[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13799-13800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7252]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Environmental Statements; Notice of Intent

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a general management plan and 
environmental impact statement for Fallen Timbers Battlefield and 
FortMiamis National Historic Site, Ohio.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a general 
management plan (GMP) and an associated environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic 
Site in accordance with section

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102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This 
notice is being furnished as required by NEPA Regulations 40 CFR 
1501.7.
    To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS 
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the EIS, 
and to obtain suggestions and information from other agencies and the 
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. Comments and 
participation in this scoping process are invited.
    Participation in the planning process will be encouraged and 
facilitated by various means. Notification of all public involvement 
opportunities will be announced in the local press and in NPS mailings. 
To begin the public process, the NPS will conduct a scoping meeting to 
explain the planning effort and to solicit opinion about issues to 
address in the GMP/EIS.

DATES: Two public scoping meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 
2002. An afternoon session will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; 
and an evening session will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Both 
meetings will be held at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Maumee 
Branch, 501 River Road, Maumee, Ohio. More information about the 
meetings is available from the Site Manager, Metroparks of the Toledo 
Area, at the address and telephone number below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and information concerning the scope of the 
EIS and other matters, or requests to be added to the project mailing 
list should be directed to: Public Information Officer, Metroparks of 
the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo Ohio 43615; phone: 
419-535-3057 extension 126.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Public 
Information Officer, at the address and telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 106-164, signed into law on 
December 9, 1999, provides for the establishment of Fallen Timbers 
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site as an affiliated 
unit of the National Park System. The purpose of the National Historic 
Site is to recognize, preserve, interpret and link Fort Miamis and the 
Fallen Timbers Battlefield. The Battle of Fallen Timbers played an 
important role in the history of the Nation's early Northwest frontier 
and was the culminating event which demonstrated the tenacity of the 
American people in their efforts to expand settlement westward through 
the struggle for dominance of the Old Northwest Territory.
    In accordance with NPS Park Planning policy, the GMP will ensure 
the Historic Site has a clearly defined direction for resource 
preservation and visitor use. It will be developed in consultation with 
servicewide program managers, interested parties, and the general 
public. It will be based on an adequate analysis of existing and 
potential resource conditions and visitor experiences, environmental 
impacts, and costs of alternative courses of action.
    The environmental review of the GMP/EIS for the Historic Site will 
be conducted in accordance with requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 
4371 et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), other appropriate 
Federal regulations, and National Park Service procedures and policies 
for compliance with those regulations.

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
David N. Given,
Acting Regional Director.
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