[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41047-41048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6312]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision on the First 
Ladies National Historic Site General Management Plan Environmental 
Impact Statement, First Ladies National Historic Site, Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability 
of the Record of Decision (ROD) on the final General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the First Ladies National 
Historic Site, Ohio. On May 22, 2006, the Regional Director, Midwest 
Region, approved the ROD for the project. As soon as practicable, the 
NPS will begin to implement the preferred alternative contained in the 
final GMP/EIS issued on April 7, 2006.
    The following course of action will occur under the preferred 
alternative. Cultural resources will be preserved and various types of 
interpretive programs will be developed to encourage visitors to learn 
about the importance of the First Ladies and the historic events 
associated with First Ladies. Interpretive programs will focus on the 
roles of First Ladies in both their public and private lives. 
Partnerships will be pursued with a wide variety of agencies and 
organizations to publicize the site and to share programming, 
information, and exhibits.
    Most of the Saxton House (House) will be managed as an historic 
zone. Visitor access would be limited mostly to interpretive tours. The 
story of the First Ladies will be interpreted at both the House and the 
Education and Research Center (ERC). Exhibits of

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artifacts will support the interpretive program. Onsite interpretation 
will be provided at the House through guided tours, with further 
information available in programs in the ERC Theater and during special 
programs. Most of the ERC will be managed as a library zone, where 
resources are maintained at a high level of preservation. Visitor use 
will be restricted to portions of two floors. Implementing this 
alternative will cost approximately $395,000 in one-time upgrade and 
construction expenses.
    This course of action and three other alternatives were analyzed in 
the draft and final GMP/EIS. The full range of foreseeable 
environmental consequences was assessed and appropriate mitigating 
measures were identified.
    The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of 
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a 
description of the environmentally preferred alternative, a finding on 
impairment of park resources and values, a listing of measures to 
minimize environmental harm, an overview of public involvement in the 
decision making process, and a conclusion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol J. Spears, Site Manager, 
First Ladies National Historic Site, 8095 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio 
44060, telephone 440-974-2993. Copies of the ROD may be obtained by 
mail from Ms. Spears or the Planning, Environment and Public Comment 
Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/fila.

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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