[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89724-89725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28708]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NERO-CEBE-36799; PPNECEBE00, PPMPSPD1Z.Y00000]


Request for Nominations for the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove 
National Historical Park Advisory Commission

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 on the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park 
Advisory Commission (Commission).

DATES: Written nominations must be received by January 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Nominations or requests for further information should be 
sent to Karen Beck-Herzog, Site Manager, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove 
National Historical Park, P.O. Box 700, Middletown, Virginia 22645, or 
via email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Beck-Herzog, via telephone (540) 
868-0938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission was established in accordance 
with the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Act of 
2002 (16 U.S.C. 410iii-7). The Commission was designated by Congress to 
provide advice to the Secretary of the Interior on the preparation and 
implementation of the park's general management plan and in the 
identification of sites of significance outside the park boundary.
    The Commission consists of 15 members appointed by the Secretary, 
as follows:
    (a) 1 representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia; (b) 1 
representative each from the local governments of Strasburg, 
Middletown, Frederick County, Shenandoah County, and Warren County; (c) 
2 representatives of private landowners within the Park; (d) 1 
representative from a citizen interest group; (e) 1 representative from 
the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation; (f) 1 representative from the 
Belle Grove, Incorporated; (g) 1 representative from the National Trust 
for Historic Preservation; (h) 1 representative from the Shenandoah 
Valley Battlefields Foundation; (i) 1 ex-officio representative from 
the National Park Service; and (j) 1 ex-officio representative from the 
United States Forest Service. Alternate members may be appointed to the 
Commission.
    We are currently seeking primary and alternate members to represent 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields 
Foundation, the American Battlefield Trust, the Town of Strasburg, the 
Town of Middletown, Warren County, and private landowners within the 
Park.
    Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years and may be 
reappointed for not more than two successive terms. A member may serve 
after the expiration of that member's term until a successor has been 
appointed. The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by the 
members to serve a term of one-year renewable for one additional year.
    Nominations should be typed and should include a resume providing 
an adequate description of the nominee's

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qualifications, including information that would enable the Department 
of the Interior to make an informed decision regarding meeting the 
membership requirements of the Commission and permit the Department to 
contact a potential member.
    Members of the Commission serve without compensation. However, 
while away from their homes or regular places of business in the 
performance of services for the Commission 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 5 U.S.C. 5703.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10)

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-28708 Filed 12-27-23; 8:45 am]
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