[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 80453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32471]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
and to Hold Public Scoping Meetings for the Star Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Study.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement and hold public scoping meetings for the Star Spangled 
Banner National Historic Trail Study.
    Public Law 106-135 authorizes the Star-Spangled Banner National 
Historic Trail Study to determine the suitability and desirability of 
designating as a national historic trail the route of the 1812 British 
invasion of Maryland and Washington, DC, and of the American defense. 
The proposed trail traces: the arrival of the British fleet in the 
Patuxent River; the landing of British forces at Benedict; the sinking 
of the Chesapeake Flotilla at Pig Point in Price George's County and 
Anne Arundel County, Maryland; the American defeat at the Battle of 
Bladensburg; the siege of the Nation's Capital; the British naval 
diversions in the upper Chesapeake Bay leading to the Battle of Caulk's 
Field in Kent County, Maryland; and, the route of the American troops 
from Washington through Georgetown, the Maryland Counties of 
Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore, Americans at Fort McHenry on 
September 14, 1814.
    Three public meetings will be held in January 2001 to discuss the 
Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study being undertaken by 
the National Park Service and to conduct scoping for an associated 
Environmental Impact Statement. Public Law 106-135 authorizes the study 
of a proposed trail following the route of the 1814 British invasion up 
the Patuxent River to Washington, DC, and their defeat at Baltimore, 
MD. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 6-8 
pm, Ft. Henry Visitor Center, Auditorium, Baltimore, MD. The second 
meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2001, 5-7 pm. HNTB 
Offices, 421 7th St., NW., Washington, DC. The third meeting will be 
held form 6:30-8:30 pm, Calvert County Public Library, Prince 
Frederick, MD.
    For more information look at www.nps.gov/chal/sp/ or contact 
William Sharp, Planner, National Park Service, 200 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-597-1655, [email protected].

    Dated: December 7, 2000.
Dale Ditmanson,
Acting Northeast Region Director.
[FR Doc. 00-32471 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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