[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11428]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Fallen 
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of the Record of Decision for the final General Management 
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Fallen 
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site. The Midwest 
Regional Director approved the Record of Decision for this final GMP/
EIS on May 17, 2006. The purpose of the GMP is to set forth the basic 
management philosophy for the park and to provide strategies for 
addressing issues and achieving identified management objectives. The 
final GMP/EIS described and analyzed the environmental impacts of four 
alternatives for the future management direction of the park.
    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 preferred alternative in the final GMP/EIS was selected for 
implementation. Under this action, Toledo Metroparks will work with the 
NPS and other partners to protect cultural resources and interpret 
historic events. Various types of interpretive programs will be 
developed to encourage visitors to learn about the importance of the 
park units and the historic events. Most interpretation will take place 
at the edges of historic resources in order to ensure their 
preservation. A new visitor center will be built with local funding 
near the battlefield, and interpretive programs will cover all three 
units and the American Indian, British, and American perspectives of 
the time period. Links will be established between the units. 
Partnerships will be pursued with a wide variety of agencies and 
organizations to protect view sheds outside the park and to share 
programming, information, and materials.
    The selected action best protects and preserves Fallen Timbers and 
Fort Miamis National Historic Site's cultural resources while also 
providing for visitor understanding and appreciation of the site's 
historic significance. The preferred alternative will not result in 
impairment of resources and values. The Record of Decision includes a 
statement of the decision made, synopses of other alternatives 
considered, the basis for the decision, the rationale for why the 
selected action is the environmentally preferred alternative, a finding 
of no impairment of park resources and values, and an overview of 
public involvement in the decisionmaking process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Speck, Director of Planning, 
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central 
Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43615-2100, by electronic mail at 
[email protected] or by telephone 419-270-7513. Copies 
of the final GMP/EIS and the Record of Decision are available upon 
request from Toledo Metroparks at the above address.

    Dated: May 17, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E6-11428 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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