[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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