[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24637]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource Study

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of termination of the Environmental Impact Statement 
process for the George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource Study.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 
the National Park Service will terminate the Environmental Impact 
Statement process for this study and prepare an Environmental 
Assessment.
    The U.S. Congress authorized the special resource study in Section 
509(c)(3) of Pub. L. 105-355 to examine how the cultural and natural 
resources of the property can be protected and public use of the site 
furthered. The George Washington boyhood Home property, also known as 
Ferry Farm, is located in Stafford County, Virginia. The property, part 
of the 18 century plantation where George Washington spent his youth, 
is now owned by the George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation. 
Congress also authorized the Department of the Interior, through the 
National Park Service, to acquire easements on the property. The 
overall purpose of the study is to identify an appropriate management 
framework to achieve resource protection and public use goals. 
Leadership for the study project is being provided by the 
Superintendent of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military 
Park.
    A Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement was 
published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2000. The scoping 
process has been completed and draft alternatives developed in outline 
form. The recommended alternative will not involve new legislation. 
There is no potential for significant environmental effects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Superintendent, 
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 540-373-4510 or 
at [email protected].

    Dated: April 6, 2001.
Leonard C. Emerson,
Acting, Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 01-24637 Filed 10-1-01; 8:45 am]
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