[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 35664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14002]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


George Washington Memorial Parkway: Environmental Assessment of 
Proposed Wireless Telecommunications Facility at Great Falls Park, VA

ACTION: Notice of availability of an environmental assessment (EA) to 
erect a wireless telecommunications facility (cellular telephone 
monopole with support facility) that Bell Atlantic Mobile (BAM) has 
proposed for location on National Park Service (NPS) property at Great 
Falls Park, Virginia, which is managed by the George Washington 
Memorial Parkway.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations 
and National Park Service policy, NPS has completed an EA which 
analyzes five alternatives and discusses others which were considered 
but rejected. The five alternatives analyzed include: (1) 125-foot 
monopole; (2) 150-foot monopole as proposed by BAM; (3) 150-foot 
monopole with two larger co-locator buildings; (4) Alternative 
technology; and, (5) No action. The specific location proposed by BAM 
is the site where an existing 85-foot NPS antenna tower is located 
along the Ridge Trail approximately one-half mile from the junction of 
Old Dominion Drive and Georgetown Pike as one enters the park headed 
north along Old Dominion. NPS is soliciting comments on this EA. These 
comments will be considered in evaluating it and in making decisions 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act.

DATES: Comments on the EA are due by Friday, June 23, 2000. Two public 
hearings on the EA will be held. The first will be at the Great Falls 
Park Visitor Center on Monday June 5, 2000, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. The 
entrance road into the park is located at the intersection of Old 
Dominion Drive and Georgetown Pike. The second will be held on 
Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the Brooke Hall meeting 
room at Rockwood Manor, 11001 MacArthur Boulevard, Potomac, Maryland. 
Rockwood Manor is located in Rockwood Park, southeast of the 
intersection of MacArthur and Falls Road in the vicinity of the C&O 
Canal National Historical Park and Trail, approximately 1.5 miles west 
of the Clara Barton Parkway.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Audrey Calhoun, Superintendent, 
George Washington Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA 
22101 or via e-mail to [email protected]. Copies of the EA 
have been mailed to agencies, groups, and individuals on the project 
mailing list. A copy of the EA can also be found at the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway Headquarters along the northbound lane of 
the parkway in Turkey Run Park, McLean, Virginia. Turkey Run Park is 
located north of the CIA exit and south of Interstate 495. 
Additionally, the document may be viewed on the park's web page at 
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/grfa by clicking on the link to the 
Environmental Assessment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Audrey Calhoun, Superintendent, 
George Washington Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA 
22101; Telephone: (703) 289-2500.

    Dated: May 30, 2000.
Audrey F. Calhoun,
Superintendent.
[FR Doc. 00-14002 Filed 6-2-00; 8:45 am]
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