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 September 16,

1999, 10:30 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street

between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W., Washington, DC. The

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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.

2. Presentation of papers and comments by the public.

3. Presentation on status of implementation of the Chemical Weapons

Convention.

4. Discussion of documents regarding Biological Weapons Convention

triggers.

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., NW., 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: October 26, 1999.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Committee Liaison Officer.

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