[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36897-36898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Massachusetts

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
for the General Management Plan, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National 
Historic Site (NHS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service is preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan 
(GMP) for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, Massachusetts. In 
cooperation with the Town of Brookline, MA, attention will be given to 
resources outside the boundaries that affect the integrity of the John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS. The plan will identify management alternatives 
for the site. Major issues

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include the need to provide fundamental management guidance and to 
enable the park to strategically plan its long term resource 
management, visitor use, and partnership goals and objectives. This 
would be the first GMP for the John F. Kennedy NHS since its 
establishment in 1969. GMP issues include: (1) Creating strategies for 
resolving critical facility and visitor experience issues related to 
the small size of the site; (2) addressing the needs and expectations 
of a rapidly changing demographic audience; (3) developing a 
comprehensive resource management strategy for the site; (4) addressing 
alternative outreach and partnership program options, including 
interpreting the historic neighborhood where the Kennedy home is 
located; (5) improving the park's relationships with other presidential 
sites and other John F. Kennedy sites.
    The Draft EIS/General Management Plan is expected to be available 
for public review in early 2010. After public and interagency review of 
the draft document, comments will be considered and a final GMP/EIS 
will be prepared that contains a preferred alternative for management 
of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS (the GMP), followed by a Record of 
Decision.

DATES: The NPS will hold a public scoping meeting, which will provide 
opportunities to ask questions and raise issues concerning the General 
Management Plan for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. 
Information on the time and place of the public scoping meeting will be 
publicized through the local news media serving the region around the 
park.
    Further Information and Addresses: Persons who wish to comment 
orally or in writing, or who require further information are invited to 
contact James O'Connell, Project Manager, National Park Service, 
Northeast Region Boston Office, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109-3572; 
(617) 223-5222; fax -5164; e-mail at Jim_O'[email protected].

Michael T. Reynolds,
Deputy Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. E8-14751 Filed 6-27-08; 8:45 am]
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