[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 36581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15306]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Jamestown Project Development Concept Plan, Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown Unit,
Jamestown, Virginia, and Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown,
Virginia
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a record of decision on the final
environmental impact statement for the Jamestown Project Development
Concept Plan, Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown Unit, and
Jamestown National Historic Site.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 Pub. L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as
amended at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces
the availability of the Record of Decision for the Jamestown Project
Development Concept Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Colonial
National Historical Park, Jamestown Unit, Jamestown, Virginia, and
Jamestown National Historic Site, Jamestown, Virginia. ON May 13, 2003,
the Director, Northeast Region, approved the Record of Decision for the
project. As soon as practicable, the National Park Service will begin
to implement the Preferred Alternative contained in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued on April 2, 2003. The Preferred
Alternative includes strategies for an updated interpretive experience;
the improvement or repalcement of facilities (including the current
Visitor Center, collections storage, and parking); the addition of
comfort/hospitality services and new interpretive venues; and enhanced
and multimodal transportation options (including water taxis/tours/
hike/bike trails, and shuttle services). This course of action and 4
alternatives were analyzed in the Draft and Final Environmental Impact
Statements. The full range of foreseeable environmental consequences
was assessed, and appropriate mitigating measures were identified.
The Record of Decision includes a statement of the decision made, a
description of the project background, a detailed description of the
alternative to be implemented, the basis for the decision, synopses of
other alternatives considered, an overview of public and agency
involvement in the decision-making process, findings on impairment of
park resources and values, a description of the environmentally
preferred alternative, and a listing of measures to minimize and/or
mitigate environmental harm. It also includes the Programmatic
Agreement between and the NPS, the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, and the Virginia State Historic Preservation Office for
Implementation of the Jamestown Project Development Concept Plan; the
Statement of Findings on Floodplains and Wetlands; and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Litterst, Information Officer,
Colonial National Historical Park, (757) 898-2409, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Record of Decision may be
obtained from the contact listed above or online at http://www.nps.gov/colo.
Dated: May 13, 2003.
Marie Rust,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 03-15306 Filed 6-17-03; 8:45 am]
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