[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30256-30257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15119]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Final General Management Plan, Saint-Gaudens National Historic 
Site, New Hampshire; Notice of Availability

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and 
National Park Service policy, the National Park Service (NPS) announces 
the release of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site General 
Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, New Hampshire.
    In accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service has prepared and 
announces the release of the Final Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site 
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, New 
Hampshire. An environmental impact statement is required to assess the 
impacts of implementing the General Management Plan. The National

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Park Service is the responsible federal agency.
    The document proposes a plan and rationale for addressing national 
historic site issues and concerns, resource preservation and visitor 
service needs.
    Since 1965, Saint-Gaudens NHS has remained virtually unchanged in 
appearance. In 1990 the National Park Service began a long-range 
planning effort to determine the future needs of the site. That effort 
looked at site interpretation, staffing, collections preservation, and 
administrative, maintenance, and visitor facilities needs. Because this 
is a long-range plan, funding for implementation of the proposed 
actions will occur over an extended period of time, perhaps as much as 
20 years.
    The plan outlines a two-phased program that addresses each of the 
areas of concern while minimizing impacts on historic structures and 
landscape. The first phase focuses on rehabilitating and modestly 
expanding existing structures to address site needs, minimizing new 
construction and its associated impacts on the historic landscape. The 
second phase, a much longer range vision, provides for growth onto two 
adjacent properties, providing additional interpretive potential and 
upgraded administrative and security facilities in existing structures. 
It also provides the visitor with a much greater understanding of 
Saint-Gaudens, the milieu in which he lived, and the sculpture process, 
and also provides greater coverage of the Cornish Art Colony.
    The General Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement 
incorporates public and agency comments received during the public 
review period of the draft document which occurred from May 12 to July 
10, 1995. Copies of the General Management Plan/Final Environmental 
Impact Statement are available for review by contacting the 
Superintendent, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. Any comments on 
this plan or the environmental impact statement must be received by the 
Superintendent before July 14, 1996.
    For further information contact: Superintendent, John Dryfhout, 
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Rural Route 3, P.O. Box 73, 
Cornish, New Hampshire 03745, Telephone 603-675-2175.
John H. Dryfhout,
Superintendent.
[FR Doc. 96-15119 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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