[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9688]


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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


Review of a Mixed-Use Waterfront Destination Resort in Prince 
George County, MD; Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has prepared a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the construction and 
operation of the proposed National Harbor project in accordance with 
section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), and the 
Environmental Policies and Procedures implemented by NCPC. As the lead 
federal agency for the preparation and completion of the draft and 
final EIS, NCPC announces the availability of the FEIS on April 20, 
1999.

DATES: Written comments on the FEIS may be submitted until close of 
business on May 24, 1999.

ADDRESSES: All such comments should be addressed to: National Capital 
Planning Commission, Attention: Eugene Keller, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20576.
    Comments may also be sent by e-mail to [email protected]. Faxes may 
be sent to (202) 482-7272. All comments will be fully considered when 
the Commission reviews the project at a later date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Keller, Environmental Officer, 
National Capital Planning Commission, (202) 482-7251 or Sandra Shapiro, 
General Counsel, National Capital Planning Commission, (202) 482-7223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Harbor resort development is 
proposed to be built on two parcels totaling 533.9 acres in Prince 
George County just south of the Capital Beltway interchange at Indian 
Head Highway (Maryland Route 210). Approximately 241 acres of the site 
consists of land under Smoot Bay in the Potomac River. The development 
would include hotels, restaurants, retail and entertainment facilities, 
office space, and a visitor's center, as well as associated vehicular 
transportation and parking facilities, pedestrian walkways, and other 
infrastructure improvements. on April 20, 1999 the FEIS will be 
available at the offices of the National Capital Planning Commission 
and at the Prince George's Country Branch Library at 6200 Oxon Hill 
Road, Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Sandra H. Shapiro,
General Counsel, National Capital Planning Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-9688 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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