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General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka, Alaska

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National Park Service

[Federal Register: May 17, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 95)] [Notices]
[Page 26455-26456]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka, Alaska

ACTION: Notice of intent.


SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a general management plan (GMP) and accompanying environmental impact statement (EIS) for Sitka National Historical Park. Although the oldest National Park System unit in Alaska, a GMP has never been prepared for Sitka National Historical Park. The purpose of the EIS is to evaluate the impacts of alternative development and management scenarios proposed for the park in the GMP.
The NPS Gateway Community Planning Initiative selected this GMP/EIS as a pilot project. The initiative is designed to more directly involve communities in planning decisions for National Park System units with close geographic, historic, or cultural ties to the affected communities. Sitka National Historical Park lies entirely within the municipality of Sitka, Alaska.
Three public scoping meetings are scheduled to identify management issues for the park. These will be held on: Tuesday, June 6, 1995 at 7 pm in the auditorium of the Alaska Public Lands Information Center, Anchorage, Alaska; Wednesday, June 7, 1995 at 7 pm in the Hammond Room of Centennial Hall, Juneau, Alaska; and Friday, June 9, 1995 at 7 pm in the Park Visitor Center, Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka, Alaska. The environmental impact statement will be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 40 CFR Part 1500. The NPS will prepare the EIS in conjunction with preparation of the GMP for Sitka National Historical Park. Interested groups, organizations, individuals and government agencies are invited to comment on the plan at any time. The draft statement is anticipated to be available for public review in the summer of 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Linquist, National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, Division of Planning and Design, 2525 Gambell St., Room 107, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-2892. Telephone (907) 257-2465

or

Kevin Percival, Planning Team Captain, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, Team West, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287. Telephone (303) 969-2265

or

Gary Gauthier, Park Superintendent, Sitka National Historical Park, P.O. Box 738, Sitka, Alaska, 99835. Telephone (907) 747-6281

[[Page 26456]] Dated: May 5, 1995.
Paul R. Anderson,
Deputy Regional Director, Alaska Region. [FR Doc. 95-12032 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-P

 
 


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