[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54310-54311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20296]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Chesapeake Bay Special Resource 
Study, Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the 
availability of a Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study/Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (SRS/FEIS).
    The Fiscal Year 1999 appropriations bill for the Department of 
Interior and related agencies included direction to the National Park 
Service to conduct a Special Resource Study to: (a) Examine whether 
having additional Chesapeake Bay resources within the National Park 
System would make sense and would advance partnership efforts to 
conserve and celebrate the Chesapeake Bay; (b) define whether there are 
concepts or

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ways that areas of the Bay might fit appropriately within the diverse 
National Park System; and (c) make recommendations to Congress 
regarding these findings. This SRS/FEIS outlines alternatives and a 
preferred approach for how the Chesapeake Bay might be represented 
within/by the National Park System.

DATES: The National Park Service will execute a Record of Decision 
(ROD) no sooner than 30 days following publication by the Environmental 
Protection Agency of the notice of availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SRS/FEIS are available upon request by writing 
to NPS Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, 
Annapolis MD 21403, by phone at 800 YOUR BAY (968-7229), or by e-mail 
to [email protected]. A downloadable on-line version of the 
document is available at: http://www.chesapeakestudy.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, NPS Chesapeake Bay Program 
Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis MD 21403, or 800 YOUR 
BAY (968-7229).

    Dated: June 23, 2004.
Marie Rust,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-20296 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]
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