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weapons firing, and other consistent
defense-related purposes as specified in
the Act. The withdrawal extension is
necessary to continue protection and
use of the lands for military readiness
purposes.
DATES: Effective Date: September 23,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
D. Beck, Branch of Lands and Realty,
Bureau of Land Management Colorado
State Office, (303) 239–3882. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339 to reach the Bureau of
Land Management contact during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with Sec. 2908(b) of Public
Law 104–201, Subtitle A, the
Department of the Army has notified the
Department of the Interior that it has a
continuing military need for the
withdrawn lands. The purpose for
which the withdrawal was first made
requires this extension in order for the
lands to continue to be used for military
readiness purposes. The withdrawal
extended by this order will expire on
September 22, 2026, unless as a result
of a review conducted before the
expiration date pursuant to the
provisions of Public Law 104–201 and
Section 204(f) of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43
U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines
that the withdrawal shall be further
extended.
Order
By virtue of the authority of the
Secretary of the Interior by Section 204
of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, and Section 2908 of Public Law
104–201, Subtitle A, it is ordered as
follows:
The withdrawal created by Subtitle A
of Public Law 104–201 (110 Stat 2807
(1996)), which withdrew 3,133 acres of
public lands and 11,415 acres of
Federally owned minerals at the Fort
Carson Military Reservation, and 2,517
acres of public lands and approximately
130,139 acres of Federally owned
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minerals at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver
Site from all forms of appropriation
under the public land laws, including
the mining laws, mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, and mineral
materials disposal laws, and reserved
the lands for use by the Army for
military maneuvering, training and
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weapons firing, and other consistent
defense-related purposes as specified in
Subtitle A of the Act, is hereby extended
for an additional 15-year term until
September 22, 2026.
Dated: September 19, 2011.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management
and Budget.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of Draft General
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement for Effigy Mounds
National Monument, Iowa
National Park Service, Interior.
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of a draft General
Management Plan (GMP)/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for Effigy
Mounds National Monument in Harpers
Ferry, Iowa.
DATES: The draft GMP/EIS will remain
available for public review for 60 days
following the publishing of the notice of
availability in the Federal Register by
the Environmental Protection Agency.
Public meetings will be held during the
60-day review period on the GMP/EIS in
the Harpers Ferry, Iowa area, in summer
2011. Meeting times and locations will
be announced in the local press, sent
out to the mailing list for this project
and uploaded to the plan Web site at
https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/efmo.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft GMP/EIS
are available from the Superintendent,
Effigy Mounds National Monument at
151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa
52146. The document is also available
to be picked up in person at the address
shown above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document is a revised Draft GMP/EIS for
Effigy Mounds National Monument,
which replaces the Draft GMP/EIS
released in May of 2009. Shortly after
that public release, the NPS took a close
look at past construction activities and
practices in the park, particularly those
with the potential to harm the
archeological resources the park was
created to protect, and decided to
substantially revise the draft.
This GMP/EIS will guide the
management of the Effigy Mounds
National Monument for the next 25
years. The draft GMP/EIS considers
AGENCY:
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three draft conceptual alternatives—a
no-action and two action alternatives,
including the NPS preferred alternative.
The draft GMP/EIS assesses impacts to
cultural resources (archeological,
landscapes, ethnographic resources, and
museum collections), to natural
resources (soils, wild and scenic rivers,
vegetation, fish and wildlife, special
status species, and visual resources/
viewsheds), to visitor use and
experience, to the socioeconomic
environment, and to monument
operations and facilities. The preferred
alternative focuses on providing an
enhanced visitor experience with
increased understanding of the
monument while protecting and
preserving natural and cultural
resources. The desired visitor
experience would be to make personal
connections to the monument’s tangible
resources through understanding of the
significance of the (pre-European
contact) American Indian
moundbuilding story and its
relationship to the heritage of the
region. The landscape and visitor
facilities would support a contemplative
atmosphere with opportunities for the
public to spend time reflecting on the
lives and legacy of the moundbuilders
and the sacred nature of the site today.
The natural setting created by
preserving or restoring landscapes
would provide a connection between
the moundbuilding cultures and the
environment that shaped their lives and
beliefs.
