Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA and NC, 62832-62833 [2011-26163]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 62832 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2011 / Notices has known mineral value for gold and aggregate materials. The BLM proposes to reserve all minerals to the U.S. On October 11, 2011, the above described land will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, except for the sale provisions of the FLPMA. Until completion of the sale, the BLM will no longer accept land use applications affecting the identified public lands, except applications for the amendment of previously filed right-ofway applications or existing authorizations to increase the term of the grants in accordance with 43 CFR 2802.15 and 2886.15. The segregation terminates upon issuance of a patent, publication in the Federal Register of a termination of the segregation, or on October 11, 2013, unless extended by the BLM State Director in accordance with 43 CFR 2711.1–2(d) prior to the termination date. The land would not be sold until at least December 12, 2011. Any conveyance document issued would contain the following terms, conditions, and reservations: 1. A reservation of a right-of-way (ROW) to the United States for ditches and canals constructed by authority of the United States under the Act of August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C 945); 2. A reservation of all minerals to the United States, together with the right by itself, its permittees, licensees and lessees to prospect for, mine, and remove the minerals under applicable law and such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. 3. Subject to the following existing ROWs: a ROW for a power-line issued under serial number CACA 24929 and a ROW for a telephone line issued under serial number CACA 26611. 4. A condition that the conveyance be subject to valid existing rights; 5. An appropriate indemnification clause protecting the United States from claims arising out of the patentee’s use, occupancy, or operations on the patented lands; and 6. Additional terms and conditions that the authorized officer deems appropriate. The ROW’s listed in 3 above may be replaced by permanent easements prior to conveyance. The parcel may be subject to applications for ROWs received prior to publication of this Notice if processing the application would not adversely affect the marketability or appraised value of the land. Case files containing details on the existing ROWs are available for review at the Redding Field Office. Detailed information concerning the proposed land sale including the appraisal, planning and environmental VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:47 Oct 07, 2011 Jkt 226001 documents, and a mineral report are available for review at the BLM Redding Field Office at the address above, or by calling (530) 224–2122. Public comments regarding the proposed sale may be submitted in writing to the attention of the BLM Redding Field Manager (see ADDRESSES above) on or before November 25, 2011. Comments received in electronic form, such as e-mail or facsimile, will not be considered. Any adverse comments regarding the proposed sale will be reviewed by the BLM State Director or other authorized official of the Department of the Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or modify this realty action in whole or in part. In the absence of timely filed objections, this realty action will become the final determination of the Department of the Interior. 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. Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2(a) and (c). Tom Pogacnik, Deputy State Director, Natural Resources. [FR Doc. 2011–26191 Filed 10–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–40–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [2031–A048–409] Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan, Blue Ridge Parkway, VA and NC National Park Service, Interior. Notice of Availability of the Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. AGENCY: ACTION: Pursuant to 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 Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Blue Ridge Parkway (parkway). Consistent with NPS laws, regulations, and policies and the purpose of the parkway, the DEIS/GMP describes the NPS preferred alternative—Alternative B—to guide the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 management of the parkway over the next 20 years. The preferred alternative incorporates various management strategies to ensure protection, access, and enjoyment of the parkway’s resources. The document analyzes the environmental impacts of the preferred alternative, along with two other alternatives, including the no-action alternative. DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public on the DEIS/GMP for at least 60 days, starting from the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of Availability. The date, time, and location of public meetings will be announced through the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site: https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/BLRI and other media outlets. ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the draft DEIS/GMP will be available online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/BLRI. To request a copy, contact Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue Ridge Parkway, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Comments may be submitted by several methods. The preferred method is commenting via the internet on the PEPC website above. An electronic public comment form is provided on this website. You may also mail comments to Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue Ridge Parkway, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the parkway. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, please 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. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. A limited number of compact disks and printed copies of the DEIS/GMP will be made available at Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarter, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public meetings, newsletters, and internet updates have kept the public informed and involved throughout the planning process. The DEIS/GMP provides a framework for management, use, and E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2011 / Notices development of the parkway for the next 20 years. It presents and analyzes three alternatives: Alternative A (no action) provides a baseline for evaluating changes and impacts of the two action alternatives. Alternative B is the NPS preferred alternative. The concept for management under alternative B emphasizes the original parkway design and traditional driving experience, while enhancing outdoor recreational opportunities and regional natural resource connectivity, and providing modest improvements to visitor services. In essence, the preferred alternative seeks to reinvest in the parkway’s aging infrastructure, update inadequate visitor services and facilities, and protect a biologically diverse natural environment that is only surpassed by two other units in the national park system. Under Alternative C, the parkway would seek to significantly expand regional recreation opportunities, re-design campgrounds and other facilities to provide more modern visitor services, and focuses on partnerships to enhance regional natural resource connectivity. The three alternatives are described in detail in chapter 2 of the draft plan. The key impacts of implementing the three alternatives are detailed in chapter 4 and summarized in chapter 2. Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is contained in 40 CFR 1506.6. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue Ridge Parkway, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or telephone at (828) 271–4779. The responsible official for this Draft EIS is the Regional Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Dated: October 3, 2011. Ben West, Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2011–26163 Filed 10–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [2253–665] Notice of Intent To Repatriate a Cultural Item: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, in SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:47 Oct 07, 2011 Jkt 226001 consultation with the appropriate Indian tribe, has determined that the cultural item meets the definition of unassociated funerary object and repatriation to the Indian tribe stated below may occur if no additional claimants come forward. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the cultural item may contact the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a cultural affiliation with the cultural item should contact the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University at the address below by November 10, 2011. ADDRESSES: Professor Derek E.G. Briggs, Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203) 432– 3752. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, that meets the definition of unassociated funerary object under 25 U.S.C. 3001. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Item In 1886, Mrs. Kate Foot Coe collected one chilkat blanket on Kiloosnoo Island, AK. On November 19, 1902, Mrs. Foot Coe donated it to the Peabody Museum of Natural History. The museum’s catalog describes the blanket as being found in a ‘‘receptacle on the top of a totem pole containing the bones and ashes of a cremated body.’’ No human remains associated with this blanket are in the museum’s collection. The catalog description of the blanket indicates that it was collected from a funerary context and was in association with bones at the time that it was collected. Based on the collection location on Kiloosnoo Island in the Northwest Coast culture area, the recovery of the blanket from a grave pole, and the type of object (chilkat blanket), this item is believed to be culturally affiliated with the Central PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62833 Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Officials of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University have determined that: • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the single cultural item described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and is believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary object and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. Additional Requestors and Disposition Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary object should contact Professor Derek E.G. Briggs, Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118, telephone (203) 432–3752, before November 10, 2011. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary object to the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University is responsible for notifying the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes that this notice has been published. Dated: October 3, 2011. Sherry Hutt, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2011–26179 Filed 10–7–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–50–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [2253–665] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The University of Colorado Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62832-62833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26163]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2031-A048-409]


Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan, 
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA and NC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft General Management Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement.

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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 
availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 
General Management Plan (GMP) for Blue Ridge Parkway (parkway).
    Consistent with NPS laws, regulations, and policies and the purpose 
of the parkway, the DEIS/GMP describes the NPS preferred alternative--
Alternative B--to guide the management of the parkway over the next 20 
years. The preferred alternative incorporates various management 
strategies to ensure protection, access, and enjoyment of the parkway's 
resources. The document analyzes the environmental impacts of the 
preferred alternative, along with two other alternatives, including the 
no-action alternative.

DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public on the DEIS/GMP for 
at least 60 days, starting from the date the Environmental Protection 
Agency publishes the Notice of Availability. The date, time, and 
location of public meetings will be announced through the NPS Planning, 
Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/BLRI and other media outlets.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the draft DEIS/GMP will be available 
online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/BLRI. To request a copy, contact 
Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue Ridge Parkway, 199 Hemphill Knob 
Road, Asheville, NC 28803.
    Comments may be submitted by several methods. The preferred method 
is commenting via the internet on the PEPC website above. An electronic 
public comment form is provided on this website. You may also mail 
comments to Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue Ridge Parkway, 199 
Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Finally, you may hand-deliver 
comments to the parkway. Before including your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment, please 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. We will always make submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. A 
limited number of compact disks and printed copies of the DEIS/GMP will 
be made available at Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarter, 199 Hemphill Knob 
Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public meetings, newsletters, and internet 
updates have kept the public informed and involved throughout the 
planning process. The DEIS/GMP provides a framework for management, 
use, and

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development of the parkway for the next 20 years. It presents and 
analyzes three alternatives: Alternative A (no action) provides a 
baseline for evaluating changes and impacts of the two action 
alternatives. Alternative B is the NPS preferred alternative. The 
concept for management under alternative B emphasizes the original 
parkway design and traditional driving experience, while enhancing 
outdoor recreational opportunities and regional natural resource 
connectivity, and providing modest improvements to visitor services. In 
essence, the preferred alternative seeks to reinvest in the parkway's 
aging infrastructure, update inadequate visitor services and 
facilities, and protect a biologically diverse natural environment that 
is only surpassed by two other units in the national park system. Under 
Alternative C, the parkway would seek to significantly expand regional 
recreation opportunities, re-design campgrounds and other facilities to 
provide more modern visitor services, and focuses on partnerships to 
enhance regional natural resource connectivity. The three alternatives 
are described in detail in chapter 2 of the draft plan. The key impacts 
of implementing the three alternatives are detailed in chapter 4 and 
summarized in chapter 2.

    Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is contained 
in 40 CFR 1506.6.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Phil Francis, Blue 
Ridge Parkway, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or telephone 
at (828) 271-4779.
    The responsible official for this Draft EIS is the Regional 
Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

    Dated: October 3, 2011.
Ben West,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2011-26163 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
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