[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9104-9105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3501]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Fort Pulaski 
National Monument, Savannah, GA

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, requirements of the National Parks and Recreation 
Act of 1978, Public Law 95-625, and National Park Service Policy in 
Director's Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director's Order Number 
12 (Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-
making) the National Park Service (NPS) will prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement for the General Management Plan for Fort Pulaski 
National Monument located near Savannah, Georgia. The authority for 
publishing this notice is contained in 40 CFR 1506.6. The statement 
will assess potential environmental impacts associated with various 
types and levels of visitor use and resources management within the 
National Monument.
    The NPS is currently accepting comments from interested parties on 
issues, concerns, and suggestions pertinent to the management of Fort 
Pulaski. Suggestions and ideas for managing the cultural and natural 
resources and visitor experiences at Fort Pulaski are encouraged. 
Comments may be submitted in writing to the address listed at the end 
of this notice or through the GMP Web site, which is linked to the 
park's Web site at http://www.nps.gov/fopu.
    The NPS will publish periodic newsletters on the GMP Web site to 
present scoping issues and preliminary management concepts to the 
public as they are developed. Public meetings to present draft 
management concepts will be conducted in the local area. Specific 
locations, dates, and times will be announced in local media and on the 
GMP Web site.
    If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of 
several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, Fort Pulaski 
National Monument, U.S. Highway 80 East, P.O. Box 30757, Savannah, 
Georgia 31410, Telephone: 912-786-5787. You may also comment via the 
Internet to http://www.planning.den.nps.gov/parkweb/comments.cfm?RecordID=165. Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII 
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. 
Please also include 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, contact us directly at 404-562-
3124, ext. 685. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to Fort Pulaski 
National Monument, Cockspur Island, U.S. Highway 80 East, Savannah, 
Georgia 31410. 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 rulemaking record, which we will 
honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances 
in which we would withhold from the rulemaking 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.

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of public meetings will be published 
in local newspapers and may also be obtained by contacting the NPS 
Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning and Compliance. This 
information will also be published on the General Management Plan Web 
site for Fort Pulaski.

ADDRESSES: Scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following 
address to ensure adequate consideration by the Service: 
Superintendent, Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. Highway 80 East, 
P.O. Box 30757, Savannah, Georgia 31410, Telephone: 912-786-5787.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Fort Pulaski National 
Monument, U.S. Highway 80 East, P.O. Box 30757, Savannah, Georgia 
31410, Telephone: 912-786-5787.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft and Final General Management Plan 
and Environmental Impact Statement

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will be made available to all known interested parties and appropriate 
agencies. Full public participation by Federal, State, and local 
agencies as well as other concerned organizations and private citizens 
is invited throughout the preparation process of this document.
    The responsible official for this Environmental Impact Statement is 
Patricia A. Hooks, Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park 
Service, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.

Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 05-3501 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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