[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 57190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26467]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


National Mall and Memorial Parks; Notice of Intent To Revise the 
Scope of an Environmental Impact Statement and Plan for the National 
Mall

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to revise the scope of the National Mall Plan 
Environmental Impact Statement and to prepare a separate Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) has 
been preparing a National Mall Plan Environmental Impact Statement 
(National Mall Plan) to develop a long-range vision for the use and 
management of the National Mall and for Pennsylvania Avenue National 
Historic Site. The scope of the National Mall Plan will be revised so 
that planning for Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site will 
continue in a separate planning document and process, an action 
supported by stakeholders and other federal agencies. Comments received 
to date during the National Mall Plan public scoping and involvement 
periods that pertain to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site 
will be incorporated into planning and environmental analysis for 
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
    The NPS announced the start of initial planning for the National 
Mall Plan on January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1763). Following public meetings 
the NPS determined the plan would be an Environmental Impact Statement. 
The decision was announced in the Federal Register on September 6, 2007 
(72 FR 51253).

DATES: Information related to public involvement opportunities for both 
the National Mall Plan and for the EA for Pennsylvania Avenue National 
Historic Site will be provided at the project Web site: http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The planning effort will include compliance 
with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other 
laws and regulations. The EA for Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic 
Site, an area that has also been referred to as Pennsylvania Avenue 
National Historical Park, will address sidewalks and parks along 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., from 1st Street to 15th Street and will 
include a number of commemorative statues as well as memorial parks 
such as the U.S. Navy Memorial, Pershing Park, Freedom Plaza, Indiana 
Plaza, the Mellon Fountain and John Marshall Park.
    A map of the revised study areas for the National Mall Plan and for 
the EA for Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site is available at 
the project Web site: http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan.
    The comments already received by the NPS related to Pennsylvania 
Avenue National Historic Site are being considered in this process 
along with the information provided by cooperating agencies and others. 
The primary issues in the EA for Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic 
Site that have been raised relate to commercial uses, future 
commemorative locations, maintenance and care of memorial parks and the 
sidewalks, and circulation. Additional issues may be defined or added 
and their resource impacts analyzed throughout the planning process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Executive Susan Spain, at 
National Mall & Memorial Parks, 900 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 
20004, by telephone at (202) 245-4692, or by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: October 22, 2009.
Margaret O'Dell,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E9-26467 Filed 11-3-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-39-P