35664 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Michael D. Snyder,

Director, Intermountain Region, National

Park Service.

[FR Doc. 00–13910 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

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.

[FR Doc. 00–14002 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

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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