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Pursuant to 36 CFR 1.5 a(1) the National Mall & Memorial Parks is temporarily closing the theatre and museum of Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site on Friday, May 24, 2019 The closure is necessary to allow for more extensive preservation and maintenance projects to occur on site that normally would not be possible during regular operating hours. The closure will not adversely affect the park's natural, aesthetic or cultural values nor is it of a highly controversial nature. Accordingly, the National Park Service determines publication as rulemaking in the Federal Register is unwarranted Under 36 C.F.R. § l.5(c). This is consistent with hundreds of earlier partial and temporary park closures, the legal opinion of the Office of the Solicitor, and judicial adjudications. Accordingly, the National Park Service determines publication as rulemaking in the Federal Register is unwarranted Under 36 C.F.R. § l.5(c). Picciotto v. United States. No. 99-2113 (D.D.C.); Picciotto v. United States, No. 94-1935 (D.D.C.); Picciotto v. Lulan, No. 90-1261 (D.D.C.); Picciotto v. Hodel, No. 87-3290 (D.D.C.); Spiegel v. Babbitt, 855 F.Supp. 402 (D.D.C. 1994), affld in part w/o op. 56 F.3d 1531 (D.C. Cir. 1995). Pursuant to 36 C.F.R.§ 1.7, notice of this temporary closure will be made and posting of signs at conspicuous locations in the affected park areas. Finally, pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 1.5( c), this determination is available to the public upon request. Jeff Reinbold /s/ Acting Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks |
Last updated: May 14, 2019