[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33091-33092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16084]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Keweenaw National Historical Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Availability of Final General Management Plan/Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Keweenaw National Historical
Park in Houghton County, Michigan.
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the
availability of the final General Management Plan/Final Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/FEIS) for Keweenaw National Historical Park. The
draft General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the park was on a 60-day public review from August 29, 1997, to October
31, 1997.
The NPS will manage resources it owns in the Quincy and Calumet
Units and provide interpretive and other services in conjunction with
the programs of Keweenaw National Historical Park as described in the
GMP/FEIS. The action is in response to a mandate by Congress in Public
Law 102-543, an Act to establish Keweenaw National Historical Park (16
U.S.C. 410yy et seq.). The GMP/FEIS was prepared by the NPS.
The NPS's preferred alternative for Keweenaw National Historical
Park is identified in the GMP/FEIS as Alternative 4 (The Proposed
Action). Under the preferred alternative, the NPS would manage NPS-
owned resources and work cooperatively with landowners, local and state
government agencies, and others to protect cultural and historical
resources associated with the copper-mining heritage of the park.
Alternative 4 includes a combination of technical and financial
assistance, and a traditional park concept. The goal is to create a
dynamic national park area where the NPS has a strong public presence
and, through community assistance, is a contributing member of a very
organized and active partnership of local government and community
groups. The park boundary will remain unchanged. Any recommendations to
revise the park's boundary would be developed through a future boundary
study process that would include public involvement. Congressional
approval would be required for any boundary changes.
Three other alternatives are also considered: Alternative 1--No
Action, projects a scenario of static or reduced fiscal resources
available for the management of the park resulting in a caretaker mode
of operation. Alternative 2--Community Assistance, emphasizes community
assistance and partnership cooperation to manage and protect
[[Page 33092]]
resources; the local communities would be in the forefront of
implementing preservation actions and interpretative and educational
programs at sites throughout the park. Alternative 3--Traditional Park
in the Core Industrial Areas emphasizes a much more traditional park
experience in the core industrial areas. The NPS would invest
substantially in each of the core industrial areas by acquiring
significant properties, conducting resource preservation and
interpretive programs, and adaptively using the structures.
DATES: The ``no-action'' period for this FEIS will end thirty (30) days
after the Environmental Protection Agency has listed the availability
of the document in the Federal Register. A record of decision will
follow the no action period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Keweenaw National
Historical Park, Frank C. Fiala, P.O. Box 471, Calumet, Michigan 49913-
0471, 906-337-3168.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Keweenaw National Historical Park was
established by Public Law 102-543 on October 27, 1992.
Dated: June 10, 1998.
William W. Schenk,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 98-16084 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-P
