[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 46540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17604]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Memorial Commission; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National 
Capital Memorial Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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 10 a.m., on Wednesday, July 
31, 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 
Memorial to President John Adams and his Legacy (Pub. L. 107-62, 
November 5, 2001).
    (2) Continuation of consideration of the 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.
    (3) Legislative Proposals introduced in the 107th Congress to 
establish memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs.

Other Business

    General matters and routine business.
    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, Secretary to the Commission, at (202) 619-
7097.

DATES: July 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Room 312, National Building Museum, 5th and F Streets, NW., 
Washington, D.C., 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Young, Secretary to the 
Commission, 202-619-7097.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established by Public Law 
99-652, the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et. seq), 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

    Dated: June 26, 2002.
Terry R. Carlstrom,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 02-17604 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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