The biggest change proposed in the
revised Draft GMP/EIS is the
elimination of the Multipurpose
Research Center as a physical structure
in the monument. While the NPS
continues to believe there is tremendous
value in promoting and coordinating
additional non-invasive research aimed
at the mounds and their long-term
preservation, we now believe this would
best be accomplished by establishing
either a virtual research center (via
enhanced partnerships and better
coordination and cooperation with
existing entities), or by establishing a
physical presence for the research
center outside the monument in a
nearby community. Therefore, new
construction of facilities and trails at
Effigy Mounds National Monument
would be minimal under the preferred
alternative. Using the direction
provided in this plan, specific locations
of trails in the Heritage Addition would
be identified in a subsequent trail
development plan. This plan envisions
a small visitor contact station at the Sny
Magill unit of the park within an
expanded boundary area. Once this land
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is acquired, subsequent site
development planning would determine
location and design of the station as
well as of redesigned trails for Sny
Magill.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National
Monument, at the address or telephone
number above.
You may submit your comments by
any one of several methods. You may
comment via the Internet through the
Web site noted above. You may also
send comments to the Superintendent,
Effigy Mounds National Monument at
the address above. You may contact the
Superintendent by phone at 563–873–
3491. Finally, you may hand-deliver
comments to the Effigy Mounds
National Monument headquarters at the
address above. Before including your
address, telephone number, electronic
mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comments, 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 comments
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials, of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: April 27, 2011.
Martin A. Sterkel,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Record of Decision; Apostle Islands
National Lakeshore, WI
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AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of availability for the
Record of Decision on the Final General
Management Plan/Wilderness
Management Plan/Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Apostle Islands
National Lakeshore, Wisconsin.
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the General Management Plan
SUMMARY:
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(GMP)/Wilderness Management Plan for
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
Wisconsin. On June 24, 2011, the
Regional Director for the NPS Midwest
Region approved the ROD for the Final
GMP/EIS. As soon as practicable, the
NPS will begin to implement the
selected alternative.
The ROD will be available
for public inspection via the Internet
through the NPS Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment Web
site at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/apis,
or by writing to Ms. Julie Van Stappen,
Chief of Planning and Resource
Management, Apostle Islands National
Lakeshore, 415 Washington Avenue,
Bayfield, Wisconsin 54814; telephone:
715–779–3398, extension 211. Copies
also can be picked-up in person at the
park’s headquarters at 415 Washington
Avenue, Bayfield, Wisconsin.
ADDRESSES:
Under the
selected alternative the park’s current
management direction will continue
with some minor changes to increase
the opportunities for more people to
have an island experience. Preservation
of natural and cultural resources will
remain a top priority. The current mix
of recreational activities will stay the
same and the visitor experience in most
of the park will stay largely as it is.
Management of the wilderness area will
continue largely the way it is now. The
Raspberry Island light station will
continue to be the focal point for
cultural resource interpretation and its
cultural landscape will be rehabilitated
consistent with plans developed but
never implemented prior to the light
station restoration. Wilderness
management will remain consistent
with current direction, with no net
change in campsite numbers or trail
miles, with the exception of the Oak
Island group campsite which will be
relocated outside of wilderness, and the
original site restored. The NPS will
continue to have visitor centers at
Bayfield, Little Sand Bay, Stockton
Island, and the Northern Great Lakes
Visitor Center. The NPS will continue to
be a leader in sustainable practices at
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Key Changes in the Selected Action
Include
• Two or more light stations will be
restored or rehabilitated, similar to the
Raspberry Island light station, and the
rest will continue to be preserved at
current levels.
• If feasible, part of the Long Island
light station will be rehabilitated for
park staff housing to better protect and
interpret the resources of Long Island.
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• If life estates on Sand or Rocky
Island naturally expire within the life of
this plan, historically significant
structures will be preserved and
interpreted.
• If feasible, additional transportation
opportunities will be sought to
encourage visitors to come to some of
the inner islands, such as Basswood or
Sand islands; some additional visitor
facilities will be developed on these
islands, including day use areas, new
trails, and campsites.
• Most of the Stockton Island
campground will be relocated to
Presque Isle; however, a few campsites
will be maintained on the north end of
the current campground.
• There will be no change in the
number of public docks in the park, but
some docks will be relocated, improved,
or expanded.
• The Bayfield visitor center will be
relocated to a new location closer to the
water to improve contact with visitors
and to be co-located, if possible, with
the park’s primary maintenance and an
operations center; the park headquarters
will remain in the old Bayfield County
Courthouse.
