Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan; Olympic National Park; Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period, 59522 [E6-16664]
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quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Automated data collection: No
automated data collection will be used
in this study.
Description of respondents: Pre-test—
adults from Atlanta, GA, Sacramento,
CA, and Chicago, IL who are contacted
by telephone and agree to participate in
focus groups in those cities. Pilot test—
adult residents of 16 neighborhoods in
Phoenix, AZ and Syracuse, NY who live
in owner-occupied homes.
Estimated average number of
respondents: 920 (120 for focus groups;
800 for pilot survey).
Estimated average number of
responses: 920 (120 for focus groups;
800 for pilot survey).
Estimated average burden hours per
response: 2.5 hours for focus group
respondents, 1⁄3 hour for pilot survey
respondents.
Frequency of response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
567 hours.
Dated: September 27, 2006.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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next 15 to 20 years. The document
describes four management alternatives,
including a No-Action Alternative and
the NPS’s preferred alternative. The
anticipated environmental impacts of
those alternatives are also analyzed.
Public comment on the draft plan was
considered when preparing the final.
The NPS will execute a Record
of Decision no sooner than 30 days
following the Environmental Protection
Agency’s notice in the Federal Register.
DATES:
Copies of the FEIS and GMP
are available from the Superintendent,
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site, 2995 Lincoln Farm Road,
Hodgenville, Kentucky 42748–9707;
telephone: 270–358–3137. An electronic
copy of the document is available on the
Internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
.
ADDRESSES:
The
Superintendent, Abraham Lincoln
National Historic Site, at the address
and telephone number shown above,
Matthew Safford at 303–969–2898, or
Amy Wirsching at 404–562–3124,
extension 607.
The responsible official for the FEIS is
Patricia A. Hooks, Regional Director,
Southeast Region, National Park
Service, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924
Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: August 28, 2006.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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Notice of Availability of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the General Management Plan,
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the General Management Plan
(GMP) for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
National Historic Site, Kentucky. This
document will be available for public
review pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 and NPS policy in Director’s
Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and
Director’s Order Number 12
(Conservation Planning, Environmental
Impact Analysis, and Decision-making).
The authority for publishing this notice
is 40 CFR 1506.6.
The document provides a framework
for management, use, and development
of the historic site by the NPS for the
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for General Management Plan; Olympic
National Park; Notice of Extension of
Public Comment Period
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190 as
amended), the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, has prepared
a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS), which will serve as the
‘‘blueprint’’ to guide management,
research, and other activities in
Olympic National Park, Washington,
during the next 15–20 years. The park’s
Notice of Availability of the DEIS was
published in the Federal Register on
July 14, 2006, with the original public
review period set to conclude on
September 15, 2006. In response to
public interest expressed to date and
with regard for the timing of the original
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release, the public review period has
been extended two additional weeks.
Interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
are encouraged to provide written
comments—to be considered any
response must now be postmarked or
transmitted no later than September 30,
2006. Persons wishing to comment may
do so by one of several ways. Responses
are encouraged online using the
electronic comment form accessed at the
NPS Park Planning website (https://
parkplanning.nps.gov), or by e-mail to
olym_gmp@nps.gov. Written comments
can be mailed to Olympic National Park
General Management Plan, National
Park Service, Denver Service Center,
P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado
80225; or faxed to (303) 969–2736.
Comments may be hand delivered
during normal business hours to the
headquarters office of Olympic National
Park located at 600 East Park Avenue,
Port Angeles, WA 98362. To obtain a
copy of the DEIS please contact the park
at the address noted above, or via
telephone at (360) 565–3004.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names, home addresses, home
phone numbers, and email addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their names
and/or home addresses, etc., but if you
wish us to consider withholding this
information you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. In addition, you must
present a rationale for withholding this
information. This rationale must
demonstrate that disclosure would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of privacy. Unsupported
assertions will not meet this burden. In
the absence of exceptional,
documentable circumstances, this
information will be released. We will
always make submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives of or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 24, 2006.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan;
Olympic National Park; Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS), which will serve as the ``blueprint'' to guide
management, research, and other activities in Olympic National Park,
Washington, during the next 15-20 years. The park's Notice of
Availability of the DEIS was published in the Federal Register on July
14, 2006, with the original public review period set to conclude on
September 15, 2006. In response to public interest expressed to date
and with regard for the timing of the original release, the public
review period has been extended two additional weeks.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested individuals, organizations, and
agencies are encouraged to provide written comments--to be considered
any response must now be postmarked or transmitted no later than
September 30, 2006. Persons wishing to comment may do so by one of
several ways. Responses are encouraged online using the electronic
comment form accessed at the NPS Park Planning website (https://
parkplanning.nps.gov), or by e-mail to olym_gmp@nps.gov. Written
comments can be mailed to Olympic National Park General Management
Plan, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, P.O. Box 25287,
Denver, Colorado 80225; or faxed to (303) 969-2736. Comments may be
hand delivered during normal business hours to the headquarters office
of Olympic National Park located at 600 East Park Avenue, Port Angeles,
WA 98362. To obtain a copy of the DEIS please contact the park at the
address noted above, or via telephone at (360) 565-3004.
Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses,
home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available for
public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold
their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider
withholding this information you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale
for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses,
available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: August 24, 2006.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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