Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan; San Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, WA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision, 8567 [E9-3990]
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Final Environmental Impact Statement/
General Management Plan; San Juan
Island National Historical Park, San
Juan County, WA; Notice of Approval
of Record of Decision
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as
amended) and the regulations
promulgated by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part
1505.2), the Department of the Interior,
National Park Service has prepared and
approved a Record of Decision for the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the updated General Management
Plan (GMP), San Juan Island National
Historical Park. The current GMP was
completed in 1979; many conditions on
San Juan Island and within the park
have changed, particularly in the last
15–20 years. The requisite no-action
‘‘wait period’’ was initiated October 31,
2008, with the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Federal Register
notification of the filing of the Final EIS.
Decision: As soon as practical San
Juan Island National Historical Park will
begin to implement park operations,
resource management, interpretive
programs, and land acquisitions (willing
seller) presented and analyzed as the
Preferred Alternative in the Final EIS
(and which includes no substantive
changes from the course of action as
presented in the Draft EIS). The full
range of foreseeable environmental
consequences was assessed, and
appropriate mitigation measures are
included in the approved plan; this
course of action was deemed to be the
‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative.
The Final EIS identified and analyzed
two additional alternatives, and
corresponding mitigation strategies,
which were responsive to concerns and
issues the public voiced during the
extensive scoping process and Draft EIS
review, and to NPS conservation
planning requirements.
Alternative C is the selected plan.
Identified as the agency-preferred
alternative in the EIS, this updated GMP
broadens the scope of resource
management and interpretation
programs to emphasize the connections
and interrelationships between the
park’s cultural and natural resources.
Historic buildings and structures will
continue to be preserved, with some
additional buildings open to the public
for interpretation. New facilities, trails
and programs will provide
opportunities for visitors to understand
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how the park’s natural surroundings
influenced the settlement and historic
events on San Juan Island and help
define the cultural landscapes preserved
within the park. The new plan also
proposes boundary adjustments at both
English Camp and American Camp,
which includes acquisition of land from
the Washington State Department of
Natural Resources (DNR), Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), and one
private parcel under a willing-seller
condition only.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to
review the Record of Decision may
obtain a copy by contacting the
Superintendent, San Juan Island
National Historical Park, Box 429,
Friday Harbor, WA 98250 or via
telephone request at (360) 378–2240.
Dated: January 30, 2009.
Cicely A. Muldoon,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan; San
Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, WA; Notice of
Approval of Record of Decision
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part
1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has
prepared and approved a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the updated General Management Plan (GMP), San
Juan Island National Historical Park. The current GMP was completed in
1979; many conditions on San Juan Island and within the park have
changed, particularly in the last 15-20 years. The requisite no-action
``wait period'' was initiated October 31, 2008, with the Environmental
Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the
Final EIS.
Decision: As soon as practical San Juan Island National Historical
Park will begin to implement park operations, resource management,
interpretive programs, and land acquisitions (willing seller) presented
and analyzed as the Preferred Alternative in the Final EIS (and which
includes no substantive changes from the course of action as presented
in the Draft EIS). The full range of foreseeable environmental
consequences was assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures are
included in the approved plan; this course of action was deemed to be
the ``environmentally preferred'' alternative. The Final EIS identified
and analyzed two additional alternatives, and corresponding mitigation
strategies, which were responsive to concerns and issues the public
voiced during the extensive scoping process and Draft EIS review, and
to NPS conservation planning requirements.
Alternative C is the selected plan. Identified as the agency-
preferred alternative in the EIS, this updated GMP broadens the scope
of resource management and interpretation programs to emphasize the
connections and interrelationships between the park's cultural and
natural resources. Historic buildings and structures will continue to
be preserved, with some additional buildings open to the public for
interpretation. New facilities, trails and programs will provide
opportunities for visitors to understand how the park's natural
surroundings influenced the settlement and historic events on San Juan
Island and help define the cultural landscapes preserved within the
park. The new plan also proposes boundary adjustments at both English
Camp and American Camp, which includes acquisition of land from the
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and one private parcel under a willing-seller
condition only.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, San Juan
Island National Historical Park, Box 429, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 or
via telephone request at (360) 378-2240.
Dated: January 30, 2009.
Cicely A. Muldoon,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. E9-3990 Filed 2-24-09; 8:45 am]
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