[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78507-78508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32240]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Environmental Statements; Notice of Intent: Great Falls Park, VA; 
General Management Plan

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent of a General Management Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement, Great Falls Park, Virginia.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) is 
preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the impacts 
of alternative management strategies as part of a General Management 
Plan (GMP) for Great Falls Park, Virginia, a unit within George 
Washington Memorial Parkway.
    The planning effort will result in a comprehensive GMP that 
encompasses preservation of cultural and natural resources, visitor use 
and interpretation, and necessary and appropriate facilities. In 
cooperation with local interests, attention will also be given to 
resources outside the boundaries that affect the integrity of the park. 
Alternatives to be considered include no-action, the preferred 
alternative, and other alternatives addressing the following major 
issues:
    [sbull] How can the important natural and cultural resources be 
best protected and preserved, while providing for visitor use for 
present and future generations?
    [sbull] What level and type of use is appropriate to be consistent 
with the park's purpose, and to relate to the park's significance?
    [sbull] What facilities are needed to meet the mission goals of the 
park regarding natural and cultural resources management, visitor use 
and interpretation, partnerships, and operations?
    Public Involvement: Public involvement will be a key component in 
the preparation of the GMP/EIS. The NPS will be holding a public 
scoping meeting in the evening sometime during the months of November 
2002, December 2002 or January 2003 at the Great Falls Visitors Center, 
to provide to the public an opportunity to present your ideas, 
questions, and concerns directly to the planning team.
    The purpose of this meeting is to determine the concerns/issues 
that should be addressed in the GMP/EIS. Individuals unable to attend 
the scoping meetings may request information from the Superintendent, 
George Washington Memorial Parkway at the address listed below, or by 
checking our homepage on the Internet at the following address: http://www.nps.gov/grfa/.
    Comments: If you wish to submit issues or provide input to this 
initial phase of developing the GMP, you may do so by any one of 
several methods. In addition to attending scoping meetings, you may 
mail comments to: Audrey F. Calhoun, Superintendent, George Washington 
Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, Virginia 22101. You may 
comment via the Internet to [email protected]. Please submit 
Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attn: 
Great Falls GMP Team'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system 
that we have received your Internet message, please contact Park 
Planner Debbie Feldman directly at telephone (703) 289-2512.
    Scoping comments should be received no later than 60 days from the 
publication of this Notice of Intent. Our practice is to make comments, 
including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public 
review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may 
request that we withhold their home addresses from the record, which we 
will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's 
identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name 
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of 
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comment. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will make 
all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Park Superintendent Audrey Calhoun, 
Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run 
Park, McLean, Virginia 22101.

    Dated: October 18, 2002.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Deputy Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park 
Service.
[FR Doc. 02-32240 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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