[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7715]


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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 Stream Management Plan, Herbert 
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, IA

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 (ROD) on the final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Stream Management Plan, Herbert Hoover 
National Historic Site (Site), West Branch, Iowa. The Midwest Regional 
Director approved the ROD for this final EIS on August 1, 2006. 
Specifically, the Site will adopt and implement actions described under 
Alternative E, the preferred alternative, in the final EIS. Under the 
selected action, the primary strategy entails the restoration of the 
function of the stream corridor and a floodwater detention area in the 
upstream portion of the Park.
    The EIS considered and evaluated five alternatives to the selected 
action. A full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was 
assessed. The overriding concern expressed by the Site and the public 
during the development of this action was the protection of fundamental 
resources and values of the Site. Alternative E--Provide 50-Year Flood 
Protection--is the selected alternative since it best meets the 
objectives of the Site. The preferred alternative will not result in 
the impairment of resources and values.
    The ROD 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 Site resources and values, 
and an overview of public involvement in the decisionmaking process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Stream Management Plan 
Record of Decision, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, P.O. Box 
607, West Branch, Iowa 52358, or by calling 319-643-2541. Copies of the 
final EIS and ROD are available upon request from the above address.

    Dated: August 1, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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