[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 37862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island, New York and New Jersey; 
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement

    In accordance with the National Environment Policy Act of 1969 
(Pub. L. 91-109 section 102(c)), the National Park Service (NPS) has 
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Ellis Island 
located in upper New York Harbor, within the States of New Jersey and 
New York. The purpose of the DEIS is to assess the environmental 
consequences of alternative management strategies for the 
rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of 30 abandoned and deteriorating 
buildings on Ellis Island and limited service and emergency access that 
is described in a Development Concept Plan (DCP) that forms the basis 
for the DEIS.
    Copies of the DCP/DEIS are available in hard copy or Compact Disk 
and may be obtained by contacting the Superintendent, Statue of Liberty 
NM and Ellis Island, Ellis Island Receiving Office, Jersey City, NJ 
07305. The DCP/DEIS may also be accessed via the park's Web site at 
www.nps.gov/elis.
    The NPS will also hold informational meetings in New Jersey and 
Manhattan to present the management strategies and to provide the 
public with an opportunity to comment.
    Meeting times and locations will be posted in area newspapers and 
on the park's Web site noted above.
    Written comments may be sent to the Superintendent until August 8, 
2003. After public and interagency review of the draft document 
comments will be considered, and a Final EIS and Record of Decision 
shall be prepared.

    Dated: May 16, 2003.
Robert W. McIntosh, Jr.,
Associate Regional Director, Planning and Partnerships, Northeast 
Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 03-15977 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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