Procedures for Implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act

The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"), Technology Administration, United States Department of Commerce ("Director"), issues a final rule that amends regulations found at 15 CFR part 270, that implements the National Construction Safety Team Act ("Act"). An interim final rule with a request for public comments clarifying NIST's role in recommending improvements to building codes, standards, and practices, and clarifying the relationship between investigations conducted under the Act and criminal investigations of the same building failure, and establishing procedures regarding the establishment and deployment of National Construction Safety Teams and for the conduct of investigations under the Act was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2003. This final rule responds to comments received in response to the November 28, 2003 document.