Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia, 51251-51252 [E7-17595]
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Preliminary planning criteria include:
1. The RMP will be developed in
compliance with FLPMA, all other
applicable laws, regulations, executive
orders, and BLM supplemental program
guidance.
2. The planning process will include
an EIS that will comply with NEPA
standards.
3. Economic and social baselines and
consequences will be developed in
coordination with local and county
governments.
4. Initiate government to government
consultation, including Tribal interests.
5. Consider the extent to which the
revised plan reduces airborne asbestos
emissions and minimizes asbestos
exposure and addresses public health
impact of the Hazardous Asbestos Area.
(Ref; Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Atlas Asbestos Mine Superfund
Site Record of Decision (ROD), February
1991, Appendix 2, pg. 14).
6. Consider the extent to which the
revised plan reduces accelerated erosion
and offsite transport of asbestos fibers
on vehicles and clothes due to offhighway vehicle use. (Ref; EPA Atlas
Superfund Site ROD, Appendix 2, pg.
14).
7. All new data collected will have
information about the data (metadata)
stored in a data base. All metadata will
meet the Federal Geographic Data
Committee (FGDC) standards.
8. The RMP/EIS will incorporate by
reference the Standards for Rangeland
Health and Guidelines for Livestock
Grazing Management.
9. The RMP will result in
determinations as required by special
program and resource specific guidance
detailed in Appendix C of the BLM’s
Planning Handbook (H–1601–1).
10. Decisions in the RMP will strive
to be compatible with the existing plans
and policies of adjacent local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies as long as
the decisions are in conformance with
legal mandates on management of
public lands.
11. Resource allocations must be
reasonable and achievable within
available technological and budgetary
constraints.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary
approach to develop the RMP in order
to consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified. Specialists
with expertise in the following
disciplines will be involved in the
planning process: rangeland
management, minerals and geology,
outdoor recreation, archaeology, botany,
wildlife and fisheries, lands and realty,
hydrology, soils, and sociology and
economics.
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do so.
Dated: August 27, 2007.
Rick Cooper,
Hollister Field Office Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the General Management Plan,
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park,
West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the General Management Plan,
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park
Service (NPS) announces the
availability of a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the General
Management Plan, Harpers Ferry
National Historical Park, West Virginia,
Maryland and Virginia. The Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan analyzes the
impacts of a no-action and two action
alternatives. The official responsible for
this decision is the NPS Regional
Director, National Capital Region.
DATES: The NPS will undertake a 60-day
public review of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan following
publication by the Environmental
Protection Agency of the Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review in the office
of the Superintendent, P.O. Box 65,
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25425, by
telephone at (304) 535–6748, and at the
following locations: Office of the Chief
of Planning, National Capital Region,
National Park Service, 1100 Ohio Drive,
SW., Washington, DC 20242, (202) 619–
7277; Office of Public Affairs, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior,
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1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240, (202) 208–6843; and Bolivar
Harpers Ferry Public Library, 152 Polk
Street, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
25425, (304) 535–2301. Copies of the
document may also be accessed via
internet connection to the park Web site
at https://www.nps.gov/hafe or directly
through the NPS PEPC (Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment)
Web site at https://
www.parkplanning.nps.gov/
parkHome.cfm?parkId=187.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marsha Wassel, Harpers Ferry, West
Virginia at (304) 535–6748.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Alternative 1, the no-action alternative,
describes the existing conditions and
trends of park management and serves
as a basis for comparison in evaluating
the other alternatives.
Alternative 2, the NPS preferred
alternative, was developed during the
‘‘Choosing By Advantages’’ process in
which the planning team identifies and
compares the relative advantages of
each alternative according to a set of
factors. This process also establishes the
relationship between the advantages
and costs of each alternative. This
information is used to combine the best
attributes of the preliminary alternatives
into the preferred alternative giving the
NPS the greatest overall benefit for the
most reasonable cost.
