General Management Plan, Record of Decision, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 33112-33113 [E8-12835]

Download as PDF sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 33112 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 113 / Wednesday, June 11, 2008 / Notices operation of ORVs and safety of all visitors. Management: Build stewardship through public awareness and understanding of NPS resource management and visitor use policy and responsibilities as they pertain to the recreation area and ORV management; develop a monitoring plan that allows the park to establish the number of ORVs the park is able to support. Park Operations: Identify needs and costs necessary to implement an ORV plan; minimize impacts to park operations and costs necessary to implement an ORV plan. Natural Resources: Minimize adverse impacts to threatened, endangered, and other protected species and their habitats; define effective strategies for soil erosion control and restoration of plant resources to support wildlife populations. Cultural Resources: Preserve and protect significant cultural resources within the recreation area; work with interested parties to identify cultural resources that could be adversely affected by ORV use. The draft and final ORV Management Plan/EIS will be made available to all known interested parties and appropriate agencies. Full public participation by Federal, State, and local agencies as well as other concerned organizations and private citizens is invited throughout the preparation process of this document. DATES: The Park Service will accept comments from the public through July 11, 2008. To determine the scope of issues to be addressed in the ORV Management Plan/EIS and to identify significant issues related to the ORV management at the Recreation Area, NPS will be conducting public scoping meetings on July 8, 9, and 10, 2008. The NPS is planning to conduct the three meetings in Fritch, Dumas, and Amarillo, Texas, respectively. Representatives of the NPS will be available to discuss issues, resource concerns, and the planning process at each of the public meetings. The locations, times, and dates of the public meetings will be published in local newspapers and posted on the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/LAMR. ADDRESSES: Written comments or requests for information should be addressed to Superintendent, Cindy OttJones, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, Texas 79036–1460. In addition, comments may be entered on-line in the VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:13 Jun 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 NPS PEPC Web site at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/LAMR. To comment using PEPC, select the ‘‘Lake Meredith National Recreation Area ORV Management Plan and Regulation’’ project, select ‘‘documents,’’ select this ‘‘Notice of Intent,’’ and then select ‘‘comment’’ and enter your comments. Further information about this project may also be found on the PEPC Web site listed above, including links to information about the NEPA planning process. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Cindy Ott-Jones, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, Texas 79036, by e-mail at Cindy OttJones@nps.gov. If you wish to comment on this project, you may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Office of the Superintendent, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, Texas 79036–1460. 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 the park directly at Office of the Superintendent, Cindy Ott-Jones at 806–857–3151. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, 419 E. Broadway, Fritch, Texas 79036. 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Date: May 28, 2008. John T. Crowley, Acting Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. E8–12839 Filed 6–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–3A–M PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service General Management Plan, Record of Decision, Saguaro National Park, Arizona National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement I General Management Plan, Saguaro National Park. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management Plan, Saguaro National Park, Arizona. On April 2, 2008, the Regional Director, Intermountain Region approved the Record of Decision. As soon as practicable after March 31, 2008, on which the 30-day waiting period ends, the National Park Service will start implementing the selected action as in the FEIS issued on February 29, 2008, the date the FETS was published in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Federal Register notice (Volume 73, Number 41, Page 11112). The ROD explains that alternative 2 is the selected action over no-action and the other action alternative. To reduce habitat fragmentation, the selected action emphasizes ecological processes and biological diversity by creating and preserving wildlife movement corridors among isolated habitats, while still providing a range of visitor opportunities. The selected action includes a parkwide management zone for the preservation of cultural resources. The no-action alternative would mean no change from existing conditions. The other action alternative would mean some but less emphasis on wildlife movement corridors among isolated habitats to address habitat fragmentation, and more visitor opportunities. The selected action calls for road, trail, and visitor center improvements as well as monitoring for certain natural and cultural resources and vehicular traffic patterns for preservation and safety, respectively. The Record of Decision includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of the other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a description of the environmentally preferable alternative, and findings of no unacceptable impacts and no impairment to park resources and values. There is a listing of measures to E:\FR\FM\11JNN1.SGM 11JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 113 / Wednesday, June 11, 2008 / Notices minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in the decision-making process. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Sarah Craighead, Saguaro National Park, 3693 South Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, AZ 85730–5601, sarah_craighead@nps.gov, 520–733– 5101. Copies of the Record of Decision may be obtained from the above contact or online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/sagu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: April 2, 2008. Michael D. Snyder, Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. E8–12835 Filed 6–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–08–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Poplar Point Redevelopment Project and Proposed National Park Service and U.S. Park Police Facilities Relocation National Park Service, Department of the Interior. AGENCY: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and for scoping on the redevelopment of Poplar Point and proposed relocation of certain National Park Service and U.S. Park Police facilities in Washington, D.C. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the National Park Service (NPS) with the District of Columbia government (District), acting as joint lead agencies, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to aid their decisionmaking under Title III of the Federal and District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109– 396, 120 Stat. 2711 (2006) (D.C. Lands Act). During this NEPA process, the NPS and the District will be complying with applicable laws and regulations, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and those pertaining to activities within floodplains. Other Federal and District agencies may serve as cooperating agencies and they are invited to contact the NPS and the District. Scoping commences with this notice. Written comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS are requested, and a public meeting has been scheduled. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:13 Jun 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 A public meeting to obtain input on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS is scheduled for June 24, 2008, at 7 p.m. at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, 2616 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. Written comments from the public and others are sought. Comments will be considered by both NPS and the District. For these comments to be most helpful to the scoping process, they must be received within 45 days from the date of publication of this notice. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Government agencies who will be or seek to be cooperating agencies are requested to get in touch with NPS, the District, or both as early in the process as possible. ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, 2616 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. Potential cooperating agencies should contact Peter May, Associate Regional Director for Lands, Resources and Planning, 1100 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20242, and/or the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Attention: Poplar Point Project Manager, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 317, Washington, DC 20004, or https:// www.poplarpointeis.com. Comments may be submitted electronically through the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NACE; or by mail to: Superintendent, National Capital Parks—East, RE: Poplar Point Redevelopment, 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE., Washington, DC 20020. To be added to a mailing list about this project: contact Superintendent, National Capital Parks—East, RE: Poplar Point Redevelopment, 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE., Washington, DC 20020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The NPS and the District may both be contacted. For the NPS: Superintendent, National Capital Parks—East, RE: Poplar Point Redevelopment, 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE., Washington, DC 20020. For the District: Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Attention: Poplar Point Project Manager, 1350 Pennsylvania DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33113 Avenue, NW., Suite 317, Washington, DC 20004 or https:// www.poplarpointeis.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The D.C. Lands Act calls for the redevelopment of Poplar Point (the Site), by the District and, should the NPS and the District jointly determine that it is no longer appropriate for the NPS and U.S. Park Police (USPP), which is part of the NPS, to remain in their current Poplar Point facilities, new permanent replacement facilities will be provided by the District. The EIS will analyze alternatives for the District’s redevelopment of the Site and for NPS and USPP replacement facilities which may be located elsewhere in Washington, D.C., and a no-action alternative. This EIS will be used in the decision-making processes for this relocation and redevelopment which are pursuant to the D.C. Lands Act. Much of the Site is within National Capital Parks—East of the National Park System and, by law, as the NPS and USPP facilities situation is resolved, these lands will go to the District, possibly through a sequence of multiple conveyances of title. Poplar Point occupies a prime and highly visible parcel along the eastern bank of the Anacostia River, directly across from the Washington Navy Yard. The Site includes, but is not limited, to ‘‘Poplar Point’’ as defined in Section 304 of the D.C. Lands Act, and is generally bounded by the Anacostia River to the north, the Frederick Douglass Bridge to the west, the 11th Street Bridge to the east, and the Anacostia Freeway (Interstate 295) and Suitland Parkway to the south. It is approximately 130 acres, mostly under NPS jurisdiction, containing the NPS and USPP facilities and 60 acres of managed meadows. The Site will increase to approximately 150 acres when the Frederick Douglass Bridge is realigned further to the South; the District already has jurisdiction of the land underneath the freeway infrastructure leading to that bridge. The Site also contains the Anacostia Metro Station and a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) parking garage. The NPS and USPP presently operate in approximately 100,000 square feet of facilities at the Site. The NPS and USPP relocation involves the NPS and District agreeing on a new location and on facilities design, followed by the District providing such facilities to the NPS at no cost to the NPS. Options for relocation include moving to other land in the District, or relocation at the Site. A determination could also be made for E:\FR\FM\11JNN1.SGM 11JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33112-33113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12835]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Record of Decision, Saguaro National 
Park, Arizona

