[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9138]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

General Management Plan Cabrillo National Monument San Diego, 
California Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact 
Statement

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub L 91-190 as amended), the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Final Environmental 
Impact statement (FEIS) assessing the potential impacts of the proposed 
General Management Plan for Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego 
County, California.
    The Proposal (Alternative B), the National Park Service general 
management plan for the monument, would add staff and facilities to 
adequately protect and interpret the Monument's significant resources. 
Resource management programs would be increased to protect the tidepool 
ecosystem and coastal sage scrub habitat and to open safe military 
defense structures to public use and enjoyment. The Proposal would 
result in a broader range of visitor choices and experiences within the 
Monument than is available now by refurbishing and opening appropriate 
historic military defense sites, adding an interpretation building at 
the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, converting a Marine Sciences facility to 
a tidepool interpretation center (only if excess to the Navy's needs), 
relocating the entrance station, replacing the Whale Overlook, 
extending the Bayside Trail, and improving group seating at the Ballast 
View Rest Area. In response to concerns raised during review of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the preferred option for 
development of the entrance station has been changed from Option 1 to 
Option 2 as presented in the draft plan. Added administrative and 
storage space would increase staff efficiency and effectiveness and 
allow better care for museum artifacts and resources.
    Other alternatives described in the document include No Action 
(Alternative A), Minimum Requirements (Alternative C), and Enhanced 
Visitor Use (Alternative D). Alternative C would improve resource 
management, relocate the entrance station, improve the outdoor 
educational facility, and open some defense structures to the public, 
but would not include adding interpretive facilities at the lighthouse 
or the tidepools or extending the Bayside Trail. Administrative or 
storage needs would only be partially met. Alternative D is similar to 
the Proposal, but includes construction of an amphitheater at the 
Ballast View rest area as the outdoor educational facility and 
considers an alternative location for the lighthouse interpretive 
facility.

    The environmental consequences of the proposed action and other 
alternatives were addressed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
and are presented with the addition of extensive air quality analysis 
in the FEIS. No significant adverse environmental impacts are 
anticipated.

DATES: The no-action period for the plan will commence when the 
Environmental Protection Agency formally announces the availability of 
the FEIS in the Federal Register, and end 60 days thereafter.


ADDRESSES: Inquiries and comments on the FEIS should be directed to: 
Superintendent, Cabrillo National Monument, 1800 Cabrillo Memorial 
Drive, San Diego, CA 92106. The telephone number for the park is (619) 
557-5450.

    Copies of the plan and FEIS are available at the park headquarters 
at the above address. Copies are also available for inspection at 
libraries located in the Park's vicinity.

    Date: April 4, 1996.

Stanley T. Albright,

Field Director, Pacific West Area.

[FR Doc. 96-9138 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]

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