Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Materials Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially

Closed Meeting

The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet July 22, 1999,

10:30 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3733, 14th Street between

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Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., Washington, D.C. The

Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the

level of export controls applicable to materials and related

technology.

Agenda

General Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Presentation of papers and comments by the public.

3. Presentation on status of Western Group discussions at the Ad

Hoc Group negotiations regarding protocol for the Biological Weapons

Convention (BWC).

4. Discussion of comments provided on draft documents on

Declaration Format and Triggers for the BWC.

Executive Session

5. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order

12958, dealing with U.S. export control programs and strategic criteria

related thereto.

The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a

limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not

required. To the extent time permits, members of the public may present

oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be submitted

at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation materials to the Committee members,

the materials should be forwarded prior to the meeting to the address

below: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, BXA MS: 3876, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 15 St. & Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on February

24, 1998, pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of

the Committee and of any Subcommittee thereof dealing with the

classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552(c)(1) shall be exempt from

the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1)

and (a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining series

of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions

of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and

copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room

6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. For more

information call Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

Dated: July 1, 1999.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

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