95-10167. District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board; Proposed Sports and Entertainment Arena; Public Meeting on Historic Preservation Issues

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20288-20289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10167]



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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board; Proposed 
Sports and Entertainment Arena; Public Meeting on Historic Preservation 
Issues

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, the National Capital Planning Commission has 
requested the comments of the State Historic Preservation Officer for 
the District of Columbia in assessing the potential effects on historic 
properties of the proposed sports and entertainment arena.
    The proposed 20,600 seat arena is scheduled to be completed in time 
for the 1997/98 basketball and hockey seasons. The proposed site is at 
Gallery Place, which includes the following: Square 455, which is 
bounded by G, 6th, F, and 7th Streets, N.W.; the right-of-way of the 
600 block of G Street, NW., and approximately the southern fifth of 
Square 454 which is bounded by H, G, and 7th Streets, NW.
    The National Capital Planning Commission announces that as part of 
the State Historic Preservation Officer's review, the Historic 
Preservation Review Board is holding a public meeting to review the 
Section 106 documentation which identifies affected historic 
properties, assesses the potential impacts, and discusses potential 
measures to mitigate or avoid the adverse effects, including 
consideration of alternative sites. The meeting will be held on: 
Wednesday, May 24, 1995 at 10:00 AM, 441-4th Street, NW. (#1 Judiciary 
Square), Room 220 South (Zoning Commission Hearing Room).
    The documentation to be considered will be available to the Board 
and to the general public on and after May 10, 1995 and may be reviewed 
by calling the Historic Preservation Division at 727-7360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting will also serve as a component 
of the public participation efforts required to be undertaken by the 
National Capital Planning Commission by Section 106 under regulations 
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. (See 36 CFR 800.3, 
800.4 and 800.5). Part 800.5 stipulates that interested persons must be 
given an opportunity to receive information and express their views. 
Use of existing public agency involvement procedures [[Page 20289]] is 
encouraged. Interested persons shall be invited to participate as 
consulting parties when they so request, including the head of local 
government, applicants for or holders of grants, permits, or licenses 
and owners of affected lands, and other interested persons when jointly 
determined appropriate by the National Capital Planning Commission, the 
State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation. To request consulting party status, write: State 
Historic Preservation Officer, c/o Historic Preservation Division/DCRA, 
614 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Witherell, National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Suite 301, Washington, DC 20576, Phone: [phone] or 
Steve Raiche, DC Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs, 614 H 
Street, NW., Room 305, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: [phone].
Sandra H. Shapiro,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-10167 Filed 4-24-95; 8:45 am]
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