[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9983-9984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5234]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Northeast Region; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement and Hold Public Meetings

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(Pub. L. 91-109 Section 102(c)), the National Park Service is preparing 
an

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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the resource study of the 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, as authorized by Pub. L. 
106-473. The historic route stretched from Newport, Rhode Island to 
Yorktown, Virginia, passing through Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and what is now Washington D.C. A 
segment of the return route extended from Providence, Rhode Island to 
Boston, Massachusetts. The purpose of the EIS/study is to determine if 
the route is eligible to become a National Historic Trail. If the 
National Park Service determines that the route is nationally and 
historically significant, retains integrity and has potential for 
public recreation, Congress could designate the route a National 
Historic Trail. The study will identify alternative management options 
to preserve and interpret the route. The alternatives will describe 
the: Proposed route; current land ownership and use; areas adjacent to 
the trails to be used for developmental purposes; estimated cost of 
acquisition of lands or interest in lands, if any; cost of developing 
and maintaining the trail; the proposed Federal administering agency; 
participation of State and local governments and private and public 
organizations; anticipated levels of public use; economic and social 
benefits of public use; and the potential impacts of recreational use 
to trail resources.
    The NPS will hold three public scoping meetings beginning in March 
2002, that will provide opportunities for all interested parties to 
express concerns, make suggestions and raise issues concerning the 
future direction and development of the Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route study. The first public meeting will be held in 
Hartford, Connecticut on Thursday March 14, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the 
Stanley Room of the South Congregational Church, 277 South Main Street. 
The second meeting will be held in Yorktown, Virginia on Saturday, 
March 16, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in Theater 2 of the Yorktown Visitor 
Center, Colonial National Historical Park, located at the intersection 
of Route 238 and Colonial Parkway. A third meeting is being scheduled 
in Trenton, New Jersey. Additional information about the meetings and 
the EIS/study will be available on the National Park Service website, 
www.nps.gov/revwar/.
    Those persons who wish to comment orally or in writing, or who 
require further information, are invited to contact Brian_Aviles, 
Project Manager, at the National Park Service Boston Support Office, 15 
State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3572, (617) 223-5319, -5164 
fax, or via email at [email protected].
    The Draft EIS/study report is expected to be completed and 
available for public review in mid 2004. After public and interagency 
review of the draft document, comments will be considered and a final 
EIS/study report, followed by a Record of Decision, will be prepared.

    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Lawrence Gall,
Acting Superintendent, Boston Support Office.
[FR Doc. 02-5234 Filed 3-4-02; 8:45 am]
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