98-22120. General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Gettysburg National Military Park, PA

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44272-44273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22120]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of draft Environmental Impact Statement and 
General Management Plan for Gettysburg National Military Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement and General 
Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Gettysburg National Military Park, 
Pennsylvania.

DATES: The DEIS/GMP will remain available for public review through 
October 15, 1998. Public meetings will be held in Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania during August, September or October, 1998. The exact dates 
and locations of the public meetings will be announced in press 
releases to regional newspapers.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEIS/GMP should be sent to the 
Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP 
will be

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available for review at the following locations:
     Office of the Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military 
Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. [phone] 
ext. 1452.
     Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC 
20240. [phone].
     Chesapeake Systems Office, National Park Service, Park 
Planning, Natural Resources and Special Projects Office, U.S. Customs 
House, 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2878. (215) 597-
1669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS/GMP describes four alternatives for 
the management of Gettysburg National Military Park, the environment 
that would be affected by the management prescriptions, and the 
environmental consequences of implementing those actions. Alternative A 
continues the existing management direction of the park. Alternative B 
proposes rehabilitation of large-scale landscape patterns on the 1863 
battlefield and in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, the development of 
a new visitor center, enhanced interpretation and resource management. 
Alternative C, the proposed plan, proposes the rehabilitation of 
features significant to the Battle of Gettysburg and to the Soldiers' 
National Cemetery, a new visitor center, enhanced and expanded 
interpretation, and enhanced resource management. Alternative D 
proposes restoration of the 1863 battlefield, the Soldiers' National 
Cemetery and the commemorative areas of the park, a new visitor center, 
interpretation using the historic tablets, markers and monuments of the 
park and enhanced resource management.
    The DESI/GMP evaluates the environmental consequences of the 
proposed action and the other alternatives on: the historic landscapes 
of the park; collections and archives; buildings and structures; 
threatened, endangered and sensitive species; other species; 
socioeconomics; traffic, parking and transit; and park operations.
    All review comments received on the DEIS will become part of the 
public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Gettysburg NMP, at the above address and telephone 
number.

    Dated: August 10, 1998.
John A. Latschar,
Superintendent, Gettysburg NMP.
[FR Doc. 98-22120 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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