[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63298-63299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21821]


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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


Application by the Libyan Government To Improve the Libyan 
Embassy

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION: Notice of application to the National Capital Planning 
Commission and public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC or Commission) 
hereby gives notice of its intent to review and either not disapprove, 
or alternatively, to disapprove an application from the Libyan 
Government to improve the chancery of the State of Libya located at 
1460 Dahlia

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Street NW, in the Foreign Missions Center (FMC).

DATES: The application will be reviewed at the Commission's November 
meeting to be held on November 5, 2020. At the meeting, the public will 
be able to comment on the proposed application. The meeting will begin 
at 1 p.m. Parties wishing to speak must register at www.ncpc.gov/review/meeting/ by not later than 12 p.m. on November 4, 2020. Comments 
must be addressed solely to the six criteria by which NCPC must 
evaluate the application. These criteria are listed in this notice 
under Supplementary Information.

ADDRESSES: Written public comments on the draft may be submitted 
electronically (preferred method) or by U.S. Mail as follows:
    1. U.S. mail, courier, or hand delivery: National Capital Planning 
Commission, Attention: Office of Public Engagement, 401 9th Street NW, 
Suite 500N, Washington, DC 20004.
    2. Electronically: Comments may be posted on-line at https://www.ncpc.gov/participate/notices/8211/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlton Hart at (202) 482-7252 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, 2017, NCPC and the United 
States Department of State, Office of Foreign Missions (OFM), entered 
into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) addressing how applications for 
the location, replacement or expansion of chanceries at the Foreign 
Missions Center (FMC) would be reviewed. The FMC consists of 
approximately 30 acres of federally owned property at the former Walter 
Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, DC. In the MOA, 
the parties granted NCPC sole authority to review applications for the 
location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries at the FMC. The MOA 
requires NCPC's review to undergo notice and comment, and it precludes 
conducting the review as a formal adjudicatory proceeding. It also 
requires NCPC to either not disapprove or, alternatively, disapprove 
the application based on the application of six criteria contained in 
the Foreign Missions Act (FMA). Those criteria include:
     The international obligation of the United States to 
facilitate provision of adequate and secure facilities for the foreign 
mission in the nation's capital;
     substantial compliance with Federal regulations governing 
historic preservation shall be required with respect to new 
construction, demolition, or alteration to historic landmarks to ensure 
compatibility with historic landmarks and districts;
     the adequacy of off-street parking or other parking and 
the extent to which the area will be served by public transportation to 
reduce parking requirements, subject to such special security 
requirements as may be determined by the Secretary of State 
(Secretary), after consultation with Federal agencies authorized to 
perform protective services;
     the extent to which the area is capable of being 
adequately protected, as determined by the Secretary, after 
consultation with Federal agencies authorized to perform protective 
services;
     the municipal interest, as determined by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia; and
     the Federal interest, as determined by the Secretary.
    In addition to this notice, NCPC will publish a Tentative Agenda 
for the November 5, 2020 meeting on October 16, 2020 and a final agenda 
on October 30, 2020. These documents may be found on-line at https://www.ncpc.gov/review/agenda/.
    Authority: 22 U.S.C. 4306; Memorandum of Agreement by and among the 
National Capital Planning Commission and the United States Department 
of State, Office of Foreign Missions, February 27, 2017.

    Dated: September 29, 2020.
Anne R. Schuyler,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-21821 Filed 10-6-20; 8:45 am]
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