[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55729-55730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27149]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Final General Management Plan/
Development Concept Plans/Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Final General 
Management Plan/Development Concept Plans/Environmental Impact 
Statement (Final GMP/EIS) for the Timucuan Ecological and Historic 
Preserve. The Final GMP/EIS follows the abbreviated format as described 
under National Environmental Policy Act regulations at 40 CFR 
1503.4(c). The abbreviated format has been used because the changes to 
the Draft GMP/EIS (distributed February 1995) are minor and confined 
primarily to factual corrections, which do not modify the analysis. The 
Draft and Final GMP/EISs, together, describe the final plan, its 
alternatives, all significant 

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environmental impacts, and the public comments that have been received 
and evaluated.

DATES: The Final GMP/EIS will be on public review until December 4. Any 
review comments must be postmarked no later than December 4, and 
addressed to the Superintendent, Timucuan Ecological and Historic 
Preserve, 13165 Mt. Pleasant Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Timucuan Ecological 
and Historic Preserve, 13165 Mt. Pleasant Road, Jacksonville, Florida 
32225, Telephone: (904) 221-5568.
    Copies of the Final GMP/EIS are available for review at the 
preserve. A limited number of copies are available on request from the 
Superintendent at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The material contained in the Final GMP/EIS 
for the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is to be integrated 
with the Draft GMP/EIS. This integrated document (i.e., combined Draft 
and Final GMP/EISs) provides management guidance for concerns of the 
preserve related to protection of the important ecosystem; impacts on 
plant and animal species, especially those listed as threatened, 
endangered, or of special concern; threats to important cultural 
resources; landownership or land control and land uses; interpretation 
of the preserve's diverse resources and unique ecology for residents 
and visitors; and appropriate types and levels of use by humans for 
residing, working, commuting, recreating, learning, hunting, and 
fishing.
    Four alternative concepts are presented for future management and 
use of the preserve. The alternatives reflect a range of different 
strategies for meeting the purposes of the preserve. These strategies 
differ in the level of commitment required of the citizens of 
Jacksonville, landowners, State and local governments, the National 
Park Service, and other Federal agencies to protect preserve resources. 
The alternatives also differ in the relative priority given to 
protection and interpretation of a few known cultural resources and the 
broader setting of the preserve. The degree to which preserve purposes 
and management can be fulfilled in each alternative is described.
    In all alternatives, the National Park Service would make 
development decisions at NPS-owned sites. At a minimum, modifications 
would be made at Fort Caroline National Memorial, the Theodore 
Roosevelt area, and Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation. Development Concept 
Plans for these areas are presented and discussed. These concept plans 
focus on visitor experience/public use and physical development needs.

    Dated: October 23, 1995.
W. Thomas Brown,
Acting Field Director, Southeast Area.
[FR Doc. 95-27149 Filed 11-1-95; 8:45 am]
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