General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Tonto National Monument, Arizona
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[Federal Register: April 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 80)]
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[Page 20545-20546]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
Tonto National Monument, Arizona
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Availability of draft environmental impact statement and
general management plan for Tonto National Monument.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the
availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement and
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General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Tonto National Monument,
Arizona.
DATES: The DEIS/GMP will remain available for public review for sixty
calendar days from the published date of this Notice of Availability.
If any public meetings are held concerning the DEIS/GMP, they will be
announced at a later date.
Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by
any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent,
Tonto National Monument, HC02, Box 4602, Roosevelt, AZ 85545. You may
also comment via the Internet to http://www.nps.gov/planning/tont. If
you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received
your Internet message, contact us directly at Superintendent, Tonto
National Monument, (928) 467-2241. Finally, you may hand-deliver
comments to Tonto National Monument, HC02, Roosevelt, AZ 85545. Our
practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address
from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law.
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available from the
Superintendent, Tonto National Monument, HC02, Box 4602, Roosevelt, AZ
85545. Public reading copies of the DEIS/GMP will be available for
review at the following locations:
Office of the Superintendent, Tonto National Monument, State Route 188,
30 miles west of Globe, AZ, Roosevelt, AZ 85545, Telephone: (928) 467-
2241.
Planning and Environmental Quality, Intermountain Support Office--
Denver, National Park Service, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO
80228, Telephone: (303) 969-2851.
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior, 18th and C Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone:
(202) 208-6843.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement describes and analyzes alternatives for
the management of Tonto National Monument over the next ten to fifteen
years. Four alternatives were considered--a no-action and three action
alternatives including the National Park Service (NPS) proposal. The
NPS proposal would construct a new administrative facility within
monument boundaries to improve staff needs and remodel the existing
visitor center to increase visitor orientation and education
opportunities. The management of cultural and natural resources would
also improve with more staff and the information needed to conduct
preservation programs. The DEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the
environmental consequences of the proposed action and the other
alternatives on impacts to archeological and historical resources,
long-term health of natural ecosystems, visitor experiences, economic
contribution to local communities, adjacent landowners, and operational
efficiency. The draft plan also describes cumulative effects for each
alternative.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Tonto National
Monument, HC02, Box 4602, Roosevelt, AZ 85545 Phone: (928) 467-2241.
Dated: March 14, 2002.
Michael Synder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 02-10134 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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