E9-4258. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Alabama Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a meeting of the Alabama Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. at Troy University Montgomery Whitley Conference Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a community forum on the “Civil Rights Implications of Alabama's Eminent Domain Policies and Practices.”

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or to present their comments at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Farella E. Robinson, Regional Director, Central Regional Office, at [phone] or by e-mail to [e-mail].

Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, February 24, 2009.

Christopher Byrnes,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.