99-4079. Notice of Intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the General Management Plan for Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4079]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement on the General Management Plan for Fort Frederica National 
Monument, Georgia

SUMMARY: The National Park Service will prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to accompany its General Management Plan (GMP) for Fort 
Frederica National Monument. The Service invites suggestions for issues 
to be considered and ideas for resolving the issues. Public scoping 
meetings will be held in the local area to receive input from interest 
parties on issues, concerns, and suggestions for resolving these issues 
and concerns. The comment period for each of these meetings will be 
announced at the meetings and will be published on the General 
Management Plan web site for Fort Frederica at http://www.nps.gov/fofr.

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of public scoping meetings will be 
published in local newspapers and may also be obtained by calling the 
monument. This information will also be published on the General 
Management Plan web site for Fort Frederica.

ADDRESSES: Scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following 
address to ensure adequate consideration by the Service. 
Superintendent, Fort Frederica National Monument, Route 9, Box 286-C, 
St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522, Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service has announced that 
an EIS on GMPs will be prepared for all park units. To comply with this 
policy, a formal scoping period is announced.
    Comments are invited on any issue believed to be relevant to 
monument management and should be submitted to the Superintendent whose 
address is given above. Public scoping meetings will be held in the 
local area and the dates and times may be obtained from local 
newspapers or by calling the monument. We urge that comments be made in 
writing. Issues may be suggested for the Service to consider during its 
planning as well as suggestions for resolution. Issues currently being 
considered include the use of 28 acres of land acquired in 1994, 
potential acquisition and protection of the Frederica period house site 
believed to be Oglethorpe's home, coping with tremendous residential 
development around the park, and how to best fulfill the park's 
interpretive mission. Central to these issues is the determination of 
the monument's mission--its purpose and significance. The plan will 
identify desired conditions for resources and visitor experiences for 
various management units within the monument. A draft GMP/EIS will be 
prepared and presented to the public for review and comment followed by 
preparation and availability of the final GMP/EIS.

    Dated: February 5, 1999.
John Tucker,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 99-4079 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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