[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12324-12325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4847]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
National Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice that the Advisory 
Committee on the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 
will hold a meeting. Designated through an amendment to the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241), the trail consists of ``a series of 
water routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake 
Bay and its tributaries in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, 
and in the District of Columbia,'' tracing the 1607-1609 voyages of 
Captain John Smith to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake 
Bay. This meeting is open to the public. Preregistration is required 
for both public attendance and comment. Any individual who wishes to 
attend the meeting and/or participate in the public comment session 
should register via email at [email protected] or telephone: 
(757) 258-8914. For those wishing to make comments, please provide a 
written summary of your comments prior to the meeting. The Designated 
Federal Official for the Advisory Council is John Maounis, 
Superintendent, Captain John Smith National Historic Trail, telephone: 
(410) 260-2471.

DATES: The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 
Advisory Council will meet from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 
March 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Accokeek Foundation's 
Education Center at Piscataway Park and National Colonial Farm, 3400 
Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD 20607. For more information, please 
contact the NPS Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 314, 
Annapolis, MD 21403.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lucero, Partnership 
Coordinator for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic 
Trail, telephone: (757) 258-8914 or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this notice announces a meeting 
of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory 
Council for the purpose of discussing a land protection strategy and to 
update the Council on implementation projects.
    The Committee meeting is open to the public. Members of the public 
who would like to make comments to the Committee should preregister via 
email at [email protected] or telephone: (757) 258-8914; a 
written summary of comments should be provided prior to the meeting. 
Comments will be taken for 30 minutes at the end of the meeting (from 4 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Before including your address, telephone number, 
email address, or other personal indentifying information in your 
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your 
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identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so. All comments will be made part of the public 
record and will be electronically distributed to all Committee members.

    Dated: February 23, 2012.
John Maounis,
Superintendent, Captain John Smith National Historic Trail, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2012-4847 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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