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     [Federal Register: March 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 40)]

     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

     National Park Service

     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee:
     Meeting

     AGENCY: National Park Service

     ACTION: Notice

     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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