[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24330]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Facility Development Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
Shenandoah National Park, VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and 
National Park Service policy, the National Park Service (NPS) announces 
the availability of the Facility Development Plan/Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (INT-FES-97-21) for Shenandoah National Park, 
Virginia. The plan and final EIS were prepared by the National Park 
Service in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
    The Facility Development Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement 
is abbreviated. The draft and final environmental impact statements 
together describe the final plan, its alternatives, and all significant 
environmental impacts. Comments received on the draft environmental 
impact statement are included, as well as appropriate responses. No 
comments resulted in significant changes in the proposed action.
    Copies of the plan and final EIS will be distributed to cooperating 
agencies, interested groups, individuals and institutions, and local 
libraries. The plan will also be available at Shenandoah National Park 
administrative offices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie Rudd, Assistant Superintendent, 
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. Alternatives considered included ``no action''; development 
of facilities and housing in accordance with the General Management 
Plan (1983); moving all housing and development out of the park; and a 
mixture of new or rehabilitated housing and facilities at selected 
locations throughout the park combined with leased housing in adjacent 
towns. For copies of the Facility Development Plan/Final Environmental 
Impact Statement please contact the Assistant Superintendent at the 
above address.
Marie Rust,
Regianl Director, Northeast Area.
[FR Doc. 97-24330 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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