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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Special Resource Study for Fort King, Ocala, FL

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 [Federal Register: March 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 58)]
[Notices]
[Page 16488-16489]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement on the Special Resource Study for Fort King, Ocala, FL

SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to accompany its Special Resource
Study (SRS) for Fort King. The NPS will conduct public scoping meetings
in the local area to receive input from interested parties on issues,
concerns and suggestions believed to be relevant to the management of
Fort King and its potential inclusion as a unit of the National Park
System. Of particular interest to the NPS are suggestions and ideas for
managing cultural and natural resources and the visitor experience at
Fort King. The DEIS will formulate and evaluate environmental impacts
associated with various types and levels of visitor use and resources
management at the site.

DATES: The dates and times of the public scoping meetings will be
published in local newspapers and on the Special Resource Study web
site for Fort King. These dates and times may also be obtained by
contacting the NPS Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning.
Scoping suggestions will be accepted throughout the planning process
but are urged to be submitted prior to July 1, 2001. The NPS
anticipates that the DEIS will be available for public review by
December 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The locations of the public scoping meetings will be
published in local newspapers and on the Special Resource Study web
site for Fort King which is http://www.nps.gov/sero/fortking/
srs_info.htm. These locations may also be obtained by contacting the
NPS Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning.
    Written scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following
address: Planning Team Leader, Fort King Special Resource Study, NPS
Southeast Regional Office, Division of Planning and Compliance, 100
Alabama Street, SW, 6th Floor, 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Planning Team Leader, Fort King
Special Resource Study, 404-562-3124, extension 693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS has announced that an EIS on SRSs
will be prepared for all proposed park units; consistent with this
policy this EIS is being prepared. Issues currently being

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considered for the EIS include a determination of Fort King's national
significance and an assessment of the site's suitability and
feasibility as a potential addition to the National Park System as a
National Historic Site. The EIS will identify cultural and natural
resources of Fort King and evaluate a range of potential management
options that might adequately protect these resources.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and addresses of
respondents, available for public review during regular business hours.
If you wish for us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submission from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
business, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 01-7379 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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