[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9796]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a General Management Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)), the National Park Service (NPS) is 
preparing a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement 
(GMP/EIS) for the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (NHS), located 
in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. The park is 
composed of lands purchased by Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New 
York in 1880. Theodore Roosevelt lived in the 28-room Queen Anne style 
home and maintained a working farm on the property from 1885 to his 
death in January 1919. Throughout Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency from 
1902 to 1908, Sagamore Hill served as the Summer White House. Prepared 
by planners in the NPS Northeast Region, with assistance from advisors 
and consultants, the GMP/EIS will propose a long-term approach to 
managing Sagamore Hill NHS. Consistent with the site's mission, NPS 
policy, and other laws and regulations, alternatives will be developed 
to guide the management of the site over the next 15 to 20 years. A 
range of alternatives will be formulated for natural and cultural 
resource protection, visitor use and interpretation, facilities 
development, and operations. The EIS will assess the impacts of 
alternative management strategies that will be described in the GMP for 
Sagamore Hill NHS. The public will be invited to express concerns about 
the management of the site early in the process through public meetings 
and other media; and will have an opportunity to review and comment on 
the draft GMP/EIS. Following public review processes outlined under 
NEPA, the final plan will become official, authorizing implementation 
of the preferred alternative. The target date for the Record of 
Decision is June 2006.

    Dated: March 22, 2004.
Gay Vietzke,
Superintendent, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
[FR Doc. 04-9796 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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