80 FR 26956 - Public Comment on the Draft Federal Urban Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)

Page Range		26956-26957
FR Document		2015-11292

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the Planning Commission for the Federal Government within the National Capital Region, intends to release for public comment a draft new Federal Urban Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements. The Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements addresses matters relating to Federal Properties and Federal Interests in the National Capital Region, and provides a decision-making framework for actions the NCPC takes on specific plans and proposals submitted by Federal government agencies for the NCPC review required by law. The new Federal Urban Design Element provides policies that will guide the design and management of federal buildings and properties so as to enhance their adjacent public realm. It will also provide a framework for federal actions related to enhancing the overall character of the District of Columbia and the National Capital Region. All interested parties are invited to submit written comment. The draft Federal Urban Design Element will be available online at http://www.ncpc.gov/urbandesign not later than May 8, 2015. Printed copies are available upon request from the contact person noted below.

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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


Public Comment on the Draft Federal Urban Design Element of the 
Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Federal Elements

AGENCY: National Capital Planning Commission.

ACTION: Notice of 60-day public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the Planning 
Commission for the Federal Government within the National Capital 
Region, intends to release for public comment a draft new Federal Urban 
Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: 
Federal Elements. The Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: 
Federal Elements addresses matters relating to Federal Properties and 
Federal Interests in the National Capital Region, and provides a 
decision-making framework for actions the NCPC takes on specific plans 
and proposals submitted by Federal government agencies for the NCPC 
review required by law. The new Federal Urban Design Element provides 
policies that will guide the design and management of federal buildings 
and properties so as to enhance their adjacent public realm. It will 
also provide a framework for federal actions related to enhancing the 
overall character of the District of Columbia and the National Capital 
Region. All interested parties are invited to submit written comment. 
The draft Federal Urban Design Element will be available online at 
http://www.ncpc.gov/urbandesign not later than May 8, 2015. Printed 
copies are available upon request from the contact person noted below.

DATES: Dates and Time: The public comment period closes on July 10, 
2015. A public meeting to discuss the draft revisions to the new 
Federal Urban Design Element will be held on Monday June 1, 2015 from 
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments or hand deliver comments on the draft 
revisions to Comprehensive Plan Public Comment, National Capital 
Planning Commission, 401 9th Street NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 
20004. The public meeting will be held at AIA[mid]DC 421 7th Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dereth Bush at (202) 482-7233 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Electronic Access and Filing Addresses

    You may submit comments electronically at the public comment portal 
at http://www.ncpc.gov/urbandesign/comment.html.

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

    Dated: May 6, 2015.
Anne R. Schuyler,
General Counsel.
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Total Respondents: 842. NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING federal buildings and properties so as to
Total Annual Responses: 842. COMMISSION enhance their adjacent public realm. It
will also provide a framework for
Average Time per Response: 15–30 Public Comment on the Draft Federal federal actions related to enhancing the
minutes. Urban Design Element of the overall character of the District of
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 419. Comprehensive Plan for the National Columbia and the National Capital
Frequency: As needed. Capital: Federal Elements Region. All interested parties are invited
to submit written comment. The draft
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): AGENCY: National Capital Planning Federal Urban Design Element will be
$0. Commission. available online at http://www.ncpc.gov/
Total Burden Cost (operating/ ACTION: Notice of 60-day public urbandesign not later than May 8, 2015.
maintenance): $219. comment period. Printed copies are available upon
Comments submitted in response to request from the contact person noted
SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning below.
this notice will be summarized and/or Commission (NCPC), the Planning
included in the request for Office of Commission for the Federal Government DATES: Dates and Time: The public
Management and Budget approval of the within the National Capital Region, comment period closes on July 10, 2015.
information collection request; they will intends to release for public comment a A public meeting to discuss the draft
also become a matter of public record. draft new Federal Urban Design Element revisions to the new Federal Urban
of the Comprehensive Plan for the Design Element will be held on Monday
Dated: May 5, 2015.
National Capital: Federal Elements. The June 1, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Yoon Ferguson, ADDRESSES: Mail written comments or
Comprehensive Plan for the National
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ Capital: Federal Elements addresses hand deliver comments on the draft
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of matters relating to Federal Properties revisions to Comprehensive Plan Public
Labor. Comment, National Capital Planning
and Federal Interests in the National
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making framework for actions the NCPC 500, Washington, DC 20004. The public
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submitted by Federal government Street NW., Washington, DC 20004.
agencies for the NCPC review required FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
by law. The new Federal Urban Design Dereth Bush at (202) 482–7233 or
Element provides policies that will urbandesign@ncpc.gov.
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electronically at the public comment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2014 school year. Over the course of the
portal at http://www.ncpc.gov/ Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance program, STEP awarded a total of 255
urbandesign/comment.html. Officer, National Science Foundation, grants (129 of which are currently
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265, active). STEP supported 3 types of
Authority: (40 U.S.C. 8721(e)(2)). grants:
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General Counsel. a telecommunications device for the recruitment, retention, and degree
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comments. educational research projects that
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Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans collection: The National Science influencing STEM recruitment,
to request approval of this collection. In Foundation (NSF) is supporting an retention, and degree attainment.
accordance with the requirement of evaluation of the Science, Technology, D Graduate 10K+—In support of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Engineering, and Mathematics Talent President Obama’s 2012 initiative
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opportunity for public comment on this objectives of the evaluation, stated in ten years,’’ a public-private
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public comment, NSF will prepare the implementation and outcome data from GE Foundation, with a generous
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to produce a clear report of the findings to and second year retention rates in
send comments regarding the burden or inform future programmatic activities engineering and computer science,
any other aspect of this collection of focused on degree attainment in STEM. especially among women and other
information requirements by July 10, The evaluation will include surveys of groups of students who are
2015. principal investigators; extant data underrepresented in the attainment of
ADDRESSES: Written comments retrieval from Integrated Postsecondary degrees in those disciplines.
regarding the information collection and Education Data System (IPEDS), grantee NSF is committed to providing
requests for copies of the proposed proposals and annual reports, and STEP stakeholders with information regarding
information collection request should be monitoring system; and extant outcome the expenditures of taxpayer funds. The
addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports data collection from grantee and evaluation of STEP will assess the
Clearance Officer, National Science comparison IHEs that includes aggregate overall effect of STEP funding across
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. data for key indicators over time (from STEP-funded IHEs; explore the types
1265, Arlington, VA 22230, or by email 2000 to 2015). These key indicators and combinations of STEP strategies,
to splimpto@nsf.gov. include (a) number of students who are practices, and characteristics that are
Comments: Written comments are science, technology, engineering and most effective at achieving the desired
invited on (a) whether the proposed mathematics (STEM) majors; (b) STEM STEP outcomes; examine differences in
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Agency’s estimate of the burden of the baccalaureate degree attainment among broad influence of STEP Type 2 projects
proposed collection of information; (c) STEM majors; and (f) enrollment in to the base of quality, practical research
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clarity of the information on of 10 IHEs, de-identified student level new researchers to enter the field.
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or (d) ways to minimize the burden of below). consistently assess the program
the collection of information on those NSF granted STEP awards to a outcomes and identify strategies,
who are to respond, including through geographically diverse set of two- and practices, and characteristics that are
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Action		Notice of 60-day public comment period.
Dates		Dates and Time: The public comment period closes on July 10, 2015. A public meeting to discuss the draft revisions to the new Federal Urban Design Element will be held on Monday June 1, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Contact		Dereth Bush at (202) 482-7233 or [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 26956