35662 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 108 / Monday, June 5, 2000 / Notices

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of the Interior Desk Officer,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503. Also, please send a copy of your

comments to Wendelin M. Mann,

Concession Program, National Park

Service, 1849 C Street, NW, Room 7313,

Washington, DC 20240, or electronically

to wendy_mann@nps.gov.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Betsy Chittenden,

Deputy Manager, Washington Administrative

Program Center.

[FR Doc. 00–13912 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement,

Boston Harbor Islands National

Recreation Area, Massachusetts

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft

General Management Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service policy, this notice

announces the availability for public

review of a Draft General Management

Plan/Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for Boston Harbor Islands

National Recreation Area, Suffolk,

Norfolk, and Plymouth Counties,

Massachusetts. In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

102(2)(C) of 1969, the environmental

impact statement was prepared to assess

the impacts of implementing the general

management plan.

The Draft General Management Plan/

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

presents, in a policy level document,

four management alternatives, including

a preferred alternative and a no-action

alternative, then assesses the potential

environmental and socioeconomic

effects of the actions presented on park

resources, visitor experience, and the

surrounding area. The alternatives differ

in their approaches to management. The

preferred alternative calls for a strong

emphasis on resource preservation,

encouraging most visitors to visit a few

islands while allowing preservation of

many other islands in their ‘‘natural’’

condition. Other alternatives would

emphasize either preserving resources

or accommodating visitors throughout

the island system. The no-action

alternative would continue current

management by a variety of local, state,

federal, and private entities with no new

funding from the National Park Service.

DATES: The formal public review period

is to start on or about June 3, 2000, for

60 days. Eight public forums will be

held during the month of June. The

dates, times, and location of the public

forums will be advertised in local

media.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the document will be available for

review at the following locations:

• Boston Harbor Islands National

Park Area, 408 Atlantic Avenue, Suite

228, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

• Public Libraries in Greater Boston

The full document will also be posted

on the internet at www.nps.gov/BOHA/

admin.

To request copies of the document,

please write or fax the Project Manager,

Boston Harbor Islands National Park

Area, 408 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 228,

Boston MA 02110, fax (617) 223–8671.

Comments on the Draft General

Management Plan/Draft Environmental

Impact Statement should be submitted

to George Price, Project Manager, Boston

Harbor Islands National Park Area, 408

Atlantic Avenue, Suite 228, Boston MA

02110. Comments may also be faxed to

(617) 223–8671.

Dated: May 24, 2000.

George Price,

Project Manager, Boston Harbor Islands

National Park Area.

[FR Doc. 00–13909 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt

National Historic Site, Dutchess, New

York; Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment and Master

Plan Amendment

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

Section 106 of the Historic Preservation

Act of 1966, the National Park Service

(NPS) has prepared a Draft Master Plan

Amendment/Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the Home of Franklin D.

Roosevelt NHS, located in Dutchess

County, New York. The purpose of the

EA is to describe plans to build a visitor

and education/conference center jointly

with the National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA) to serve the

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS and

the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.

Appended to the EA is a Memorandum

of Agreement (MOA), in draft, guiding

historic preservation in the

development of the project. The EA

describes the alternatives for the

proposed center. The EA will serve to

update the 1977 Master Plan and Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS

with respect to visitor orientation and

parking. Further, the EA provides an

analysis of the environmental

consequences of the alternatives. The

alternatives are compared and

contrasted in terms of their impacts on

the cultural, historic, and natural

environment.

Copies of the document are available

for review at the following locations:

—Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS,

4097 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, NY

—Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 4079

Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, NY

—The Hyde Park Public Library

Copies of the EA may be requested

from either: Superintendent, Home of

Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, 4097

Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New

York, 12538–1997, (914) 229–9115, or

Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library,

4079 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, New

York, 12538–1997, (914) 229–8114.

Written comments will be accepted at

either of the above addresses through

June 23, 2000. The NPS and NARA will

jointly hold a public meeting on June 8,

2000, at 7 p.m. to explain the

alternatives. The meeting will be held at

the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 4079

Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, New York,

and will include opportunities for

public comment on the project. After

analyzing the comments from the

meeting and those submitted in writing

during the comment period, the

agencies will make a decision on the

course of action.

Sarah Olson,

Superintendent.

[FR Doc. 00–13908 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Lower East Side Tenement National

Historic Site, New York, New York;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment and Notice

of Public Meetings

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub.

L. 91–109 section 102(c)), the National

Park Service (NPS) is preparing an