2023-27284. Notice of Public Comment Period and Public Meetings on Updates to the Submission Guidelines Related to Equity

AGENCY:

National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of 90-Day public comment period and public meetings.

SUMMARY:

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has released for public review draft updates to the Submission Guidelines related to equity. Federal and non-Federal agency applicants whose development proposals and plans are subject to statutory mandated Commission plan and project review must submit their proposals to the Commission following a process laid out in the Submission Guidelines. The proposed updates to the Submission Guidelines support the forthcoming updates to the Introduction Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements. A Notice of a 90-day Public Comment Period and Public meetings relating to the revised update to the Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements to address equity is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register . The draft updates to the Submission Guidelines are available online for review at https://www.ncpc.gov/​initiatives/​ intro . NCPC will host two public information sessions for the public to learn more about the draft updates to the Submission Guidelines.

DATES:

The public comment period closes March 12, 2024. A virtual public meeting will be on January 25, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration information for the meeting can be found at https://www.ncpc.gov/​initiatives/​ intro.

An in-person public meeting will be on February 20, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at NCPC, the address of which is the same for submission of written comments below.

ADDRESSES:

Written public comments on the draft may be submitted by either method:

1. U.S. mail, courier, or hand deliver: Submission Guidelines Public Comment, National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street NW, Suite 500N, Washington, DC 20004.

2. Electronically: https://www.ncpc.gov/​initiatives/​intro.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laura Shipman at (202) 482–7251 or [e-mail].

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

Dated: December 7, 2023.

Anne R. Schuyler,

General Counsel.