[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30319-30320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12398]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SER-FOPU-07794; 5017-7187-409]


Draft Environmental Impact Statement for General Management Plan, 
Fort Pulaski National Monument, GA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft General Management Plan, 
Wilderness Study, and Environmental Impact Statement.

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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) announces the 
availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 
General Management Plan (GMP) and Wilderness Study for Fort Pulaski 
National Monument (monument).
    Consistent with NPS laws, regulations, and policies and the purpose 
of the monument, the DEIS/GMP/Wilderness Study describes three 
alternatives including the NPS preferred alternative--Alternative B--to 
guide the management of the monument over the next 15 to 20 years. The 
preferred alternative incorporates various management prescriptions to 
ensure protection, access and enjoyment of the monument's resources.
    An up-to-date GMP is needed to address how visitors access and use 
the monument and the facilities needed to support those uses, how 
resources are managed, and how the NPS manages its operations. Recent 
studies have enhanced the NPS's understanding of resources, resource 
threats, and visitor use in the monument.

DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public on the DEIS/GMP for 
at least 60 days, starting from the date the Environmental Protection 
Agency publishes the Notice of Availability and ending 3 to 4 weeks 
after public meetings conclude. The date, time, and location of the 
public meetings will be announced through the NPS Planning, 
Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FOPU and media outlets.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the draft DEIS/GMP/Wilderness Study 
will be available online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FOPU. To 
request a copy, contact Fort Pulaski National Monument, Superintendent 
Randy Wester, P.O. Box 30757, Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410-0757. 
A limited number of compact disks and printed copies of the DEIS/GMP 
will be made available at Fort Pulaski National Monument headquarters, 
P.O. Box 30757, Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410-0757.
    Comments may be submitted by several methods. The preferred method 
is commenting via the Internet on the PEPC Web site, http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FOPU. An electronic public comment form is 
provided on this Web site. You may also mail comments to 
Superintendent, P.O. Box 30757, Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410-
0757. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the monument. Before 
including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, please 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. We will 
always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials 
of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in 
their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public meetings, newsletters, and Internet 
updates have kept the public informed and involved throughout the 
planning process. The DEIS/GMP/Wilderness study provides a framework 
for management, use, and development of the monument for the next 15 to 
20 years. It presents and analyzes three alternatives: Alternative A 
(no action) provides a baseline for evaluating changes and impacts of 
the three action alternatives. Alternative B would focus management on 
the April 1862 period of significance in terms of the landscape and 
interpretive programs. This alternative includes landscape restoration 
and interpretation of the construction village. Alternative B is the 
NPS Preferred Alternative. The concept for management under alternative 
C is to manage the monument with a much

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broader interpretive mandate than in Alternative B to include a wider 
range of themes and historic periods as well as natural resource 
themes. The three alternatives are described in detail in chapter 2 of 
the draft plan. The key impacts of implementing the three alternatives 
are detailed in chapter 4 and summarized in chapter 2.

    Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is contained 
in 40 CFR 1506.6.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Randy Wester, P.O. Box 
30757, Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410-0757 or telephone at (912) 
786-5787.
    The responsible official for this Draft EIS is the Regional 
Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

    Dated: May 16, 2012.
Gordon Wissinger,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-12398 Filed 5-21-12; 8:45 am]
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