[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29239]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision, Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Saint 
Croix Island International Historic Site, Calais, ME

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

INTRODUCTION: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190 as amended), and 
specifically to regulations promulgated by the Council of Environmental 
quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park 
Service has prepared this Record of Decision following the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the general management plan for 
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, Washington County, 
Maine. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, the environmental impact statement was prepared to assess the 
impacts of implementing the general management plan. The purpose of the 
general management plan is to clearly define the site's mission, 
mission goals, and management direction. It provides a foundation to 
guide and coordinate all subsequent management decision-making.

SUMMARY: The Record of Decision is a concise statement of the decision 
made, the basis for the decision, and the background of the project 
(including the decision making process, other alternatives considered, 
and public involvement), along with any mitigating measures. The Record 
of Decision concludes compliance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act for decision making to approve the general management plan for 
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site. This compliance was 
initiated upon a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement which established a public scoping period and was published 
in the Federal Register on September 19, 1995. Notice of a 45-day 
comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was 
published in the Federal Register on September 17, 1996. Twenty written 
comments were received by the National Park Service. The notice also 
announced a public meeting in Calais, Maine. Notice of availability of 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal 
Register on March 19, 1998. One written comment was received.
    The National Park Service will now implement the proposal evaluated 
in the Final Environmental Impact Statement as described in the Record 
of Decision and set forth in the general management plan for Saint 
Croix Island International Historic Site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Saint Croix Island International Historic 
Site is administered by the Superintendent of Acadia National Park in 
Hancock County, Maine. Administrative records are therefore not held at 
the historic site, but in Bar Harbor, Maine. To facilitate retrieval of 
information about the management of Saint Croix Island International 
Historic Site, related documents will be bound in a single volume which 
includes the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision, 
General Management Plan, background information, and two implementing 
plans. Copies of the document are available upon request from: 
Superintendent, Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine, 
04609. Telephone: 207-288-3338.

    Dated: October 21, 1998.
Chysandra Walter,
Deputy Regional Director, Northeast Region (617) 223-5001.
[FR Doc. 98-29239 Filed 10-30-98; 8:45 am]
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