[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44592-44593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17793]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SER-FOPU-13218; PX.P0072916D.00.1]


Final General Management Plan, Final Wilderness Study, and Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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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) announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the General Management Plan and Wilderness Study (Final 
EIS/GMP/WS) for Fort Pulaski National Monument (national monument), 
Georgia. Consistent with NPS laws, regulations, and policies and the 
purpose of the national monument, the Final EIS/GMP/WS will guide the 
management of the national monument over the next 20+ years.

DATES: The NPS will execute a Record of Decision (ROD) no sooner than 
30 days following publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Notice of Availability of the Final EIS/GMP/WS in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the Final EIS/GMP/WS will be available 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FOPU. To request a copy, contact 
David Libman, National Park Service, 100 Alabama Street, 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303; telephone (404) 507-5701. A limited number of 
compact disks and printed copies of the Final EIS/GMP/WS will be made 
available at Fort Pulaski National Monument Headquarters, Cockspur 
Island, US Highway 80 East, Savannah, Georgia 31410-0757.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Libman, National Park Service, 
100 Alabama Street, 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303; telephone 
(404) 507-5701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EIS/GMP/WS responds to, and 
incorporates agency and public comments received on the Draft EIS, 
which was available for public review from May 11, 2012, through July 
9, 2012. Two public meetings were held on June 13, 2012, and June 14, 
2012, and a total of 29 comments were received. The NPS responses to 
substantive agency and public comments are provided in Chapter 5, 
Consultation and Coordination section, of the Final EIS/GMP/WS.
    The Final EIS/GMP/WS evaluates three alternatives for managing use 
and development of the national monument:
     Alternative A, the No Action alternative represents the 
continuation of current management action and direction into the 
future.
     Alternative B, the NPS preferred alternative, focuses 
management of the national monument on the April 1862 period of 
significance in terms of the landscape and interpretive programs. This 
alternative would emphasize the restoration, preservation, and 
interpretation of historic landscapes and viewsheds of the site for the 
purpose of providing visitors a greater understanding of the siege and 
reduction of Fort Pulaski in 1862.
     Alternative C which focuses management on a broader 
interpretive mandate than Alternative B. Alternative C would include a 
wider range of themes and historic periods as well as natural resource 
themes.
    When approved, the plan will guide the management of the national 
monument over the next 20+ years.
    The responsible official for this Final EIS/GMP/WS is the Regional 
Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.


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    Dated: July 11, 2013.
Gordon Wissinger,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-17793 Filed 7-23-13; 8:45 am]
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