[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26455-26456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12032]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for 
Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka, Alaska

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a general 
management plan (GMP) and accompanying environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for Sitka National Historical Park. Although the oldest National 
Park System unit in Alaska, a GMP has never been prepared for Sitka 
National Historical Park. The purpose of the EIS is to evaluate the 
impacts of alternative development and management scenarios proposed 
for the park in the GMP.
    The NPS Gateway Community Planning Initiative selected this GMP/EIS 
as a pilot project. The initiative is designed to more directly involve 
communities in planning decisions for National Park System units with 
close geographic, historic, or cultural ties to the affected 
communities. Sitka National Historical Park lies entirely within the 
municipality of Sitka, Alaska.
    Three public scoping meetings are scheduled to identify management 
issues for the park. These will be held on: Tuesday, June 6, 1995 at 7 
pm in the auditorium of the Alaska Public Lands Information Center, 
Anchorage, Alaska; Wednesday, June 7, 1995 at 7 pm in the Hammond Room 
of Centennial Hall, Juneau, Alaska; and Friday, June 9, 1995 at 7 pm in 
the Park Visitor Center, Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka, Alaska.
    The environmental impact statement will be prepared in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 
40 CFR Part 1500. The NPS will prepare the EIS in conjunction with 
preparation of the GMP for Sitka National Historical Park.
    Interested groups, organizations, individuals and government 
agencies are invited to comment on the plan at any time. The draft 
statement is anticipated to be available for public review in the 
summer of 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Linquist, National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, Division 
of Planning and Design, 2525 Gambell St., Room 107, Anchorage, Alaska 
99503-2892. Telephone (907) 257-2465

      or

Kevin Percival, Planning Team Captain, National Park Service, Denver 
Service Center, Team West, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287. 
Telephone (303) 969-2265

      or

Gary Gauthier, Park Superintendent, Sitka National Historical Park, 
P.O. Box 738, Sitka, Alaska, 99835. Telephone (907) 747-6281

    [[Page 26456]] Dated: May 5, 1995.
Paul R. Anderson,
Deputy Regional Director, Alaska Region.
[FR Doc. 95-12032 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am]
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