General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Illinois, 42098-42099 [05-14355]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 139 / Thursday, July 21, 2005 / Notices
• Property and/or conservation
easements would be purchased to offset
impacts of dam removal to trumpeter
swans.
Each of these facilities is funded
wholly or in part by the federal
government to the extent that they
provide mitigation from the effects of
dam removal. Additional funding may
be provided by homeowners groups or
by other interested parties if protection
or improvement beyond that resulting
directly from dam removal is desired.
The No Action alternative is the same
alternative as was discussed in the 1996
Implementation EIS; that is, no dam
removal would take place. Because the
dams would remain, water and flooding
mitigation would not be needed.
Public Response to Draft SEIS: The
draft SEIS was released for public
review and comment in January 2005.
Comments were received until March
15, 2005. The NPS received 8 letters and
an Enviromental Protection Agency
(EPA) evaluation of LO, or lack of
objections (also noticed in the Federal
Register on April 8, 2005). Commenters
included the Washington Department of
Ecology, Washington Department of
Natural Resources, the Lower Elwha
Klallam Tribe, the city of Port Angeles,
Dry Creek Water Association, Inc.,
American Whitewater, Trout Unlimited,
and Mr. Russ Busch, Tribal Attorney.
Synopsis of Comments and Changes
in Final SEIS: The state agencies
primarily reminded the NPS that
various permits to begin dam removal
would be required. Three individuals
from the Tribe submitted requests for
changed language reflecting updates
since the draft SEIS was released.
Because the Tribe and city of Port
Angeles have been unable to reach a
final agreement on the acceptance of
tribal wastewater to the city’s treatment
facility, a second alternative was added.
This alternative would be located on
tribal land and would use a membrane
bio-reactor technology and constructed
wetland to treat wastewater and
minimize impact of any effluent.
Effluent would be allowed to infiltrate
into soil underlying the wetland, or
would be released into the Elwha River.
This is the preferred alternative, rather
than connecting to the city of Port
Angeles’ wastewater treatment facility.
The Tribe has also evaluated two
different alignments for extending the
federal levee to the south that would
better mitigate impacts from flooding at
this end of the reservation. These have
been added to the text of the final SEIS,
although the preferred alternative is one
that was analyzed in the draft SEIS.
Additional information on fisheries and
vegetation issues that have no bearing
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on the decision of a preferred
alternative, but which add to the
completeness of the final SEIS, was
suggested by the third tribal individual.
The city of Port Angeles’ comments
were wide ranging: some requested
additional clarification on measures to
mitigate impacts (to industrial users, for
example); others mentioned permitting
and final clearances that would be
required from the city; some asked for
additional impact information, such as
to Orca whales, socioeconomics, and
current traffic conditions; and others
debated accuracy of statements in the
draft SEIS. Although additional impact
information and clarity on mitigation
measures has been added where NPS
felt it was incomplete or would be
helpful, no changes to the preferred
alternative were necessitated as a result
of the city’s comments. Mr. Busch asked
for additional information to be added
to the description and impacts of the No
Action alternative, as well as to the
impacts of the preferred alternative. The
added information would not affect
selection of the preferred alternative or
alter it in any way. American
Whitewater asked that the safety of the
new surface diversion facility (the
Elwha Surface Water Intake) be
evaluated so that access for recreational
uses would be maintained along the
entire river, and Trout Unlimited
indicated support for several of the
features of the preferred alternative. The
diversion would be able to pass kayaks
and other craft safely, and signs to
indicate any hazard areas would be used
to direct recreational users.
Distribution of Final SEIS: Those who
commented during the review period on
the draft SEIS will receive a complete
final SEIS document, as will agencies
and others on the park mailing list (as
noted in chapter 5 of the final SEIS).
Others may request a paper copy of the
final SEIS, a CD of the final SEIS and/
or a CD of the full 1996 Implementation
EIS which the subject document
supplements. Please specify which of
these documents/CDs is desired when
contacting the Elwha Project
Management Office. Finally, both the
final SEIS and 1996 Implementation EIS
will be posted on the Elwha project Web
site at https://www.nps.gov/olym/elwha/
home.htm.
