[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 12343-12344] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-6102] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Maurice National Scenic and Recreational River Comprehensive Management Plan AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the further development of a Comprehensive Management Plan for the Maurice National Scenic and Recreational River in New Jersey. Upon completion of an Environmental Assessment, a further determination was made based on National Park Service policy that an Environmental Impact Statement should be prepared to address National Environmental Policy Act requirements for further development of the Comprehensive Management Plan. The public provided information on scoping, issue identification, and visioning during the study phase of the Maurice River, during the development of Local River Management Plans for the Maurice River and an Ecotourism Plan for the region, as well as through the interpretive concept planning process. The National Park Service is accepting comments from the public on scoping and issue identification. Anyone with comments should contact Mary Vavra, National Park Service Program Manager, by letter or telephone. For Further Information Contact: Mary Vavra, Program Manager, National Park Service, Philadelphia Support Office, 200 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106, (215) 597-9175. [[Page 12344]] Dated: March 3, 1999. Warren D. Beach, Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service [FR Doc. 99-6102 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-M