[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 163 (Thursday, August 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47657-47658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18329]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NERO-GATE-31812; PPNEGATEB0, PPMVSCS1Z.Y00000]


Request for Nominations for the Gateway National Recreation Area 
Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of the 
Interior, is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as 
members of the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st 
Century Advisory Committee (Committee).

DATES: Written nominations must be received by October 25, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Daphne Yun, U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, 
Office of the Superintendent, 210 New York Avenue, Staten Island, New 
York 10305, or email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daphne Yun, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, 
Sandy Hook Unit, 26 Hudson Road, Highlands, New Jersey 07732, or email 
at [email protected], or telephone at (732) 872-5908.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established by authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior under 54 U.S.C. 100906, and in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 
2). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of the 
Interior, through the Director of the NPS, on the development of a 
reuse plan and on matters relating to future uses of certain buildings 
at the Fort Hancock Historic District, located within the Sandy Hook 
Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey.
    The Committee consists of representatives from among, but not 
limited to, the following interest groups to represent a range of 
interests concerned with the management of Fort Hancock within the park 
and its impact on the local area: The natural resource community, the 
business community, the cultural resource community, the real estate 
community, the recreation community, the education community, the 
scientific community, and hospitality organizations. The Committee will 
also include representatives from the following municipalities: Borough 
of Highlands, Borough of Sea Bright, Borough of Rumson, Middletown 
Township, Monmouth County Freeholders, and Borough of Monmouth Beach.
    We are currently seeking members to represent all categories.
    Nominations should be typed and should include a resume providing 
an adequate description of the nominee's qualifications, including 
information that would enable the Department of the Interior to make an 
informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the 
Committee and permit the Department to contact a potential member. All 
documentation, including letters of recommendation, must be compiled 
and submitted in one complete package. All those interested in 
membership, including current members whose terms are expiring, must 
follow the same nomination process. Members may not appoint deputies or 
alternates.
    Members of the Committee serve without compensation. However, while 
away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance 
of services for the Committee as approved by the NPS, members may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government 
service are allowed such expenses under section 5703 of title 5 of the 
United States Code.

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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-18329 Filed 8-25-21; 8:45 am]
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