[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9708]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a General Management Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement for Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, 
Indiana.

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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 Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Indiana, 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. Notification of all public involvement 
opportunities will be announced in the local press and in NPS mailings. 
To begin the public process, the NPS will conduct a scoping meeting to 
explain the planning effort and to solicit opinion about issues to 
address in the GMP/EIS.

Dates: Two public scoping meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 
2000 at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Visitor Center, Highway 
162, in Lincoln City, Indiana. An afternoon session will be held from 
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; an evening session will be held from 6:30 p.m. 
to 8:30 p.m. Both sessions will be in the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall. 
More information about the meetings is available from the 
Superintendent, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, at the address and 
telephone number below.

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: Ms. Dusty Shultz, Superintendent, Lincoln 
Boyhood National Memorial, P.O. Box 1816, Lincoln City, IN 47552-1816. 
Telephone: 812-937-4541. E-mail: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Lincoln Boyhood 
National Memorial, at the address and telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial preserves 
the site of the farm where Abraham Lincoln spent 14 formative years of 
his life. He and his family moved to Indiana in 1816 and stayed until 
1830 when they moved to Illinois. During this period, Lincoln grew 
physically and intellectually into a man. The people he knew here and 
the things he experienced had a profound influence on his life. The 
time he spent here helped shape the man that went on to lead the 
country. This site is the most direct tie with that time of his life. 
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is also significant because it 
represents that period within the history of the preservation movement, 
when the creation of memorial edifices and landscapes were an important 
expression of the nation's respect and reverence for Abraham Lincoln.
    In accordance with NPS Park Planning policy, the GMP will ensure 
the Memorial 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, and costs of 
alternative courses of action.
    The environmental review of the GMP/EIS for the Memorial will be 
conducted in accordance with requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 
et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), other appropriate 
Federal regulations, and National Park Service procedures and policies 
for compliance with those regulations.

    Dated: April 12, 2000.
David N. Given,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-9708 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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