[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58409-58410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15841]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SERO-NCPTT-37830; PPWOCRADS2, PCU00PT14.GT0000]


Request for Nominations for the Preservation Technology and 
Training Board

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 Preservation Technology and Training Board (Board).

DATES: Written nominations must be postmarked by August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Kirk A. Cordell, Executive 
Director, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 
National Park Service, 645 University Parkway, Natchitoches, Louisiana 
71457, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk A. Cordell, via telephone (318) 
356-7444. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, 
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established within the Department of the 
Interior, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training 
(Center) is located at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 
Natchitoches, Louisiana. Title IV, section 404 of Public Law 102-575, 
October 30, 1992,

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established the Board to provide advice and professional oversight to 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Center regarding the activities 
of the Center and to submit an annual report to the President and the 
Congress.
    The Board is comprised of 13 members appointed for 4-year terms, as 
follows: (a) one member serving as the Secretary's designee; (b) six 
members who represent appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, 
State and local historic preservation commissions, and other public and 
international organizations; and (c) six members on the basis of 
outstanding professional qualifications who represent major 
organizations in the fields of archeology, architecture, conservation, 
curation, engineering, history, historic preservation, landscape 
architecture, planning, or preservation education.
    We are currently seeking members in categories (b) and (c). 
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 
Board 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 nomination process. Members may not appoint deputies or 
alternates.
    Members of the Board serve without compensation. However, while 
away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance 
of services for the Board 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. 2024-15841 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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