Draft General Management Plan, Manhattan Sites, New York; Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15514-15515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8637]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Draft General Management Plan, Manhattan Sites, New York; Notice 
of Availability and Public Comment Period

    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and 
National Park Service policy, the National Park Service (NPS) announces 
the release of the Draft Manhattan Sites General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement, New York.
    In accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service has prepared and 
announces that release of the Draft Manhattan Sites Draft General 
Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, New York. An 
environmental impact statement is required to assess the impacts of the 
proposed action. The

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National Park Service is the responsible federal agency.
    The Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 
will be on public review from April 15, 1996 to June 14, 1996. The 
document will be on a sixty-day comment period. Copies of the plan will 
be distributed to cooperating agencies, interest groups, interested 
individuals and institutions, and local libraries. The plan will also 
be available at the administrative offices at Castle Clinton, Federal 
Hall and General Grant National Memorials, and Saint Paul's Church and 
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sties, New York.
    The document proposes and analyses alternatives for the future 
management and use for 5 of the 6 units within the Manhattan Sites 
which includes Castle Clinton National Monument, Federal Hall and 
General Grant National Memorials, and Saint Paul's Church and Theodore 
Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sites, New York and Westchester 
Counties, New York. The plan presents the alternatives for each site 
individually, addresses planning issues, and it includes resource 
preservation and provisions for visitor services. Once approved, the 
final plan will guide the management of the sites for fifteen to twenty 
years. A separate General Management Plan/Environmental Impact 
Statement was previously completed for the remaining unit, Hamilton 
Grange, in January 1995.
    The National Park Service will conduct public meeting(s) during the 
sixty-day period and will advertise the meeting(s) in local media 
outlets. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the draft plan and 
its environmental impact statement. Verbal and written comments on the 
plan/EIS will be accepted until June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Joseph T. Avery, 
Manhattan Sites, 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 Telephone (212) 
825-6990

    Dated: April 2, 1996.
Joseph T. Avery,
Superintendent.
[FR Doc. 96-8637 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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