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement I General Management Plan, Saguaro 
National Park.

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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 announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management Plan, 
Saguaro National Park, Arizona. On April 2, 2008, the Regional 
Director, Intermountain Region approved the Record of Decision. As soon 
as practicable after March 31, 2008, on which the 30-day waiting period 
ends, the National Park Service will start implementing the selected 
action as in the FEIS issued on February 29, 2008, the date the FETS 
was published in the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register 
notice (Volume 73, Number 41, Page 11112). The ROD explains that 
alternative 2 is the selected action over no-action and the other 
action alternative. To reduce habitat fragmentation, the selected 
action emphasizes ecological processes and biological diversity by 
creating and preserving wildlife movement corridors among isolated 
habitats, while still providing a range of visitor opportunities. The 
selected action includes a parkwide management zone for the 
preservation of cultural resources. The no-action alternative would 
mean no change from existing conditions. The other action alternative 
would mean some but less emphasis on wildlife movement corridors among 
isolated habitats to address habitat fragmentation, and more visitor 
opportunities. The selected action calls for road, trail, and visitor 
center improvements as well as monitoring for certain natural and 
cultural resources and vehicular traffic patterns for preservation and 
safety, respectively.
    The Record of Decision includes a statement of the decision made, 
synopses of the other alternatives considered, the basis for the 
decision, a description of the environmentally preferable alternative, 
and findings of no unacceptable impacts and no impairment to park 
resources and values. There is a listing of measures to

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minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in 
the decision-making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Sarah Craighead, 
Saguaro National Park, 3693 South Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, AZ 85730-
5601, sarah_craighead@nps.gov, 520-733-5101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Record of Decision may be 
obtained from the above contact or online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/sagu.

    Dated: April 2, 2008.
Michael D. Snyder,
 Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8-12835 Filed 6-10-08; 8:45 am]
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