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Notification of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Great Falls Historic District Special Resource Study in Paterson, NJ

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 [Federal Register: February 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 37)]
[Notices]
[Page 8397-8398]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr26fe07-111]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Notification of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for
the Great Falls Historic District Special Resource Study in Paterson, NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notification of Termination of the EIS process for the Great
Falls Historic District Special Resource Study in Paterson, New Jersey.

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SUMMARY: As directed by the U.S. Congress in Pub. L. 107-59, the
National Park Service (NPS) undertook a special resource study (SRS) of
the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, New Jersey. In
accordance with NPS policy, the Great Falls Historic District SRS was
initially undertaken as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process
in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (NEPA). A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was published in
the Federal Register on September 15, 2003. The purpose of an SRS is to
determine the degree and kind of federal actions that may be desirable
for the management and protection of an area considered to have
potential for addition to the national park system. The EIS assesses
the impacts of the management alternatives examined in the SRS.
    The SRS examines a site in terms of:
    ? significance of the resources

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    ? determination of suitability of the site for inclusion
within the national park system in comparison to other protected sites
with similar resources or themes
    ? determination of feasibility for the NPS to own, manage or
participate in conservation and interpretation in the study area
    ? need for NPS management measured against other alternatives
    This SRS examined the resources in the existing Great Falls
Historic District, which preserves the history of the beginnings of
manufacturing and labor in the United States. All of the elements of
the site are located within the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, in
New Jersey, adjacent to the Passaic River. Determination of the need
for NPS management is the final criterion for evaluating resources for
potential designation as a unit in the national park system. The study
concluded that the site is determined neither suitable nor feasible for
potential designation as a unit of the national park system. As a
result, there is no need for NPS management and no further Federal
action. Therefore, the EIS process has been terminated.

DATES: The Great Falls Historic District Special Resource Study was
made available for public review at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ or:
http://www.nps.gov/nero/greatfalls/ starting November 27, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The document was also made available for public review at
the Danforth (Main) Public Library, 250 Broadway, Paterson, New Jersey.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Samuel, Project Planner,
National Park Service, Northeast Region, 200 Chestnut Street, 3rd
Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Not applicable.

    Dated: December 15, 2006.
Chrysandra L. Walter,
Acting Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 07-839 Filed 2-23-07; 8:45 am]
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