[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 62 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 15066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7455]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on May 5-6, 
2009, at the El Paso Marriott, 1600 Airway Boulevard, El Paso, Texas. 
On May 5, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m. and on 
May 6, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits.
    On May 5, the Committee will receive updates on National Cemetery 
Administration issues. On May 6, the Committee will tour Fort Bliss 
National Cemetery, located at 5200 Fred Wilson Boulevard, El Paso, 
Texas, and then reconvene at the hotel for a business session in the 
afternoon. The May 6 session will include discussions of Committee 
recommendations, future meeting sites, and potential agenda topics at 
future meetings.
    Time will not be allocated for receiving oral presentations from 
the public.
    Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting should 
contact Mr. Michael Nacincik, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-
6240. The Committee will accept written comments. Comments may be 
transmitted electronically to the Committee at [email protected], or 
mailed to the National Cemetery Administration (41C2), 810 Vermont 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. In the public's communications with 
the Committee, the writers must identify themselves and state the 
organizations, associations, or persons they represent.

    Dated: March 27, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E9-7455 Filed 4-1-09; 8:45 am]
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