[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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