[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14567-14568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5889]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains, Cross Plains, Wisconsin

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability and requests 
comments on a draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains, Wisconsin

DATES: The draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 
(GMP/EIS) will remain available for public review and comment for 60 
days following the Environmental Protection Agency's publication in the 
``Federal Register'' of a notice of availability. Public meetings will 
be held during the 60-day review period on the GMP/EIS in the Cross 
Plains, Wisconsin area.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft GMP/EIS are available from the 
Superintendent, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711.
    Meeting times and locations will be announced in the local press, 
sent out to the mailing list for this project, and uploaded to the plan 
Web site at www.parkplanning.nps.gov/iatr.
    You may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may 
comment via the Internet through the Web site above. You may also send 
comments to Superintendent, Ice Age National Scenic Trail, 700 Rayovac 
Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711. You may contact the

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Superintendent by phone at 402-441-5610 or by facsimile at 608-441-
5606. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the Ice Age National 
Scenic Trail headquarters at the address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Ice Age National 
Scenic Trail, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711. 
Telephone 402-441-5610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This GMP/EIS is a joint state and federal 
effort addressing lands within the Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age 
National Scientific Reserve as well as the Interpretive Site for the 
Ice Age National Scenic Trail; these lands are referred to as the ``Ice 
Age Complex at Cross Plains'' for the purpose of this planning effort. 
This plan will guide the management of the Ice Age Complex at Cross 
Plains for the next 25 years.
    The draft GMP/EIS considers five draft conceptual alternatives--a 
no-action and four action alternatives, including the NPS-preferred 
alternative. The draft GMP/EIS assesses impacts of the alternatives on 
soil resources, water quality, soundscapes, vegetation and wildlife, 
socioeconomics, and visitor use and experience. The preferred 
alternative focuses on providing visitors with interpretation of the 
evolution of the complex from the last glacial retreat to the present 
and opportunities to enjoy appropriate low-impact outdoor recreation. 
Ecological resources would largely be managed to reveal the glacial 
landscape. The most sensitive ecological areas would be carefully 
protected, and visitor access would be highly controlled in these 
areas. Visitors would experience a wide variety of indoor and outdoor 
interpretive programming. Under this alternative, the Ice Age Complex 
would serve as the headquarters for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
    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, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: February 17, 2012.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-5889 Filed 3-9-12; 8:45 am]
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