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General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York and New Jersey

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[Federal Register: July 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 131)]
[Notices]
[Page 33273-33274]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Gateway
National Recreation Area, New York and New Jersey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement, Gateway National Recreation Area.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing
a General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS)
for the Gateway National Recreation Area. The park comprises
approximately 26,607 acres, extending through three New York City
boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island) and into northern New
Jersey (Monmouth County).
    Prepared by park staff and planners in the NPS Northeast Region,
with assistance from advisors and contractors, the GMP/EIS will propose
a long-term approach to managing Gateway National Recreation Area.
Consistent with the park's purpose, NPS policy, and other laws and
regulations, alternatives will be developed to guide the management of
the park over the next 15 to 20 years. The GMP/EIS will address a range
of management alternatives for natural and cultural resource
protection, visitor use and interpretation, park carrying capacity,
facilities development and operations. A ``no action'' alternative will
also be considered and an agency preferred management alternative
identified. The alternatives will incorporate various zoning and
management prescriptions to ensure resource preservation and public
appreciation of the park. The environmental consequences that could
result from implementing the various alternatives will be evaluated for
cultural and natural resources, visitor experience, park operations,
and the socioeconomic environment. Major issues to be explored include:
measures for the preservation of resources; indications of the types
and general intensities of development; identification of, and
implementation commitments for, visitor carrying capacities; and
indications of potential boundary modifications.
    Meeting Notices: The public is invited to express views, issues and
concerns about the long-term management of Gateway National Recreation
Area. Public scoping meetings will be scheduled and consist of a
discussion of the GMP/EIS process including ways that the public can be
involved in providing and receiving information, and reviewing and
commenting upon the draft GMP/EIS. The place and time of public scoping
meetings will be announced by the NPS and noticed in local newspapers
serving the area. Scoping and other periodic public meeting notices and
information regarding the GMP/EIS will also be placed on the NPS
Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site (http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/gate) for continuing public review and comment.

ADDRESSES: Information related to the GMP/EIS planning process and
ongoing public involvement opportunities will be provided online at the
Gateway National Recreation Area Web site (http://www.nps.gov/gate) and
on the NPS PEPC Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/gate). Requests
to be added to the project mailing list may be made electronically
through the NPS PEPC Web site or by directing requests to the contacts
listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barry Sullivan, Superintendent, Gateway National Recreation Area, 210
New York Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305. Telephone: 718 354-4665.
Helen Mahan, Community Planner/Project Manager, National Park Service,
Park Planning and Special Studies, 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19106. Telephone: 215-597-6483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the GMP/EIS, you

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may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail
comments to contacts listed above or you may submit comments
electronically through the NPS PEPC Web site (http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/gate). Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Michael T. Reynolds,
Deputy Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E9-16326 Filed 7-9-09; 8:45 am]
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