[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32122-32123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12704]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, 
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service will prepare a General Management 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Ebey's Landing 
National Historical Reserve.
    A General Management Plan sets forth the basic management 
philosophy for a unit of the National Park System and provides the 
strategies for addressing issues and achieving identified management 
objectives for that unit. In the GMP/EIS and its accompanying public 
review process, the National Park Service will formulate and evaluate 
the environmental impacts of a range of alternatives to address 
distinct management strategies for the park, including resource 
protection and visitor use. The plan will guide the management of 
natural and cultural resources and visitor use of those resources for 
the next 15-20 years. Development concept plans for selected facilities 
may be included with the GMP.
    Scoping is the term given to the process by which the scope of 
issues to be addressed in the GMP/EIS is identified. Representatives of 
Federal, State and local agencies, American Indian tribes, private 
organizations and individuals from the general public who may be 
interested in or affected by the proposed GMP/EIS are invited to 
participate in the scoping process by responding to this Notice with 
written comments.
    All comments received will become part of the public record and 
copies of comments, including any names and home addresses of 
respondents, may be released for public inspection. Individual 
respondents may request that their home addresses be withheld from the 
public record, which will be honored to the extent allowable by law. 
Requests to withhold names and/or addresses must be stated prominently 
at the beginning of the comments. Anonymous comments will not be 
considered. Submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
inspection in their entirety.
    Among the major issues likely to be addressed in the Ebey's Landing 
National Historical Reserve GMP/EIS are (1) resource information and 
protection, including a land protection plan, (2) cooperation with 
associated partners and interests, (3) interpretation, (4) visitor use 
and services, and (5) park administration. A full range of 
alternatives, including ``no action'', will be considered in the GMP/
EIS to address these and other issues that may emerge during the 
planning process. The draft GMP/EIS is expected to be available for 
public review by the spring of 2001.
    Because the responsibility for approving the GMP/EIS has been 
delegated to the National Park Service,

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the EIS is a ``delegated'' EIS. The responsible official is John J. 
Reynolds, Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park 
Service.

DATES: Public scoping meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2000, 
6:30-8:30 p.m. at the REI Seattle Flagship Store, Second Floor Meeting 
Room, 222 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, WA, and Wednesday, June 21, 2000, 
2:30-5:00 p.m. and again at 7:00-9:00 p.m., at the Coupeville 
Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander Street, Coupeville, WA. Written 
comments on the scope of the issues and alternatives to be analyzed in 
the GMP/EIS should be received no later than August 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning the GMP/EIS should be sent to 
Reserve Manager, Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, P.O. Box 
774, Coupeville, WA 98239-0774, or e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reserve Manager, Ebey's Landing 
National Historical Reserve, at (360) 678-6084, or NPS Reserve Liaison 
at (206) 220-4138.

    Dated: May 11, 2000.
William C. Walters,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 00-12704 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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