Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan, Pea Ridge National Military Park, AR, 59523 [E6-16688]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability for the Record of
Decision on the Final Environmental
Impact Statement and General
Management Plan, Pea Ridge National
Military Park, AR
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Record of Decision (ROD) on the final
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS), Pea Ridge National Military Park,
Arkansas (Park). The NPS will
implement the preferred alternative,
Alternative 4, as described in the final
GMP/EIS issued in August. The GMP
sets forth a management philosophy for
the Park and ensures the Park has a
clearly defined direction for resource
preservation and visitor use.
Under the selected action, visitors
will have the opportunity to choose
from the widest range of experiences
available at the Park. Visitors will have
opportunities to immerse themselves in
Park resources associated with key
battle areas and gain an understanding
of the history of the Pea Ridge battle.
Visitors will have many choices in the
type, intensity, and duration of their
experiences, guided by a variety of
interpretive programs and media.
The preferred alternative (Alternative
4) best accomplishes protection of Park
resources and maintenance of a wide
range of quality visitor experiences. The
preferred alternative will have positive
impacts on the Park’s natural resources
related to the rehabilitation of the
landscape to its 1862 appearance. The
new management zones help ensure that
visitors will have numerous and varied
opportunities for understanding and
appreciating the significance of the
history of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
Four areas will be added to the Park
under the selected action. The added
lands will be feasible to administer by
the NPS. There are no viable
alternatives for adequate management
and resource protection. The NPS will
first consider alternate methods such as
easements, right of way, or cooperative
approaches that do not involve Federal
acquisition of any interest in real
property.
The ROD includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other
alternatives considered, the basis for the
decision, the rationale for why the
selected action is the environmentally
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preferred alternative, a finding of no
impairment of site resources and values,
and an overview of public involvement
in the decisionmaking process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent at Pea Ridge National
Military Park, 15930 Highway 62,
Garfield, Arkansas 72732. The
document can be found on the World
Wide Web at: https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/.
Dated: September 5, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Plan of Operations, Categorical
Exclusion, Big Thicket National
Preserve, TX
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan
of Operations and Categorical Exclusion
for a 30-day public review at Big
Thicket National Preserve.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in
accordance with § 9.52(b) of Title 36 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, part 9,
subpart B, that the National Park Service
(NPS) has received from Cimarex Energy
Co., a Plan of Operations to conduct the
Sour Lake 3–D ‘‘Cable-Only’’ Seismic
Survey within the Lance Rosier and
Little Pine Island-Pine Island Bayou
Corridor Units of Big Thicket National
Preserve, in Hardin County, Texas. The
NPS has prepared a Categorical
Exclusion on this proposal.
DATES: The above documents are
available for public review and
comment through November 9, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and
Categorical Exclusion are available for
public review and comment at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov, and in the Office
of the Superintendent, Todd Brindle,
Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM
420, Kountze, Texas 77625. Copies of
the Plan of Operations and Categorical
Exclusion are available upon request
from the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Haigler ‘‘Dusty’’ Pate, Oil and Gas
Program Manager, Big Thicket National
Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas
77625, Telephone: 409 951–6822, e-mail
at Haigler_Pate@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to comment on the Plan of
Operations and Categorical Exclusion,
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you may mail comments to the name
and address above or post comments
online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/.
The documents will be on public review
for 30 days. 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 1, 2006.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National
Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Third Public Meeting for Reclamation’s
Managing for Excellence Project
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting and
announcement of subsequent meetings
to be held.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is
holding a meeting to inform the public
about the Managing for Excellence
project. This meeting is the third of
three previously noticed meetings to be
held in 2006 to inform the public about
the action items, progress, and results of
the Managing for Excellence project and
to seek broad feedback. Subsequent
meetings will be held in 2007.
DATES: November 13, 2006, 1 p.m. to 6
p.m., and November 14, 2006, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Doubletree Hotel
Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way,
Sacramento, California 95815, Garden
and Terrace Rooms.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the Final
Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan, Pea Ridge
National Military Park, AR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) on the final General
Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS), Pea Ridge
National Military Park, Arkansas (Park). The NPS will implement the
preferred alternative, Alternative 4, as described in the final GMP/EIS
issued in August. The GMP sets forth a management philosophy for the
Park and ensures the Park has a clearly defined direction for resource
preservation and visitor use.
Under the selected action, visitors will have the opportunity to
choose from the widest range of experiences available at the Park.
Visitors will have opportunities to immerse themselves in Park
resources associated with key battle areas and gain an understanding of
the history of the Pea Ridge battle. Visitors will have many choices in
the type, intensity, and duration of their experiences, guided by a
variety of interpretive programs and media.
The preferred alternative (Alternative 4) best accomplishes
protection of Park resources and maintenance of a wide range of quality
visitor experiences. The preferred alternative will have positive
impacts on the Park's natural resources related to the rehabilitation
of the landscape to its 1862 appearance. The new management zones help
ensure that visitors will have numerous and varied opportunities for
understanding and appreciating the significance of the history of the
Battle of Pea Ridge.
Four areas will be added to the Park under the selected action. The
added lands will be feasible to administer by the NPS. There are no
viable alternatives for adequate management and resource protection.
The NPS will first consider alternate methods such as easements, right
of way, or cooperative approaches that do not involve Federal
acquisition of any interest in real property.
The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, the
rationale for why the selected action is the environmentally preferred
alternative, a finding of no impairment of site resources and values,
and an overview of public involvement in the decisionmaking process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent at Pea Ridge National
Military Park, 15930 Highway 62, Garfield, Arkansas 72732. The document
can be found on the World Wide Web at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/.
Dated: September 5, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E6-16688 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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