[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16542]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for Construction of the Natchez Trace Parkway (Section 
3P13), Ridgeland, MS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final supplemental environmental 
impact statement for construction of the Natchez Trace Parkway (Section 
3P13), Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended), this 
notice announces the availability of the Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the construction of the 
segment of the Natchez Trace Parkway (Section 3P13) through Ridgeland, 
Mississippi. The FSEIS evaluates the environmental consequences 
associated with the proposed action and the other alternatives on local 
traffic and transportation routes, cultural resources, wetlands, visual 
quality, visitor experience, economics and land use, and impact on 
nearby residents, among other topics.

DATES: The Final SEIS will be on public review for 30 days following 
the date of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) publication of 
their notice of receipt of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement in the Federal Register. Upon completion of the 30-day review 
period, a Record of Decision will be prepared and signed by the 
Regional Director of the Southeast Region of the National Park Service 
and will be published at a later date.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the Natchez Trace Parkway's 
(Section 3P13) Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement will 
be available for public review at the following locations:

1. Natchez Trace Parkway Headquarters, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, 
Tupelo, Mississippi 38804, (662) 680-4004.
2. Jackson/Hinds Library System, Eudora Welty Library, 300 North State 
Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201, (601) 968-5809

(This is the headquarters or main library in Jackson)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For copies of the FSEIS or additional 
information, please contact: Superintendent Wendell A. Simpson, Natchez 
Trace Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804, 
Telephone: (662) 680-4004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Natchez Trace Parkway was established in 
1938 to commemorate the Old Natchez Trace, a primitive network of 
trails that stretched from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, 
Tennessee. Designed to follow the alignment of the historic trace as 
closely as the requirements of modern road construction allows, upon 
completion the Natchez Trace Parkway will extend diagonally from 
Natchez to Nashville, a distance of approximately 444 miles.
    The completion of a continuous parkway motor road between Natchez 
and Nashville by the National Park Service has been underway for more 
than 60 years. A decision on and construction of this short segment of 
the parkway motor road, combined with other completed, in-progress, and 
planned NPS construction projects between I-20 and I-55 would permit 
the opening of the parkway motor road to through visitor vehicular use 
without the need for a detour through the greater metropolitan area of 
Jackson, Mississippi. The parkway's 1987 General Management Plan ranks 
the completion of the parkway motor road as one of its prominent 
management objectives.
    Those listed on the Natchez Trace Parkway's database who have 
commented on the Draft SEIS or shown interest in the proposed project 
will receive notification of the 30-day review period along with a copy 
of the FSEIS personally by letter from the Parkway Superintendent.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during 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 or organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: February 13, 2001.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 01-16542 Filed 6-29-01; 8:45 am]
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