[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 35912] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-17461] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Announcement of Meeting of National Conference on Weights and Measures AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the 83rd Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held July 12 through 16, 1998, at the Portland Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon. The meeting is open to the public. The National Conference on Weights and Measures is an organization of weights and measures enforcement officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United States, and private sector representatives. The interim meeting of the conference, held in January 1998, as well as the annual meeting, brings together enforcement officials, other government officials, and representatives of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations to discuss subjects that relate to the field of weights and measures technology and administration. Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272(B)(6)), the National Institute of Standards and Technology acts as a sponsor of the National Conference on Weights and Measures in order to promote uniformity among the states in the complex of laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment that comprises regulatory control by the states of commercial weighting and measuring. DATES: The meeting will be held July 12-16, 1998. LOCATION: The Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gilbert M. Ugiansky, Executive Secretary, National Conference on Weights and Measures, P.O. Box 4025, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885. Telephone: (301) 975-4004. Dated: June 25, 1998. Robert E. Herbner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology. [FR Doc. 98-17461 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M