[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5069]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee: Meeting
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that a meeting of the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
will be held on May 3, 4, and 5, 1999, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The Committee will meet at the Town Center Hotel; telephone: 301/
589-5200, fax: 301/588-1841, located at 8727 Colesville Road in Silver
Spring, Maryland. Meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end no
later than 5:00 p.m. each day.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee was established by Public Law 101-601 to monitor, review, and
assist in implementation of the inventory and identification process
and repatriation activities required under the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act.
The agenda for this meeting will include: Federal compliance with
the statute; disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains;
and the status of national implementation.
The meeting will be open to the public. However, facilities and
space for accommodating members of the public are limited. Persons will
be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Persons wishing to
make a presentation to the committee should submit a request to do so
by April 5, 1999. Please clearly state what you would like to discuss,
how much time you estimate that you will need, and your contact
information. Any member of the public may also file a written statement
for consideration by the committee by April 16, 1999. Both written
requests and statements should be addressed to the committee in care of
the Departmental Consulting Archeologist.
A block of lodging rooms has been set aside at the Town Center
Hotel, at a significantly reduced rate. Reservations must be booked
with the hotel by April 10 to guarantee the reduced rate. Please
reference the National Park Service and mention that you are attending
the NAGPRA Review Committee Meeting.
Persons wishing further information concerning this meeting, or who
wish to submit written statements may contact Dr. Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, National Park Service, 1849 C St.
NW, NC340/MS 2275, Washington, DC 20240; telephone: (202) 343-4101.
Transcripts of the meeting will be available for public inspection
approximately eight weeks after the meeting at the office of the
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, 800 North Capitol St., NW, Suite
340, Washington, DC.
Dated: February 19, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-5069 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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