[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 126 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36025-36026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3205]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Special Resource Study (SRS) for Sites Related 
to the Civil War Battle of Franklin, Near Franklin, Tennessee

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service policy in Director's Order 
2 (Park Planning) and Director's Order 12 (Conservation Planning, 
Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making) the National Park 
Service (NPS) will prepare an EIS for the SRS for sites related to the 
Civil War Battle of Franklin (BoF) located in Franklin, Tennessee. The 
statement will assess potential environmental impacts associated with 
various types and levels of visitor use and resources management for 
sites related to the BoF.
    The authority for publishing this notice is contained in 40 CFR 
1506.6 which prescribes the regulations for implementing the provisions 
of the National Environmental Policy Act. The process by which the 
Secretary of the Interior will conduct SRSs is contained in 16 U.S.C. 
1a-5.
    New areas are typically added to the National Park System by an Act 
of Congress. The National Park Service is often tasked by Congress to 
evaluate potential new areas for compliance with the established 
criteria for designation. The NPS documents its findings in a SRS 
Report. On December 1, 2005, Congress passed the Franklin National 
Battlefield Study Act (Pub. L. 109-120) directing the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a SRS for certain sites in Tennessee including the 
cities of Brentwood, Franklin, Triune, Thompson Station, and Spring 
Hill, Tennessee.
    The NPS is currently accepting comments from interested parties on 
issues, concerns, and suggestions pertinent to the BoF. Suggestions and 
ideas for managing the cultural and natural resources associated with 
the BoF are encouraged. Comments may be submitted in writing to the 
address listed at the end of this notice or through the NPS Planning, 
Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. The NPS will publish periodic newsletters on the 
PEPC Web site to present scoping issues and preliminary management 
concepts to the public as they are developed. Public meetings to 
present management concepts will be conducted in the local area. 
Specific locations, dates, and times will be announced in local media 
and on the PEPC Web site. If you wish to comment, you may submit your 
comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to: Tim 
Bemisderfer, Battle of Franklin SRS, NPS Southeast Regional Office, 
Planning and Compliance Division, 100 Alabama Street, 6th Floor 1924 
Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. You may also comment via the Internet 
to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/sero. Please submit Internet comments as 
a plain text file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form 
of encryption. Please also include your name and return address in your 
Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system 
that we have received your Internet message, contact us directly at 
404-562-3124, extension 693.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. We will always make submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, 
available for public inspection in their entirety.

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of public meetings will be published 
in local newspapers and may also be obtained by contracting the NPS 
Southeast Regional Office, Planning and Compliance Division. This 
information will also be published on the PEPC Web site.

ADDRESSES: Tim Bemisderfer, Battle of Franklin SRS, NPS Southeast 
Regional Office, Planning and Compliance Division, 100 Alabama Street, 
6th Floor 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone: 404-562-
3124 extension 693.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Bemisderfer, Battle of Franklin 
SRS, NPS Southeast Regional Office, Planning and Compliance Division, 
100 Alabama Street, 6th Floor 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
Telephone: 404-562-3124 extension 693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft and Final SRS and EIS will be made 
available to all known interested parties

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and appropriate agencies. Full public participation by Federal, State, 
and local agencies as well as other concerned organizations and private 
citizens is invited throughout the preparation process of this 
document.
    The responsible official for this EIS is the Regional Director for 
the Southeast Region, Patricia A. Hooks.

    Dated: May 29, 2007.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 07-3205 Filed 6-29-07; 8:45 am]
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