[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18884]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Facility Development Plan Shenandoah National Park,
Virginia; Availability of Draft Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
ACTION: Notice of release.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia,
has prepared a draft Facility Development Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement for the park. This plan provides the analysis necessary to
determine the needs for employee housing, office spaces, maintenance
areas, and emergency facilities for the park. In accordance with
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
National Park Service is required to prepare an environmental impact
statement to assess the impacts of the proposed action. The National
Park Service is the responsible federal agency.
Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and
National Park Service policy, the National Park Service (NPS) announces
the release of the Draft Facility Development Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement for Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
DATES: The Draft Facility Development Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement will be on public review from August 1, 1995 to October 1,
1995. Three public meetings will be held on:
Tuesday, August 8, 1995, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Page County Board
of Supervisors Room, Department of Social Services building, South
Court Street, Luray, VA.
Wednesday, August 9, 1995 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rappahannock
County Library, U.S. Highway 211, Little Washington, VA.
Thursday, August 10, 1995 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rockingham
County Administration Center, 20 East Gay Street, Harrisonburg, VA.
The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the draft plan and its
environmental impact statement. Verbal and written comments on the
plan/EIS will be accepted at the meeting or by mail until October 1,
1995.
ADDRESSES: Shenandoah National Park, Route 4, Box 348, Luray, Virginia
22835.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Superintendent, Vaughn Baker, Shenandoah National Park, Route
4, Box 348, Luray, Virginia 22835. Telephone (703) 999-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A range of issues and preliminary
alternatives for the Facility Development Plan were developed and
analyzed. Preliminary alternatives for consideration include the no
action alternative; development of facilities and housing in accordance
with the park's General Management Plan; moving all housing and
development out of the park; and mixing the housing within the park, in
a park community at headquarters, and through leases in adjacent towns.
For copies of the Draft Facility Development Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement for Shenandoah National Park please contact the
Assistant Superintendent at the above address.
Dated: July 20, 1995.
Chrysandra Walter,
Deputy Field Director, Northeast Field Area.
[FR Doc. 95-18884 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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