[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18645]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the National Earthquake
Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold its next meeting at the
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The Committee is
comprised of members from academia, industry, and State government. The
Committee shall advise the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) on matters relating to the USGS's participation in the National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
At the meeting, the Council will receive briefings and updates on:
The USGS's strategic plan for operational earthquake forecasting and
outcomes of a user-needs workshop on that subject held in March 2015;
on USGS work to calculate the probability of future earthquakes in
areas of the U.S. subject to induced seismicity; on the estimation of
aftershock probabilities and on new modeled estimates of earthquake
likelihood along the Wasatch fault zone by a technical working group;
and on development of a plan for rapid communication of earthquake
information in the Cascadia region. The NEPEC will review USGS
procedures for calculating and communicating aftershock probabilities
following large earthquakes in areas outside of California and the
application of these procedures following the M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal
earthquake of April 2015. The council will also finalize a statement
for public release summarizing the proper procedures for posing and
testing earthquake predictions and forecasts.
Meetings of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
are open to the public. A draft meeting agenda is available upon
request from the Executive Secretary on request (contact information
below). In order to ensure sufficient seating and hand-outs, it is
requested that visitors pre-register by September 13. Members of the
public wishing to make a statement to the Council should provide notice
of that intention by August 26 so that time may be allotted in the
agenda. A meeting summary will be posted by September 30 to the
committee Web site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/.
DATES: September 2, 2015, commencing at 2:00 p.m. in Room 253 in the
McGuire Building on the SMU campus and adjourning at 6:00 p.m.
September 3, 2015, Commencing at 9:00 a.m. in Room 220 (Earnst & Young
Gallery) in the Fincher Building on campus and adjourning at 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael Blanpied, U.S. Geological
Survey, MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192,
(703) 648-6696, [email protected].
William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards.
[FR Doc. 2015-18645 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
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