99-12085. Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25903-25904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12085]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the 
General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, 
North Carolina

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement on the General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home 
National Historic Site, North Carolina.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service will prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to accompany its General Management Plan (GMP) for Carl 
Sandburg Home National Historic Site. The Service will conduct public 
scoping meetings in the local area to receive input from interested 
parties on issues, concerns, and suggestions pertinent to the 
management of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Suggestions 
and ideas for managing cultural and natural resource conditions and 
visitor experiences at the national historic site are encouraged. 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 Carl Sandburg National Historic Site at http://www.nps.gov/carl.

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of public scoping meetings will be 
published in local newspapers and may also be obtained by calling Carl 
Sandburg Home National Historic Site. This information will also be 
published on the General Management Plan web site for Carl Sandburg 
Home National Historic Site.

ADDRESSES: Scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following 
address to ensure adequate consideration by the Service. 
Superintendent, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, 1928 Little 
River Rd., Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731; 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 the 
management of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site 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

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calling Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. We urge that 
comments and suggestions be made in writing.
    Issues currently being considered include determining the most 
appropriate use of existing temporary structures, management of 
increased recreational use, 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 national historic site's mission, purpose, and significance. The 
plan will identify desired future conditions for cultural and natural 
resources and visitor experiences for various management units within 
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. 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: May 9, 1999.
W. Thomas Brown,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 99-12085 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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