[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50206-50207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24636]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment, Saugus 
Iron Works National Historic Site, Essex County, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and 
National Park Service Policy, this notice announces the availability 
for public review of a Draft General Management Pan/Environmental 
Assessment for Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Essex County, 
Massachusetts. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
102(2)(C) of 1969, the environmental assessment was prepared to assess 
the impacts of implementing the general management plan.
    The Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment presents 
a Proposal and two Management Alternatives, then assesses the potential 
environmental, cultural and socioeconomic effects of the actions 
presented on site resources, visitor experience, and the surrounding 
area. The Proposal and the Alternatives differ in their approaches to 
achieving the site's management goals and resolving planning issues 
associated with those goals. Alternative 1 (The Preferred

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Alternative) involves (a) rehabilitating the interior of the museum 
building to allow for compliance with NPS museum exhibit standards and 
consolidating the museum collections and archival materials in existing 
residences that would be adaptively reused to house these resources 
under appropriate climate controlled and protective systems, (b) 
removing existing maintenance facilities, restoring their current 
locations and consolidating them into a single facility, (c) adaptively 
reusing the Iron Works House Annex and Lean-to into a visitor contact 
facility, and (d) improving access through the iron works structures 
and between those structures and the Iron Works House and Museum for 
persons with disabilities and special needs. Alternative 2 (Enhanced 
Facility Development) involves (a) constructing a new collections 
storage facility adjacent to the existing museum building, (b) 
acquiring or leasing existing commercial or industrial space off-site 
for use as maintenance facilities, along with restoring the locations 
where such facilities are currently sited, (c) constructing a new 
visitor center at the site of the existing maintenance facility on the 
west bluff, and (d) implementing one of two alternative scenarios for 
providing improved access for visitors from the bluff to the industrial 
area: either a switchback trail or a long straight trail. Alternative 3 
(The No Action Alternative) involves no changes to existing conditions.

DATES: The Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment will 
be made available on July 9, 2001. Following a 60-day comment period, 
the environmental analysis, along with public and agency comments, will 
form the basis for the selection, by the Regional Director of a single 
plan for implementation. The Final General Management Plan/
Environmental Assessment will then be issued and made available to the 
public for an additional 60 days. If at the end of that second review 
period, no significant issues or public controversy have arisen, the 
Regional Director will issue a Finding Of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the document will be available for 
review at the following locations:
    Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site-Visitor Kiosk, 244 Central 
Street, Saugus, MA 01906. The visitor kiosk is open everyday from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    The Saugus Public Library, 295 Central Street Saugus, MA. The 
library is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; 
Friday hours are 8:30 a.m. until noon. The library is closed on 
weekends.
    To request a copy of the document, please call (781) 233-0050, fax 
(781-231-7345), or write Superintendent, Saugus Iron Works National 
Historic Site 244 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906.

Marie Rust,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 01-24636 Filed 10-1-01; 8:45 am]
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