Public Meeting of Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is hereby giving notice that the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory C...
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is hereby giving notice that the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee (SESAC) will meet as noted below.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT); and on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting will be held in the North Penthouse of the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC. Members of the public may attend the meeting in person or can attend via webinar. Webinar/conference line instructions will be provided to registered attendees prior to the meeting. Please contact the person listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to register for the meeting no later than September 3, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Gavin Hayes, USGS, by email at
ghayes@usgs.gov
or by telephone at 303-374-4449.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The meeting is being held under the provisions of the FACA of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Ch. 10), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR part 102-3. The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose of the Meeting:
The SESAC will review the current activities of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) and discuss future priorities. Agenda topics will include an EHP update, administration priorities and interactions, budget opportunities, the balance of activities supported by the EHP, external grants, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Seismic Hazards Model, the Advanced National Seismic System, ShakeAlert, reports from SESAC subcommittees, the annual SESAC report to the USGS Director, and EHP responses to committee recommendations. Additional information about the SESAC is available at:
www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/scientific-earthquake-studies-advisory-committee-sesac.
Meeting Accessibility/Special Accommodations:
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
Members of the public wishing to participate in the meeting should contact Dr. Gavin Hayes (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
) at least (3) business days prior to the meeting. Webinar/conference line instructions and any updates to the agenda will be provided via email to registered participants.
Time will be allowed at the public meeting for any individual or organization wishing to make formal oral comments. Depending on the number of people who wish to speak and the time available, the time for individual comments may be limited.
Written comments for the SESAC may be sent electronically in advance of the scheduled meeting to Dr. Gavin Hayes (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
) at least three (3) business days prior to the meeting. Any written comments received will be provided to the SESAC members.
Public Disclosure of Comments:
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information (PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your PII—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Detailed minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting.
5 U.S.C. Ch. 10
41 CFR part 102-3
www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/scientific-earthquake-studies-advisory-committee-sesac