Decision Process: Following release of
the final SEIS the NPS will wait for a
minimum period of at least 30 days
from the date this notice is published in
the Federal Register before making a
final decision on which mitigation
facilities it will select. Therefore if there
are interested persons or organizations
wishing to express any remaining
concerns or comments on the content of
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the final SEIS, they should send them in
writing to Dr. Brian Winter, Elwha
Project Manager, at 826 East Front
Street, Ste.A, Port Angeles, WA 98362;
telephone inquires may be directed to
(360) 565–1320. Faxed or electronic
transmittals will be accept also
(electronic comments should be sent to
Brian_Winter@nps.gov, and faxes may
be sent to (360) 565–1325). If
substantive new information is
submitted that both (1) could not have
been raised during scoping or the
review of the draft SEIS and (2) that has
bearing on the selection of the preferred
mitigation alternative, the NPS will
consider such information.
Respondents are reminded that
decisions or facts in the 1996
Implementation EIS are not subject to
public review at this time. If any
persons or organizations choose to
respond, please include name and
address (note that names and addresses
of commenters become part of the
public record). If individuals
commenting request that their name or/
and address be withheld from public
disclosure, it will be honored to the
extent allowable by law. Such requests
must be stated prominently in the
beginning of the comments. There also
may be circumstances wherein the NPS
will withhold from the record a
respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. As always: the NPS will make
available to public inspection all
submissions from organizations or
businesses and from persons identifying
themselves as representatives or
officials of organizations and
businesses; and, anonymous comments
may not be considered.
As a delegated EIS, the official
responsible for the final decision is the
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
Subsequently the official responsible for
implementing the selected mitigation
alternative is the Superintendent,
Olympic National Park.
Dated: June 3, 2005.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement,
Lincoln Home National Historic Site,
Illinois
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
AGENCY:
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Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
general management plan, Lincoln
Home National Historic Site.
ACTION:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park
Service is preparing an environmental
impact statement for a general
management plan for Lincoln Home
National Historic Site (LIHO). The
environmental impact statement will be
approved by the Director, Midwest
Region.
The general management plan will
prescribe the resource conditions and
visitor experiences that are to be
achieved and maintained at LIHO over
the next 15 to 20 years. The clarification
of what must be achieved according to
law and policy will be based on review
of the site’s purpose, significance,
special mandates, and the body of laws
and policies directing park
management. Based on determinations
of desired conditions, the general
management plan will outline the kinds
of resource management activities,
visitor activities, and development that
would be appropriate in the future. A
range of reasonable management
alternatives will be developed through
this planning process and will include,
at a minimum, no action and the
preferred alternative.
Major issues to be addressed in the
plan include: Issues surrounding
preserving park resources (such as
developing management strategies to
preserve and maintain historic
structures and cultural landscapes and
protect archaeological sites in the face of
a predicted increase in visitation);
issues surrounding visitor
understanding, education and
appreciation of park resources (such as
enhancing and expanding meaningful
visitor experiences as alternatives to the
LIHO tour); and, issues surrounding
organizational effectiveness (such as
identifying potential partnerships with
the city of Springfield, the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum and others).
Dates: Any comments on the scope of
issues to be addressed in the EIS should
be received no later than November 15.
Public meetings regarding the general
management plan will be held during
the scoping period. Specific dates,
times, and locations will be made
available in the local media, on the
LIHO Web site (https://www.nps.gov/
liho), on the National Park Service
Planning, Environment and Public
Comment (PEPC) Web site
(parkplanning.nps.gov/
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publicHome.cfm), or by contacting the
Superintendent.
Information on the planning
process and copies of newsletters will
be available from the office of the
Superintendent, 413 South Eighth
Street, Springfield, IL 62701–1905.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Acting Superintendent, Lincoln Home
National Historic Site, 413 South Eighth
Street, Springfield, IL 62701–1905. 217–
492–4241.
