[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 29583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12604]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Special Resource Study and Environmental Impact Statement, 
Coltsville, Hartford, CT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Coltsville Special Resource Study in Hartford, Connecticut.

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SUMMARY: As directed by the US Congress in Public Law 108-94, the 
National Park Service (NPS) undertook a special resource study (SRS) of 
the Coltsville Historic District in Hartford, Connecticut. In 
accordance with NPS policy, the Coltsville SRS was initially undertaken 
as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process in compliance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). A 
Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on September 4, 2004. The purpose of an SRS is to determine 
the degree and kind of federal actions that may be desirable for the 
management and protection of an area considered to have potential for 
addition to the national park system. The EIS assesses the impacts of 
the management alternatives examined in the SRS.
    The SRS examines a site in terms of:
     National significance of the resources;
     Determination of suitability of the site for inclusion 
within the national park system in comparison to other protected sites 
with similar resources or themes;
     Determination of feasibility for the NPS to own, manage or 
participate in conservation and interpretation in the study area;
     Need for NPS management measured against other 
alternatives.
    This SRS examined the resources in the existing Coltsville Historic 
District, which preserves the history of precision manufacturing that 
developed at the Colt Fire Arms Company. All of the elements of the 
site are located within the City of Hartford, Connecticut. The study 
team concluded that the Coltsville Historic District NHL meets the 
criteria for national significance and suitability; however, the study 
concluded that the site does not meet the feasibility criterion for 
potential designation as a unit of the national park system. As a 
result, there is no need for NPS management and, therefore, no federal 
actions subject to the requirements of NEPA. Thus, the NEPA process has 
been terminated.
    The Coltsville Special Resource Study is available for public 
review at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/nero. Public comments were 
received between November 13 and December 18, 2009. A summary of the 
public comments is also available at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/nero.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James O'Connell, Project Manager, 
National Park Service, Northeast Region, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 
02109.

Michael T. Reynolds,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-12604 Filed 5-25-10; 8:45 am]
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