Document ID: FERC-2008-1578-0002
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conference: Ensuring Dam Safety in the United States
Posted Date: 2008-12-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD08-11-000]

 
Ensuring Dam Safety in the United States; Supplemental Notice of 
Technical Conference

November 24, 2008.
    As announced in the ``Notice of Technical Conference'' issued on 
October 29, 2008, a technical conference will be held on December 5, 
2008, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) in the Commission Meeting Room at the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The conference will be open for the public to 
attend and advance registration is not required. Members of the 
Commission will attend and participate in the conference.
    The purpose of this conference is to explore issues related to dam 
safety with federal, state and industry dam safety representatives. 
Specifically, the participants will discuss the major components of the 
FERC Dam Safety Program as well as current state and industry 
assistance efforts. They will also explore the challenges facing state 
dam safety offices to identify needed technical and resource 
assistance. The agenda for this conference is attached.
    This conference will be transcribed. Transcripts of the conference 
will be immediately available for a fee from

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Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202-347-3700 or1-800-336-6646). A free 
Webcast of the conference is also available through http://
www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to listen to this 
event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of 
Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain 
a link to its Webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical 
support for the Webcasts and offers the option of listening to the 
meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit 
http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703-993-3100. The transcripts 
will be available for free on the Commission's eLibrary system and on 
the Calendar of Events approximately one week after the conference.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 208-1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 
with the required accommodations.
    For more information about this conference, please contact: Natalie 
Leech, (202) 502-6396, natalie.leech@ferc.gov or Sarah McKinley, (202) 
502-8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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