[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for the General Management Plan, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National 
Historic Site

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the General 
Management Plan (GMP) for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic 
Site, Kentucky. This document will be available for public review and 
comment pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and NPS policy in Director's Order Number 2 (Park 
Planning) and Director's Order Number 12 (Conservation Planning, 
Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making).
    The document provides a framework for management, use, and 
development options for the historic site by the NPS for the next 15 to 
20 years. The document describes four management alternatives for 
consideration, including a no-action alternative, and analyzes the 
environmental impacts of those alternatives for the Birthplace unit and 
the Boyhood Home unit. The Birthplace unit of the historic site is 
located in the city of Hodgenville, Kentucky and the Boyhood Home unit 
is located 10 miles northeast of the Birthplace unit.

DATES: There will be a 60-day comment period beginning with the 
Environmental Protection Agency's publication of its Notice of 
Availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS and GMP are available from the 
Superintendent, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, 2995 
Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky, 42748-9707, telephone: 270-
358-3137. An electronic copy of the DEIS and GMP is available on the 
Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Superintendent, Abraham 
Lincoln National Historic Site, at the address and telephone number 
shown above, Matthew Safford at 303-969-2898, or Amy Wirsching at 404-
562-3124, extension 607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the DEIS, you may 
submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail 
comments to the Superintendent at the address shown above. You may also 
submit a comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. 
Finally, you may present your comments in person at the public meetings 
to be held during the public review period in Hodgenville and New 
Haven, Kentucky.
    It is the practice of the NPS to make all comments, including names 
and addresses of respondents who provide that information, available 
for public review following the conclusion of the NEPA process. 
Individuals may request that the NPS withhold their name and/or address 
from public disclosure. If you wish to do this, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your comment. Commentators using the 
Web site can make such a request by checking the box ``keep my contact 
information private.'' NPS will honor such requests to the extent 
allowable by law, but you should be aware that NPS may still be 
required to disclose your name and address pursuant to the Freedom of 
Information Act.
    The responsible official for the DEIS is Patricia A. Hooks, 
Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service, 100 Alabama 
Street, SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

    Dated: March 28, 2006.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. E6-5586 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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