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ACEHR Overview and Legislative Responsibilities

Jay Harris Acting NEHRP Deputy Director Engineering Laboratory NIST

Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) Virtual Meeting March 25-26, 2020

ACEHR Overview

• Established in NEHRP Reauthorization Act of 2004

– no modification from 2018 reauthorization – Committee Charter renewal (4 years) under DOC review

• Comprised of at least 11 members, but no more than 17, who are

qualified to provide advice on earthquake hazards reduction and represent all related scientific, architectural, and engineering disciplines

• Recommendations of the Committee shall be considered by Federal

agencies in implementing the Program†

† Program = NEHRP

Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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ACEHR Legislative Responsibilities

• trends and developments in the science and engineering of

earthquake hazards reduction

• the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the

Program

• effectiveness of the Program in carrying out Program Activities
• the need to revise the Program

ACEHR shall assess—

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Program Activities

• develop effective measures for earthquake hazards reduction
• promote the adoption of earthquake hazards reduction measures by

Federal, State, and local governments, national standards and model code organizations, architects and engineers, building owners, and

• thers with a role in planning and constructing buildings, structures, and

lifeline infrastructure through—

– grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance; – development of standards, guidelines, and voluntary consensus codes for earthquake hazards reduction for buildings, structures, and lifeline infrastructure; – development and maintenance of a repository of information, including technical data, on seismic risk, community resilience, and hazards reduction; and – publishing a systematic set of maps of active faults and folds, liquefaction susceptibility, susceptibility for earthquake induced landslides, and other seismically induced hazards; and

Program Activities are designed to—

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Program Activities, cont.

• improve the understanding of earthquakes and their effects on

communities, buildings, structures, and lifeline infrastructure, through interdisciplinary research that involves engineering, natural sciences, and social, economic, and decisions sciences

• continue the development of the Advanced National Seismic System,

including earthquake early warning capabilities and the Global Seismographic Network

Program Activities are designed to—

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ACEHR Membership

• Eleven appointed members

– plus chair of the USGS Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee (SESAC) as an ex-officio member – Represented Primary Disciplines

• Engineering: 2 Geotechnical, 3 Structural
• Seismology: 1 (chair of SESAC)
• Social Science: 3
• Emergency Management: 2
• Policy: 1

Current Membership—

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ACEHR Membership

• Arrivals

– Jonathan Stewart (geotechnical engineer), 9/16/19 replaces Craig Davis – Robert Ezelle (emergency management), 11/14/19 replaces Jim Goltz – Thomas Heausler (structural engineer), 1/17/20 replaces Nathan Gould

• Departures

– John Gillengerten (structural engineer), completed 2nd term on 2/23/20 – Nathan Gould (structural engineer), completed 2nd term on 11/14/19 – Keith Koper (seismologist), resigned during 1st term on 11/6/19

• Future Efforts

– Actively seeking 2 seismologists (to replace David Simpson and Keith Koper) – Seeking policy representative (to replace Peter May) – Jane Bullock (emergency management), completes 2nd term in July – Lisa Ludwig and Lori Peek (social sciences), complete 2nd term this winter

Membership changes (since August 2019)—

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ACEHR Membership

– Glenn Rix – Chair (geotechnical engineer) – Lucy Arendt (social sciences) – Greg Beroza – ex-officio, SESAC Chair (seismologist) – Jane Bullock (emergency management) – Greg Deierlein (structural engineer) – Susan Dowty (policy, structural engineer) – Robert Ezelle (emergency management) – Thomas Heausler (structural engineer) – Ryan Kersting (structural engineer) – Lisa Ludwig (social sciences) – Lori Peek (social sciences) – Jonathan Stewart (geotechnical engineer)

Members—

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Questions Thank you

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