80_FR_56675 80 FR 56494 - Notice of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan for Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey

80 FR 56494 - Notice of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan for Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, New Jersey

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 181 (September 18, 2015)

Page Range56494-56494
FR Document2015-23452

The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a general management plan (GMP) for Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. A Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the GMP was published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2011. The NPS has decided to terminate the EIS and instead, has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the GMP (GMP/EA).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NER-PAGR-18936; PX.P0156924I.00.1]


Notice of Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for 
the General Management Plan for Paterson Great Falls National 
Historical Park, New Jersey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Termination.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a general 
management plan (GMP) for Paterson Great Falls National Historical 
Park. A Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for the GMP was published in the Federal Register on November 14, 
2011. The NPS has decided to terminate the EIS and instead, has 
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the GMP (GMP/EA).

DATES: The GMP/EA is expected to be distributed for public review and 
comment during the fall of 2015. The NPS will provide information on 
when the GMP/EA will be released for public review, the dates of the 
public comment period, and the dates that public meetings will be held 
on the park's planning Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/pagr and 
through local and regional media.

ADDRESSES: Refer to the park's planning Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/pagrforadditionalinformationonwhereandhowtoobtainacopyoftheGMP/EA, how 
to comment on the GMP/EA, and locations of upcoming public meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Boch, Superintendent; Paterson 
Great Falls National Historical Park; 72 McBride Avenue; Paterson, NJ 
07501.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is Paterson Great Falls National 
Historical Park's first general management plan and will provide the 
framework for guiding resource management, visitor experiences, 
facilities and partnerships. The issues addressed by the GMP include: 
Sustaining the park's fundamental resources; providing for safe, 
sustainable public access and recreational activities; building new and 
reinforcing existing partnerships to protect the park's natural and 
cultural resources; and improving facilities and infrastructure that 
meets the needs of both visitors and the community. GMP planning and 
alternatives development incorporated input from park partners; 
participants in local community meetings; consultation with local, 
regional, and national government agencies; and comments gathered 
during the Paterson Great Falls Advisory Commission meetings. The 
public was informed about the process and invited to participate 
through the park's Web site, newsletters, emails, letters, and local 
media.
    The GMP was originally scoped as an EIS; however, internal 
discussions and input received during public and agency scoping did not 
raise any potentially significant environmental issues nor has the 
impact analysis identified any potentially significant adverse impacts. 
It is also noted that many of the actions proposed in the GMP/EA will 
have benefits to the park's resources, operational needs, and visitor 
experiences. For these reasons the NPS determined that an EA is the 
appropriate level of environmental review for the GMP.

    Dated: July 30, 2015.
Brian Strack,
Associate Regional Director; Planning, Facilities & Conservation 
Assistance, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
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                                              56494                       Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 181 / Friday, September 18, 2015 / Notices

