[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59368-59369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23436]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NERO-CAJO-STSP-14078; PPNECAJO00, PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000]


Notice of Joint Meeting for Captain John Smith Chesapeake 
National Historic Trail Advisory Council and Star-Spangled Banner 
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 
Councils for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 
and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail will hold a joint 
meeting. Designated through amendments to the National Trails System 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 to 1251, as amended), the Captain John Smith 
Chesapeake National Historic Trail consists of ``a series of water 
routes

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extending approximately 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the 
tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay 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. The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 
consists of ``water and overland routes totaling approximately 290 
miles, extending from Tangier Island, Virginia, through southern 
Maryland, the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, in the 
Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Potomac River, and north to the 
Patapsco River, and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the Chesapeake 
Campaign of the War of 1812 (including the British invasion of 
Washington, District of Columbia, and its associated feints, and the 
Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814).''
    This meeting is open to the public. Preregistration is required for 
both public attendance and comment. Any individual who wishes to attend 
the meeting, participate in, and/or file a comment for the public 
comment session should register via email to [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 Captain John Smith Chesapeake 
National Historic Trail Advisory Council is Jonathan Doherty, Acting 
Superintendent, telephone (410) 260-2477. The Designated Federal 
Official for the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Advisory 
Council is Suzanne Copping, Program Manager, telephone (410) 260-2476.

DATES: The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 
Advisory Council and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 
Advisory Council will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, 
October 7, 2013 (EASTERN).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the American 
Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lucero, Partnership 
Coordinator, 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 joint 
meeting of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 
Advisory Council and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 
Advisory Council for the purpose of discussing segment planning along 
the Potomac River and to update the Councils on implementation 
projects.
    Comments will be taken for 30 minutes at the end of the meeting 
(from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 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 personal 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 
Council members.

Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-23436 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
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