[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23325]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Region; National Capital Memorial Commission; 
Notice of Public Meeting

    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the National Capital Memorial 
Commission will be held on Tuesday September 23, 1997, at 1:30, at the 
National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F Streets, NW.
    The Commission was established by Pub. L. 99-652, the Commemorative 
Works Act, for the purpose of preparing and recommending to the 
Secretary of the Interior; Administrator, General Services 
Administration; and Members of Congress broad criteria, guidelines, and 
policies for memorializing persons and events on Federal lands in the 
National Capital Region (as defined in the National Capital Planning 
Act of 1952, as amended), through the media of monuments, memorials and 
statutes. It is to examine each memorial proposal for adequacy and 
appropriateness, make recommendations to the Secretary and 
Administrator, and to serve as information focal point for those 
persons seeking to erect memorials on Federal land in the National 
Capital Region.
    The members of the Commission are as follows:

Director, National Park Service
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
The Architect of the Capitol
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Administrator, General Services Administration
Secretary of Defense

    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized 
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and environs.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with 
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be 
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at 
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may 
contact the Commission at (202)619-7097. Minutes of the meeting will be 
available for public inspection 4 weeks after the meeting at the Office 
of Stewardship and Partnerships, National Capital Support Office, 1100 
Ohio Drive, SW., Room 220, Washington, D.C., 20242.

    Dated: August 25, 1997.
Joseph M. Mawler,
Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 97-23325 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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