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Environmental Assessment (EA) for the

Lower East Side Tenement National

Historic Site (NHS), located in the city

of Borough of Manhattan, New York,

New York. The purpose of the EA is to

assess the environmental consequences

of alternative management strategies

that will be described in the general

management plan for Lower East Side

Tenement NHS. A number of

alternatives will be formulated for

cultural resource protection, visitor use

and interpretation, facilities

development, and operations.

The NPS will hold a public meeting

June 14, 2000 that will provide an

opportunity for public input into the

scoping for the GMP/EA. The meeting

will begin at 7:00 PM, at the Lower East

Side Tenement Museum, 97 Orchard

Street, New York, New York.

The purpose of this meeting is to

obtain both written and verbal

comments concerning the future

direction and development of Lower

East Side NHS. Those persons who wish

to comment verbally or in writing or

who require further information should

contact Ruth Abram, President, Lower

East Side Tenement Museum. 66 Allen

Street, New York, New York 10002,

(212) 431–0233 Ext. 212.

The draft GMP/EA is expected to be

completed and available for public

review in fall 2000. After public and

interagency review of the draft

document comments will be considered,

and a final EA followed by a Record of

Decision will be prepared.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Thomas Dyer,

Chief of Planning, Northeast Region

Development Office.

[FR Doc. 00–13911 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation

Environmental Impact Statement,

Glacier National Park, Montana

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation,

Glacier National Park.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the

National Park Service is preparing an

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation

for Glacier National Park. This

Environmental Impact Statement will be

approved by the Intermountain Regional

Director.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road, a

National Historic Landmark, is in need

of rehabilitation. Since its opening in

1932 it has had limited repairs and

reconstruction resulting in a

deteriorating condition resulting in

visitor use, maintenance, and safety

concerns. Rehabilitation of the road is

extremely difficult because of the very

narrow width and the limited room

available for staging construction and

performing repairs. The narrow road

corridor, the short construction season,

and extreme and unpredictable weather

conditions affect both the integrity of

the road and the rehabilitation effort.

Avalanches, rock falls, and repeated

freezing and thawing continually

deteriorate the road and jeopardize both

the public and construction workers

safety.

In the final General Management Plan

Environmental Impact Statement for

Glacier National Park, the preferred

alternative reflects a desired condition

for the road to be repaired and for its

continued use, but not the method to

achieve it. The road will continue to be

protected as a national historic

landmark. The road’s historic character

and significance will be preserved, and

the needed repairs will be completed

before the road fails. The National Park

Service will minimize the impacts on

natural resources, visitors and the

economy, and minimize the

rehabilitation costs.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road

rehabilitation project/EIS includes a

number of technical studies including

engineering studies, a socio-economic

study and marketing plan, a cultural

landscape report, and a transportation/

visitor use plan. A public advisory

committee has also been established by

authority of the Secretary of the Interior

under Section 3 of Public Law 91–383

(16 U.S.C 1a–2(c)) to advise the National

Park Service during development of the

Rehabilitation Study.

The various technical studies will

result in a series of findings and

recommendations that will be combined

into a range of alternatives to

rehabilitate the road. These alternatives

will be evaluated through the EIS

process. A variety of factors will be

considered in developing these

alternatives including, but not limited

to, socio-economic implications, natural

resources, visitor use, and construction

costs. These alternatives have not yet

been developed. A no action alternative

will also be considered as required by

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA). The effort will result in a

selected course of action for the

rehabilitation of the Going-to-the-Sun

Road.

Major issues include the limited

season available for rehabilitation

activities on the critical sections of the

road, concerns about impacts to the

local and regional economy (past

studies have considered closing the road

for limited periods of time), and

potential short-term and long-term

impacts to natural resources in Glacier

National Park. The current poor

condition of the road resulting in

potential safety concerns to visitors and

the travelling public underscores the

purpose and need for the project.

If you wish to provide comments for

consideration, you may submit your

comments by any one of several

methods. You may mail comments to

Superintendent, Attn: Going-to-the Sun

Road Study Glacier National Park, West

Glacier, Montana 59936. You may also

comment via email at

glac_public_comments@nps.gov,

attention: GTTSR-Rehabilitation Project.

Please include your name and return

address in your email message. If you do

not receive confirmation from the

system that we received your email

message, contact us directly at 406/888–

7972. Finally, you may hand-deliver

comments to Glacier National Park

headquarters, West Glacier, Montana.

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 record, which we will honor to the

extent allowable by law. There also may

be circumstances in which we would

withhold from the record a respondents

identity, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. We will not consider

anonymous 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.

When a scoping document is prepared

and public meetings/open houses are

scheduled, an announcement will be

made in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Superintendent Glacier

National Park, (406) 888–7972.

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Dated: May 18, 2000.

