[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80452-80453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32439]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Availability of draft environmental impact statement and
general management plan for Fort Davis national historic site.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the
availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General
Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Fort Davis National Historic Site,
Texas.
DATES: The DEIS/GMP will remain available for public review through
March 15, 2001. If any public meetings are held concerning the DEIS/
GMP, they will be announced at a later date.
Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any
one of several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, Fort
Davis
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National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort Davis, Texas 79734. You may
also comment via the Internet to http://www.nps.gov/planning/foda/.
Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of
special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include
``Attn: (any identifying names or codes)'' and your name and return
address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact us
directly at Fort Davis National Historic Site, 915-426-3225. Finally,
you may hand-deliver comments to Fort Davis National Historic Site,
P.O. Box 1456, Fort Davis, Texas 79734. Our practice is to make
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents
may request that we withhold their home address from the record, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's
identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available from the
Superintendent, Fort Davis National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort
Davis, Texas 79734. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP will be
available for review at the following locations: Office of the
Superintendent, Fort Davis National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort
Davis, Texas 79734, Telephone: 915-426-3225; Planning and Environmental
Quality, Intermountain Support Office--Denver, National Park Service,
12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228, Telephone: (303) 969-
2851; Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of
Interior 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: (202)
208-6843.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS/GMP analyzes four (4) alternatives
a no-action and three action alternatives including the National Park
Service proposal. Alternative C, the proposed General Management Plan
would retain most existing visitor experiences and would improve
outreach programs, visitor orientation, collaborative research
partnership opportunities, and administrative staff services. It also
provides for enhanced protection for facilities and resources from
flooding. Alternative B would protect and preserve the fort's historic
setting and historic viewscape and would minimize modern intrusions in
the historic core area. Alternative D would broaden the interpretive
themes to highlight the more complex role of Fort Davis in the history
of the American West. Under the no-action alternative, existing
administrative, maintenance, land use, and resource management
activities would continue with current use serving as the basis for
mapping management prescriptions.
The DEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the environmental consequences
of the proposed action and the other alternatives on visitor
experience, archeological resources, cultural landscapes and historic
resources, long-term health of natural ecosystems, economic
contribution to local communities, adjacent landowners, and facility/
operational efficiency. The plan also identifies cumulative effects on
wetlands and floodplains for the National Park Service proposal.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent, Fort Davis
National Historic Site, at the above address and telephone number.
Dated: December 8, 2000.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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