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petitioner nor any other party submitted 

new evidence that demonstrates that the 

group’s membership descends from a 

historical Indian tribe. The FD affirms 

the PF’s conclusion that the petitioner 

did not meet criterion 83.7(e). 

Criterion 83.7(f) requires that the 

membership of the petitioning group be 

composed principally of persons who 

are not members of any acknowledged 

North American Indian tribe. A review 

of the available documentation for the 

PF and the FD shows that the SSA 

petitioner is composed principally of 

persons who are not members of any 

acknowledged North American Indian 

tribe. Therefore, the petitioner meets the 

requirements of criterion 83.7(f). 

Criterion 83.7(g) requires that neither 

the petitioner nor its members be the 

subject of congressional legislation that 

has expressly terminated or forbidden 

the Federal relationship. The available 

documentation for the PF and the FD 

provided no evidence that the 

petitioning group was the subject of 

congressional legislation to terminate or 

prohibit a Federal relationship as an 

Indian tribe. Therefore, the petitioner 

meets the requirements of criterion 

83.7(g). 

A report summarizing the evidence, 

reasoning, and analyses that are the 

bases for the FD will be provided to the 

petitioner and interested parties, and is 

available to other parties upon written 

request. 

After the publication of notice of the 

FD, the petitioner or any interested 

party may file a request for 

reconsideration with the Interior Board 

of Indian Appeals (IBIA) under the 

procedures set forth in section 83.11 of 

the regulations. The IBIA must receive 

this request no later than 90 days after 

the publication of the FD in the Federal 

Register. The FD will become effective 

as provided in the regulations 90 days 

from the Federal Register publication, 

unless a request for reconsideration is 

received within that time. 

Dated: June 22, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–12727 Filed 6–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–G1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Special Resource Study (SRS) 

for Sites Related to the Civil War Battle 

of Franklin, Near Franklin, Tennessee 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 and National Park Service 

policy in Director’s Order 2 (Park 

Planning) and Director’s Order 12 

(Conservation Planning, Environmental 

Impact Analysis, and Decision-making) 

the National Park Service (NPS) will 

prepare an EIS for the SRS for sites 

related to the Civil War Battle of 

Franklin (BoF) located in Franklin, 

Tennessee. The statement will assess 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with various types and levels 

of visitor use and resources management 

for sites related to the BoF. 

The authority for publishing this 

notice is contained in 40 CFR 1506.6 

which prescribes the regulations for 

implementing the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act. The 

process by which the Secretary of the 

Interior will conduct SRSs is contained 

in 16 U.S.C. 1a–5. 

New areas are typically added to the 

National Park System by an Act of 

Congress. The National Park Service is 

often tasked by Congress to evaluate 

potential new areas for compliance with 

the established criteria for designation. 

The NPS documents its findings in a 

SRS Report. On December 1, 2005, 

Congress passed the Franklin National 

Battlefield Study Act (Pub. L. 109–120) 

directing the Secretary of the Interior to 

conduct a SRS for certain sites in 

Tennessee including the cities of 

Brentwood, Franklin, Triune, 

Thompson Station, and Spring Hill, 

Tennessee. 

The NPS is currently accepting 

comments from interested parties on 

issues, concerns, and suggestions 

pertinent to the BoF. Suggestions and 

ideas for managing the cultural and 

natural resources associated with the 

BoF are encouraged. Comments may be 

submitted in writing to the address 

listed at the end of this notice or 

through the NPS Planning, 

Environment, and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov. The NPS will 

publish periodic newsletters on the 

PEPC Web site to present scoping issues 

and preliminary management concepts 

to the public as they are developed. 

Public meetings to present management 

concepts will be conducted in the local 

area. Specific locations, dates, and times 

will be announced in local media and 

on the PEPC Web site. If you wish to 

comment, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods. You may mail comments to: 

Tim Bemisderfer, Battle of Franklin 

SRS, NPS Southeast Regional Office, 

Planning and Compliance Division, 100 

Alabama Street, 6th Floor 1924 

Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. You 

may also comment via the Internet to 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/sero. 

Please submit Internet comments as a 

plain text file, avoiding the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption. Please also include your 

name and return address in your 

Internet message. If you do not receive 

a confirmation from the system that we 

have received your Internet message, 

contact us directly at 404–562–3124, 

extension 693. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of 

public meetings will be published in 

local newspapers and may also be 

obtained by contracting the NPS 

Southeast Regional Office, Planning and 

Compliance Division. This information 

will also be published on the PEPC Web 

site. 

ADDRESSES: Tim Bemisderfer, Battle of 

Franklin SRS, NPS Southeast Regional 

Office, Planning and Compliance 

Division, 100 Alabama Street, 6th Floor 

1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Telephone: 404–562–3124 extension 

693. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Bemisderfer, Battle of Franklin SRS, 

NPS Southeast Regional Office, 

Planning and Compliance Division, 100 

Alabama Street, 6th Floor 1924 

Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Telephone: 404–562–3124 extension 

693. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

and Final SRS and EIS will be made 

available to all known interested parties 


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and appropriate agencies. Full public 

participation by Federal, State, and local 

agencies as well as other concerned 

organizations and private citizens is 

invited throughout the preparation 

process of this document. 

