[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1182-1183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00224]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-D-COS-POL-33139; PPWODIREP0; PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000]


Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names 
Establishment; Request for Nominations

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) is 
establishing and seeking nominations for the Advisory Committee on 
Reconciliation in Place Names (Committee). The Committee will identify 
geographic names and Federal land unit names that are considered 
derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement names.

DATES: Nominations for the Committee must be submitted by February 24, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed to Joshua Winchell, Office of 
Policy, National Park Service, at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, telephone number 202-
641-4467, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee is established under the 
authority of the Secretary and regulated by the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2). The Committee's 
duties are strictly advisory and consist of providing recommendations 
for implementation of Secretary's Order No. 3405--Addressing Derogatory 
Geographic Names.
    Duties shall include, but are not limited to (1) recommending to 
the Secretary changes to existing Federal land unit names and 
additional terms that may be considered derogatory and identifying 
resources required to implement any resulting name changes; (2) 
recommending to the Secretary a process to solicit, encourage, and 
assist proposals to change derogatory geographic names; and (3) 
soliciting proposals to replace derogatory geographic features and 
Federal land unit names from Indian Tribes, appropriate State and local 
governments, affected Federal agencies and departments, and members of 
the public.
    The term ``Federal land unit'' includes (1) National Forest System 
land; (2) a unit of the National Park System; (3) a component of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System; (4) any part of the National 
Landscape Conservation System; and (5) a unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System.
    The Committee will meet approximately two to four times per year. 
The Committee will consist of no more than 17 discretionary members to 
be appointed by the Secretary of whom, to the extent practicable:
    1. At least four will be members of an Indian Tribe;
    2. At least one will represent a Tribal organization;
    3. At least one will represent a Native Hawaiian organization;
    4. At least four will have backgrounds in civil rights or race 
relations;
    5. At least four will have expertise in anthropology, cultural 
studies, geography, or history; and
    6. At least three will represent the general public.
    Appointments will be on a staggered term basis for a term not to 
exceed 3 years.
    Nominations must include a resume providing an adequate description 
of the nominee's qualifications, including information that would 
enable the Department to make an informed decision regarding meeting 
the membership requirements of the Committee and permit the Department 
to contact a potential member.
    Members who are appointed to the Committee in their official 
capacity as Federal employees are subject to applicable Federal ethics 
statutes and regulations, to include applicable exceptions and 
exemptions.
    Members of the Committee appointed as special Government employees 
(SGEs) are subject to applicable Federal ethics statutes and 
regulations, to include applicable exceptions and exemptions. 
Additionally, SGE

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members are required, prior to appointment and annually thereafter, to 
file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. SGE members are also 
required to receive initial ethics training prior to performing any 
Committee duties and to receive annual ethics training thereafter. The 
Department will provide materials to those members serving as SGEs, 
explaining their ethical obligations.
    Non-Federal members of the Committee and subcommittees appointed as 
representatives are not subject to Federal ethics statutes and 
regulations. However, no non-Federal Committee or subcommittee members 
will participate in any Committee or subcommittee deliberations or 
votes relating to a specific party matter before the Department or its 
bureaus and offices including a lease, license, permit, contract, 
grant, claim, agreement, or litigation, in which the member or the 
entity the member represents has a direct financial interest.
    Members 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 Designated Federal Officer, members 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence.
    In addition, the Committee will have ex-officio members including, 
but not limited to a Department of the Interior representative; a 
Department of Agriculture representative; a Department of Defense 
representative; and a Department of Commerce representative.
    Public Disclosure of Information: Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
with your nomination, you should be aware that your entire nomination--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your nomination to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Certification Statement: I hereby certify that the Advisory 
Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names is necessary, in the public 
interest, and is in connection with the performance of duties imposed 
on the Department of the Interior and in furtherance of the National 
Park Service Organic Act (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.), the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a), the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd), and other Acts 
applicable to specific bureaus.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2.

    Dated: December 28, 2021.
Deb Haaland,
Secretary, Department of the Interior.
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