Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland, 63851-63852 [2010-25833]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2010 / Notices
Dated: October 12, 2010.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Background
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–R–2009–N279; [93261–1263–000–
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Draft Friends Organizations Policy
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), propose to
establish a policy to guide Service
employees to increase efficiency and
effectiveness in achieving the Service’s
mission through partnerships with
Friends organizations (volunteer/
advocate). Today, Friends organizations
play a vital role in helping to fulfill the
Service’s mission of ‘‘working with
others, to conserve, protect and enhance
fish, wildlife, and plants and their
habitats for the continuing benefit of the
American people.’’
This draft policy provides guidance
for Service employees who work with
Friends organizations to increase
community involvement in our
programs. Specifically, it includes
guidance regarding financial and
administrative practices, Friends
Partnership Agreements, and revenue
generating operations. We propose to
incorporate this draft policy as Part 633,
chapters 1–4 of the Fish and Wildlife
Service Manual.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by
December 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this draft policy by any of the
following methods:
U.S. Mail or Hand Delivery: Kevin
Kilcullen, Visitor Services, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 635, Arlington, VA 22203;
Fax: 703–358–2517; or
E-mail:
refugesystempolicycomments@fws.gov.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Kilcullen, at address or fax above,
or telephone: 703–358–2382.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft
guidance document which is the subject
of this notice is available at: https://
www.fws.gov/refuges/friends.
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The National Wildlife Refuge System
Volunteer and Community Partnership
Enhancement Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C.
742f) amended the Fish and Wildlife
Act of 1956 to promote volunteer
programs and community partnerships
for the benefit of national wildlife
refuges. The Act states that we will
‘‘encourage the use of volunteers in the
management of refuges and facilitate
partnerships between the Refuge System
and non-Federal entities to promote
public awareness of the resources of the
Refuge System and public participation
in the conservation of those resources.’’
The National Fish Hatchery System
Volunteer Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 760aa)
provides for the expansion of volunteer
projects and community partnerships of
the National Fish Hatchery System. The
Act states that we will ‘‘enhance an
existing volunteer program of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
and promote community partnerships
for the benefit of national fish hatcheries
and fisheries program offices.’’ Both
Acts direct us to work with volunteers
and partners to promote public
awareness and participation in our
conservation programs. This draft policy
for Friends organizations was based on
these statutory requirements.
The National Friends Program was
established in 1996 to encourage and
organize community involvement in
Service activities. The program works to
expand the number and effectiveness of
community-based Friends organizations
which assist us in delivering our
mission. During the last decade, the
Friends program has grown
substantially in size and complexity.
There are more than 230 Friends
organizations, with an estimated total of
40–60,000 members. These
organizations significantly strengthen
the work of refuges, waterfowl
production areas, and fish hatcheries
and program offices across the country.
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Chapter 2 describes the information
we need when we consider the financial
and administrative activities under
Friends agreements, including the
practices and activities that the Service
may allow on Government property.
Chapter 3 describes the major
components of, and process for
developing and modifying, the legal
Friends Partnership Agreement between
Friends organizations and the Service.
Chapter 4 describes how we work
with Friends organizations to manage
revenue-generating operations on
Service property.
Request for Public Comments
We seek public comments on the draft
Friends policy, and will consider
comments and any additional
information we receive during the
comment period (see DATES). You may
submit comments to any of the places
cited in ADDRESSES. Please submit
Internet comments as an ASCII file,
avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption.
Public Availability of Comments
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.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Daniel M. Ashe,
Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Policy
We recognize that Friends provide
many vital services to our sites and
programs. This draft policy provides
guidance on roles and responsibilities
for both the Service and Friends
organizations. The purpose of this draft
policy is to provide Service employees
with guidance when working with
Friends organizations.
Chapter 1 of this draft policy
identifies the authorities for working
with Friends organizations; describes
the relationship between the Service
and Friends organizations; and
describes the responsibilities of Service
employees and Friends organizations.
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Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement,
Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for
Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332 (2) (C), the National Park
Service (NPS) announces the
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2010 / Notices
availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the General
Management Plan (Draft GMP/EIS) for
Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland. The purpose of the Draft
GMP/EIS is to provide a clear definition
of the park’s purpose, significance,
fundamental resources and values, and
the direction that will guide and
coordinate all subsequent planning and
management.
