[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 3101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-824]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement for the Jefferson National Expansion 
Memorial, Missouri

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement for the Jefferson National Expansion 
Memorial, Missouri.

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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 availability of a draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Jefferson National 
Expansion Memorial (Memorial), Missouri.

DATES: The draft GMP/EIS will remain available for public review for 60 
days following the publishing of the notice of availability in the 
Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Public 
meetings will be held during the 60-day review period on the GMP/EIS in 
St. Louis, Missouri, early in 2009. Specific dates and locations will 
be announced in local and regional media sources of record and on the 
Memorial's Web site.
    You may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may 
comment via the Internet through the Memorial Web site at http://www.nps.gov/jeff; simply click on the link to the GMP/EIS. You may also 
comment via the Internet through the NPS Planning, Environment, and 
Public Comment Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov; simply click on 
the link to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. You may mail 
comments to Superintendent Bradley, Jefferson National Expansion 
Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102. Finally, you 
may hand-deliver comments to the Memorial headquarters at the address 
above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft GMP/EIS are available from the 
Superintendent, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North 4th 
Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft GMP/EIS will guide the management 
of the Memorial for the next 25 years. The preferred alternative, two 
other action alternatives, and a no action alternative are fully 
analyzed as part of the draft GMP/EIS.
    The preferred alternative, Alternative 3--Program Expansion, calls 
for revitalizing the Memorial by expanding programming, facilities and 
partnerships. A design competition would be held to generate ideas for 
programmatic revitalization of the Memorial grounds in an area bounded 
by the North and South Reflecting Ponds, Memorial Drive, Washington 
Avenue, Poplar Street, and Luther Ely Smith Square. The look of the 
Memorial grounds could be changed as long as changes are compatible 
with and respectful of the status as a National Historic Landmark. The 
final design entries will undergo environmental and historic 
preservation review by the NPS, prior to final approval by the Agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent Bradley, 
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, at the address or telephone 
number above.
    Before including your address, telephone number, electronic mail 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, 
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 comments 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 
or businesses, from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials, of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: December 15, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
 [FR Doc. E9-824 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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