[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 223 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 60291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27519]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Comprehensive Management Plan, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, 
in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North 
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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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) is announcing its intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for a comprehensive management plan (CMP) for the Lewis 
and Clark National Historic Trail (Trail) in the states of Illinois, 
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, 
Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The EIS will be approved by the Regional 
Director, Midwest Region.
    The CMP will prescribe the resource conditions and visitor 
experiences that are to be achieved and maintained for the Trail 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 Trail's 
purpose, significance, special mandates, and the body of laws and 
policies that direct Trail administration. Based on determinations of 
desired conditions, the CMP 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, no-action and the preferred alternative.
    Major issues to be addressed in the CMP include: issues surrounding 
preserving Trail resources (such as developing management strategies to 
preserve and maintain historic structures and cultural landscapes, and 
protect archeological sites in the face of a predicted increase in 
visitation); issues surrounding visitor understanding; education and 
appreciation of park resources; and issues surrounding ensuring 
organizational effectiveness (such as identifying existing and 
potential partnerships with the state, federal, local, tribal, 
nonprofit organizations).

DATES: Any comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS 
can be received at any time after the publication of this notice in the 
FR. Public meetings regarding the CMP will be held during the scoping 
period. Specific dates, times, and locations will be made available in 
the local media, on the Trail Web site (http://www.nps.gov/lecl), on 
the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site 
(http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lecl), or by contacting the Superintendent 
at the address and telephone number below.

ADDRESSES: Information on the planning process will be available from 
Mark Weekley, Superintendent, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, 
601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 61802, telephone 402-661-1806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on any issues 
associated with the CMP, you may submit your comments by any one of 
several methods. You may mail comments to Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 61802. You may 
provide comments electronically by entering them into the PEPC Web site 
at the address above. Finally, you may deliver comments to the Trail 
located at 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 61802.
    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.

    Dated: September 30, 2009.
Martin A. Sterkel,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E9-27519 Filed 11-19-09; 8:45 am]
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