[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20696-20697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8858]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0010]


National Fire Academy Board of Visitors

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: On Tuesday, March 29, 2011, the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA) announced in the Federal Register at 76 FR 17425 that the 
National Fire Academy Board of Visitors would meet on April 6 and 7, 
2011, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This notice supplements that original 
meeting notice.

DATES: The National Fire Academy Board of Visitors meeting was held on 
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST; and Thursday, 
April 7, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting was held at the National Emergency Training 
Center, Building H, Room 300, Emmitsburg, Maryland. Written materials 
and comments for the meeting record should be submitted by April 28, 
2011. Comments must be identified by FEMA-2008-0010 and may be 
submitted by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3b5b6beb2dea1a6bfb6a0b3979b80dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e484b434f235c5b424b5d4e6a667d20696178">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the docket ID in the 
subject line of the message.
    <bullet> Fax: 703-483-2999.
    <bullet> Mail: Ruth MacPhail, 16825 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, 
Maryland 21727.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Federal Emergency Management Agency'' and the docket ID for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received by the National Fire Academy Board of Visitors, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth MacPhail, 16825 South Seton 
Avenue, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, telephone (301) 447-1117, fax (301) 
447-1173, and e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#275552534f094a4644574f464e4b67434f5409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e6e1e0fcbaf9f5f7e4fcf5fdf8d4f0fce7baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The 
purpose of the Board of Visitors (Board) for the National Fire Academy 
(Academy) is to review annually the programs of the Academy and advise 
the Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through 
the United States Fire Administrator, regarding the operation of the 
Academy and any improvements therein that the Board deems appropriate.
    The Board met for the purpose of examining Academy programs to 
determine whether these programs further the basic missions of the 
Academy and to make comments and recommendations regarding the 
operations of the Academy. The Board also met to discuss curriculum 
updates, personnel changes, facility construction, outreach to women 
and minority applicants, and professional development and other 
programs for

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State and metropolitan fire service training agencies. The meeting was 
open to the public.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that notices of 
meetings of advisory committees be announced in the Federal Register 15 
days prior to the meeting date. A notice of the meeting of the Board 
was published in the Federal Register on March 29, 8 days prior to the 
meeting, due to administrative error. Although the meeting notice was 
published in the Federal Register late, the Academy sent special e-mail 
notices to 30,000 citizens who had expressed interest in learning about 
Academy activities and meetings, and notice of the meeting was posted 
on the United States Fire Administrator's Web site at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov.

    Dated: April 4, 2011.
Glenn A. Gaines,
Deputy Fire Administrator, National Fire Academy, United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-8858 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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