[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 107 (Thursday, June 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31403-31404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12595]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Petersburg National Battlefield Draft General Management Plan, 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Petersburg National Battlefield, 
Petersburg, VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability 
of Draft General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(Draft GMP/EIS), for Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, 
Virginia. The General Management Plan is being prepared in compliance 
with 16 U.S.C. 1a-7(b), which requires the National Park Service to 
prepare a general management plan for the preservation and use of each 
unit of the national park system.

DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments that are 
submitted by the public on or before July 30, 2004. Four public 
meetings will be held in the communities surrounding the park (City of 
Petersburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, Prince George County, VA and 
Dinwiddie County, VA) around the mid-point of the 60-day public review 
period. The times and locations of these meetings will be announced in 
all local newspapers, sent to all addresses on the park's Draft GMP/EIS 
mailing list and posted on the park's Web site at http://www.nps.gov/pete.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
in the office of the Superintendent, Petersburg National Battlefield, 
1539 Hickory Hill Road, Petersburg, VA 23803-4721 and via the Internet 
at http://www.nps.gov/pete. A public reading copy of the Draft GMP/EIS 
will be available for review at the following libraries:

Colonial Heights Public Library, 1000 Yacht Basin Drive, Colonial 
Heights, VA 23834.
Hopewell Public Library, Appomattox Regional Library, 245 E. Cawson 
St., Hopewell, VA 23860.
Petersburg Public Library, 137 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg, VA 23803.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Kirby, Superintendent, Petersburg 
National Battlefield at (804) 732-3571 X105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petersburg National Battlefield does not 
currently have a General Management Plan. The park's existing Master 
Plan (1965) was primarily a facility development plan and all of its 
major recommendations have been completed. The GMP/EIS presents and 
analyzes four alternatives for preserving resources, enhancing 
interpretation, providing visitor services and working with partners. 
Three of these alternatives propose boundary expansion. The GMP/EIS 
responds to the park's mission and the challenges facing the park and 
adjacent communities today.
    If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of 
several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, Petersburg 
National Battlefield, 1539 Hickory Hill Road, Petersburg, VA 23803-
4721. You may also comment via the Internet http://www.nps.gov/pete 
(see the link) or via e-mail to [email protected]. Please include your 
name and return address in your surface, Internet or e-mail message. 
Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 1539 Hickory Hill Road, 
Petersburg, VA during regular business hours. 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 address 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. We will make all submissions from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

Bob Kirby,
Superintendent, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-12595 Filed 6-2-04; 8:45 am]
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