[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 23333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09090]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that a meeting of the 
Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials will be held on May 7-8, 
2013, in Winchester B Meeting Room at the Holiday Inn Saint Louis-South 
I-55, 4234 Butler Hill, St. Louis, MO, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on the administration of national cemeteries, soldiers' lots 
and plots, the selection of new national cemetery sites, the erection 
of appropriate memorials, and the adequacy of Federal burial benefits.
    On May 7, the Committee will receive updates on National Cemetery 
Administrations issues. On the morning of May 8, the Committee will 
tour the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. 
Louis, MO. In the afternoon, the Committee will reconvene at the 
Conference Center and discuss Committee recommendations, future meeting 
sites, and potential agenda topics at future meetings.
    Time will be allocated for receiving public comments at 1 p.m. on 
both days. Public comments will be limited to three minutes each. 
Individuals wishing to make oral statements before the Committee will 
be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Individuals who 
speak are invited to submit 1-2 page summaries of their comments at the 
time of the meeting for inclusion in the official meeting record.
    Members of the public may direct questions or submit written 
statements for review by the Committee in advance of the meeting to Mr. 
Michael Nacincik, Designated Federal Officer, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (43A2), 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, or by email at [email protected]. In the 
public's communications with the Committee, the writers must identify 
themselves and state the organizations, associations, or persons they 
represent. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting 
should contact Mr. Nacincik at (202) 632-8035.

    Dated: April 12, 2013.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-09090 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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