[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10550-10551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1897]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Environmental Statements; Availability, etc: Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, OH; General
Management Plan
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and
Fort Miamis National Historic Site, Ohio.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(a)(c), the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the Final General Management Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS), Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (the park).
DATES: The required no-action period on the Final GMP/EIS will expire
30 days after the Environmental Protection Agency has published a
notice of availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final GMP/EIS are available by request by
writing to the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National
Historic Site, c/o Director of Planning, Metropolitan Park District of
the Toledo Area, 5100 West
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Central Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43615-2100, by telephoning 419-270-7513 or
by e-mail ([email protected]). The document is also
available to be picked-up in person at Metropolitan Park District
offices, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. The document can be
found on the Internet in the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public
Comment Web site at: (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Speck, Director of Planning,
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central
Avenue, Toledo, Ohio, telephone 419-270-7513.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort
Miamis National Historic Site is an affiliated area of the national
park system, managed by the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo
Area. The park consists of three units, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield,
the Fallen Timbers State Monument, and Fort Miamis. The park
commemorates an important period in the development of the United
States and the opening of the northwest frontier. It represents the
culminating event that demonstrated the tenacity of the American people
in their quest for western expansion and the struggle for dominance in
the Old Northwest Territory.
The purpose of the general management plan is to set forth the
basic management philosophy for the park and to provide strategies for
addressing issues and achieving identified management objectives. The
GMP/EIS describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of the
proposed action and two other action alternatives for the future
management direction of the park. A no action alternative is also
evaluated.
A notice of availability of the draft document was published in the
Federal Register on March 31, 2004 (69 FR 16, 948). Public meetings to
clarify the document and discuss any concerns were held at the Maumee
Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library on March 10 and April
26, 2004. The local press, including television, radio and newspaper,
were sent news releases of all public meetings and each meeting was
reported on by these sources. In addition, advertisements of the
meetings were placed in local daily and weekly newspapers. Written
comments were accepted through May 31, 2004. The NPS considered all
written comments in accordance with guidance provided by Director's
Order 12 and the regulations of Council on Environmental Quality at 40
CFR part 1503. The local Congressional delegation was kept informed.
The Final GMP/EIS document responds to agency and public comments
received on the draft document.
Dated: January 20, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 06-1897 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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