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Ellis Island Development Concept Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, New York and New Jersey

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[Federal Register: August 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 147)]
[Notices]
[Page 42110]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au07-90]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Ellis Island Development Concept Plan, Final Environmental Impact
Statement, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, New
York and New Jersey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision on the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for Ellis Island Development Concept
Plan, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability
of the Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Ellis Island Development Concept Plan, Statue of Liberty
National Monument and Ellis Island, New York and New Jersey. On May 14,
2007, the Director, Northeast Region approved the Record of Decision
for this undertaking. As soon as practicable, the National Park Service
will begin to implement the selected Alternative (i.e., the preferred
alternative in the FEIS issued on April 6, 2007). The National Park
Service will work with its nonprofit partner for the project, Save
Ellis Island, Inc to develop the Ellis Island Institute as the primary
adaptive reuse of the Island's remaining abandoned buildings. The
Institute will provide cultural, interpretive, and educational programs
and activities related to the park's historic themes. An associated
small conference facility and overnight accommodations will be
developed, financed and managed by a professional hospitality business
partner working with the nonprofit partner. The facility would host
meetings, retreats, and workshops that would primarily focus upon
issues such as immigration, world migration, public health, culture and
ethnic diversity. In accordance with the National Park Service's
Partnership Construction Process, additional market analysis and
feasibility studies will be completed to test and confirm the economic
and programmatic viability of the project. The primary purpose of this
undertaking, having evaluated the full range of foreseeable
environmental consequences of three (3) alternative management
strategies presented in the FEIS, is to rehabilitate and adaptively
reuse 30 deteriorating buildings on Ellis Island, and provide limited
vehicular service and emergency access, while preserving cultural
resource values and enhancing visitor appreciation of the immigration
function and history pertaining to Ellis Island.
    The Record of Decision includes a statement of the decision made,
synopses of other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision,
a finding on impairment of park resources and values, a listing of
measures to minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public
involvement in the decision-making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Statue of Liberty
National Monument and Ellis Island, Ellis Island Receiving Office,
Jersey City, NJ 07305. (212) 366-3206 (Ext. 100), Cynthia_garrett@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Record of Decision may be
obtained from the contact listed above or online at 
http://www.nps.gov/elis/.

    Dated: May 14, 2007.
Linda Canzanelli,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 07-3739 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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