                       Eastern Time. The primary purpose of                  at http://nehrp.gov/.
                                                 This notice serves as a preliminary                                                                            Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
                                                                                                       this meeting is to review the National
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                                               reminder to importers of their                                                                                Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
                                                                                                       Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
                                               responsibility under 19 CFR                                                                                   App., notice is hereby given that the
                                                                                                       (NEHRP) agency updates on their latest
                                               351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate                                                                           ACEHR will hold an open meeting on
                                                                                                       activities and receive the NEHRP agency
                                                 19 See
                                                                                                       responses to the Committee’s 2017                     Monday, March 12, 2018 from 8:30 a.m.
                                                       19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
                                                 20 SeeNon-Market Economy Antidumping
                                                                                                       Report on the Effectiveness of the                    to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Tuesday,
                                               Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76       NEHRP. The agenda may change to                       March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30
                                               FR 65694, 65695 (October 24, 2011).                     accommodate Committee business. The                   p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be


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                                               held in the Heritage Room,                              information please contact Ms. Faecke                 vulnerability and access to fishing
                                               Administration Building, NIST, 100                      at (301) 975–5711 or visit: http://                   grounds, with a specific focus on the
                                               Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland                    www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.                 Great South Channel Habitat
                                               20899. The primary purpose of this                                                                            Management Area, brainstorm
                                                                                                       Kevin Kimball,
                                               meeting is to review the NEHRP agency                                                                         exemption area alternatives and outline
                                               updates on their latest activities and                  NIST Chief of Staff.                                  next steps in the development of the
                                               receive the NEHRP agency responses to                   [FR Doc. 2017–26218 Filed 12–5–17; 8:45 am]           framework.
                                               the Committee’s 2017 Report on the                      BILLING CODE 3510–13–P                                   They also plan to review a general
                                               Effectiveness of the NEHRP. The final                                                                         update on Fishing Effects model project
                                               agenda and any meeting materials will                                                                         and discuss fishing gear data elements—
                                               be posted on the NEHRP Web site at                      DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                review draft list of métiers including
                                               http://nehrp.gov/.                                                                                            gear dimensions. The group will also
                                                  Individuals and representatives of                   National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                       Administration                                        receive and information update on
                                               organizations who would like to offer                                                                         Offshore wind development. Other
                                               comments and suggestions related to the                 RIN 0648–XF875                                        business may be discussed as necessary.
                                               Committee’s affairs are invited to                                                                               Although non-emergency issues not
                                               request a place on the agenda. On March                 New England Fishery Management                        contained in this agenda may come
                                               13, 2018, approximately fifteen minutes                 Council; Public Meeting                               before this group for discussion, those
                                               will be reserved near the beginning of                                                                        issues may not be the subject of formal
                                               the meeting for public comments, and                    AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                                                                       Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                  action during these meetings. Action
                                               speaking times will be assigned on a                                                                          will be restricted to those issues
                                               first-come, first-serve basis. The amount               Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                                                                       Commerce.                                             specifically listed in this notice and any
                                               of time per speaker will be determined                                                                        issues arising after publication of this
                                               by the number of requests received, but                 ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
                                                                                                                                                             notice that require emergency action
                                               is likely to be about three minutes each.                                                                     under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-
                                               Questions from the public will not be                   SUMMARY:   The New England Fishery
                                                                                                       Management Council (Council) is                       Stevens Act, provided the public has
                                               considered during this period. All those                                                                      been notified of the Council’s intent to
                                               wishing to speak must submit their                      scheduling a public meeting of its Joint
                                                                                                       Habitat Advisory Panel and Plan                       take final action to address the
                                               request by email to the attention of Ms.                                                                      emergency.
                                               Tina Faecke, tina.faecke@nist.gov, by                   Development Team to consider actions
                                               5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday,                      affecting New England fisheries in the                Special Accommodations
                                               March 7, 2018.                                          exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
                                                                                                       Recommendations from this group will                    This meeting is physically accessible
                                                  Speakers who wish to expand upon                                                                           to people with disabilities. Requests for
                                               their oral statements, those who had                    be brought to the full Council for formal
                                                                                                       consideration and action, if appropriate.             sign language interpretation or other
                                               wished to speak but could not be                                                                              auxiliary aids should be directed to
                                               accommodated on the agenda, and those                   DATES: This meeting will be held on
                                                                                                                                                             Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
                                               who were unable to attend in person are                 Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9                     (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
                                               invited to submit written statements to                 a.m.                                                  the meeting date. Consistent with 16
                                               ACEHR, National Institute of Standards                  ADDRESSES:   The meeting will be held at              U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
                                               and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS                    the University of Massachusetts                       available upon request.
                                               8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–                     Dartmouth, 836 South Rodney French
                                               8604, via fax at (301) 975–4032, or                                                                             Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                                                                                       Blvd., New Bedford, MA 02744; Phone:
                                               electronically by email to tina.faecke@                                                                         Dated: December 1, 2017.
                                                                                                       (508) 999–8197
                                               nist.gov.                                                                                                     Tracey L. Thompson,
                                                  All visitors to the NIST site are                      Council address: New England
                                                                                                       Fishery Management Council, 50 Water                  Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                               required to pre-register to be admitted.                                                                      Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                               Anyone wishing to attend this meeting                   Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
                                                                                                                                                             [FR Doc. 2017–26309 Filed 12–5–17; 8:45 am]
                                               must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time,                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,                   BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                               Thursday, March 1, 2018, in order to
                                               attend. Please submit your full name,                   New England Fishery Management
                                               email address, and phone number to                      Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
                                                                                                                                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               Tina Faecke. Non-U.S. citizens must                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               submit additional information; please                                                                         National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                       Agenda
                                               contact Ms. Faecke. Ms. Faecke’s email                                                                        Administration
                                               address is tina.faecke@nist.gov and her                    The Joint Habitat Advisory Panel and
                                               phone number is (301) 975–5911. For                     Plan Development Team (PDT) plan to                   RIN 0648–XF820
                                               participants attending in person, please                review the Coral Amendment,
                                                                                                                                                             Schedules for Atlantic Shark
                                               note that federal agencies, including                   specifically reviewing the PDT’s
                                                                                                                                                             Identification Workshops and
                                               NIST, can only accept a state-issued                    suggested changes to Broad Zone Option
                                                                                                                                                             Protected Species Safe Handling,
                                               driver’s license or identification card for             7 and recommend further boundary
                                                                                                                                                             Release, and Identification Workshops
                                               access to federal facilities if such license            adjustments as needed, reviewing
                                               or identification card is issued by a state             available analysis of this option and                 AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
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                                               that is compliant with the REAL ID Act                  recommending a preferred broad zone                   Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                               of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state                 alternative to the Habitat Committee.                 Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                               that has an extension for REAL ID                       The group plans to also discuss the                   Commerce.
                                               compliance. NIST currently accepts                      Clam Dredge Framework with emphasis                   ACTION: Notice of public workshops.
                                               other forms of federal-issued                           on reviewing fishery, surfclam, and
                                               identification in lieu of a state-issued                habitat data to better understand spatial             SUMMARY:   Free Atlantic Shark
                                               driver’s license. For detailed                          patterns and tradeoffs between habitat                Identification Workshops and Protected


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe ACEHR will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will continue on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public.
ContactTina Faecke, Management and Program Analyst, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Engineering Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8604, Gaithersburg,
FR Citation82 FR 57587 

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