Environmental Assessment for the General Management Plan for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado, 61336 [2014-24045]
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Mountain (9,488 acres), Stewart Valley
(3,248 acres), Stuart Ranch (278 acres),
and Upper Las Vegas Wash (12,294
acres). Alternative 3 would also expand
the following existing ACECs: Amargosa
Mesquite (9,642 acres), Keyhole Canyon
(639 acres), Mormon Mesa (167,888
acres), Piute/Eldorado (347,630 acres),
and Virgin River (7,493 acres).
Alternative 3 would reduce the size of
the following existing ACECs: Ash
Meadows (37,273 acres), Big Dune
(1,589 acres), Gold Butte Part A (183,440
acres), Gold Butte Part B (116,733 acres),
Rainbow Gardens (35,355 acres), and
River Mountains (6,697 acres).
The new potential ACECs in
Alternative 4 include: Grapevine Spring
(85 acres), Jean Lake (9,138 acres),
Perkins Ranch (408 acres), and Stuart
Ranch (278 acres). Alternative 4 would
also expand the following existing
ACECs: Mormon Mesa (159,940 acres),
Piute/Eldorado (338,767 acres), and
Virgin River (7,493 acres). Alternative 4
would reduce the size of the following
existing ACECs: Big Dune (428 acres),
Gold Butte Part A (183,440 acres), Gold
Butte Part B (116,733 acres), Rainbow
Gardens (35,355 acres), and River
Mountains (6,697 acres).
The following management
prescriptions may apply to the
individual ACECs under consideration,
if formally designated: Avoid or exclude
linear ROWs; avoid or exclude site-type
ROWs; close to material site ROWs or
only allow near Federal-aid highways;
close to or place use constraints on fluid
leasable mineral development; close to
solid leasable mineral development;
pursue withdrawal of locatable mineral
development; close to saleable mineral
development; close to livestock grazing;
pursue reverting area within ACEC from
a herd management area into a herd
area; close to camping; exclude speedbased recreation events; exclude nonspeed based recreation events; exclude
commercial recreation activities; closed
or limited to designated routes for
motorized travel; place seasonal
restrictions of ground disturbing
actions; cap the amount of habitat
disturbance allowed from Federal
actions.
Please note that public comments and
information submitted including names,
street addresses, and email addresses of
persons who submit comments will be
available for public review and
disclosure at the above address during
regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
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your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR
1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2
Marci Todd,
Associate State Director, Nevada.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–IMR–SACR–13960;
PX.PD108787G.00.1]
Environmental Assessment for the
General Management Plan for Sand
Creek Massacre National Historic Site,
Colorado
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service has
determined that an Environmental
Assessment, rather than an
Environmental Impact Statement, is the
appropriate environmental
documentation for the general
management plan for Sand Creek
Massacre National Historic Site. This
determination is the result of evaluating
public comments and considering the
analysis required to adequately address
environmental impacts in developing
the General Management Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexa Roberts, Superintendent, Sand
Creek Massacre National Historic Site,
P.O. Box 249, Eads, CO 81036.
Telephone (719) 438–5916.
ADDRESSES: More information about the
project can be obtained from the contact
listed above or online at https://park
planning.nps.gov/sand.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
general management plan will establish
the overall direction for the national
historic site, setting broad management
goals for managing the area over the
next 15 to 20 years. The General
Management Plan was originally scoped
as an Environmental Impact Statement.
However, internal discussions and
meetings, and comments received in
written correspondence and public
scoping sessions held in Colorado,
Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming in
2008 and again in 2011 did not raise any
concerns or issues that have the
potential for controversial impacts. Most
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of the comments received in response to
the preliminary alternatives newsletter
agreed that the range of alternatives
being considered is appropriate and did
not identify any substantive issues or
concerns.
The planning team has developed six
alternatives (no-action and five action
alternatives), none of which would
result in substantial changes in the
operation and management of the
national historic site. The five action
alternatives primarily focus on
maintaining and protecting cultural and
natural resources, and expanding
interpretation and visitor opportunities
where appropriate. Preliminary analysis
of the alternatives revealed no major
(significant) effects on the human
environment or impairment of park
resources and values.
For these reasons the National Park
Service determined that the requisite
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis
necessary for updating the general
management plan can appropriately be
completed through preparation of an
EA.
This draft general management plan/
EA is expected to be distributed for
public comment in the fall 2014. The
National Park Service will notify the
public about release of the draft general
management plan/EA by public
meetings, mail, local and regional
media, Web site postings, and other
means; all announcements will include
information on where and how to obtain
a copy of the EA, how to comment on
the EA, and the length of the public
comment period. Following due
consideration of public comments and
agency consults, at this time a decision
is expected to be made in the winter
2014. The official responsible for the
final decision on the GMP is the
Regional Director; subsequently the
responsible official for implementing
the approved GMP is the
Superintendent, Sand Creek Massacre
National Historic Site.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Sue E. Masica,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-IMR-SACR-13960; PX.PD108787G.00.1]
Environmental Assessment for the General Management Plan for Sand
Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service has determined that an Environmental
Assessment, rather than an Environmental Impact Statement, is the
appropriate environmental documentation for the general management plan
for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. This determination is
the result of evaluating public comments and considering the analysis
required to adequately address environmental impacts in developing the
General Management Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexa Roberts, Superintendent, Sand
Creek Massacre National Historic Site, P.O. Box 249, Eads, CO 81036.
Telephone (719) 438-5916.
ADDRESSES: More information about the project can be obtained from the
contact listed above or online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/sand.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This general management plan will establish
the overall direction for the national historic site, setting broad
management goals for managing the area over the next 15 to 20 years.
The General Management Plan was originally scoped as an Environmental
Impact Statement. However, internal discussions and meetings, and
comments received in written correspondence and public scoping sessions
held in Colorado, Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming in 2008 and again in
2011 did not raise any concerns or issues that have the potential for
controversial impacts. Most of the comments received in response to the
preliminary alternatives newsletter agreed that the range of
alternatives being considered is appropriate and did not identify any
substantive issues or concerns.
The planning team has developed six alternatives (no-action and
five action alternatives), none of which would result in substantial
changes in the operation and management of the national historic site.
The five action alternatives primarily focus on maintaining and
protecting cultural and natural resources, and expanding interpretation
and visitor opportunities where appropriate. Preliminary analysis of
the alternatives revealed no major (significant) effects on the human
environment or impairment of park resources and values.
For these reasons the National Park Service determined that the
requisite conservation planning and environmental impact analysis
necessary for updating the general management plan can appropriately be
completed through preparation of an EA.
This draft general management plan/EA is expected to be distributed
for public comment in the fall 2014. The National Park Service will
notify the public about release of the draft general management plan/EA
by public meetings, mail, local and regional media, Web site postings,
and other means; all announcements will include information on where
and how to obtain a copy of the EA, how to comment on the EA, and the
length of the public comment period. Following due consideration of
public comments and agency consults, at this time a decision is
expected to be made in the winter 2014. The official responsible for
the final decision on the GMP is the Regional Director; subsequently
the responsible official for implementing the approved GMP is the
Superintendent, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Sue E. Masica,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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