[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53277-53278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Notice of Workshop on Polymers for Photovoltaic Systems

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces a

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Workshop on Polymers for Photovoltaic Systems.

DATES: The workshop will be held over two days, Thursday, September 23, 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, September 24, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NIST's Gaithersburg campus, 100 
Bureau Drive, Employee Lounge, Building 101, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 
Please note admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Joannie Chin, Polymeric Materials 
Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, 
(301) 975-6815, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All attendees must contact Joannie Chin, 
[email protected], (301) 975-6815, by September 9 to pre-register 
and have appropriate government-issued photo ID to gain entry to NIST. 
Agenda items for the meeting include: presentations on polymeric 
materials used in photovoltaic systems; testing, performance, and 
reliability of polymers in photovoltaic systems; impact of polymers on 
safety standards and codes; breakout sessions to obtain stakeholder 
perspectives on the above mentioned topics; presentation of a NIST-
developed accelerated aging and service life prediction methodology to 
polymers used in photovoltaic systems.

    Dated: August 26, 2010.
Harry S. Hertz,
Director, Baldrige National Quality Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-21700 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am]
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