[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16488-16489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7379]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement on the Special Resource Study for Fort King, Ocala, FL

SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to accompany its Special Resource 
Study (SRS) for Fort King. The NPS will conduct public scoping meetings 
in the local area to receive input from interested parties on issues, 
concerns and suggestions believed to be relevant to the management of 
Fort King and its potential inclusion as a unit of the National Park 
System. Of particular interest to the NPS are suggestions and ideas for 
managing cultural and natural resources and the visitor experience at 
Fort King. The DEIS will formulate and evaluate environmental impacts 
associated with various types and levels of visitor use and resources 
management at the site.

DATES: The dates and times of the public scoping meetings will be 
published in local newspapers and on the Special Resource Study web 
site for Fort King. These dates and times may also be obtained by 
contacting the NPS Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning. 
Scoping suggestions will be accepted throughout the planning process 
but are urged to be submitted prior to July 1, 2001. The NPS 
anticipates that the DEIS will be available for public review by 
December 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The locations of the public scoping meetings will be 
published in local newspapers and on the Special Resource Study web 
site for Fort King which is http://www.nps.gov/sero/fortking/
srs_info.htm. These locations may also be obtained by contacting the 
NPS Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning.
    Written scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following 
address: Planning Team Leader, Fort King Special Resource Study, NPS 
Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning and Compliance, 100 
Alabama Street, SW, 6th Floor, 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Planning Team Leader, Fort King 
Special Resource Study, 404-562-3124, extension 693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS has announced that an EIS on SRSs 
will be prepared for all proposed park units; consistent with this 
policy this EIS is being prepared. Issues currently being

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considered for the EIS include a determination of Fort King's national 
significance and an assessment of the site's suitability and 
feasibility as a potential addition to the National Park System as a 
National Historic Site. The EIS will identify cultural and natural 
resources of Fort King and evaluate a range of potential management 
options that might adequately protect these resources.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and 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 submission from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
business, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 01-7379 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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