Stan E. Lock
National Park Service
1100 Ohio Drive SW
Washington DC 20242
Dear Mr. Lock,
"Except in emergency situations a closure, designation, use or activity restriction or condition, or the termination ... which is of a nature, magnitude and duration that will result in a significant alteration in the public use pattern of the park area .... shall be published as rulemaking in the Federal Register." 36 CFR §1.5 (3)(b).
As preparations for this NATO birthday celebration have been in progress "for months," the proposed closure can hardly be considered an "emergency":
"The time has come, says Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), to have a 'national conversation' about the need to make federal architecture secure during perilous times and yet to keep it vital and open." See, enclosed article, "A Capital Under Security's Siege," Washington Post, Saturday, April 17, 1999; Page C1.
Sincerely,
W. Thomas
enclosures: Washington Post April 14, 1999 and April 17, 1999