[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 61 (Friday, March 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6334]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


 Notice of Availability of the Final General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement for Pipestone National Monument, MN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2) (C)), the National Park Service 
(NPS) announces the issuance of the Notice of Availability of the final 
General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for 
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota.

DATES: The final GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 30 
days following the publishing of the notice of its availability in the 
Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies should be sent to the Acting 
Superintendent, Pipestone National Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue, 
Pipestone, Minnesota 56164-1269. You may also view the document via the 
Internet through the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web 
site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov); simply click on the link to 
Pipestone National Monument.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS prepared a draft GMP/EIS for the 
Pipestone National Monument (national monument), pursuant to Section 
102(2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The draft 
was made available for public review for 111 days (January 28--May 18, 
2007) during which time the NPS distributed over 275 copies of the 
draft. The draft was also made available at the park offices, on the 
Internet, and at area libraries. Over 85 people attended the 7 public 
open houses and meetings. Twenty-five written comment letters were 
received from Agencies, organizations, Tribes, and the public. Comments 
from Tribes, individuals, and public agencies caused the NPS to 
reconsider the preferred alternative and the environmentally preferred 
alternative.
    The preferred alternative will remove most of the development from 
the heart of the national monument, retaining only those small 
facilities necessary to support quarrying and for public health and 
safety. Subsequent planning will determine whether to place visitor 
support services within or adjacent to the boundary. The maintenance 
area will move to a shared offsite location with another Governmental 
Agency and museum collections/archives will be removed from the 
floodplain. American Indian ceremonial use of the site continues, and 
the NPS will cooperatively work to preserve the historic Indian School 
Superintendent's House with the owners and to restore prairie on 
adjacent property with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Acting Superintendent, 
Pipestone National Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue, Pipestone, 
Minnesota 56164-1269, telephone 507-825-5464.

    Dated: March 12, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
 [FR Doc. E8-6334 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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