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Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
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[Federal Register: April 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 72)]
[Notices]
[Page 19542]
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 Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the General Management Plan, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the General
Management Plan (GMP) for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic
Site, Kentucky. This document will be available for public review and
comment pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and NPS policy in Director's Order Number 2 (Park
Planning) and Director's Order Number 12 (Conservation Planning,
Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making).
The document provides a framework for management, use, and
development options for the historic site by the NPS for the next 15 to
20 years. The document describes four management alternatives for
consideration, including a no-action alternative, and analyzes the
environmental impacts of those alternatives for the Birthplace unit and
the Boyhood Home unit. The Birthplace unit of the historic site is
located in the city of Hodgenville, Kentucky and the Boyhood Home unit
is located 10 miles northeast of the Birthplace unit.
DATES: There will be a 60-day comment period beginning with the
Environmental Protection Agency's publication of its Notice of
Availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS and GMP are available from the
Superintendent, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, 2995
Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky, 42748-9707, telephone: 270-
358-3137. An electronic copy of the DEIS and GMP is available on the
Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ 
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Superintendent, Abraham
Lincoln National Historic Site, at the address and telephone number
shown above, Matthew Safford at 303-969-2898, or Amy Wirsching at 404-
562-3124, extension 607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the DEIS, you may
submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail
comments to the Superintendent at the address shown above. You may also
submit a comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov
. Finally, you may present your comments in person at the public
meetings to be held during the public review period in Hodgenville and New
Haven, Kentucky.
It is the practice of the NPS to make all comments, including names
and addresses of respondents who provide that information, available
for public review following the conclusion of the NEPA process.
Individuals may request that the NPS withhold their name and/or address
from public disclosure. If you wish to do this, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. Commentators using the
Web site can make such a request by checking the box ``keep my contact
information private.'' NPS will honor such requests to the extent
allowable by law, but you should be aware that NPS may still be
required to disclose your name and address pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act.
The responsible official for the DEIS is Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service, 100 Alabama
Street, SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
Dated: March 28, 2006.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. E6-5586 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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