[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 87 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 25776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8648]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home 
Front National Historical Park, Contra Costa County, CA; Notice of 
Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is terminating preparation of an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan, 
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, 
Richmond, California. A Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for the 
General Management Plan (GMP) was published in the Federal Register on 
March 26, 2002. The National Park Service has since determined that an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than an EIS is the appropriate 
environmental documentation for the GMP; this determination includes 
due consideration of all public comment and other agency information 
received during the public scoping period.
    Background: The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National 
Historical Park includes the Ford Assembly Building, the Richmond 
Shipyard 3 (currently known as the Port of Richmond, Terminals 
5, 6 and 7), the Maritime and Ruth Powers Child Development Centers, 
Atchison Village housing, Kaiser Field Hospital, Fire Station 67A, the 
Rosie the Riveter Memorial, the S.S. Red Oak Victory, and city parks 
referred to in the authorizing legislation as Shimada Peace Memorial 
Park, Westshore Park (now known as Lucretia Edwards Park), Sheridan 
Observation Point Park, Vincent Park, and the Bay Trail-Esplanade. The 
National Park Service (NPS) does not own or manage these sites, but is 
authorized to interpret the story of Rosie the Riveter and the World 
War II home front, conduct and maintain oral histories, operate an 
education center, provide visitor services, provide technical 
assistance, enter into agreements to support preservation and 
interpretation, and acquire certain structures from willing sellers. 
The NPS will collaborate with the public and private owners of these 
sites to plan for and encourage their preservation and use.
    Pub. L. 106-352 requires the GMP to include a plan to preserve the 
historic setting of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front 
National Historical Park, which must be jointly developed and approved 
by the City of Richmond. Accordingly, the GMP will establish the 
overall direction for the park, setting a broad vision and management 
goals for managing this partnership park for the next 15 to 20 years. 
The plan was originally scoped as an EIS. No concerns or issues 
expressed during public scoping and preliminary development of the GMP 
convey either the potential for controversy or identify potential for 
significant impacts.
    In the GMP effort to date the cooperating park partners and NPS 
planning team have developed three alternatives for the historical 
park. All three alternative visions support preserving the historic 
scene while providing different approaches for visitors to experience 
and learn about Rosie the Riveter and the American World War II Home 
Front. Initial analysis of the alternatives has revealed neither major 
effects nor significant or unacceptable impacts on the human 
environment, nor any potential for impairing park resources and values. 
Potential impacts as may arise from implementing any of the 
alternatives are expected to range from negligible to moderate in 
magnitude. All the GMP alternative visions provide for preserving the 
historic scene with the NPS providing technical assistance to help 
support the decisions and actions of the park partners. All uses 
expected to occur under any of the alternative visions are deemed to be 
appropriate. For these reasons the NPS determined the intensity of 
conservation planning and environmental impact analysis needed for the 
GMP is an EA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft GMP and EA will be integrated; the 
combined document is expected to be distributed for a 60-day public 
review and comment period in the summer/fall of 2007. The NPS will 
notify the public by mail, Web site postings, local and regional media, 
and other means, to provide regularly updated information on where and 
how to obtain a copy of the EA, how to comment on the EA, and the 
confirmed dates for public meetings to be hosted in Richmond and 
Oakland during the 60-day public review period. For further information 
contact Martha Lee, Superintendent, Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home 
Front National Historical Park, 1401 Marina Way South, Richmond, CA 
94804 (telephone: (510) 232-5050; e-mail: [email protected]).
    A decision regarding selection of an alternative vision for the new 
GMP is expected to be made in the fall/winter of 2007. The official 
responsible for the final decision is the Regional Director, Pacific 
West Region, National Park Service. Subsequently the official 
responsible for implementing the new GMP is the Superintendent, Rosie 
the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.

    Dated: March 28, 2007.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
 [FR Doc. E7-8648 Filed 5-4-07; 8:45 am]
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