94-17573. Underground Railroad Advisory Committee; Meeting

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

 

Underground Railroad Advisory Committee; Meeting

    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. that a meeting of the Underground Railroad 
Advisory Committee will be held in Washington, DC, at the Channel Inn 
located at 650 Water Street, SW. on August 17 and 18, 1994. The meeting 
will begin at 9 a.m. and will adjourn at approximately 4 p.m. both 
days.
    The Underground Railroad Advisory Committee was established by 
Public Law 101-628 to advise the Secretary of the Interior in 
preparation of a study of alternatives for commemorating and 
interpreting the Underground Railroad used by slaves escaping to 
freedom before the conclusion of the Civil War.
    This will be the fourth meeting of the Committee. The matters to be 
discussed at the meeting include:

--The study's progress by the National Park Service including the 
National Historic Landmark theme study and the working draft Special 
Resource Study;
--Committee comment on the expanded concepts for resource protection; 
interpretation and commemoration of the Underground Railroad;
--Schedule for the coming fiscal year;
--Development of the interpretive handbook.

    The meeting will be open to the public. However, space and 
facilities to accommodate members of the public are limited and people 
will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Anyone may 
file a written statement concerning the matters to be discussed at the 
committee meetings. For further information about the meeting or 
submitting statements, contact Mr. John Paige, Underground Railroad 
Study Team Captain, National Park Service, Denver Service Center-TEA, 
P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, telephone [phone].

    Dated: July 12, 1994.
Denis P. Galvin,
Associate Director, Planning and Development, Washington Office.
[FR Doc. 94-17573 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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