[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23325]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Capital Region; National Capital Memorial Commission;
Notice of Public Meeting
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act that a meeting of the National Capital Memorial
Commission will be held on Tuesday September 23, 1997, at 1:30, at the
National Building Museum, Room 312, 5th and F Streets, NW.
The Commission was established by Pub. L. 99-652, the Commemorative
Works Act, for the purpose of preparing and recommending to the
Secretary of the Interior; Administrator, General Services
Administration; and Members of Congress broad criteria, guidelines, and
policies for memorializing persons and events on Federal lands in the
National Capital Region (as defined in the National Capital Planning
Act of 1952, as amended), through the media of monuments, memorials and
statutes. It is to examine each memorial proposal for adequacy and
appropriateness, make recommendations to the Secretary and
Administrator, and to serve as information focal point for those
persons seeking to erect memorials on Federal land in the National
Capital Region.
The members of the Commission are as follows:
Director, National Park Service
Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
The Architect of the Capitol
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Administrator, General Services Administration
Secretary of Defense
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss currently authorized
and proposed memorials in the District of Columbia and environs.
The meeting will be open to the public. Any person may file with
the Commission a written statement concerning the matters to be
discussed. Persons who wish to file a written statement or testify at
the meeting or who want further information concerning the meeting may
contact the Commission at (202)619-7097. Minutes of the meeting will be
available for public inspection 4 weeks after the meeting at the Office
of Stewardship and Partnerships, National Capital Support Office, 1100
Ohio Drive, SW., Room 220, Washington, D.C., 20242.
Dated: August 25, 1997.
Joseph M. Mawler,
Acting Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 97-23325 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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