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Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, Ohio

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 [Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Notices]
[Page 41047]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr19jy06-121]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the final
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Fallen
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision for the final General Management
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Fallen
Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site. The Midwest
Regional Director approved the Record of Decision for this final GMP/
EIS on May 17, 2006. The purpose of the GMP is to set forth the basic
management philosophy for the park and to provide strategies for
addressing issues and achieving identified management objectives. The
final GMP/EIS described and analyzed the environmental impacts of four
alternatives for the future management direction of the park.
    The Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic
Site is an affiliated area of the National Park System, managed by the
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area. The park consists of
three units, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, the Fallen Timbers State
Monument, and Fort Miamis. The park commemorates an important period in
the development of the United States and the opening of the northwest
frontier. It represents the culminating event that demonstrated the
tenacity of the American people in their quest for western expansion
and the struggle for dominance in the Old Northwest Territory.
    The preferred alternative in the final GMP/EIS was selected for
implementation. Under this action, Toledo Metroparks will work with the
NPS and other partners to protect cultural resources and interpret
historic events. Various types of interpretive programs will be
developed to encourage visitors to learn about the importance of the
park units and the historic events. Most interpretation will take place
at the edges of historic resources in order to ensure their
preservation. A new visitor center will be built with local funding
near the battlefield, and interpretive programs will cover all three
units and the American Indian, British, and American perspectives of
the time period. Links will be established between the units.
Partnerships will be pursued with a wide variety of agencies and
organizations to protect view sheds outside the park and to share
programming, information, and materials.
    The selected action best protects and preserves Fallen Timbers and
Fort Miamis National Historic Site's cultural resources while also
providing for visitor understanding and appreciation of the site's
historic significance. The preferred alternative will not result in
impairment of resources and values. The Record of Decision includes a
statement of the decision made, synopses of other alternatives
considered, the basis for the decision, the rationale for why the
selected action is the environmentally preferred alternative, a finding
of no impairment of park resources and values, and an overview of
public involvement in the decisionmaking process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Speck, Director of Planning,
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central
Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43615-2100, by electronic mail at 
james.speck@metroparkstoledo.com or by telephone 419-270-7513. Copies
of the final GMP/EIS and the Record of Decision are available upon
request from Toledo Metroparks at the above address.

    Dated: May 17, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E6-11428 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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