Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa, 15738-15739 [2013-05610]

Download as PDF 15738 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 12, 2013 / Notices fencing to keep Puerto Rican crested toads outside of certain areas of the project; and mitigation measures such as trapping and removing non-native, invasive predators, competitors, and invasive vegetation, as well as conduct research and implement measures to enhance breeding habitat. Public Comments Before including your address, phone number, email 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. If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of several methods. Please reference TE104073 in such comments. 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The revised HCP includes the site plan for the project and detailed information on the areas within Punta Ventana that would be affected by the construction and operation turbine sites, connecting roads, staging areas and connection to a substation. Next Steps We will evaluate the ITP amendment application, including the revised HCP and any comments we receive, to determine whether the amendment application meets the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will also evaluate whether amendment of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:21 Mar 11, 2013 Jkt 229001 section 7 of the Act by conducting an intra-Service section 7 consultation. We will use the results of this consultation, in combination with the above findings, in our final analysis to determine whether or not to amend the ITP. If we determine that the requirements are met, we will amend the ITP to include the Puerto Rican crested toad as a covered species for incidental take. 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The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/ EIS) for Effigy Mounds National Monument (EFMO), Iowa. DATES: The Final GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 30 days following the publishing of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final GMP/ EIS are available to the public by request by writing to the Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146. The document is available on the internet at the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web site at https:// www.parkplanning.nps.gov/indu.efmo. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Jim Nepstad, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa, at (563) 873–3491. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the NPS, have developed this GMP/EIS to guide the management of EFMO for the next 25 years. The Draft GMP/EIS considered three draft conceptual alternatives—a no-action and two action alternatives, including the NPS preferred alternative. The Draft GMP/ EIS assessed 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 EFMO operations and facilities. The preferred alternative in both the Draft GMP/EIS and Final GMP/EIS focuses on providing an enhanced visitor experience with increased understanding of EFMO while protecting and preserving natural and cultural resources. The desired visitor experience would be to make personal connections to EFMO’s tangible resources through understanding of the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 12, 2013 / Notices 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. New construction of facilities and trails at EFMO 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 within an expanded boundary area. Once this land is acquired, subsequent site development planning would determine location and design of the station as well as of redesigned trails for Sny Magill. Dated: July 18, 2012. Michael T. Reynolds, Regional Director, Midwest Region. This document was received by the Office of the Federal Register on March 7, 2013. [FR Doc. 2013–05610 Filed 3–11–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–MA–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1105–0030] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of Previously Approved Collection; Comments Requested: Electronic Applications for the Attorney General’s Honors Program and the Summer Law Intern Program mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: 60-Day Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
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National Park Service

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Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement for Effigy Mounds National Monument, 
Iowa

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
the Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS) for Effigy Mounds National Monument (EFMO), Iowa.

DATES: The Final GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 30 
days following the publishing of the Notice of Availability in the 
Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final GMP/EIS are available to the public by 
request by writing to the Superintendent, Effigy Mounds National 
Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146. The document is 
available on the internet at the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public 
Comment Web site at https://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/indu.efmo.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Jim Nepstad, Effigy 
Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa, at (563) 
873-3491.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the NPS, have developed this GMP/EIS to 
guide the management of EFMO for the next 25 years. The Draft GMP/EIS 
considered three draft conceptual alternatives--a no-action and two 
action alternatives, including the NPS preferred alternative. The Draft 
GMP/EIS assessed 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 
EFMO operations and facilities.
    The preferred alternative in both the Draft GMP/EIS and Final GMP/
EIS focuses on providing an enhanced visitor experience with increased 
understanding of EFMO while protecting and preserving natural and 
cultural resources. The desired visitor experience would be to make 
personal connections to EFMO's tangible resources through understanding 
of the

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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.
    New construction of facilities and trails at EFMO 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 within an 
expanded boundary area. Once this land is acquired, subsequent site 
development planning would determine location and design of the station 
as well as of redesigned trails for Sny Magill.

    Dated: July 18, 2012.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.

     This document was received by the Office of the Federal 
Register on March 7, 2013.

[FR Doc. 2013-05610 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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