[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 99 (Friday, May 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 29328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11470]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, 
Arlington County and Vicinity Rowing Facility, George Washington 
Memorial Parkway

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 building a boathouse with indoor storage space and floating docks at 
four possible locations within George Washington Memorial Parkway, two 
on the shore opposite Theodore Roosevelt Island, one south of the CSX/
14th Street Bridges, and another on Daingerfield Island. For each 
location the EIS will consider the impact of two sizes of boathouse, 
approximately 10,000 square feet and 14,000 square feet. The proposed 
facility will house high school rowing programs, provide additional 
storage bays for the general public, as well as training facilities.
    Public Involvement: Public involvement will be a key component in 
the preparation of the EIS. The NPS will be holding a public scoping 
meeting sometime during the months of May or June 2004 at a public site 
in Arlington County to provide the public an opportunity to present 
ideas, questions, and concerns directly to the planning team. The 
location and time will be advertised in the local newspapers and media.
    The purpose of this meeting is to determine the concerns/issues 
that should be addressed in the 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/gwmp/ or http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/pphtm1/documents.html.
    Comments: If you wish to submit issues or provide input to this 
initial phase of developing the EIS, 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, 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: 
Arlington County and Vicinity Rowing Facility Planning 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 Deborah Feldman at the George 
Washington Memorial Parkway at (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 
your 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: Superintendent Audrey Calhoun, George 
Washington Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run Headquarters, McLean, 
Virginia 22101.

    Dated: March 22, 2004.
Terry R. Carlstrom,
Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-11470 Filed 5-20-04; 8:45 am]
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