[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27344-27345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13326]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Lake 
Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National 
Monument, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the general management plan (GMP), Lake Meredith National 
Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument.

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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 Lake 
Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National 
Monument, Texas. 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 
national recreation area and the national monument 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 national recreation area and 
the national monument's purpose, significance, special mandates, and 
the body of laws and policies directing management at NPS units. 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. The last 
management plan prepared for Lake Meredith National Recreation Area was 
completed in 1985 and the last masterplan prepared for Alibates Flint 
Quarries National Monument was completed in 1978. These plans do not 
address changes in recreational use patterns related to changes in the 
water level at Lake Meredith, current resource management and visitor 
access issues at either unit, or current NPS park planning standards or 
NPS management policies. Because the national recreation area and the 
national monument are managed jointly, a single GMP will be prepared to 
cover both units.
    Issues to be addressed will include, but are not limited to the 
following: The management of visitor use and access into the national 
recreation area and the national monument, as well as facilities, 
interpretation, natural and cultural resources, and operations in the 
national recreation area and national monument.
    A scoping newsletter will be prepared that describes the issues 
identified to date. Copies of the newsletter may be obtained at the 
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries 
National Monument Headquarters 419 E. Broadway, Fritch, Texas 79036, 
Phone: 806-857-3151, the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument 
Visitor Contract Station on Cas Johnson Road, the national recreation 
area Web site http://www.nps.gov/lamr, or on the Planning, Environment, 
and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lamr.

DATES: Any comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the plan 
should be submitted no later than 60 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/lamr), or 
by contacting the Superintendent of Lake Meredith National Recreation 
Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lamr, at the Lake Meredith 
National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument 
Headquarters 419 E. Broadway, Fritch, Texas 79036, Phone: 806-857-3151.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Ott-Jones, Superintendent, Lake 
Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National 
Monument Headquarters P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, Texas 79036, Phone: 806-
857-3151 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,

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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 Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries 
National Monument, Office of the Superintendent, P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, 
Texas 79036. You may also comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lamr. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 
the headquarters building at 419 E. Broadway, Fritch, Texas 79036. 
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: January 12, 2009.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.

    Editorial Note: This document was received in the Office of the 
Federal Register on June 3, 2009.
[FR Doc. E9-13326 Filed 6-8-09; 8:45 am]
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