[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4379]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


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 (the Commission) will be held at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, March 
1, 2002, at the National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F Streets, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized 
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and environs.
    In addition to discussing general matters and conducting routine 
business, the Commission will review the following:

Action Items

    (1) Consideration of a recommendation relative to placement, within 
Area I as established by the Commemorative Works Act of 1986, of the 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial (Public Law 106-79, October 25, 1999).
    (2) Site Selection.
    (a) Alternative Site Study for the Tomas G. Masaryk Memorial 
(Public Law 107-61, November 5, 2001).
    (b) Alternative site study for the plaque to be placed at the 
Lincoln Memorial commemorating the ``I Have a Dream'' speech of Martin 
Luther King, Jr. (Public Law 106-365, October 2, 2000).
    (3) Design Concept Review. Design concept review of the plaque to 
be placed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honoring post-war casualties 
of the Vietnam War (Public Law 106-215, June 14, 2000).
    (4) Legislative Proposals introduced in the 107th Congress to 
establish memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs.
    The Commission was established by Public Law 99-652, the 
Commemorative Works Act, to advise the Secretary and the Administrator, 
General Services Administration, (the Administrator) on policy and 
procedures for establishment of (and proposals to establish) 
commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs, as 
well as such other matters as it may deem appropriate concerning 
commemorative works.
    The Commission examines each memorial proposal for conformance to 
the Commemorative Works Act, and makes recommendations to the Secretary 
and the Administrator and to Members and Committees of Congress. The 
Commission also serves as a source of information for persons seeking 
to establish memorials in Washington, DC, and its environs.
    The members of the Commission are as follows:
    Director, National Park Service; Chairman, National Capital 
Planning Commission; 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.
    Due to the continued delay of mail delivery to the Main Interior 
Building and communication difficulties resulting from restricted modem 
and Internet access for all Department of the Interior agencies, this 
notice could not be published at least 15 days prior to the meeting 
dates. The National Park Service regrets this delay but is compelled to 
hold the meeting as scheduled because of the significant sacrifice re-
scheduling would require of committee members who have adjusted their 
schedules to accommodate the proposed meeting dates, and the high level 
of anticipation by all parties who will be affected by the outcome of 
the committee's actions. Since the proposed meeting dates have received 
widespread publicity in areas news media and among the parties most 
affected, the National Park Service believes that the public interest 
will not be adversely affected by the less-than-15-days advance notice 
in the Federal Register.
    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 Ms. Nancy Young, Executive Secretary to the Commission, at 
(202) 619-7097.

    Dated: February 7, 2002.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 02-4379 Filed 2-21-02; 8:45 am]
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