[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 42722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17427]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a general management plan amendment 
and environmental assessment for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic 
Site, St. Louis County, Missouri.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a general 
management plan amendment and an associated environmental assessment 
(EA) for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Missouri, in 
accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA).
    To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS 
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the EA, 
and to obtain suggestions and information from other agencies and the 
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EA. Comments and 
participation in this scoping process are invited.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and information concerning the scope of the 
EA and other matters, or requests to be added to the project mailing 
list should be directed to: Mr. Randy Wester, Site Manager, Ulysses S. 
Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Road, St. Louis, MO 63123. 
Telephone: 314-842-1867, extension 23. E-mail: [email protected].

DATES: Comments regarding the scope of the EA should reach the National 
Park Service by August 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Site Manager, Ulysses S. Grant 
National Historic Site, at the address and telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Management of Ulysses S. Grant National 
Historic Site is guided by a general management plan (GMP) that was 
approved in 1995. The approved GMP includes direction for development 
of various visitor facilities. In the past five years it has become 
apparent that some of the plan's guidance regarding development of 
visitor facilities is no longer practicable. The GMP Amendment/EA will 
consider new alternatives for: (1) Relocation of the primary entrance 
to the site, (2) provision for onsite visitor parking, and (3) 
relocation of the site's barn to with associated development of 
administrative offices and an interpretive center. Other provisions of 
the 1995 GMP will not be considered in this amendment and will continue 
to be in force.
    The environmental review of the GMP Amendment/EA for the historic 
site 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.
    The National Park Service anticipates a draft GMP Amendment/EA will 
be available for public review in October of 2000. A public open house 
will be scheduled to explain the project and to receive comment after 
the draft is released for review.

    Dated: June 29, 2000.
Alan M. Hutchings,
Acting Regional Director.
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