[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 13671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05296]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SER-FORA-0419-14625; PPSESEROC3, PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000]


Final General Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 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 (Final EIS/GMP) for Fort Raleigh 
National Historic Site, North Carolina. Consistent with NPS laws, 
regulations, and policies and the purpose of the national monument, the 
Final EIS/GMP 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 by the Environmental Protection Agency of 
its Notice of Availability of the Final EIS/GMP in the Federal 
Register.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the Final EIS/GMP will be available 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FORA. 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 will be made 
available at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site Headquarters, 1401 
National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EIS/GMP responds to, and 
incorporates agency and public comments received on, the Draft EIS, 
which was available for public review from April 5, 2013, through June 
4, 2013. One public meeting was held on April 30, 2013, and a total of 
15 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.
    The Final EIS/GMP 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, would significantly expand the scope of its 
partnerships though greater partner involvement in interpretation of 
the Roanoke Voyages. NPS staff would interpret other stories connected 
to the national historic site. The NPS would study and evaluate the 
feasibility of an expanded Waterside Theatre campus in which a partner 
funded visitor center/indoor theater could be built for interpretation 
and theatrical education.
     Alternative C, the NPS preferred alternative, would 
implement Section 3 of Public Law 101-603, November 16, 1990, by 
increasing emphasis on research related to parkwide interpretive themes 
and legislative mandates. Fort Raleigh would continue its partnership 
with the First Colony Foundation, establish partnerships with 
organizations that focus on natural and cultural resource topics, and 
include archeology as a significant aspect of the research program at 
the national historic site.
    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 is the Regional 
Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, North Carolina 30303.

    Dated: February 24, 2014.
Shawn T. Benge,
Deputy Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-05296 Filed 3-10-14; 8:45 am]
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