[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80452-80453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32439]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 
Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of draft environmental impact statement and 
general management plan for Fort Davis national historic site.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the 
availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General 
Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Fort Davis National Historic Site, 
Texas.

DATES: The DEIS/GMP will remain available for public review through 
March 15, 2001. If any public meetings are held concerning the DEIS/
GMP, they will be announced at a later date.

Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any 
one of several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, Fort 
Davis

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National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort Davis, Texas 79734. You may 
also comment via the Internet to http://www.nps.gov/planning/foda/. 
Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of 
special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include 
``Attn: (any identifying names or codes)'' and your name and return 
address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation 
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact us 
directly at Fort Davis National Historic Site, 915-426-3225. Finally, 
you may hand-deliver comments to Fort Davis National Historic Site, 
P.O. Box 1456, Fort Davis, Texas 79734. Our practice is to make 
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available 
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents 
may request that we withhold their home address from the record, which 
we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's 
identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name 
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
your comment. 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.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available from the 
Superintendent, Fort Davis National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort 
Davis, Texas 79734. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP will be 
available for review at the following locations: Office of the 
Superintendent, Fort Davis National Historic Site, P.O. Box 1456, Fort 
Davis, Texas 79734, Telephone: 915-426-3225; Planning and Environmental 
Quality, Intermountain Support Office--Denver, National Park Service, 
12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228, Telephone: (303) 969-
2851; Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of 
Interior 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: (202) 
208-6843.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS/GMP analyzes four (4) alternatives 
a no-action and three action alternatives including the National Park 
Service proposal. Alternative C, the proposed General Management Plan 
would retain most existing visitor experiences and would improve 
outreach programs, visitor orientation, collaborative research 
partnership opportunities, and administrative staff services. It also 
provides for enhanced protection for facilities and resources from 
flooding. Alternative B would protect and preserve the fort's historic 
setting and historic viewscape and would minimize modern intrusions in 
the historic core area. Alternative D would broaden the interpretive 
themes to highlight the more complex role of Fort Davis in the history 
of the American West. Under the no-action alternative, existing 
administrative, maintenance, land use, and resource management 
activities would continue with current use serving as the basis for 
mapping management prescriptions.
    The DEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the environmental consequences 
of the proposed action and the other alternatives on visitor 
experience, archeological resources, cultural landscapes and historic 
resources, long-term health of natural ecosystems, economic 
contribution to local communities, adjacent landowners, and facility/
operational efficiency. The plan also identifies cumulative effects on 
wetlands and floodplains for the National Park Service proposal.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent, Fort Davis 
National Historic Site, at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: December 8, 2000.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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