[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44179-44180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15293]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Sand 
Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a general management plan and 
environmental impact statement for the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) is 
preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a general 
management plan (GMP) for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic 
Site. This effort will analyze the impacts of a broad range of design 
alternatives for the national historic site. This effort will result in 
a comprehensive general management plan that provides a framework for 
making management decisions regarding the preservation of natural and 
cultural resources, visitor use and interpretation and development of 
appropriate park facilities. This plan will be developed in cooperation 
with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, the Northern Arapaho Tribe 
of Wyoming, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, and the State of 
Colorado. Alternatives to be considered include no-action, the proposed 
action and other reasonable alternatives.
    The park superintendent will initiate consultation with 
congressional delegations, tribal representatives, and state and local 
agencies on the development of the plan. Consultation with these 
agencies will continue throughout the planning process.
    Public involvement in the planning process will include newsletters 
and open houses that inform the public of the project and provide 
opportunities for input; press releases in the local media; newsletters 
and open houses to present and solicit input on the alternatives; a 
public review draft of the general management plan and environmental 
impact statement and public meetings to provide additional 
opportunities to comment on the draft plan. Public involvement is 
essential for the development of creative and sustainable management 
alternatives for the national historic site.
    A briefing statement has been prepared that summarizes the specific 
elements of the general management planning process and the EIS. Copies 
of that information may be obtained from: Superintendent, Alexa 
Roberts, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, P.O. Box 249, 
Eads, CO 81036.

DATES: The Park Service will accept comments from the public through 30 
days from date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
in the office of the Superintendent, Alexa Roberts, Sand Creek Massacre 
National Historic Site, P.O. Box 249, Eads, CO 81036 and on the NPS 
Planning Environment and Public Comment site (PEPC) at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Superintendent Alexa Roberts at 719-
438-5916 or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may mail comments to: Superintendent's 
Office, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, P.O. Box 249, Eads, 
CO 81036. You may also hand-deliver comments to the Superintendent's 
Office, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Eads, CO. (Attn: 
Sand Creek Massacre General Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement.)
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal 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.

    Dated: June 21, 2007.
Hal J. Grovert,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E7-15293 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]
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