DATES: The National Park Service will
accept comments on the Draft GMP/EIS
from the public for 60 days from the
date the Environmental Protection
Agency publishes their Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
Public meetings will be held during the
60-day review period to solicit
comments on the Draft GMP/EIS. Dates,
times, and locations will be announced
on the NPS Planning, Environment, and
Public Comment (PEPC) Web site
(https://parkplanning.nps.gov/hamp),
the park website (https://www.nps.gov/
hamp), in local papers, and can also be
obtained by contacting the park at (410)
823–1309.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft GMP/EIS
will be available for public review and
comment online at the NPS PEPC Web
site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
hamp), and at the park’s Web site
(https://www.nps.gov/hamp). Printed
copies (in limited quantity) and CDs can
be requested by calling the park at (410)
823–1309. Printed hardcopies can be
viewed at the following locations:
Hampton National Historic Site, 535
Hampton Lane, Towson, Maryland
21286;
Fort McHenry National and Historic
Shrine, End of East Fort Avenue,
Baltimore, Maryland 21230;
Towson Branch Library/Baltimore
County Library, 320 York Avenue,
Towson, Maryland 21204;
Baltimore County Tourism Office and
Towson Chamber of Commerce, 44
West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson,
Maryland 21204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gay
Vietzke, Superintendent, Hampton
National Historic Site, 535 Hampton
Road, Towson, Maryland, 21286–1397,
(410) 823–1309.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent
with National Park Service laws,
regulations, and policies, and the
purpose of the National Historic Site,
the Draft GMP/EIS describes and
analyzes three alternatives (1–3) to
guide the management of the National
Historic Site over the next 15 to 20
years. The alternatives incorporate
various management prescriptions to
ensure protection, access and enjoyment
of the park’s resources. Alternative 1,
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the no action alternative, proposes to
maintain the current interpretive focus,
visitor experience and management
direction. Construction of a new
collections storage building, that has
begun, would be completed. Alternative
2: Experiencing the Past proposes to
remove post-1948 development and
consolidate administrative functions to
recreate the feeling of the Hampton
Estate near the end of its period of
greatest significance. Historic structures
and cultural landscapes would be
rehabilitated, to the greatest extent
possible, to facilitate this visitor
experience. Alternative 3: Broadening
the Hampton Experience, the NPS
preferred alternative, proposes to
expand the visitor experience to include
the entire story of the park from the 18th
century through today, to rehabilitate
select historic structures and cultural
landscapes for interpretation and to
rehabilitate the remaining park historic
and modern buildings for visitor
services and park operations.
The Draft GMP/EIS evaluates
potential environmental consequences
of implementing the three alternatives.
It describes the affected natural,
cultural, scenic, and socioeconomic
environments within and near the park
and analyzes potential impacts on park
resources and values. Resource impact
topics analyzed include: cultural
landscapes, historic structures,
archeological resources, ethnography,
wetlands, water quality, vegetation,
wildlife, land use, visitor experience,
and operations and maintenance.
If you wish to comment on the Draft
GMP/EIS, you may submit your
comments by any one of several
methods. The preferred method to
comment is to submit comments
electronically through the NPS PEPC
Web site at (https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/hamp). You may
also send written comments to
Superintendent Gay Vietzke, Hampton
National Historic Site, 535 Hampton
Road, Towson, Maryland, 21286.
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
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National
Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of
Surveys.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has officially filed
the plats of survey of the lands
described below in the BLM Idaho State
Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on
the dates specified.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, 1387
South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho,
83709–1657.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These
surveys were executed at the request of
the Bureau of Land Management to meet
their administrative needs. The lands
surveyed are:
The plat, in two sheets, representing
the entire survey record of the
dependent resurvey of a portion of the
subdivisional lines, and the subdivision
of sections 12 and 13, T. 7 S., R. 34 E.,
of the Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group
Number 1148, was accepted July 15,
2010.
The plat constituting the entire survey
record of the dependent resurvey of a
portion of the subdivisional lines and
the subdivision of sections 8, 9, and 17,
T. 6 S., R. 35 E., of the Boise Meridian,
Idaho, Group Number 1283, was
accepted August 24, 2010.
