[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 151 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19764]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Draft General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public meetings of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Draft General Management Plan.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and
National Park Service policy, this notice announces the availability of
a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Draft General
Management Plan (DGMP) for Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable
County, Massachusetts. In accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the environmental impact statement was prepared to
assess the impacts of implementing the general management plan. This
notice also announces dates of the public review period and public
forums for the purpose of receiving public comments on the DEIS.
This Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Draft General
Management Plan presents a proposal and two alternative strategies for
guiding future management of Cape Cod National Seashore and balancing
resource protection and public use. The major subject areas are natural
and cultural resources, public use, nonfederal lands, and park
management and operations.
Alternative 1 is a continuation of current management practices,
often referred to as a no action or minimum requirements alternative in
terms of lower cost improvements and minimum protection and safety
actions. Alternative 2, the proposed action, emphasizes a collaborative
stewardship approach with local communities to include cooperative
efforts with other governmental entities, organizations, local
residents, and users to address resource management and use concerns.
Alternative 3 builds on the initiatives of the proposed action,
proposing the national seashore take a more active role in directing
efforts to protect resources through more structured partnerships. The
DEIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with the
strategies comprising the three alternatives.
DATES: The DGMP and DEIS will be available for public review on August
19, 1996. Comments should be received no later than October 31, 1996.
Public meetings regarding the DEIS will be held in both August and
October, 1996. Two public forums are now scheduled on August 27, 1996
and August 29, 1996 at the locations listed below. Additional public
meeting dates will be arranged for October, 1996 and noticed separately
in the Federal Register.
MEETINGS: The public forums will be held at the following National
Seashore locations:
Provincelands Visitor Center, 111 Race Point Road, Provincetown, MA,
Tuesday, August 27, 1996, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Salt Pond Visitor Center, 50 Nauset Road (@ Route 6), Eastham, MA,
Thursday, August 29, 1996, 6:30-9 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public reading copies of the DEIS will be
available for review at the following locations: National Seashore
Headquarters, 99 Marconi Site Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667. Town halls and
libraries in Chatham, Eastham, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, and
Wellfleet.
A limited number of copies of the DEIS are available from:
Superintendent, Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA 02663,
(508) 349-3785. Deputy Field Director, National Park Service, New
England System Support Office, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, (617)
223-5048.
Comments on the DGMP and the DEIS shall be submitted to: Ms. Maria
Burks, Superintendent, Cape Cod National Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA
02663, (508) 349-3785.
Dated: July 29, 1996.
Maria Burks,
Superintendent, Cape Cod National Seashore.
[FR Doc. 96-19764 Filed 8-2-96; 8:45 am]
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