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Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision on the First Ladies National Historic Site General Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement, First Ladies National Historic Site, Ohio

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 [Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Notices]
[Page 41047-41048]
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 the Record of Decision on the First
Ladies National Historic Site General Management Plan Environmental
Impact Statement, First Ladies National Historic Site, Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability
of the Record of Decision (ROD) on the final General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the First Ladies National
Historic Site, Ohio. On May 22, 2006, the Regional Director, Midwest
Region, approved the ROD for the project. As soon as practicable, the
NPS will begin to implement the preferred alternative contained in the
final GMP/EIS issued on April 7, 2006.
    The following course of action will occur under the preferred
alternative. Cultural resources will be preserved and various types of
interpretive programs will be developed to encourage visitors to learn
about the importance of the First Ladies and the historic events
associated with First Ladies. Interpretive programs will focus on the
roles of First Ladies in both their public and private lives.
Partnerships will be pursued with a wide variety of agencies and
organizations to publicize the site and to share programming,
information, and exhibits.
    Most of the Saxton House (House) will be managed as an historic
zone. Visitor access would be limited mostly to interpretive tours. The
story of the First Ladies will be interpreted at both the House and the
Education and Research Center (ERC). Exhibits of

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artifacts will support the interpretive program. Onsite interpretation
will be provided at the House through guided tours, with further
information available in programs in the ERC Theater and during special
programs. Most of the ERC will be managed as a library zone, where
resources are maintained at a high level of preservation. Visitor use
will be restricted to portions of two floors. Implementing this
alternative will cost approximately $395,000 in one-time upgrade and
construction expenses.
    This course of action and three other alternatives were analyzed in
the draft and final GMP/EIS. The full range of foreseeable
environmental consequences was assessed and appropriate mitigating
measures were identified.
    The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a
description of the environmentally preferred alternative, a finding on
impairment of park resources and values, a listing of measures to
minimize environmental harm, an overview of public involvement in the
decision making process, and a conclusion.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol J. Spears, Site Manager,
First Ladies National Historic Site, 8095 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio
44060, telephone 440-974-2993. Copies of the ROD may be obtained by
mail from Ms. Spears or the Planning, Environment and Public Comment
Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/fila. Exit Disclaimer

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 06-6312 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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