[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40614-40615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16083]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Golden 
Spike National Historic Site, UT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the general management plan for Golden Spike National Historic 
Site.

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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 for the general management plan for 
Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah. The Regional Director, 
Intermountain Region, will approve the environmental impact statement.
    Golden Spike National Historic Site is in Box Elder County, Utah. 
The national historic site was authorized by Congress on July 30, 1965. 
Congress charged the Secretary with acquisition of lands `` * * * for 
the purpose of establishing a national historic site commemorating the 
completion of the first transcontinental railroad across the United 
States * * *'' The enabling legislation also states that ``the National 
Park Service * * * shall administer, protect, and develop such historic 
site, subject to the provisions of the Act entitled `An Act to 
establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes' '' approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 525), as amended and supplemented, and the 
Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the preservation of historic 
American sites buildings, objects, and antiquities of national 
significance, and for other purposes,'' approved August 21, 1935 (49 
Stat. 666), as amended.
    The general management plan will prescribe the resource conditions 
and visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained in the 
national historic site over the next approximately 20 years. The 
clarification of what must be achieved according to law and policy will 
be based on review of the park's purpose, significance, special 
mandates, and the body of law and policies directing the park 
management. Management decisions to be made where law, policy, or 
regulations do not provide clear guidance or limits will be based on 
the purposes of the park; the range of public expectations and 
concerns; resource analysis; an evaluation of the natural, cultural, 
and social impacts of alternative courses of action; and consideration 
of long-term

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economic costs. Based on determinations of desired conditions, the 
general management plan will outline the kinds of resource management 
activities, visitor activities, land acquisition, and development that 
would be appropriate in the park in the future. Alternatives will be 
developed through this planning process and will include, at a minimum, 
no-action and the preferred alternative. Major issues may include, but 
are not limited to, the need to identify desired conditions and future 
management strategies for cultural and natural resources, the need to 
address visitor use and experience issues, and site operations 
concerns.

DATES: The National Park Service will conduct public scoping for 90 
days from the date of publication of this notice. Open meetings 
regarding the general management plan may be held during the public 
scoping period depending on the level of public interest. Specific 
dates, times, and locations will be made available in the local media, 
or by contacting the Superintendent, Golden Spike National Historic 
Site.

ADDRESSES: Throughout the scoping and planning process, information 
will be available for public review and comment online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/gosp, and from the office of the Superintendent, 
Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory Summit, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Crossland, Superintendent, 
Golden Spike National Historic Site, P.O. Box 897, Brigham City, Utah 
84302-0897; TEL (435) 471-2209; FAX (435) 471-2341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you want to comment on the general 
management planning process for Golden Spike National Historic Site, or 
on any issues associated with the plan, you many submit your comments 
by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, 
Golden Spike National Historic Site, P.O. Box 897, Brigham City, Utah 
84302-0897. You may also submit comments on the National Park Service's 
Planning, Environment, and Public Comment Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/gosp. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 
Golden Spike Headquarters near Promontory, Utah. 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. Although 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 make all 
submissions from organizations, businesses, or individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: May 22, 2008.
John T. Crowley,
Acting Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8-16083 Filed 7-14-08; 8:45 am]
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