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General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia

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[Federal Register: July 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 131)]
[Notices]
[Page 33276]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10jy09-72]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement,
Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement, Assateague Island National Seashore.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing a
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS)
for the Assateague Island National Seashore (AINS). The park comprises
approximately 39,727 acres, located along the Atlantic coasts of
Maryland and Virginia.
    Prepared by park staff and planners in the NPS Northeast Region,
with assistance from advisors and consultants, the GMP/EIS will propose
a long-term approach to managing the AINS. 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 the AINS early in the
process through public meetings and other media; and will have an
opportunity to review and comment on a draft GMP/EIS. 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/asis) 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
AINS Web site (http://www.nps.gov/asis) and on the NPS PEPC Web site
(http://parkplanning.nps.gov/asis). 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:
Trish Kicklighter, Superintendent, Assateague Island National Seashore,
7206 National Seashore Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, Telephone: 410-641-1443.
Megan Lang, Community Planner/Project Manager, National Park Service,
Park Planning and Special Studies, 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19106, Telephone: 215 597-8875.

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

Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. E9-16327 Filed 7-9-09; 8:45 am]
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