[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 58073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23373]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Capital Memorial Commission; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 Tuesday, 
September 24, 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

    Legislative proposals introduced in the 107th Congress to establish 
memorials in the District of Columbia and its environs:
    a. S. 281, as amended, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education 
Center (Title I), and the Commemorative Works Act Amendments (Title 
II).
    b. H.R. 2918, a bill to establish a Native American Memorial in the 
District of Columbia.
    c. H.R. 4964, a bill to establish a Slavery Memorial in the 
District of Columbia.
    d. H.R. 2982, as amended, a bill to establish a Terrorist Victims 
Memorial.

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: The Commission is scheduled to meet on September 24, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 312, National Building 
Museum, 5th and F Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20001.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to unintentional mis-routing of this 
notice during a National Park Service move, the notice could not be 
published at least 15 days prior to the meeting date. The National Park 
Service regrets this error, but is compelled to hold the meeting as 
scheduled because of the significant sacrifice re-scheduling would 
require of commission members who have adjusted their schedules to 
accommodate the proposed meeting date and the high level of 
anticipation by all parties who will be affected by the outcome of the 
commission's actions. Since the proposed meeting date has received 
widespread publicity 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 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: August 9, 2002.
P. Daniel Smith,
Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 02-23373 Filed 9-12-02; 8:45 am]
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