[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21130]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Booker T. Washington National Monument General Management Plan 
Public Meeting and Intent to Publish an Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service. Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting/open house and notice of intent to publish 
environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an upcoming scoping meeting and open 
house for the Booker T. Washington National Monument General Management 
Plan and the intent to publish an environmental impact statement in 
association with the general management plan.
    Public Meeting Dates and Times: Monday, August 18, 1997 from 7:00-
9:00 p.m.
    Address: Trinity Ecumenical Parish, 40 Lake Mount Drive, Moneta, VA 
24121.
    Public Meeting Dates and Times: Wednesday, October 8, 1997 from 
7:00-9:00 p.m.
    Address: Rocky Mount, VA 24151. Location To Be Announced.
    Open House Dates and Times:

Tuesday, August 19, 1997 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 9, 1997 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

    Address: Booker T. Washington NM Visitor Center, 12130 Booker T. 
Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101.
    The purpose of the meeting and open house is to describe the 
general management planning effort beginning for Booker T. Washington 
National Monument and to solicit public concerns about the future 
management of the park. The agenda for the open house consists of an 
overview of the project and an open discussion of citizen concerns.
    We encourage all who have an interest in the park's future to 
attend or contact the park Superintendent by letter or telephone. 
Minutes of the meeting will be available for public review four weeks 
after the meeting at the Visitor Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Booker T. Washington National Monument, 12130 Booker T. 
Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101, (540) 721-2094.

    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Fred Herling,
Outdoor Recreation Planner, Chesapeake/Allegheny System Support Office, 
Stewardship & Partnerships Team.
[FR Doc. 97-21130 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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