If you
wish to comment on any issues
associated with the plan, you may
submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail
comments to Lincoln Home National
Historic Site, 413 South Eighth Street,
Springfield, IL 62701–1905. You may
also comment via e-mail to
liho_superintendent@nps.gov. Please
submit e-mail comments as a text file
avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption. Be sure to
include your name and return street
address in your Internet message. You
may provide comments electronically
by entering them into the PEPC Web site
at the address above. Finally, you may
hand-deliver comments to 413 South
Eighth Street in Springfield, IL.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from
the record, which we will honor to the
extent allowable by law. There also may
be circumstances in which we would
withhold from the record a respondent’s
identity, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your address, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. We will
make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 8, 2005.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the General Management Plan for
Little River Canyon National Preserve,
AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, National Park Service
(NPS) policy in Director’s Order
Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director’s
Order Number 12 (Conservation
Planning, Environmental Impact
Analysis, and Decisionmaking), the NPS
will prepare an EIS for the General
Management Plan (GMP) for Little River
Canyon National Preserve. The
authority for publishing this notice is
contained in 40 CFR 1506.6.
The NPS will conduct public scoping
meetings in the local area to receive
input from interested parties on issues,
concerns, and suggestions pertinent to
the management of Little River Canyon
National Preserve. Suggestions and
ideas for managing cultural and natural
resource conditions and visitor
experiences at the national preserve are
encouraged. The comment period for
each of these meetings will be
announced at the meetings and will be
published on the GMP web site for Little
River Canyon National Preserve at
https://www.nps.gov/sero/planning/
liri_gmp/liri_info.htm.
DATES: Locations, dates, and times of
public scoping meetings will be
published in local newspapers and may
also be obtained by calling Little River
Canyon National Preserve. This
information will also be published on
the GMP Web site for Little River
Canyon National Preserve.
ADDRESSES: Scoping suggestions should
be submitted to the following address to
ensure adequate consideration by the
NPS: Superintendent, Little River
Canyon National Preserve, 2141 Gault
Avenue North, Fort Payne, Alabama
35967.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Little River Canyon
National Preserve, (256) 845–9605.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
has announced that an EIS on GMPs
will be prepared for all park units. To
comply with this policy, a formal
scoping period is announced.
Comments are invited on any issue
believed to be relevant to the
management of Little River Canyon
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement,
Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Illinois
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
for the general management plan, Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park Service is preparing an environmental
impact statement for a general management plan for Lincoln Home
National Historic Site (LIHO). The environmental impact statement will
be approved by the Director, Midwest Region.
The general management plan will prescribe the resource conditions
and visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained at LIHO
over the next 15 to 20 years. The clarification of what must be
achieved according to law and policy will be based on review of the
site's purpose, significance, special mandates, and the body of laws
and policies directing park management. Based on determinations of
desired conditions, the general management plan will outline the kinds
of resource management activities, visitor activities, and development
that would be appropriate in the future. A range of reasonable
management alternatives will be developed through this planning process
and will include, at a minimum, no action and the preferred
alternative.
Major issues to be addressed in the plan include: Issues
surrounding preserving park resources (such as developing management
strategies to preserve and maintain historic structures and cultural
landscapes and protect archaeological sites in the face of a predicted
increase in visitation); issues surrounding visitor understanding,
education and appreciation of park resources (such as enhancing and
expanding meaningful visitor experiences as alternatives to the LIHO
tour); and, issues surrounding organizational effectiveness (such as
identifying potential partnerships with the city of Springfield, the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and others).
Dates: Any comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the
EIS should be received no later than November 15. Public meetings
regarding the general management plan will be held during the scoping
period. Specific dates, times, and locations will be made available in
the local media, on the LIHO Web site (https://www.nps.gov/liho), on the
National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC)
Web site (parkplanning.nps.gov/publicHome.cfm), or by contacting the
Superintendent.
ADDRESSES: Information on the planning process and copies of
newsletters will be available from the office of the Superintendent,
413 South Eighth Street, Springfield, IL 62701-1905.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Superintendent, Lincoln Home
National Historic Site, 413 South Eighth Street, Springfield, IL 62701-
1905. 217-492-4241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on any issues
associated with the plan, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail comments to Lincoln Home National
Historic Site, 413 South Eighth Street, Springfield, IL 62701-1905. You
may also comment via e-mail to liho_superintendent@nps.gov. Please
submit e-mail comments as a text file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Be sure to include your name and
return street address in your Internet message. You may provide
comments electronically by entering them into the PEPC Web site at the
address above. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 413 South
Eighth Street in Springfield, IL.
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law.
If you wish us to withhold your address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: June 8, 2005.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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