[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12821-12822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6627]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision, General
Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, Manhatten Sites,
New York, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
INTRODUCTION: This Record of Decision (ROD) concludes compliance with
the National Environmental Policy Act for decision making to approve a
General Management Plan (GMP) for Manhattan Sites. This compliance was
initiated upon a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), published in the Federal Register (FR) March 10, 1992.
That notice called for a normal 30-day scoping period during which open
houses were held at each of the sites to encourage public input. This
period was extended to April 30, 1992 by a subsequent FR notice on
April 21. Notices of Availability of the Draft and Final EIS's were
published in the FR on June 16, 1996 and February 14, 1997
respectively.
SUMMARY: The ROD is a concise statement of the decisions made, other
alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, the
environmentally preferable alternative, the mitigating measures, and
the public involvement in the decision making process.
Public Law 965-625, the National Parks and Recreation Act, requires
the preparation and timely revision of GMP's for each unit of the
National Park system. The purpose of the GMP for these sites is to
guide the overall management, development, resource conservation and
use of each site. Presented are alternatives for the preservation and
development of each site and the impacts of implementing each
alternative.
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969,(P.L. 910190 as amended), and
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specifically to regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental
Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park
Service has prepared this Record of Decision following the Final EIS,
on the GMP for five (5) of the six (6) sites administered by the
National Park Service as Manhattan Sites, including; Castle Clinton
National Monument, Federal Hall National Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt
Birthplace National Historic Site, General Grant National Memorial, and
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site. A separate GMP/EIS was
completed earlier for Hamilton Grange National Memorial with a Record
of Decision date July 24, 1995.
The National Park Service will now commence to implement action
features of selected alternatives from the Final EIS as described in
the ROD and set forth in the GMP for each of the units comprising the
Manhattan Sites.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available upon request from:
Superintendent, Manhattan Sites, 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005,
Telephone (212) 825-6990.
Dated: March 6, 1998.
Marie Rust,
Regional Director, Northeast Field Area, (215) 597-7013.
[FR Doc. 98-6627 Filed 3-13-98; 8:45 am]
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