[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45628-45629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20612]


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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


Submission Guidelines

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC or Commission) 
hereby adopts new Submission Guidelines.

DATES: The Submission Guidelines are adopted as of October 30, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Flis, Senior Urban Designer at 
(202) 482-7236 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Background

    Federal and non-Federal agency applicants whose development 
proposals are subject to statutorily-mandated Commission plan and 
project review must submit their proposals to the Commission following 
a process laid out in the Submission Guidelines. The Submission 
Guidelines describe the content of submissions, the submission stages, 
and the coordination and review process governing submissions.
    The new Submission Guidelines accomplish three primary objectives: 
(1) Create clear, accessible, and efficient guidelines that are 
responsive to applicant needs; (2) Align NCPC's review stages and 
National Environmental Policy Act requirements with those of applicant 
agencies to save time and resources in the planning process; and (3) 
Allow staff to exempt from Commission review certain minor projects 
based on specific criteria where there is no federal interest. The new 
Submission Guidelines are posted on NCPC's Web site at https://www.ncpc.gov/initiatives/subnepa.html.

II. Summary of and Response to Comments

    NCPC published a notice of availability; request for comment; and 
notice of public meetings for its revised Submission Guidelines in the 
Federal Register on May 26, 2017. The notice announced, among others, a 
45-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on July 
10, 2017. A summary of the comments received and NCPC's response 
thereto can be found in Appendix A of the Executive Director's 
Recommendation (EDR) for NCPC file No. 7744 dated September 7, 2017. 
The subject EDR is located on NCPC's Web site at https://www.ncpc.gov/docs/actions/2017September/NCPC_Submission_Guidelines_Recommendation_7744_Sept2017.pdf.

    Authority: 40 U.S.C. 8721(e)(2) and 8722(a).


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    Dated: September 21, 2017.
Anne R. Schuyler,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-20612 Filed 9-28-17; 8:45 am]
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