[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 96 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12434]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft General Management Plan Amendment, Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement, Green Spring unit of Colonial National Historical 
Park, Virginia

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of Interior.

ACTION: Availability of draft general management plan and draft 
environmental impact statement for Green Spring unit of Colonial 
National Historical Park.

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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 General Management Plan Amendment and Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DGMPA/DEIS) for the Green Spring Unit 
of Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia.

Dates: The DGMPA/DEIS will remain on Public Review through July 11, 
2001. Public Meetings are scheduled on May 30, 2001 from 7:00 to 9:00 
p.m. and on May 31, 2001 from 10:00 to Noon @: Colonial National 
Historical Park, Jamestown Visitor Center on Jamestown Island, 1368 
Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, VA 23081.
    Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by 
any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, 
Colonial National Historical Park, Post Office Box 210, Yorktown, 
Virginia 23690. Comments may be submitted electronically 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: Green Spring 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 at (757) 898-3400. Finally, you 
may hand-deliver comments to Colonial National Historical Park 
Headquarters, Route 238 & Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, VA 23690. 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. 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.

Addresses: Copies of the DGMPA/DEIS are available by request from the 
Superintendent, Colonial National Historical Park, Post Office Box 210, 
Yorktown, Virginia 23690 or by calling 757-898-2401 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Public Reading copies of the DGMPA/DEIS will be available for 
review at the following locations:

Colonial National Historical Park Headquarters(address and telephone 
number listed above in comments section);
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service,Department of Interior, 
18th and C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240,215-208-6843;
Williamsburg, Virginia Area Public Libraries(Contact Colonial National 
Historical Park at the address or telephone above for all locations).

Supplementary Information:  The DGMPA/DEIS analyzes 3 alternatives for 
managing the Green Spring unit of Colonial National Historical Park. 
Alternative A, the No Action Alternative, continues the existing 
management direction at the site with no general visitor access, no 
visitor services or interpretation and minimal maintenance of 
resources. Alternative B relies on currently identified core 
archeological features and would focus additional research, site 
improvements, visitor access and interpretation on a core archeological 
area on one side of the park site that is currently bisected by 
Centerville Road. Alternative C, the preferred alternative, would be 
predicated on a cooperative effort with local officials to remove 
Centerville Road, which bisects the site and detracts from the safety 
and quality of the park environment, and is inconsistent with the 
historic setting.
    The DGMPA/DEIS in particular evaluates the environmental 
consequences of the proposed action and the other alternatives on 
cultural resources, natural resources, visitor experience, 
socioeconomic environment, and transportation and site access.

For Further Information Contact:  Superintendent, Colonial National 
Historical Park, at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: May 2, 2001.
James Pepper,
Assistant Regional Director for Strategic Planning, Northeast Region, 
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12434 Filed 5-16-01; 8:45 am]
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