                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                              meetings; consultation with local,                    (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508),
                                                                                                      regional, and national government                     BOEM issued a FONSI supported by the
                                              National Park Service                                   agencies; and comments gathered                       analysis in the revised EA. The FONSI
                                              [NPS–NER–PAGR–18936; PX.P0156924I.                      during the Paterson Great Falls                       concluded that the reasonably
                                              00.1]                                                   Advisory Commission meetings. The                     foreseeable environmental impacts
                                                                                                      public was informed about the process                 associated with the proposed action and
                                              Notice of Termination of the                            and invited to participate through the                alternatives, as set forth in the EA,
                                              Environmental Impact Statement for                      park’s Web site, newsletters, emails,                 would not significantly impact the
                                              the General Management Plan for                         letters, and local media.                             quality of the human environment;
                                              Paterson Great Falls National                              The GMP was originally scoped as an                therefore, the preparation of an
                                              Historical Park, New Jersey                             EIS; however, internal discussions and                Environmental Impact Statement is not
                                                                                                      input received during public and agency               required. These documents and
                                              AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.              scoping did not raise any potentially                 associated information are available on
                                              ACTION:   Notice of Termination.                        significant environmental issues nor has              BOEM’s Web site at http://
                                                                                                      the impact analysis identified any                    www.boem.gov/North-Carolina/.
                                              SUMMARY:   The National Park Service                    potentially significant adverse impacts.
                                              (NPS) is preparing a general                                                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                      It is also noted that many of the actions             Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
                                              management plan (GMP) for Paterson                      proposed in the GMP/EA will have
                                              Great Falls National Historical Park. A                                                                       Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
                                                                                                      benefits to the park’s resources,                     Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
                                              Notice of Intent to prepare an                          operational needs, and visitor
                                              environmental impact statement (EIS)                                                                          20166, (703) 787–1340 or
                                                                                                      experiences. For these reasons the NPS                michelle.morin@boem.gov.
                                              for the GMP was published in the                        determined that an EA is the
                                              Federal Register on November 14, 2011.                  appropriate level of environmental                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January
                                              The NPS has decided to terminate the                    review for the GMP.                                   2015, BOEM published an EA to
                                              EIS and instead, has prepared an                                                                              consider the reasonably foreseeable
                                                                                                        Dated: July 30, 2015.                               environmental consequences associated
                                              environmental assessment (EA) for the
                                              GMP (GMP/EA).                                           Brian Strack,                                         with commercial wind lease issuance,
                                                                                                      Associate Regional Director; Planning,                site characterization activities, and site
                                              DATES: The GMP/EA is expected to be
                                                                                                      Facilities & Conservation Assistance,                 assessment activities in three wind
                                              distributed for public review and                       Northeast Region, National Park Service.
                                              comment during the fall of 2015. The                                                                          energy areas (WEAs) offshore North
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–23452 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am]           Carolina. The 2015 EA considered all
                                              NPS will provide information on when
                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 4310–WV–P                                three North Carolina WEAs for leasing
                                              the GMP/EA will be released for public
                                              review, the dates of the public comment                                                                       and approval of site assessment plans as
                                              period, and the dates that public                                                                             the proposed action under NEPA. A
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            Notice of Availability was published on
                                              meetings will be held on the park’s
                                              planning Web site at http://                            Bureau of Ocean Energy Management                     January 23, 2015 to announce the
                                              parkplanning.nps.gov/pagr and through                                                                         availability of the EA and initiate a 30-
                                              local and regional media.                               [BOEM–2015–0078; MMAA104000]                          day public comment period (80 FR
                                              ADDRESSES: Refer to the park’s planning                                                                       3621). The EA was subsequently revised
                                                                                                      Revised Environmental Assessment                      based on comments received during the
                                              Web site at http://parkplanning.                        for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance
                                              nps.gov/pagrforadditionalinformationon                                                                        comment period and public information
                                                                                                      and Site Assessment Activities on the                 meetings. The revised EA provides
                                              whereandhowtoobtainacopyoftheGMP/                       Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
                                              EA, how to comment on the GMP/EA,                                                                             updated environmental data, additional
                                                                                                      Offshore North Carolina                               details on how the WEAs were
                                              and locations of upcoming public
                                              meetings.                                               AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy                        delineated, and analysis of potential
                                                                                                      Management (BOEM), Interior.                          effects to the proposed critical habitat
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              expansion for North Atlantic right
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of Availability.
                                              Darren Boch, Superintendent; Paterson                                                                         whales, which was published during the
                                              Great Falls National Historical Park; 72                SUMMARY:    BOEM is announcing the                    public comment period for the 2015 EA.
                                              McBride Avenue; Paterson, NJ 07501.                     availability of a revised Environmental               A summary of comments received on
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is                      Assessment (EA) and Finding of No                     the 2015 EA and BOEM’s responses to
                                              Paterson Great Falls National Historical                Significant Impact (FONSI) for                        those comments is also provided in the
                                              Park’s first general management plan                    commercial wind lease issuance, site                  revised EA.
                                              and will provide the framework for                      characterization activities (geophysical,                In addition to the proposed action, the
                                              guiding resource management, visitor                    geotechnical, archaeological, and                     revised EA considers the following
                                              experiences, facilities and partnerships.               biological surveys), and site assessment              alternatives: Exclusion of the
                                              The issues addressed by the GMP                         activities (including the installation and            Wilmington West WEA from leasing;
                                              include: Sustaining the park’s                          operation of a meteorological tower and/              seasonal restrictions on certain site
                                              fundamental resources; providing for                    or buoys) on the Atlantic Outer                       characterization activities; and no
                                              safe, sustainable public access and                     Continental Shelf offshore North                      action. BOEM’s analysis of the proposed
                                              recreational activities; building new and               Carolina. The revised EA provides a                   action and alternatives takes into
                                              reinforcing existing partnerships to                    discussion of potential impacts of the                account standard operating conditions
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                                              protect the park’s natural and cultural                 proposed action and an analysis of                    (SOCs) designed to avoid or minimize
                                              resources; and improving facilities and                 reasonable alternatives to the proposed               potential impacts to marine mammals
                                              infrastructure that meets the needs of                  action. In accordance with the                        and sea turtles. The SOCs can be found
                                              both visitors and the community. GMP                    requirements of the National                          in Appendix B of the revised EA.
                                              planning and alternatives development                   Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and                      BOEM will use the revised EA to
                                              incorporated input from park partners;                  the Council on Environmental Quality’s                inform decisions to issue leases in the
                                              participants in local community                         (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA                   North Carolina WEAs, and to


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Document Modified: 2015-12-15 09:27:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Termination.
DatesThe GMP/EA is expected to be distributed for public review and comment during the fall of 2015. The NPS will provide information on when the GMP/EA will be released for public review, the dates of the public comment period, and the dates that public meetings will be held on the park's planning Web site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/pagr and through local and regional media.
ContactDarren Boch, Superintendent; Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park; 72 McBride Avenue; Paterson, NJ 07501.
FR Citation80 FR 56494 

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