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identify appropriate access and

development in the park, particularly

balancing growing park use and

resource protection; and (3) identity

appropriate land protection strategies

workable on a predominantly privately

owned landscape. Other issues may be

added to this list following completion

of scoping.

The new GMP will set forth a

management concept for the park;

establish plans for resource

conservation, public use, and

development; and identify strategies for

resolving issues and achieving

management objectives. It is expected

that the GMP will guide park

management for a period of fifteen to

twenty years.

The GMP/EIS will investigate

alternatives ranging from no-action to a

variety of management approaches

designed to guide public use and protect

natural and cultural resources.

The environmental review of the GMP

for the Niobrara National Scenic River

will be conducted in accordance with

requirements of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321

et seq.), NEPA regulations, and National

Park Service procedures and policies for

compliance with those regulations.

The National Park Service estimates

the draft GMP and draft EIS will be

available to the public in early 2001.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

David N. Given,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–12701 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Cumberland Island National Seashore,

Georgia

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91–190,

as amended), the National Park Service

(NPS) is preparing an Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for a General

Management Plan Amendment, a

Wilderness Management Plan, a

Resource Management Plan (Cultural

and Natural) and a Commercial Services

Plan. The DEIS will evaluate the

environmental consequences associated

with the proposed actions and the other

alternatives on management of

wilderness, cultural and natural

resources, and commercial services.

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be

scheduled this summer. Time and place

of the public meeting will be publicized

in area newspapers. The DEIS will be

available sometime in late summer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

provide comments on this planning

effort and to receive copies of the DEIS,

please contact: Art Frederick,

Superintendent, Cumberland Island

National Seashore, P.O. Box 806, St.

Marys, Georgia 31558, Telephone: (912)

882–4336.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since June

1996 the NPS has been engaged in a

process to determine the management of

the island’s wilderness. During the

discussions concerning wilderness

management, the NPS realized that the

planning effort should broaden its focus.

As a result the NPS has prepared a

series of plans addressing the

management of wilderness, cultural

resources, natural resources, and

commercial services.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the rulemaking record which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

rulemaking record a respondent’s

identity, as allowable by law. If you

wish for us to withhold your name and/

or address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comments. We will make all

submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

W. Thomas Brown,

Regional Director, Southeast Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12703 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Draft General Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement,

Ebey’s Landing National Historical

Reserve, Washington

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

will prepare a General Management

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

(GMP/EIS) for Ebey’s Landing National

Historical Reserve.

A General Management Plan sets forth

the basic management philosophy for a

unit of the National Park System and

provides the strategies for addressing

issues and achieving identified

management objectives for that unit. In

the GMP/EIS and its accompanying

public review process, the National Park

Service will formulate and evaluate the

environmental impacts of a range of

alternatives to address distinct

management strategies for the park,

including resource protection and

visitor use. The plan will guide the

management of natural and cultural

resources and visitor use of those

resources for the next 15–20 years.

Development concept plans for selected

facilities may be included with the

GMP.

Scoping is the term given to the

process by which the scope of issues to

be addressed in the GMP/EIS is

identified. Representatives of Federal,

State and local agencies, American

Indian tribes, private organizations and

individuals from the general public who

may be interested in or affected by the

proposed GMP/EIS are invited to

participate in the scoping process by

responding to this Notice with written

comments.

All comments received will become

part of the public record and copies of

comments, including any names and

home addresses of respondents, may be

released for public inspection.

Individual respondents may request that

their home addresses be withheld from

the public record, which will be

honored to the extent allowable by law.

Requests to withhold names and/or

addresses must be stated prominently at

the beginning of the comments.

Anonymous comments will not be

considered. Submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Among the major issues likely to be

addressed in the Ebey’s Landing

National Historical Reserve GMP/EIS

are (1) resource information and

protection, including a land protection

plan, (2) cooperation with associated

partners and interests, (3) interpretation,

(4) visitor use and services, and (5) park

administration. A full range of

alternatives, including ‘‘no action’’, will

be considered in the GMP/EIS to

address these and other issues that may

emerge during the planning process.

The draft GMP/EIS is expected to be

available for public review by the spring

of 2001.

Because the responsibility for

approving the GMP/EIS has been

delegated to the National Park Service,