Michael D. Snyder,

Director, Intermountain Region, National

Park Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

George Washington Memorial

Parkway: Environmental Assessment

of Proposed Wireless

Telecommunications Facility at Great

Falls Park, VA

ACTION: Notice of availability of an

environmental assessment (EA) to erect

a wireless telecommunications facility

(cellular telephone monopole with

support facility) that Bell Atlantic

Mobile (BAM) has proposed for location

on National Park Service (NPS) property

at Great Falls Park, Virginia, which is

managed by the George Washington

Memorial Parkway.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service policy, NPS has

completed an EA which analyzes five

alternatives and discusses others which

were considered but rejected. The five

alternatives analyzed include: (1) 125-

foot monopole; (2) 150-foot monopole as

proposed by BAM; (3) 150-foot

monopole with two larger co-locator

buildings; (4) Alternative technology;

and, (5) No action. The specific location

proposed by BAM is the site where an

existing 85-foot NPS antenna tower is

located along the Ridge Trail

approximately one-half mile from the

junction of Old Dominion Drive and

Georgetown Pike as one enters the park

headed north along Old Dominion. NPS

is soliciting comments on this EA.

These comments will be considered in

evaluating it and in making decisions

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act.

DATES: Comments on the EA are due by

Friday, June 23, 2000. Two public

hearings on the EA will be held. The

first will be at the Great Falls Park

Visitor Center on Monday June 5, 2000,

7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. The entrance road into

the park is located at the intersection of

Old Dominion Drive and Georgetown

Pike. The second will be held on

Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 7 p.m.–8:30

p.m. in the Brooke Hall meeting room at

Rockwood Manor, 11001 MacArthur

Boulevard, Potomac, Maryland.

Rockwood Manor is located in

Rockwood Park, southeast of the

intersection of MacArthur and Falls

Road in the vicinity of the C&O Canal

National Historical Park and Trail,

approximately 1.5 miles west of the

Clara Barton Parkway.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to

Audrey Calhoun, Superintendent,

George Washington Memorial Parkway,

c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA

22101 or via e-mail to

gwmp_superintendent@nps.gov. Copies

of the EA have been mailed to agencies,

groups, and individuals on the project

mailing list. A copy of the EA can also

be found at the George Washington

Memorial Parkway Headquarters along

the northbound lane of the parkway in

Turkey Run Park, McLean, Virginia.

Turkey Run Park is located north of the

CIA exit and south of Interstate 495.

Additionally, the document may be

viewed on the park’s web page at http:/

/www.nps.gov/gwmp/grfa by clicking

on the link to the Environmental

Assessment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Audrey Calhoun, Superintendent,

George Washington Memorial Parkway,

c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA

22101; Telephone: (703) 289–2500.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Audrey F. Calhoun,

Superintendent.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Upper Rio Grande Basin Water

Operations Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public scoping

meetings on development of a draft

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for upper Rio Grande basin water

operations.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation), with and on

behalf of other joint-lead agencies [U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps),

Department of Defense; and the New

Mexico Interstate Stream Commission

(Commission), State of New Mexico], is

preparing a draft EIS on water

operations in the Rio Grande Basin

above Fort Quitman, Texas. Preparation

of the draft EIS will be integral to the

Upper Rio Grande Basin Water

Operations Review. It is anticipated that

a plan for water operations at existing

Reclamation and Corps facilities will be

developed.

The public is invited to participate in

a series of scoping meetings that will be

held throughout the upper Rio Grande

basin to receive comments from

interested organizations and individuals

on the environmental impacts of water

operations in the Rio Grande Basin

above Fort Quitman, Texas. Reclamation

invites other federal agencies, states,

Indian tribes, local governments, and

the general public to submit written

comments and/or suggestions

concerning the scope of the issues to be

addressed in the draft EIS.

Each scoping meeting will begin at

6:00 p.m. There will be a presentation,

an opportunity to discuss issues and ask

questions of staff and managers, and an

informal open house where various

technical teams for the Operations

Review and EIS will provide

information on resources as well as

receive comments. Comments will be

taken and recorded in writing at the

open house or they may be provided in

writing by meeting participants. Written

comments may also be mailed to

Reclamation, the Corps, or the

Commission at the names and addresses

provided below. Written comments

should be received no later than

November 20, 2000, to be most

effectively considered.

Those not desiring to submit

comments or suggestions at this time,

but who would like to receive a copy of

the draft EIS, should write to Mr. Chris

Gorbach. When the draft EIS is

complete, its availability will be

announced in the Federal Register, in

the local news media, and through

direct contact with interested parties.

Comments will be solicited on the

document.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: The schedule of

open public scoping meetings is as

follows:

• June 28, 2000, 6–9 p.m., Alamosa Elks

Lodge, 406 Hunt, Alamosa, Colorado

• June 29, 2000, 6–9 p.m., Kachina

Lodge, 413 Paseo del Pueblo Norte,

Taos, New Mexico

• July 26, 2000, 6–9 p.m., Northern New

Mexico Community College, 921

Paseo de Onate, Espanola, New

Mexico

• August 9, 2000, 6–9 p.m., El Meson

Lodge, South Highway 84/64, Chama,

New Mexico

• August 17, 2000, 6–9 p.m., Indian

Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th

NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico

• September 20, 2000, 6–9 p.m.,

Radisson Hotel, 750 N. St. Francis,

Santa Fe, New Mexico