[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 84 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23666-23667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10973]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Grand Portage National Monument; Intent To Prepare a General 
Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a General Management Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement for Grand Portage National Monument, 
Minnesota.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a General 
Management Plan (GMP) and an associated Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota, in accordance 
with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA). This notice is being furnished as required by NEPA Regulations 
40 CFR 1501.7.
    To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS 
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the EIS, 
and to obtain suggestions and information from other agencies and the 
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. Comments and 
participation in this scoping process are invited.
    Participation in the planning process will be encouraged and 
facilitated by various means, including newsletters and open houses. 
The NPS will conduct a series of public scoping meetings to explain the 
planning process and to solicit opinion about issues to address in the 
GMP/EIS. Notification of all such meetings will be announced in the 
local press and in NPS newsletters.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and information concerning the scope of the 
EIS and other matters, or requests to be added to the project mailing 
list should be directed to: Mr. Tim Cochrane, Superintendent, Grand 
Portage National Monument, PO Box 668, Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604-
0668, 218-387-2788, [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Grand Portage National 
Monument, at the address and telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grand Portage National Historic Site was 
designated September 15, 1951. It was redesignated Grand Portage 
National Monument when it was established September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 
1751). The park consists of three distinct contiguous areas: (1) The 
site of the Northwest Company's Lake Superior trading post where, 
during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, trade goods were 
offloaded for transport by the voyageurs into western Canada and the 
United States and where furs from the interior were loaded for the 
return trip east, (2) the route of the nine mile portage that connected 
the trading post to Fort Charlotte, and (3) the site of Fort Charlotte 
at the northern end of the portage where goods were loaded into canoes 
for the trip into the interior and furs from the interior collected for 
shipment down the portage to Lake Superior. In all, the National 
Monument consists of 709.97 acres, all in Federal ownership.
    In accordance with NPS park planning policy, the GMP will ensure 
Grand Portage National Monument has a clearly defined direction for 
resource preservation and visitor use. It will be developed in 
consultation with servicewide program managers, interested parties, and 
the general public. It will be based on an adequate analysis of 
existing and potential resource conditions and visitor experiences, 
environmental impacts,

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and costs of alternative courses of action.
    The environmental review of the GMP/EIS for Historic Site will be 
conducted in accordance with requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 
et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other appropriate 
Federal regulations, and National Park Service procedures and policies 
for compliance with those regulations.
    The NPS estimates the draft GMP and draft EIS will be available to 
the public by November 2000.

    Dated: April 26, 1999.
David N. Given,
Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 99-10973 Filed 4-30-99; 8:45 am]
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