[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 920-921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, 
Tumacacori National Historical Park, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the general management plan (GMP), Tumacacori National Historical 
Park.

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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 (NPS) is preparing an 
environmental impact statement for a general management plan for 
Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona. The environmental impact 
statement will be approved by the Director, Intermountain Region.
    The general management plan will prescribe the resource conditions 
and visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained in the 
park over the next 15 to 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 laws and policies directing park 
management. Based on determinations of desired conditions, the general 
management plan will outline the kinds of resource management 
activities, visitor activities, and development that would be 
appropriate in the future. A range of reasonable management 
alternatives will be developed through this planning process and will 
include, at a minimum, a no-action and a preferred alternative.
    The NPS is required to prepare a GMP for all NPS units. A GMP was 
completed for the park in 1996, but it does not address the lands added 
to the park in 2002 or current NPS park planning standards or NPS 
management policies.
    Issues to be addressed will include but are not limited to the 
following: The management of lands added to the park in 2002, as well 
as visitor use, facilities, access, interpretation, natural and 
cultural resources, and park operations in the park as a whole.
    A scoping newsletter will be prepared that describes the issues 
identified to date. Copies of the newsletter may be obtained in April 
at the Tumacacori National Historical Park Visitor Center 1891 East 
Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona 85640, Phone: 520-398-2341, the park 
Web site http://www.nps.gov/tuma, or on the Planning, Environment, and 
Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/tuma.

DATES: Any comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the plan 
should be submitted no later than 120 days after publication of this 
notice. In addition to the newsletter, public meetings regarding the 
general management plan will be held during the scoping period. 
Specific dates, times, and locations will be made available in the 
local media, on the National Park Service Planning, Environment, and 
Public Comment (PEPC) Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/tuma), or 
by contacting the Superintendent of Tumacacori National Historical 
Park.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/tuma, at the Tumacacori National 
Historical Park Visitor Center, 1891 East Frontage Road, Tumacacori, 
Arizona 85640, Phone: 520-398-2341.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Carrico, Superintendent, P.O. Box 
8067, Tumacacori, Arizona 85640, Phone:

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520-398-2341 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public and agency involvement will be 
solicited at several key steps in the planning process including 
initial scoping, alternatives development, and the draft plan. If you 
wish to comment on any issues associated with the plan, you may submit 
your comments to the planning team by any one of several methods. You 
may mail comments to Tumacacori National Historical Park, Office of the 
Superintendent, P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, Arizona 85640. You may also 
comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/tuma. Finally, 
you may hand-deliver comments to the park headquarters at 1895 East 
Frontage Road, Tumacacori, Arizona 85640. 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. In addition, we will 
make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

    Dated: September 3, 2008.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.

    Editorial Note: This document was received in the Office of the 
Federal Register on Friday, January 2, 2009.
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