[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13075-13076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5252]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Louisiana Advisory 
Committee

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and 
regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a State Advisory 
Committee (SAC) meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the 
Commission will convene on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. and 
adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). The meeting will convene at 
BERIA Bank, 1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 202, New Iberia, LA 
70560. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a briefing and planning 
meeting to collect preliminary information concerning potential racial 
disparities in the high incarceration of African-Americans in state-
operated prisons.
    The meeting is open to the public or through the following toll-
free call-in number 1 (866) 364-7584, conference call access code 
number 56366308. Any interested member of the public may call this 
number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges 
for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will 
not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls 
they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone 
number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the 
proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-
8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and 
contact name Farella E. Robinson.
    To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of 
lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting 
Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/TDD telephone 
number, by 4 p.m. on March 22, 2012.
    Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The 
comments must be received in the

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regional office by April 30, 2012. The address is U.S. Commission on 
Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 
Persons wishing to email their comments, or to present their comments 
verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional information should 
contact Farella E. Robinson, Regional Director, Central Regional 
Office, at (913) 551-1400, (or for hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), 
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a6c78656863647965644a7f79696978246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5335213c313a3d203c3d1326203030217d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional 
Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the 
meeting.
    Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced 
at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before 
and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory 
committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, 
www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above 
email or street address.
    The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the 
rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

    Dated in Washington, DC, February 29, 2012.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2012-5252 Filed 3-2-12; 8:45 am]
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