The supplemental plat in section 19,
T. 2 N., R. 10 E., of the Boise Meridian,
Idaho, Group Number 1337, was
prepared to show amended lottings, was
accepted September 30, 2010.
These surveys were executed at the
request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
to meet their administrative needs. The
lands surveyed are:
The field notes representing the
remonumentation of the 1⁄4 section
corner of sections 31 and 32, T. 36 N.,
R. 1 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group
Number 1000, was accepted July 2,
2010.
The plat constituting the entire survey
record of the dependent resurvey of a
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement,
Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for Hampton National Historic Site,
Maryland.
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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 (NPS) announces the
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availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan (Draft GMP/EIS) for Hampton National Historic
Site, Maryland. The purpose of the Draft GMP/EIS is to provide a clear
definition of the park's purpose, significance, fundamental resources
and values, and the direction that will guide and coordinate all
subsequent planning and management.
DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments on the Draft GMP/
EIS from the public for 60 days from the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes their Notice of Availability in the Federal
Register. Public meetings will be held during the 60-day review period
to solicit comments on the Draft GMP/EIS. Dates, times, and locations
will be announced on the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment
(PEPC) Web site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/hamp), the park website
(https://www.nps.gov/hamp), in local papers, and can also be obtained by
contacting the park at (410) 823-1309.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft GMP/EIS will be available for public
review and comment online at the NPS PEPC Web site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/hamp), and at the park's Web site (https://www.nps.gov/hamp). Printed copies (in limited quantity) and CDs can be
requested by calling the park at (410) 823-1309. Printed hardcopies can
be viewed at the following locations:
Hampton National Historic Site, 535 Hampton Lane, Towson, Maryland
21286;
Fort McHenry National and Historic Shrine, End of East Fort Avenue,
Baltimore, Maryland 21230;
Towson Branch Library/Baltimore County Library, 320 York Avenue,
Towson, Maryland 21204;
Baltimore County Tourism Office and Towson Chamber of Commerce, 44 West
Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Maryland 21204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gay Vietzke, Superintendent, Hampton
National Historic Site, 535 Hampton Road, Towson, Maryland, 21286-1397,
(410) 823-1309.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent with National Park Service laws,
regulations, and policies, and the purpose of the National Historic
Site, the Draft GMP/EIS describes and analyzes three alternatives (1-3)
to guide the management of the National Historic Site over the next 15
to 20 years. The alternatives incorporate various management
prescriptions to ensure protection, access and enjoyment of the park's
resources. Alternative 1, the no action alternative, proposes to
maintain the current interpretive focus, visitor experience and
management direction. Construction of a new collections storage
building, that has begun, would be completed. Alternative 2:
Experiencing the Past proposes to remove post-1948 development and
consolidate administrative functions to recreate the feeling of the
Hampton Estate near the end of its period of greatest significance.
Historic structures and cultural landscapes would be rehabilitated, to
the greatest extent possible, to facilitate this visitor experience.
Alternative 3: Broadening the Hampton Experience, the NPS preferred
alternative, proposes to expand the visitor experience to include the
entire story of the park from the 18th century through today, to
rehabilitate select historic structures and cultural landscapes for
interpretation and to rehabilitate the remaining park historic and
modern buildings for visitor services and park operations.
The Draft GMP/EIS evaluates potential environmental consequences of
implementing the three alternatives. It describes the affected natural,
cultural, scenic, and socioeconomic environments within and near the
park and analyzes potential impacts on park resources and values.
Resource impact topics analyzed include: cultural landscapes, historic
structures, archeological resources, ethnography, wetlands, water
quality, vegetation, wildlife, land use, visitor experience, and
operations and maintenance.
If you wish to comment on the Draft GMP/EIS, you may submit your
comments by any one of several methods. The preferred method to comment
is to submit comments electronically through the NPS PEPC Web site at
(https://parkplanning.nps.gov/hamp). You may also send written comments
to Superintendent Gay Vietzke, Hampton National Historic Site, 535
Hampton Road, Towson, Maryland, 21286.
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.
Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-25833 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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