[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17761-17762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7806]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Termination of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
General Management Plan (GMP) for Kings Mountain National Military Park
(Park), South Carolina
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating preparation of
an EIS for the GMP for the Park, South Carolina. A Notice of Intent to
prepare an EIS for the Park GMP was published in the Federal Register
on October 10, 2006 (71 FR 63350), and followed by a scoping
newsletter. The NPS has since determined that an Environmental
Assessment rather than an EIS is the appropriate level of environmental
documentation for the plan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GMP will establish the overall
management direction for the next 15 to 20 years. Two scoping
information meetings were conducted on May 6 & 7, 2008, with
stakeholders and the general public at Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
and York, South Carolina. Initial scoping did not result in significant
impacts being identified by the public. Additionally, the preliminary
analysis of the alternatives does not indicate that significant impacts
will result from implementation of any of the alternatives. The NPS
planning team has developed two action alternatives, in addition to the
no-action alternative (Alternative A) which represents the continuation
of current management policies and practices. Alternative B would
expand interpretive programs and materials to include the continuum of
human history at the site, while continuing to focus the park's primary
efforts on the 1780 battle. In addition, more interpretation of the
natural history and environment of the site would be included in the
park's interpretive program. Alternative C would broaden the
interpretive
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experience at the park beyond the immediate battleground ridge area to
include the routes and approaches used by Overmountain Victory fighters
and more exhibits and programs in the woods around the ridge.
DATES: The NPS will notify the public, by mail, Web site, and other
means, of public review periods and meetings associated with the Draft
GMP/EA. All public review and other written public information will be
made available online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkId=390.
Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is 40 CFR
1506.6.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Broadbent, Superintendent, Kings
Mountain National Military Park, 2625 Park Rd., Blacksburg, SC 2970;
telephone, (864) 936-7921, e-mail: [email protected].
The responsible official for this Final EIS is the Regional
Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service, 100 Alabama Street,
SW., 1924 Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
Dated: March 18, 2010.
David Vela,
Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-7806 Filed 4-6-10; 8:45 am]
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