Alternative 2 takes a traditional
approach in which each location within
the park is managed to reflect the most
significant historic period or era
associated with it. An enlarged contact
station on Cavalier Heights would be
developed. Management activities
would focus on the preservation of the
resources as well as the presentation of
the interpretive themes appropriate to
each location. Outlying portions of the
park would be connected by an auto
tour and round-the-park trail system.
The existing transportation system
would also be expanded to include
more of the park. African-American
history would be elevated in
prominence on Camp Hill and NPS staff
would work with partners to promote
protection of and visitation to sites
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throughout the local area. A public/
private partnership would be cultivated
to rehabilitate and manage the historic
Shipley School.
Alternative 3 would provide
increased connections with private
businesses and public/private
organizations to help utilize, maintain
and interpret historic structures while
bringing additional life and excitement
to Lower Town. A joint NPS/state
tourism entrance complex would be
developed. This alternative would
provide enhanced visitor services
ensuring visitor needs were met not
only in the park but in the surrounding
counties. Historic structures would be
preserved and interpreted. Some
structures would be leased to non-NPS
entities to ensure upkeep and lessen the
financial burden on the park. A new
headquarters building would be
developed somewhere in the Harpers
Ferry vicinity. An enlarged
transportation system would be
operated in partnership with Main
Street Harpers Ferry. A public/private
partnership would be developed to
rehabilitate and manage the historic
Shipley School.
Dated: August 13, 2007.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the General Management Plan,
Monocacy National Battlefield,
Maryland
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the General Management Plan,
Monocacy National Battlefield,
Maryland.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park
Service (NPS) announces the
availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the General
Management Plan, Monocacy National
Battlefield, Maryland. The Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan analyzes the
impacts of a no-action and three action
alternatives. Alternative 4 is the NPS’
preferred alternative. The official
responsible for this decision is the
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Regional Director, National Capital
Region, National Park Service.
DATES: The NPS will undertake a 60-day
public review of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan following
publication by the Environmental
Protection Agency of the Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review in the Office
of the Superintendent, Monocacy
National Battlefield, at 4801 Urbana
Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701, by
telephone at (301) 662–6980 and at the
following locations: Chief of Planning,
National Capital Region, National Park
Service, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW.,
Washington, DC 20242, (202) 619–7277;
Office of Public Affairs, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240, (202) 208–6843; Urbana Regional
Library, 9020 Amelung Street,
Frederick, Maryland 21704; and the C.
Burr Artz Public Library, 110 East
Patrick Street, Frederick, Maryland
21701. Copies of the document may also
be accessed via Internet at https://
www.nps.gov/mono or through the NPS
PEPC (Planning, Environment and
Public Comment) Web site at: https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
parkHome.cfm?parkId=192.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Trail, Superintendent, Monocacy
National Battlefield at 4801 Urbana
Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701, and by
telephone at (301) 662–6980.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The noaction alternative describes the existing
conditions and trends of park
management and serves as a basis for
comparison in evaluating the other
alternatives.
Alternative 2 focuses narrowly on the
story of the Battle of Monocacy,
explaining troop movements, how the
landscape affected the battle, and
conveying an understanding of the
participants. It is highly dependent
upon the visitors getting out into the
landscape with restored historic
structures providing reference points
but not being the interpretive focal
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point. It includes an alternative
transportation system operated by a
commercial entity if market conditions
allow. Visitor services would be
provided at the visitor center, at the
Gambrill Mill, and within a
rehabilitated stone house on the Thomas
Farm. An existing trail from the
Gambrill Mill would be extended to the
site of Wallace’s headquarters, a major
feature of the battlefield currently not
open to visitors. A small parking area
and restrooms would be provided at the
latter site. Administration and
maintenance facilities for Monocacy
National Battlefield would move into
rented space outside the boundary. The
Thomas House would be rehabilitated
under the Historic Leasing Program.
Safer access to the 14th New Jersey
Monument and a designated
commemorative zone for possible new
monuments would be created. A deck
would be constructed over Interstate
Highway 270 (I–270) to connect the
Thomas and Worthington farms visually
and physically with continuous
landscape. The deck, featuring
automobile access, would only be
constructed if wholly or partly covered
as mitigation for impacts resulting from
the widening of I–270 currently being
proposed under a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement prepared by Maryland
State Highway Administration and the
Federal Highway Administration.
