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George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource Study, Environmental Impact Statement

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 [Federal Register: August 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 157)]
[Notices]
[Page 49593]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14au00-93]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource Study,
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
for the George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource Study.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act,
the National Park Service is preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement for the George Washington Boyhood Home Special Resource
Study. This Environmental Impact Statement will be approved by the
Northeast Regional Director.
    The US Congress authorized the special resource study in Section
509(c) PL 105-355 to examine how the cultural and natural resources of
the property can be protected and public use of the site furthered. The
George Washington Boyhood Home property, also known as Ferry Farm, is
located in Stafford County, Virginia. The property, part of the 18th
century plantation where George Washington spent his youth, is now
owned by the George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation. Congress
also authorized the Department of the Interior, through the National
Park Service, to acquire easements on the property. The overall purpose
of the study is to identify an appropriate management framework to
achieve resource protection and public use goals. Leadership for the
study project is being provided by the Superintendent of Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
    A scoping meeting will be scheduled. Public notice will be
accomplished through a broad mailing and publication in the local
newspaper. A newsletter introducing the project to the public is
available. Copies of the newsletter can be obtained by request through
the Superintendent, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military
Park at the phone number below or by e-mail to ferryfarm@nps.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Superintendent, Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 540-373-4510 or at ferry farm
@nps.gov.

    Dated: August 1, 2000.
Pat Phelan,
Associate Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. 00-20519 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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