[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27325-27326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12592]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Environmental Assessment for Proposed M.J. Murdock Aviation 
Center and Proposed Master Plan Amendment for Fort Vancouver National 
Historic Site, Washington

ACTION: Notice of availability of environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the proposed M.J. Murdock Aviation Center; the site 
plan constitutes a proposed amendment of the Master Plan for Fort 
Vancouver National Historic Site. This Notice also announces a public 
meeting for the purpose of receiving public comment on the EA.

DATES: Written comments on the EA should be received no later than June 
22, 1995. The date of the public meeting is 7 June (Wednesday) 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA are available on request from the 
Superintendent, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 612 East Reserve 
Street, Vancouver, WA 98661-3811; telephone (360) 696-7655, ext. 2. 
Written comments should be submitted to the above address.
    The public meeting will be held at the Clark Public Utilities 
District (PUD) Building, 1200 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, 
Washington, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 June 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed amendment of the Master Plan 
would provide for the adaptive reuse of three historic aviation 
structures and the reconstruction of a hanger as the principal 
components of the proposed M.J. Murdock Aviation Center, an aviation 
museum to be located adjacent to Pearson Field. The proposed museum 
development would implement a provision of a 1994 Memorandum of 
Agreement between the National Park Service and the City of Vancouver. 
The proposed Center would be located within Fort Vancouver National 
Historic Site. The City of Vancouver would have the responsibility for 
the aviation museum's development, operation and maintenance.

    Dated: May 11, 1995.
William C. Walters,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, National Park 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12592 Filed 5-22-95; 8:45 am]
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