[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15456]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, 
Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS).

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
a Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS) for Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington. The final 
GMP/EIS presents the proposed action for management of the historic 
site for the next 15 years. The proposed action best satisfies the 
historic site and NPS mission, as well as the site's long-term 
management objectives.
    Approximately 250 copies of the draft GMP/EIS were distributed to 
the public. Two public workshops on the draft were held in Walla Walla, 
WA, and Mission, OR. The Environmental Protection Agency's notice of 
availability published in the Federal Register started the review and 
comment period on September 3, 1999. All comments received at the park 
by November 26, 1999, were reviewed and considered by the NPS in the 
preparation of the final GMP/EIS.
    This document is in an abbreviated format and contains a series of 
corrections and revisions describing changes to the text of the draft, 
copies of substantive comment letters received from all agencies and 
organizations, and responses to all substantive comments. Readers may 
find it convenient to refer to the draft GMP/EIS while reviewing this 
abbreviated final document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The no-action period on this final GMP/EIS 
will expire 30 days after the Environmental Protection Agency has 
accepted the document and published a notice of availability in the 
Federal Register. Following the no-action period, a record of decision 
to implement the proposed action will be signed. All who submitted 
substantive comments on the draft GMP/EIS will receive a copy of the 
final. In addition, the document has been placed on the NPS website at 
www.nps.gov/whmi/gmp.htm. Public reading copies of the final GMP/EIS 
will be available for review at the following locations: Office of 
Public Affairs, National Park Service, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC 
20240; Whitman Mission National Historic Site headquarters, 328 Whitman 
Mission Rd., Walla Walla, WA 99362, and at public libraries in the 
Walla Walla area.

    Dated: June 8, 2000.
William C. Walters,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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