96-1429. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2529-2530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1429]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; Availability of Final 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

 
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ACTION: Availability of final environmental impact statement for the 
proposed Beaver Basin Rim Road at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, 
Alger County, Michigan.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces 
the availability of a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for 
the proposed Beaver Basin Rim Road in Pictured Rocks National 
Lakeshore. The draft environmental impact statement for the proposal 
was on 60-day public review from January 20 to March 20, 1995.
    The NPS proposes to construct a paved road in Pictured Rocks 
National Lakeshore along the Beaver Basin Rim. The action is being 
proposed in response to a mandate by Congress in section 6 of the Act 
of October 15, 1966, 16 U.S.C. 460s-5(b)(1), establishing Pictured 
Rocks National Lakeshore, directing the development of a scenic 
shoreline drive. The proposed action is also consistent with and would 
implement the management directions of the 1981 general management plan 
for the national lakeshore. The FEIS was prepared by the NPS.
    The NPS's preferred alternative for the Beaver Basin Rim Road is 
identified in the FEIS as Alternative B: Shoreline Zone Alignment. 
Under the preferred alternative, a 13-mile long paved road would be 
constructed in the shoreline zone of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. 
The proposed road would connect on both ends with Alger County Road H-
58. Two spur roads would be constructed off the main road to two 
overlooks. These overlooks would provide views of Beaver Basin, Beaver 
Lake, Grand Portal Point, the Sevenmile Creek area, and Lake Superior. 
Two other alternatives are also considered: The no action alternative, 
and an alternative under which a new paved road would be constructed 
within the inland buffer zone of the national lakeshore.

DATES: The 30-day no action period for review of the FEIS will end on 
March 2, 1996. A record of decision will follow the no action period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Pictured Rocks 
National Lakeshore, Grant Petersen, P.O. Box 40, Munising, Michigan 
49862 or telephone [phone].
    Dated: January 16, 1996.
William W. Schenk,
Field Director Midwest Field Area.
[FR Doc. 96-1429 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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