[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6854]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, OK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of draft environmental impact statement and 
general management plan for Washita battlefield 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) Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, 
Oklahoma.

DATES: The DEIS/GMP will remain available for public review through May 
18, 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 to office of the 
Superintendent, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, 426 E. 
Broadway, Cheyenne, OK, 73628. You may also comment via the Internet to 
[email protected]. Please submit Internet comments as an 
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. Please also include ``Attn: draft GMP comments'' 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 Washita Battlefield National Historic 
Site, 580-497-2742.
    Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Washita Battlefield 
National Historic Site, 426 E. Broadway, Cheyenne, OK. 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, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, 426 E. 
Broadway, Cheyenne, OK. 73628. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP 
will be available for review at the following locations:
Office of the Superintendent, Washita Battlefield National Historic 
Site, 426 E. Broadway, Cheyenne, OK, Telephone: 580-497-2742
Planning and Environmental Quality, Intermountain Support Office--
Denver, National Park Service, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, 
Telephone: (303) 969-2851 [or (303) 969-2377]
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20240, Telephone: 
(202) 208-6843

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS/GMP analyzes three alternatives to 
manage the park and balance visitor use and resource protection. Under 
the preferred alternative visitors would have opportunities to 
participate in a variety of activities. The major action of the 
alternative would be to locate the visitor/administrative facility 
offsite at the U.S. Forest service site. Alternative A would provide 
visitors with offsite learning opportunities, while preserving the 
reflective mood at the site. Under alternative B visitors would be 
provided with onsite learning opportunities through integration of the 
visitor facilities with the historic scene onsite.
    The DEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the environmental consequences 
of the proposed action and the other alternatives on cultural 
resources, natural resources, visitor use, and the socioeconomic 
environment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Superintendent, Washita Battlefield 
National Historic Site, at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: February 23, 2001.
Michael D. Synder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6854 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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