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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. 

[FR Doc. 07–3205 Filed 6–29–07; 8:45 am] 

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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