[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 73 (Friday, April 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9294]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Management Pplan/Special Resource Study/Environmental Impact 
Statement, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, 
VA

AGENCIES: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District 
Commission and National Park Service; Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public review.

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    Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic 
District Commission and the National Park Service announce the 
availability of a Draft Management Plan/Special Resource Study/
Environmental Impact Statement (Plan/SRS/EIS) for the Shenandoah Valley 
Battlefields National Historic District. The document will be available 
for public review and comment beginning April 14, 2000 for 60 days. 
Public comments will be incorporated into the Final Plan/SRS/EIS.
    Public meetings to review, comment, and refine the draft Plan/SRS/
EIS will be held April 25, 2000 in Frederick County; April 27, 2000 in 
Shenandoah County; May 3, 2000 in Rockingham County; and Thursday May 
4, 2000 in Highland County. Public notices of these meetings will also 
be announced via a newsletter to prior respondents/participants and 
local media. Comments from these meetings will also be incorporated 
into the Final Plan/SRS/EIS. A 30-day no-action period will follow the 
Environmental Protection Agency's notice of availability of the Final 
Plan/SRS/EIS. After the no-action period, a Record of Decision will be 
sought from the Northeast Regional Director, National Park Service, and 
the Chairman, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District 
Commission.
    For further information, meeting time and locations, or to review a 
copy of the Draft Plan/SRS/EIS, contact: Shenandoah Valley Battlefields 
NHD Commission, P.O. Box 897, 8895 Collins Drive, New Market, VA 22844, 
(888) 689-4545.

    Dated: March 31, 2000.
Carrington Williams,
Chairman, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District 
Commission.

    Dated: April 2, 2000.
Marie Rust,
Northeast Regional Director, National Park Service Director.
[FR Doc. 00-9294 Filed 4-13-00; 8:45 am]
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