05-6516. National Park System Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, that the National Park System Advisory Board will meet April 15-16, 2005, in Cathedral City, California. On April 15, the Board will tour Joshua Tree National Park and will be briefed regarding environmental, education and partnership programs. The Board will convene its business meeting on April 16 at 8:30 a.m., EST, in the Vista Room of the Doral Vista Desert Princess Resort-Palm Springs, 67967 Vista Chino, Cathedral City, California, telephone [phone]. The meeting will be adjourned at 2:30 p.m. The Board will be addressed by National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; and will receive the reports of its Partnerships Committee, Health and Recreation Committee, National Parks Science Committee, and Committee on Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit.

Other officials of the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior may address the Board, and other miscellaneous topics and reports may be covered. The order of the agenda may be changed, if necessary, to accommodate travel schedules or for other reasons.

The Board meeting will be open to the public. Space and facilities to accommodate the public are limited and attendees will be accommodated on a first-come basis. Anyone may file with the Board a written statement concerning matters to be discussed. The Board also may permit attendees to address the Board, but may restrict the length of the presentations, as necessary to allow the Board to complete its agenda within the allotted time.

Anyone who wishes further information concerning the meeting, or who wishes to submit a written statement, may contact Mr. Loran Fraser, Office of Policy, National Park Service; 1849 C Street, NW., Room 7250; Washington, DC 20240; telephone [phone].

Draft minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection about 12 weeks after the meeting, in room 7252, Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Dated: March 18, 2005.

Loran Fraser,

Chief, Office of Policy.