Termination of Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, 62528 [2012-25099]
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James D. Claflin,
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Resources.
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Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–MWR–MORU–10496; 6065–4000–409]
Termination of Environmental Impact
Statement for the General Management
Plan, Mount Rushmore National
Memorial, South Dakota
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Termination of
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) is terminating the preparation of
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Mount Rushmore National
Memorial General Management Plan
(GMP) and will be preparing an
Environmental Assessment (EA)
instead.
SUMMARY:
The draft GMP EA is expected to
be distributed for public comment in the
fall of 2012. Specific dates, times, and
locations will be announced on the
Internet at the NPS Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment Web
site (https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/
moru), at the park Web site (https://
www.nps.gov/moru), and will also be
available by contacting park staff at the
address below.
ADDRESSES: Mount Rushmore National
Memorial, 13000 Hwy 244 Bldg 31 Suite
1, Keystone, South Dakota 57751;
telephone, (605) 574–2523.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Superintendent Schreier at the
address above, by telephone at (605)
574–3131, or by email at
MORU_Superintendent@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
NPS, have determined that an EA rather
than an EIS is the appropriate level of
environmental documentation for the
GMP. Preliminary analysis of
alternatives showed there was no
potential for significant impacts to park
resources and values and no concerns or
issues were expressed during the public
scoping process for the GMP that have
the potential for controversial impacts.
For these reasons the NPS determined
the proposal would not constitute a
major federal action requiring an EIS. A
notice of intent to prepare the EIS for
the GMP was published in the
November 26, 2008, Federal Register
(Volume 73, Number 229). Publication
of the notice was followed with public
meetings held in Rapid City, Hot
Springs, and Keystone, South Dakota, in
December 2008.
We intend to issue an EA that
considers the following two alternatives
and their related impacts:
No-action alternative: Continue the
present management direction as guided
by the 1980 GMP.
Preferred alternative: Relocate
emergency operations and park
maintenance operations to increase
safety and operational effectiveness;
rehabilitate an existing overflow parking
lot as a picnic/day use area; make trail
and observation platform improvements
consistent with Architectural Barriers
Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS);
and redesign concession dining
facilities to accommodate growth in
visitation. The preferred alternative
would result in beneficial changes in
the safety, operations, visitor
experience, and accessibility within the
memorial.
Dated: May 31, 2012.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-MWR-MORU-10496; 6065-4000-409]
Termination of Environmental Impact Statement for the General
Management Plan, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Termination of Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating the preparation
of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Mount Rushmore
National Memorial General Management Plan (GMP) and will be preparing
an Environmental Assessment (EA) instead.
DATES: The draft GMP EA is expected to be distributed for public
comment in the fall of 2012. Specific dates, times, and locations will
be announced on the Internet at the NPS Planning, Environment, and
Public Comment Web site (https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/moru), at the
park Web site (https://www.nps.gov/moru), and will also be available by
contacting park staff at the address below.
ADDRESSES: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 13000 Hwy 244 Bldg 31
Suite 1, Keystone, South Dakota 57751; telephone, (605) 574-2523.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent Schreier at the
address above, by telephone at (605) 574-3131, or by email at MORU_Superintendent@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the NPS, have determined that an EA
rather than an EIS is the appropriate level of environmental
documentation for the GMP. Preliminary analysis of alternatives showed
there was no potential for significant impacts to park resources and
values and no concerns or issues were expressed during the public
scoping process for the GMP that have the potential for controversial
impacts. For these reasons the NPS determined the proposal would not
constitute a major federal action requiring an EIS. A notice of intent
to prepare the EIS for the GMP was published in the November 26, 2008,
Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 229). Publication of the notice was
followed with public meetings held in Rapid City, Hot Springs, and
Keystone, South Dakota, in December 2008.
We intend to issue an EA that considers the following two
alternatives and their related impacts:
No-action alternative: Continue the present management direction as
guided by the 1980 GMP.
Preferred alternative: Relocate emergency operations and park
maintenance operations to increase safety and operational
effectiveness; rehabilitate an existing overflow parking lot as a
picnic/day use area; make trail and observation platform improvements
consistent with Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards
(ABAAS); and redesign concession dining facilities to accommodate
growth in visitation. The preferred alternative would result in
beneficial changes in the safety, operations, visitor experience, and
accessibility within the memorial.
Dated: May 31, 2012.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-25099 Filed 10-12-12; 8:45 am]
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