[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 [email protected].
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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