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Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Stanwix National Monument, NY

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[Federal Register: July 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 136)]
[Notices]
[Page 34774-34775]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr17jy09-91]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement,
Fort Stanwix National Monument, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Stanwix National Monument, New York.

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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 (NPS) announces the
availability of a Final General Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Fort Stanwix National Monument, located
in the city of Rome, New York. Consistent with National Park Service
rules, regulations, and policies, and the park's mission, the proposed
federal action to establish a programmatic framework for park
management in the form of a general management plan that is consistent
with the purposes of the park as set forth in the park's enabling
legislation An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Monument
on the Site of Fort Stanwix in the State of New York (Pub. L. 74-291).
    The Final GMP/EIS analyzes alternatives to guide the management and
development of Fort Stanwix National Monument over the next 15 to 20
years, consistent with the park's mission and NPS policy and other laws
and regulations. NPS regional planning staff and staff at Fort Stanwix
NM collaborated in the development of the Final GMP/EIS. The main
issues that the Final GMP/EIS has focused on include protection of
cultural resources, visitor services, partnership opportunities,
carrying capacity, and the park boundary.
    The Final GMP/EIS analyzes two alternatives to guide the management

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and development of Fort Stanwix National Monument. Alternative 1: No
Action focuses on basically maintaining current management, protection,
and interpretive practices and interpreting the siege of Fort Stanwix
in the Revolutionary War. Alternative 2: Action Alternative seeks to
broaden interpretation of Fort Stanwix in the context of the Northern
Frontier, the Mohawk Valley, and American Indian history; forge new
partnerships; upgrade exhibits and waysides; expand the interpretive
role of the Marinus Willett Center; and develop an 18th-century
cultural landscape treatment plan for the site. Alternative 2 is the
preferred alternative because it best supports the park's purpose,
significance and goals, while also providing management direction that
best protects resources and offers high-quality visitor experiences.
    The Final GMP/EIS describes the affected environment and evaluates
potential environmental consequences of implementing the alternatives.
Impact topics include cultural and natural resources, visitor
experience, park operations, and the socioeconomic environment.
    The Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement
(GMP/EIS) was made available for public review between September 15 and
December 1, 2008. On August 26, 2008, a ``Notice of Availability''
formally announcing the public availability of the Draft GMP/EIS was
published in the Federal Register (73 FR 50343). A public meeting was
held in Rome, NY, on October 23, 2008. During the comment period, 14
written comments were received by the planning team. Most respondents
supported the preferred alternative.

DATES: The National Park Service will prepare a Record of Decision
concerning the selection of a management alternative no sooner than 30
days following publication by the Environmental Protection Agency of
Notice of Availability of the Final GMP/EIS in the Federal Register.
    Further Information and Addresses: The Final General Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Fort Stanwix National Monument
is available public online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. Copies are
available upon request by contacting Superintendent Debbie Conway, Fort
Stanwix National Monument,112 East Park Street, Rome, NY 13440; phone
315-338-7730; Debbie_Conway@nps.gov.

Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
[FR Doc. E9-17071 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]
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