[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12564]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of General Management Plan/Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and 
National Park Service Policy, this notice announces the pubication of 
the General Management Plan/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, and as a result of that 
analysis, a Finding Of No Significant Impact has been issued.
    The General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment identifies the 
Preferred Alternative and assesses the potential environmental, 
cultural and socioeconomic effects of the actions presented on site 
resources, visitor experience, and the surrounding area. The Preferred 
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.

DATES: The General Management Plan/Environmental Assessment and FONSI 
are now available.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the document are available 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 am 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.

Bob McIntosh,
Associate Regional Director, Planning, Resources Stewardship and 
Science, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 02-12564 Filed 5-17-02; 8:45 am]
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