[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23764]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Effigy Mounds National Monument
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment of the General Management Plan
Amendment and Boundaries Study, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council of Environmental Quality regulations
and National Park Service (NPS) policy, the NPS prepared and made
available for a 30-day public review a general management plan
amendment/boundaries study and an environmental assessment (EA) for
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. During the review period, the
NPS held public meetings to discuss the document.
After the end of the 30-day public availability period, the NPS
selected the preferred alternative as described in the document, and
determined that implementation of the preferred alternative will not
cause a significant environmental impact. In making that selection and
determination, the NPS considered the information and analysis
contained in the EA and the comments received during the public review
period. The NPS has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
for the project.
Because the GMP amendment/boundaries study is closely similar to
projects for which the NPS would normally require an environmental
impact statement, the NPS will make the FONSI available for a 30-day
public review before implementation of the amendment/boundaries study
begins.
DATES: The public review period for comment on the FONSI will end
October 13, 1999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for copies of the FONSI, or for any
additional information, should be directed to Superintendent Kate
Miller, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry,
Iowa 52146, Telephone: 319-873-3491. Comments on the FONSI may be sent
to Superintendent Miller at this address or at e-mail:
[email protected]
Dated: September 2, 1999.
Catherine A. Damon,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 99-23764 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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