[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20020]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service, Northeast Region


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and 
Hold Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, Section 102(2)(c)), the National Park Service is 
preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the special 
resource study of the Coltsville historic industrial district in 
Hartford, CT, as authorized by Pub. L. 108-94.
    Coltsville is a 260-acre industrial area where inventor Samuel Colt 
and his company manufactured firearms from 1855 until the 1990s. It was 
recognized as the Colt Industrial National Register District in 1976. 
Within this historic district is inventor Samuel Colt's house Armsmear, 
which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The 
purpose of the EIS/study is to determine if Coltsville has the national 
significance, suitability, and feasibility for designation as a unit of 
the national park system. If the study also finds that federal 
management of the site is appropriate, Congress could designate 
Coltsville a unit of the national park system. The study will identify 
alternative management options to preserve and interpret the historic 
site. The alternatives will describe the site boundaries; current land 
ownership and land use; potential impacts on cultural and natural 
resources; possible management entities; participation of State and 
local governments and private and public organizations; estimated 
project costs; anticipated levels of visitation; and economic and 
social benefits.
    The Draft EIS/study is expected to be completed and available for 
public review in the winter of 2006. After public and interagency 
review of the draft document, comments will be considered and a final 
EIS/study report, followed by a Record of Decision, will be prepared.

DATES: The NPS will hold a public scoping meeting in October 2004 that 
will provide opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions, and 
raise issues concerning the Coltsville special resource study. 
Information on the time and place of the public scoping meeting will be 
publicized through the local news media in Hartford, CT.

ADDRESSES: Those persons who wish to comment orally or in writing, or 
who require further information are invited to contact James O'Connell, 
Project Manager, at the National Park Service, Northeast Region Boston 
Office, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109-3572, (617) 223-5222; fax -
5164; or via e-mail at Jim_O'[email protected].

    Dated: July 23, 2004.
Robert W. McIntosh,
Associate Regional Director, Planning and Partnerships, Northeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 04-20020 Filed 9-1-04; 8:45 am]
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