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Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, WI 

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[Federal Register: August 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 156)]
[Notices]
[Page 46916-46917]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr12au08-73]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service
(NPS) with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is
preparing a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement
(GMP/EIS) for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (NST) Interpretive Site
and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve in
Wisconsin. The GMP/EIS will prescribe the resource conditions and
visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained in these
areas over the next 15 to 20 years.
    To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the GMP/
EIS and obtain suggestions and information from other Agencies and the
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the GMP/EIS. Because
the planning area involves a complex of public lands with different
State and Federal designations, the NPS is partnering with the
Wisconsin DNR in developing this plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service will participate in the planning team. Comments and
participation in this scoping process are invited. Participation in the
planning process will be encouraged and facilitated by various means,
including newsletters and open house meetings. The NPS will conduct
public scoping meetings to explain the planning process and to solicit
opinions about issues to address in the GMP/EIS. Notification of all
such meetings will be announced in the local press and in the NPS
newsletters.

ADDRESSES: Additionally, if you wish to comment on any issues
associated with the GMP/EIS, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail or hand-deliver comments to
Superintendent, Ice Age and North Country National Scenic Trails, 700
Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711. You may provide
comments electronically by entering them into the NPS's Planning,
Environment and Public Comment Web site http://parkplanning.nps.gov.
Information will be available for public review and comment from the
Office of the Superintendent at the above address.
    Requests to be added to the project mailing list should be sent to
Manager, Ice Age NST, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin
53711; telephone 608-441-5610.
    Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be
aware that your entire comment (including your personal identifying
information)

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may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in
your comments to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We
will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials, or
organizations or businesses available for public inspection in their
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Ice Age and North
Country National Scenic Trails, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison,
Wisconsin 53711; telephone 608-441-5610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the Ice Age NST is to
create an outstanding 1,000-mile hiking trail that follows the terminal
moraines and other landscape features left by the last glacial advance
and retreat approximately 10,000 years ago. The Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve (Reserve), a companion project to the Ice Age NST,
is a network of nine units that contain clusters of the most
significant examples of landscape features formed by continental
glaciation. The Ice Age NST and Reserve are the only authorized areas
in the National Park System that focus on interpreting the landscape
formed by continental glaciation. The Ice Age NST Interpretive Site
lies within the boundary of the Wisconsin DNR Cross Plains Unit of the
Reserve.
    The NPS efforts to establish, develop, and manage the Ice Age NST
are guided by the 1983 Comprehensive Plan for Management and Use of the
Ice Age NST. The plan does not address or resolve the many detailed
issues associated with owning, operating, and organizing a major
interpretive site along the trail, although it cites the NPS authority
to establish such a site. The development of a new GMP/EIS for the Ice
Age NST Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Reserve will
result in a long-term (15-20 year) vision for the management and
protection of this unique area. The outcome of the GMP/EIS will achieve
a consistent management over the entire project, identify necessary
developments, and support facilities to achieve the desired outcomes
for the Ice Age NST and Interpretive Site, provide direction for
restoring and managing the significant geologic and biologic features
on the site, and define appropriate visitor use activities.

    Dated: May 19, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E8-18572 Filed 8-11-08; 8:45 am]

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