The responsible official for this EIS is 

the Regional Director for the Southeast 

Region, Patricia A. Hooks. 

Dated: May 29, 2007. 

Patricia A. Hooks, 

Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–52–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to Expand the 

Scope of the General Management 

Plan (GMP)/Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) Being Prepared for 

Fort Pulaski National Monument 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is expanding the scope of the 

GMP/EIS being prepared for Fort 

Pulaski National Monument. As part of 

this planning effort, the NPS will 

include a wilderness study to determine 

if any portions of the park should be 

recommended for inclusion in the 

National Wilderness Preservation 

System as defined in the Wilderness Act 

of 1964. The study will be included as 

part of the GMP/EIS currently in 

preparation. 

A NOI to prepare an EIS for the GMP 

was originally published in the Federal 

Register on February 24, 2005, (Volume 

70, Number 36). That EIS now will be 

expanded to include an evaluation of 

the impacts associated with possible 

designation of wilderness at Fort 

Pulaski. This notice is being furnished 

as required by National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) regulations 40 CFR 

1501.7. 

To facilitate sound planning and 

analysis of environmental impact, the 

NPS is gathering information necessary 

for the preparation of the GMP, the 

wilderness study, and the associated EIS 

and is obtaining suggestions and 

information from other agencies and the 

public on the scope of issues to be 

addressed. Comments and participation 

in this scoping process are invited. 

DATES: Open house meeting places and 

times will be announced by press 

release to print, radio and television 

organizations through the Savannah 

area, including The Savannah Morning 

News, the major commercial broadcast 

network affiliates, public broadcasting 

stations, and on the part Web site at: 

http://www.nps.gov/fopu. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment may do so by any one of 

several methods. They may attend the 

open houses noted above. They may 

mail comments to Fort Pulaski National 

Monument, Attention: Superintendent, 

P.O. Box 30757, Savannah, Georgia 

31410-0757. They may also comment 

via the Internet at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov. Finally, they may 

hand-deliver comments to the Fort 

Pulaski National Monument 

headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fort 

Pulaski National Monument, P.O. Box 

30757, Savannah, Georgia 31410–0757, 

912–786–5787. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons 

who previously submitted comments on 

the scope of the EIS as it relates to the 

GMP need not resubmit those 

comments. The NPS already is 

considering that input as planning 

continues. However, persons who have 

not previously submitted comments on 

the scope of the EIS, or who wish to 

submit additional comments related to 

the scope of the EIS in consideration of 

the wilderness study are encouraged to 

do so. 

The environmental review of the 

GMP, wilderness study, and EIS for Fort 

Pulaski National Monument will be 

conducted in accordance with 

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

4321 et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508), other appropriate Federal 

regulations, and NPS procedures and 

policies for compliance with those 

regulations. 

Authority: The authority for publishing 

this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. 

The responsible official for the FEIS is 

Patricia A. Hooks, Regional Director, 

Southeast Region, National Park 

Service, 100 Alabama Street SW., 1924 

Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Patricia A. Hooks, 

Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–3204 Filed 6–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–5L–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability of a Record of 

Decision on the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Dayton 

Aviation Heritage National Historical 

Park General Management Plan 

Amendment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, 83 Stat. 852, 853, the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of the Record of 

Decision (ROD) on the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Dayton Aviation Heritage 

National Historical Park General 

Management Plan Amendment, Dayton 

Aviation Heritage National Historical 

Park, Ohio. On May 16, the Regional 

Director, Midwest Region, approved the 

ROD for the project. As soon as 

practicable, the NPS will begin to 

implement the Preferred Alternative 

contained in the Final EIS issued on 

April 13. 

The following course of action will 

occur under the Preferred Alternative. 

The park will continue to serve 

traditional visitors to national parks; 

however, the primary goal will be to 

increase regional involvement, 

particularly in interpretation, education, 

and outreach. Visitors can expect an 

active participatory experience that will 

broaden and expand the park’s literary 

and aviation significance. There will be 

a new at-grade entrance to the Huffman 

Prairie Flying Field and a maintenance 

facility shared by the park and partners. 

This course of action and two other 

alternatives were analyzed in the Draft 

and Final EIS. The full range of 

foreseeable environmental 

consequences was assessed and 

appropriate mitigating measures were 

identified. 

The ROD includes a statement of the 

decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, a description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative, 

a finding on impairment of park 

resources and values, a listing of 

measures to minimize environmental 

harm, an overview of public 

involvement in the decisionmaking 

process, and a conclusion. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Lawrence Blake, Dayton 

Aviation Heritage National Historical 

Park, 16 South Williams Street, Dayton, 

Ohio 45402, telephone 937–225–7705. 


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