83_FR_22607 83 FR 22513 - Request for Nominations for the 400 Years of African-American History Commission

83 FR 22513 - Request for Nominations for the 400 Years of African-American History Commission

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 94 (May 15, 2018)

Page Range22513-22513
FR Document2018-10269

The National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the Commission.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 22513]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10269]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-D-COS-POL-25012; PPWODIREP0] [PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000]


Request for Nominations for the 400 Years of African-American 
History Commission

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of the 
Interior is requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as 
members of the Commission.

DATES: Nominations must be received by June 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Christine Lucero, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, P.O. Box 210, 
Yorktown, Virginia 23690; or email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lucero, U.S. Department of 
the Interior, National Park Service, P.O. Box 210, Yorktown, Virginia 
23690, or via email at [email protected], or via telephone at 
(757) 856-1213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 400 Years of African-American History 
Commission was established by section 3 of Public Law 115-102. The 
purpose of the Commission is to develop and carry out activities 
throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of 
the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the English colonies at 
Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619, at what is now Fort Monroe National 
Monument.
    The Commission shall be composed of 15 members, of whom (A) 3 
members shall be appointed by the Secretary after considering 
recommendations of Governors, including the Governor of Virginia; (B) 6 
members shall be appointed by the Secretary after considering 
recommendations of civil rights organizations and historical 
organizations; (C) 1 member shall be an employee of the National Park 
Service having experience relative to the historical and cultural 
resources related to the commemoration, to be appointed by the 
Secretary; (D) 2 members shall be appointed by the Secretary after 
considering the recommendations of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution; and (E) 3 members shall be individuals who have an 
interest in, support for, and expertise appropriate to the 
commemoration, appointed by the Secretary after considering the 
recommendations of Members of Congress.
    We are currently seeking members to represent all categories. The 
Commission will elect the chairperson. In addition to the primary 
members, alternates may be appointed to the Commission.
    Nominations should be typed and should include a resume providing 
an adequate description of the nominee's qualifications, including 
information that would enable the Department of the Interior to make an 
informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the 
Commission and permit the Department to contact a potential member. All 
documentation, including letters of recommendation, must be compiled 
and submitted in one complete package.
    Members of the Commission will serve as special Government 
employees and be required on an annual basis to complete ethics 
training and file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Members 
of the Commission serve without compensation. However, while away from 
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of 
services for the Commission as approved by the NPS, members may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government 
service are allowed such expenses under section 5703 of title 5 of the 
United States Code.
    Public Disclosure of Information: Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
with your nomination, you should be aware that your entire nomination--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your nomination to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Authority: Public Law 115-102.

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-10269 Filed 5-14-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 15, 2018 / Notices 22513 not be considered. A written statement via email at christine_lucero@nps.gov, approved by the NPS, members may be of reasons in support of a protest, if not or via telephone at (757) 856–1213. allowed travel expenses, including per filed with the notice of protest, must be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 400 diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same filed with the State Director within 30 Years of African-American History manner as persons employed calendar days after the notice of protest Commission was established by section intermittently in Government service is filed. If a notice of protest against a 3 of Public Law 115–102. The purpose are allowed such expenses under plat of survey is received prior to the of the Commission is to develop and section 5703 of title 5 of the United scheduled date of official filing, the carry out activities throughout the States Code. official filing of the plat of survey United States to commemorate the Public Disclosure of Information: identified in the notice of protest will be 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Before including your address, phone stayed pending consideration of the first enslaved Africans to the English number, email address, or other protest. A plat of survey will not be colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in personal identifying information with officially filed until the next business 1619, at what is now Fort Monroe your nomination, you should be aware day following dismissal or resolution of National Monument. that your entire nomination—including all protests of the plat. The Commission shall be composed your personal identifying information— Before including your address, phone of 15 members, of whom (A) 3 members may be made publicly available at any number, email address, or other shall be appointed by the Secretary after time. While you can ask us in your personal identifying information in your considering recommendations of nomination to withhold your personal protest, you should be aware that your Governors, including the Governor of identifying information from public entire protest—including your personal Virginia; (B) 6 members shall be review, we cannot guarantee that we identifying information—may be made appointed by the Secretary after will be able to do so. publicly available at any time. While considering recommendations of civil Authority: Public Law 115–102. you can ask us to withhold your rights organizations and historical personal identifying information from Alma Ripps, organizations; (C) 1 member shall be an public review, we cannot guarantee that employee of the National Park Service Chief, Office of Policy. we will be able to do so. having experience relative to the [FR Doc. 2018–10269 Filed 5–14–18; 8:45 am] Copies of the preceding described historical and cultural resources related BILLING CODE 4312–52–P plats and field notes are available to the to the commemoration, to be appointed public at a cost of $4.20 per plat and by the Secretary; (D) 2 members shall be $.13 per page of field notes. appointed by the Secretary after DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Dated: May 9, 2018. considering the recommendations of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Sonja S. Sparks, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of and (E) 3 members shall be individuals Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Support Services. who have an interest in, support for, and Gas Lease Sales [FR Doc. 2018–10307 Filed 5–14–18; 8:45 am] and expertise appropriate to the commemoration, appointed by the AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy BILLING CODE 4310–22–P Secretary after considering the Management, Interior. recommendations of Members of ACTION: List of Restricted Joint Bidders. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Congress. We are currently seeking members to SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bureau of National Park Service represent all categories. The Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Commission will elect the chairperson. regulatory restrictions on joint bidding, [NPS–WASO–D–COS–POL–25012; In addition to the primary members, the Director of the BOEM is publishing PPWODIREP0] [PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000] alternates may be appointed to the a List of Restricted Joint Bidders. Each Commission. entity within one of the following Request for Nominations for the 400 Nominations should be typed and groups is restricted from bidding with Years of African-American History should include a resume providing an any entity in any of the other following Commission adequate description of the nominee’s groups at Outer Continental Shelf oil qualifications, including information and gas lease sales to be held during the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. that would enable the Department of the bidding period May 1, 2018, through ACTION: Request for nominations. October 31, 2018. Interior to make an informed decision SUMMARY: The National Park Service regarding meeting the membership DATES: This List of Restricted Joint (NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior is requirements of the Commission and Bidders will cover the period May 1, requesting nominations for qualified permit the Department to contact a 2018, through October 31, 2018, and persons to serve as members of the potential member. All documentation, replace the prior list published on Commission. including letters of recommendation, November 14, 2017 (82 FR 52743), must be compiled and submitted in one which covered the period of November DATES: Nominations must be received complete package. 1, 2017, through April 30, 2018. by June 14, 2018. 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Document Created: 2018-05-15 00:33:19
Document Modified: 2018-05-15 00:33:19
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for nominations.
DatesNominations must be received by June 14, 2018.
ContactChristine Lucero, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, P.O. Box 210, Yorktown, Virginia 23690, or via email at [email protected], or via telephone at (757) 856-1213.
FR Citation83 FR 22513 
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