Notice of Intent To Conduct a Special Resource Study, Environmental Impact Statement, for the Delaware Coastal Area in the State of Delaware, and To Hold Public Scoping Meetings, 30393 [E7-10438]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 104 (Thursday, May 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 30393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10438]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Conduct a Special Resource Study, 
Environmental Impact Statement, for the Delaware Coastal Area in the 
State of Delaware, and To Hold Public Scoping Meetings

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Special Resource Study for the Delaware Coastal Area in the 
state of Delaware, and to hold public scoping meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service is preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Special Resource Study 
(SRS) for the Delaware Coastal Area in the state of Delaware. This SRS 
was authorized in Public Law 109-338 including its mandate for 
conformance with section 8(c) of Public Law 91-383. The purpose of an 
SRS is to determine the degree and kind of Federal actions that may be 
desirable for the management and protection of an area considered to 
have potential for addition to the National Park System. This is an SRS 
of the coastal region of the state of Delaware, and a study of the many 
themes that relate to how those resources were used throughout history 
in that region. The study area will include the entire coastal area of 
the state of Delaware. Additional sites or locations in Delaware may 
also need to be considered during the study process.
    The SRS/EIS will address a range of alternatives including any 
potential roles for the NPS in preservation and interpretation of the 
resources of the study area. Alternatives to be considered include: No 
action, the potential for congressional designation of all or part of 
the study area as a unit of the National Park system, and any other 
appropriate alternative that may arise during the study process.
    The EIS will assess the impacts of the alternatives presented in 
the SRS. The public scoping meetings will include a discussion of the 
SRS and the EIS process including ways that the public can be involved 
in providing and receiving information, and reviewing and commenting 
upon the draft study and associated draft EIS. The purpose of the 
meeting is to solicit public input prior to formally undertaking the 
study.

DATES: The Park Service will accept comments from the public through 60 
days from the date of publication of the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Notice of Intent in the Federal Register. The place and time 
of public scoping meetings in both the City of Wilmington and in 
Georgetown (southern Delaware) will be announced by the National Park 
Service (NPS) and noticed in local newspapers serving the area. Notice 
of the meetings will also be posted on the project Web site: 
www.nps.gov/nero/delasrs.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov, or in the NPS Northeast Regional 
Office, Division of Park Planning and Special Studies, 200 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Samuel: Planner/Project Leader, 
National Park Service, Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 3rd 
Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2878. E-mail address: peter_
samuel@nps.gov. Telephone: 215-597-1848.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Everyone interested in this study and the 
future protection and management of this area is encouraged to attend 
the public scoping meetings or to contact: Peter Samuel, National Park 
Service Planner/Project Leader, by letter, e-mail or telephone for 
further information. A summary of the meeting comments will be posted 
on the project Web site and distributed in hard copy to anyone 
requesting it. If you wish to comment on the scoping or on any other 
issues associated with the plan, you may submit your comments by any 
one of several methods. You may mail comments to Peter Samuel (as 
listed above). You may also comment via the Internet at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov. If you do not receive a confirmation from the 
system that we have received your Internet message, contact us directly 
at Division of Park Planning and Special Studies, 200 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19106--215-597-1848. Finally, you may hand-deliver 
comments to the address above. Before including your address, phone 
number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that 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. 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: March 2, 2007.
Dennis Reidenbach,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service .
[FR Doc. E7-10438 Filed 5-30-07; 8:45 am]
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