• The Little Sand Bay Visitor Center,
currently in poor condition and not
cost-effective to renovate, will be
replaced with a smaller, more
sustainable structure that offers the
same level of visitor services as today
and honors the site’s rich history. The
restored fishing boat ‘‘Twilite’’ will be a
featured exhibit.
• A new ranger station and accessible
beach ramp will be developed at Meyers
Beach.
The ROD includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other
alternatives considered, the basis for the
decision, the rationale for why the
selected action is the environmentally
preferable alternative, a finding of no
impairment of park resources and
values, and an overview of public
involvement in the decision-making
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Julie Van Stappen, Chief of Planning
and Resource Management, Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore, 415
Washington Avenue, Bayfield,
Wisconsin 54814, or by calling 715–
779–3198, extension 211.
Dated: June 27, 2011.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement for Effigy Mounds National Monument,
Iowa
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of a draft General Management Plan
(GMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Effigy Mounds National
Monument in Harpers Ferry, Iowa.
DATES: The draft GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 60
days following the publishing of the notice of availability in the
Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency. Public
meetings will be held during the 60-day review period on the GMP/EIS in
the Harpers Ferry, Iowa area, in summer 2011. Meeting times and
locations will be announced in the local press, sent out to the mailing
list for this project and uploaded to the plan Web site at https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/efmo.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft GMP/EIS are available from the
Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National Monument at 151 Highway 76,
Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146. The document is also available to be picked
up in person at the address shown above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document is a revised Draft GMP/EIS for
Effigy Mounds National Monument, which replaces the Draft GMP/EIS
released in May of 2009. Shortly after that public release, the NPS
took a close look at past construction activities and practices in the
park, particularly those with the potential to harm the archeological
resources the park was created to protect, and decided to substantially
revise the draft.
This GMP/EIS will guide the management of the Effigy Mounds
National Monument for the next 25 years. The draft GMP/EIS considers
three draft conceptual alternatives--a no-action and two action
alternatives, including the NPS preferred alternative. The draft GMP/
EIS assesses impacts to cultural resources (archeological, landscapes,
ethnographic resources, and museum collections), to natural resources
(soils, wild and scenic rivers, vegetation, fish and wildlife, special
status species, and visual resources/viewsheds), to visitor use and
experience, to the socioeconomic environment, and to monument
operations and facilities. The preferred alternative focuses on
providing an enhanced visitor experience with increased understanding
of the monument while protecting and preserving natural and cultural
resources. The desired visitor experience would be to make personal
connections to the monument's tangible resources through understanding
of the significance of the (pre-European contact) American Indian
moundbuilding story and its relationship to the heritage of the region.
The landscape and visitor facilities would support a contemplative
atmosphere with opportunities for the public to spend time reflecting
on the lives and legacy of the moundbuilders and the sacred nature of
the site today. The natural setting created by preserving or restoring
landscapes would provide a connection between the moundbuilding
cultures and the environment that shaped their lives and beliefs.
The biggest change proposed in the revised Draft GMP/EIS is the
elimination of the Multipurpose Research Center as a physical structure
in the monument. While the NPS continues to believe there is tremendous
value in promoting and coordinating additional non-invasive research
aimed at the mounds and their long-term preservation, we now believe
this would best be accomplished by establishing either a virtual
research center (via enhanced partnerships and better coordination and
cooperation with existing entities), or by establishing a physical
presence for the research center outside the monument in a nearby
community. Therefore, new construction of facilities and trails at
Effigy Mounds National Monument would be minimal under the preferred
alternative. Using the direction provided in this plan, specific
locations of trails in the Heritage Addition would be identified in a
subsequent trail development plan. This plan envisions a small visitor
contact station at the Sny Magill unit of the park within an expanded
boundary area. Once this land
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is acquired, subsequent site development planning would determine
location and design of the station as well as of redesigned trails for
Sny Magill.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Superintendent, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, at the address or telephone number above.
You may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may
comment via the Internet through the Web site noted above. You may also
send comments to the Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National Monument at
the address above. You may contact the Superintendent by phone at 563-
873-3491. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the Effigy Mounds
National Monument headquarters at the address above. Before including
your address, telephone number, electronic mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, from individuals identifying themselves as representatives
or officials, of organizations or businesses, available for public
inspection in their entirety.
Dated: April 27, 2011.
Martin A. Sterkel,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-24543 Filed 9-22-11; 8:45 am]
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