[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 195 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25677]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the General Management Plan for Chattahoochee River National Recreation 
Area, Georgia

SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended), the National Park Service (NPS) 
is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to assess the impacts of 
alternative management concepts that would be implemented under a 
revised General Management Plan for the Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area. the purpose of the General Management Plan is to 
establish the basic management philosophy for the park and provide 
strategies for addressing issues and achieving identified management 
objectives. The General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 
(GMP/EIS) will evaluate the environmental impacts of a range of 
alternatives to address distinct management issues such as resource 
protection and visitor use. As a conceptual framework for formulating 
these alternatives, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area's 
purpose, significant resources, and management goals will first be 
identified. The GMP/EIS will conform to Director's Order--2, the 
planning guidance for National Park Service units, effective May 27, 
1998.

DATES: Public scoping meetings will be scheduled this fall, and 
additional public meetings will be scheduled upon release of the Draft 
GMP/EIS. Time and place of the public meetings will be publicized in 
area newspapers.
    Persons 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. We will accept comments through 
December 15, 2000. A Draft GMP/EIS will be available for review in the 
fall of 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Our practice is to make comments, including 
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review 
during regular business hours. If you wish for us to withhold your name 
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will 
make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their 
entirety.
    The Draft and Final GMP/EIS will be made available to known 
interested parties and appropriate agencies. Full public participation 
by Federal, State, and local agencies as well as other concerned 
organizations and private citizens is invited throughout the 
preparation process of this document.

ADDRESSES:  Written comments concerning the GMP/EIS should be sent to 
Mr. Kevin Cheri, Superintendent, Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area, 1978 Island Ford Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30350-3400, 
telephone (770) 399-8070.

    Dated: September 29, 2000.
Charlie Powell,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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