[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 37 (Monday, February 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8397-8398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-839]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notification of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Great Falls Historic District Special Resource Study in 
Paterson, NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of Termination of the EIS process for the Great 
Falls Historic District Special Resource Study in Paterson, New Jersey.

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SUMMARY: As directed by the U.S. Congress in Pub. L. 107-59, the 
National Park Service (NPS) undertook a special resource study (SRS) of 
the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey. In 
accordance with NPS policy, the Great Falls Historic District SRS was 
initially undertaken as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process 
in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended (NEPA). A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was published in 
the Federal Register on September 15, 2003. The purpose of an SRS is to 
determine the degree and kind of federal actions that may be desirable 
for the management and protection of an area considered to have 
potential for addition to the national park system. The EIS assesses 
the impacts of the management alternatives examined in the SRS.
    The SRS examines a site in terms of:
     significance of the resources

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     determination of suitability of the site for inclusion 
within the national park system in comparison to other protected sites 
with similar resources or themes
     determination of feasibility for the NPS to own, manage or 
participate in conservation and interpretation in the study area
     need for NPS management measured against other 
alternatives
    This SRS examined the resources in the existing Great Falls 
Historic District, which preserves the history of the beginnings of 
manufacturing and labor in the United States. All of the elements of 
the site are located within the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, in 
New Jersey, adjacent to the Passaic River. Determination of the need 
for NPS management is the final criterion for evaluating resources for 
potential designation as a unit in the national park system. The study 
concluded that the site is determined neither suitable nor feasible for 
potential designation as a unit of the national park system. As a 
result, there is no need for NPS management and no further Federal 
action. Therefore, the EIS process has been terminated.

DATES: The Great Falls Historic District Special Resource Study was 
made available for public review at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ or: 
http://www.nps.gov/nero/greatfalls/ starting November 27, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The document was also made available for public review at 
the Danforth (Main) Public Library, 250 Broadway, Paterson, New Jersey.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Samuel, Project Planner, 
National Park Service, Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 3rd 
Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Not applicable.

    Dated: December 15, 2006.
Chrysandra L. Walter,
Acting Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 07-839 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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