Federal Register, Volume 61 Issue 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6626]



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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

36 CFR Chapter IX


Transfer of Responsibilities and Effectiveness of PADC 
Regulations After PADC Termination

AGENCIES: Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; General Services 
Administration; National Capital Planning Commission; National Park 
Service.

ACTION: Notification of transfer of responsibilities and status of 
regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) is 
issuing this document to inform the public of the transfer of its 
responsibilities to successor agencies and of the effectiveness of the 
PADC's regulations after PADC's termination. In accordance with Pub. L. 
104-99, PADC will terminate on April 1, 1996, and the General Services 
Administration (GSA), the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), 
and the National Park Service (NPS) will succeed PADC for any remaining 
actions and will be responsible for managing any remaining assets and 
liabilities of PADC. Congress included a provision preserving the 
effectiveness of PADC's regulations until such time as they are 
suspended by GSA. PADC is publishing this document to inform the public 
that, when GSA, NCPC, and NPS assume responsibility for PADC's 
functions at termination, PADC's regulations generally will continue to 
govern the successor agencies' performance of these functions for 
occurrences that arise post-termination.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeleine B. Schaller, General 
Counsel, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, Suite 1220 North, 
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004, (202) 724-9084.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. General Rule

    Pub. L. 104-99 provides that PADC will terminate as of April 1, 
1996. At that time, GSA, NCPC, and NPS will succeed PADC for any 
remaining actions and will be responsible for managing any remaining 
PADC assets and liabilities, in accordance with Pub. L. 104-99. 
Congress included a provision preserving the effectiveness of PADC's 
regulations, 36 CFR Chapter IX, until the regulations are suspended by 
GSA. Therefore, after PADC terminates on April 1, 1996, and its 
functions are transferred to GSA, NCPC, and NPS, PADC's regulations 
relating to the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 
(40 USC 971) and the Federal Triangle Development Act (40 USC 1101-
1109) as contained in 36 CFR Chapter IX (July 1, 1995, edition) 
generally will continue to govern GSA's, NCPC's, or NPS's performance 
of such functions in dealing with occurrences that arise post-
termination until such time as the regulations are suspended by GSA.
    The termination of PADC does not affect rights or obligations of 
PADC or third parties that have arisen under PADC's regulations prior 
to PADC's termination.

B. General Division of Responsibilities

1. The Federal Triangle Project

    The Federal Triangle Project will continue to be administered by 
GSA. Contact Person: Lester M. Hunkele, III, Project Executive, General 
Services Administration, Suite 1220 North, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004, (202) 724-9073.

2. Maintenance and Use of Public Spaces

    Contact Person: Arnold Goldstein, Superintendent, National Capital 
Parks Central, 900 Ohio Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20242, (202) 485-
9880.

3. Square Development

    Contact Person: Judith Binder, Senior Asset Manager (WPT), Room 
7618, GSA Regional Office Building, 7th and D Streets, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20407, (202) 708-8174.

4. Compliance With the Pennsylvania Avenue Plan

    Sandra H. Shapiro, General Counsel, National Capital Planning 
Commission, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 
20576, (202) 724-0187.

    By order of the Executive Director.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 14th day of March 1996.
Diane G. Smith,
Secretary, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.

    The following note is added to 36 CFR chapter IX:

    Note: Public Law 104-99, which incorporated the terms of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (H.R. 1977), as passed by the House of Representatives on 
December 13, 1995, provides that the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
Corporation terminates as of April 1, 1996. H.R. 1977 provides that 
``any regulations prescribed by the [Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development] Corporation in connection with the Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the 
Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) shall 
continue in effect until suspended by regulations prescribed by the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration.'' Accordingly, 
the authority to administer the regulations in 36 CFR Chapter IX is 
transferred to the General Services Administration. See the 
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation document, ``Transfer of 
Responsibilities and Effectiveness of PADC Regulations After PADC 
Termination'', published at 61 FR ______, March 20, 1996.

[FR Doc. 96-6626 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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