Committees
Request for Nominations
NIST invites and requests nomination of individuals for appointment to its eight existing Federal Advisory Committees. Nominations will be accepted on an ongoing basis and will be considered as and when vacancies arise. Visit the July 20, 2007 Federal Register Notice for more information.
Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR)
The Committee held an open meeting at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 10–11, 2008. Visit the March 19, 2008 Federal Register Notice (PDF 80KB) and the Meeting Agenda (PDF 69KB) for additional information.
ACEHR Members met for the first time on May 10–11, 2007 and again on October 23–24, 2007.
About ACEHR
The 2004 reauthorization of NEHRP directed that the NIST Director establish ACEHR to assess:
- trends and developments in the science and engineering of earthquake hazards reduction;
- the effectiveness of NEHRP in performing its statutory activities (improved design and construction methods and practices; land use controls and redevelopment; prediction techniques and early-warning systems; coordinated emergency preparedness plans; and public education and involvement programs);
- any need to revise NEHRP; and
- the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of NEHRP.
On June 27, 2006, the official Charter of the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (PDF 650KB) was established by the U.S. Department of Commerce, parent agency for NIST. The committee is to be widely representative of the stakeholder community. Federal employees may not serve on the committee. As established by the charter, ACEHR will have 11–15 voting members, in addition to having the Chairperson of USGS Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee serve in an ex officio capacity.
Send general inquiries and all feedback to info@nehrp.gov
