[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 52749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21038]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-SERO-FOMA-16121; PPSESEROC3, PMP00UP05.YP0000]


Record of Decision for the General Management Plan, Fort Matanzas 
National Monument, Florida

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management 
Plan (GMP) for Fort Matanzas National Monument (National Monument). On 
08/01/14, the Regional Director, Southeast Region, approved the ROD for 
the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Gordon Wilson, Fort 
Matanzas National Monument, One South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, FL 
32084; telephone (904) 829-6506, Ext. 221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS evaluated three alternatives for 
managing use and development of the national monument in the GMP Final 
Environmental Impact Statement:
    Alternative A--No action.
    Alternative B--The preferred alternative would continue the ban on 
off-road vehicle access to the Anastasia Island Beach within the 
National Monument boundary and would manage the site in a manner 
consistent with its history as a small military outpost within a 
sometimes harsh, but beautiful and rich natural environment. There 
would be minimal development of new facilities and minimal expansion of 
existing facilities. There would be increased emphasis on the 
interpretation of the natural environment.
    Alternative C--The NPS would seek authority to permit driving 
within defined geographical limits on the Anastasia Island beach within 
the National Monument boundary through the promulgation of a Special 
Regulation and the preparation of an Off Road Vehicle Plan and an 
Environmental Impact Statement. This alternative combines the history 
of the Rattlesnake Island fortified outpost with its establishment as a 
National Monument and the further development and evolution of the park 
to its present day configuration. A portion of the north end of 
Anastasia Island would be preserved as an exhibit that commemorates the 
efforts of the New Deal agencies and local citizens would create a 
permanent monument to the Spanish history of the site. The central and 
southern ends of Anastasia Island, and the east side of Highway A1A 
would continue to be managed to protect and conserve the natural 
resources of the zone.
    The ROD selected alternative B and the NPS will immediately begin 
to implement that alternative as the GMP. The GMP will guide the 
management of the national monument over the next 20+ years.
    The responsible official for this FEIS/GMP is the Regional 
Director, NPS Southeast Region, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924 Building, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

    Dated: August 13, 2014.
Stan Austin,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-21038 Filed 9-3-14; 8:45 am]
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