E8-18103. Federal Register Notice; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY:

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

ACTION:

Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will meet on Friday, August 15, 2008. The meeting will be held in the New York/Illinois Room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at One St. Louis Union Station, St. Louis, MO at 9 a.m.

The ACHP was established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) to advise the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy and to comment upon Federal, federally assisted, and federally licensed undertakings having an effect upon properties listed in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The ACHP's members are the Architect of the Capitol; the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Defense, Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation; the Administrator of the General Services Administration; the Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; the President of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers; a Governor; a Mayor; a Native American; and eight non-Federal members appointed by the President.

The agenda for the meeting includes the following:

Call To Order—9 a.m.

I. Chairman's Welcome

II. Chairman's Award Presentation

III. Native American Activities

A. Native American Advisory Group

B. Native American Program Report

IV. Archaeology Task Force

A. Proposed Policy Statement on Archaeology and Heritage Tourism

V. Preserve America Program Implementation

A. Preserve America Stewards Initiative

B. Preserve America Communities and Grants

C. Preserve America Summit Implementation

D. Preserve America/Save America's Treasures Authorizing Legislation

VI. Preservation Initiatives Committee

A. Legislative Update

B. Heritage Tourism Activities

VII. Federal Agency Programs Committee

A. National Park Service Programmatic Agreement

B. Bureau of Land Management Nationwide Programmatic Agreement

C. Standard Treatments Update

D. Response to Midwest Floods

E. Section 106 Cases

VIII. Communications, Education, and Outreach Committee

A. ACHP Web Site Update

IX. Chairman's Report

A. ACHP Alumni Foundation

B. ACHP FY 2009 Budget Request

C. Results of Transition Planning Session

X. Executive Director's Report

XI. New Business

XII. Adjourn

Note: The meetings of the ACHP are open to the public. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 803, Washington, DC, 202-606-8503, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. For further information: Additional information concerning the meeting is available from the Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., #803, Washington, DC 20004.

Dated: August 1, 2008.

John Fowler,

Executive Director.