Alternative 3 would expand the story
of the battle, not only explaining the
troop movements but describing the
impact of the battle and the Civil War
on Frederick and the surrounding
countryside. It would focus more on the
human story than Alternative 2 with
exhibits in the restored Best and
Worthington houses as well as the stone
house on the Thomas Farm. Parking at
each site would be developed. No
alternative transportation system would
be available in Alternative 3. Visitors
would access the site via personal
automobile. Visitor services would be
provided at the visitor center, at the
Gambrill Mill, and within a
rehabilitated stone house on the Thomas
Farm. The maintenance facility would
remain in the current structure while
administration offices would be in a
rehabilitated Thomas House. A new,
safer entrance to the 14th New Jersey
Monument would be created across
Maryland Highway 355 with access
under the existing bridge. The Lewis
farmstead would be accessed by trail
from the Worthington parking area
along Baker Road. No deck would be
constructed over I–270. Monocacy
National Battlefield would institute a
policy of no new monuments.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management
Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia, Maryland
and Virginia
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the General Management Plan, Harpers Ferry National
Historical Park.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the
availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General
Management Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, West Virginia,
Maryland and Virginia. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan analyzes the impacts of a no-action and two
action alternatives. The official responsible for this decision is the
NPS Regional Director, National Capital Region.
DATES: The NPS will undertake a 60-day public review of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan
following publication by the Environmental Protection Agency of the
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review in the
office of the Superintendent, P.O. Box 65, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
25425, by telephone at (304) 535-6748, and at the following locations:
Office of the Chief of Planning, National Capital Region, National Park
Service, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20242, (202) 619-7277;
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208-6843; and
Bolivar Harpers Ferry Public Library, 152 Polk Street, Harpers Ferry,
West Virginia 25425, (304) 535-2301. Copies of the document may also be
accessed via internet connection to the park Web site at https://
www.nps.gov/hafe or directly through the NPS PEPC (Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment) Web site at https://
www.parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkId=187.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marsha Wassel, Harpers Ferry, West
Virginia at (304) 535-6748.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Alternative 1, the no-action alternative,
describes the existing conditions and trends of park management and
serves as a basis for comparison in evaluating the other alternatives.
Alternative 2, the NPS preferred alternative, was developed during
the ``Choosing By Advantages'' process in which the planning team
identifies and compares the relative advantages of each alternative
according to a set of factors. This process also establishes the
relationship between the advantages and costs of each alternative. This
information is used to combine the best attributes of the preliminary
alternatives into the preferred alternative giving the NPS the greatest
overall benefit for the most reasonable cost.
Alternative 2 takes a traditional approach in which each location
within the park is managed to reflect the most significant historic
period or era associated with it. An enlarged contact station on
Cavalier Heights would be developed. Management activities would focus
on the preservation of the resources as well as the presentation of the
interpretive themes appropriate to each location. Outlying portions of
the park would be connected by an auto tour and round-the-park trail
system. The existing transportation system would also be expanded to
include more of the park. African-American history would be elevated in
prominence on Camp Hill and NPS staff would work with partners to
promote protection of and visitation to sites
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throughout the local area. A public/private partnership would be
cultivated to rehabilitate and manage the historic Shipley School.
Alternative 3 would provide increased connections with private
businesses and public/private organizations to help utilize, maintain
and interpret historic structures while bringing additional life and
excitement to Lower Town. A joint NPS/state tourism entrance complex
would be developed. This alternative would provide enhanced visitor
services ensuring visitor needs were met not only in the park but in
the surrounding counties. Historic structures would be preserved and
interpreted. Some structures would be leased to non-NPS entities to
ensure upkeep and lessen the financial burden on the park. A new
headquarters building would be developed somewhere in the Harpers Ferry
vicinity. An enlarged transportation system would be operated in
partnership with Main Street Harpers Ferry. A public/private
partnership would be developed to rehabilitate and manage the historic
Shipley School.
Dated: August 13, 2007.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E7-17595 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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