Approval of Record of Decision for Relocation of Cattle Point Road, San Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, Washington, 38359-38360 [2013-15122]

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L. 91–190, as amended) and the regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and approved a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the relocation of the Cattle Point Road at San Juan Island National Historical Park. The requisite no-action ‘‘wait period’’ was initiated on October 5, 2012, with the Environmental Protection Agency’s SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1 38360 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 26, 2013 / Notices publication of the Federal Register notice of the filing of the Final EIS. Decision: As soon as practical San Juan Island National Historical Park will begin to implement design and initiate construction of the Cattle Point Road relocation project, in concert with the Federal Highway Administration and San Juan County. Duration of the construction phase is expected to last approximately two years. The park will undertake construction as detailed in the Preferred Alternative (Alternative B) in the Final EIS (which includes realignment of 4,950 feet of roadway approximately 300 feet upslope of the current location, which will subsequently be restored to a natural appearance). There are no substantive changes from the course of action as presented in the Draft EIS. The full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures are included in the approved project. Both a No Action alternative and two additional alternatives were identified and analyzed in the Draft and Final EIS. Alternative B was deemed to be the ‘‘environmentally preferred’’ course of action. Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Box 429, Friday Harbor, Washington, 98250 or via telephone request at (360) 378–2240. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38359-38360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15122]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-PWR-PWRO-12863; PPPWSAJHA0 PPMPSAS1Z.Y00000]


Approval of Record of Decision for Relocation of Cattle Point 
Road, San Juan Island National Historical Park, San Juan County, 
Washington

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec.  102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations 
promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), 
the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared and 
approved a Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the relocation of the Cattle Point Road at San Juan 
Island National Historical Park. The requisite no-action ``wait 
period'' was initiated on October 5, 2012, with the Environmental 
Protection Agency's

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publication of the Federal Register notice of the filing of the Final 
EIS.
    Decision: As soon as practical San Juan Island National Historical 
Park will begin to implement design and initiate construction of the 
Cattle Point Road relocation project, in concert with the Federal 
Highway Administration and San Juan County. Duration of the 
construction phase is expected to last approximately two years. The 
park will undertake construction as detailed in the Preferred 
Alternative (Alternative B) in the Final EIS (which includes 
realignment of 4,950 feet of roadway approximately 300 feet upslope of 
the current location, which will subsequently be restored to a natural 
appearance). There are no substantive changes from the course of action 
as presented in the Draft EIS. The full range of foreseeable 
environmental consequences was assessed, and appropriate mitigation 
measures are included in the approved project. Both a No Action 
alternative and two additional alternatives were identified and 
analyzed in the Draft and Final EIS. Alternative B was deemed to be the 
``environmentally preferred'' course of action.
    Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of 
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, San Juan 
Island National Historical Park, Box 429, Friday Harbor, Washington, 
98250 or via telephone request at (360) 378-2240.

     Dated:April 17, 2013.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-15122 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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