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Topics of discussion during 

Northwest Colorado RAC meetings may 

include the BLM National Greater SageGrouse Conservation Strategy, working 

group reports, recreation, fire 

management, land-use planning, 

invasive species management, energy 

and minerals management, travel 

management, wilderness, wild horse 

herd management, land exchange 

proposals, cultural resource 

management and other issues as 

appropriate. These meetings are open to 

the public. The public may present 

written comments to the RACs. Each 

formal RAC meeting will also have time, 

as identified above, allocated for hearing 

public comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to comment 

and time available, the time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. 

Subcommittees under this RAC meet 

regarding the McInnis Canyon National 

Conservation Area; Resource 

Management Plan revisions for the 

Colorado River Valley, Kremmling and 

Grand Junction field offices; and the 

White River Field Office Resource 

Management Plan Oil and Gas 

Amendment. Subcommittees report to 

the Northwest Colorado RAC at each 

council meeting. Subcommittee 

meetings are open to the public. 

More information is available at 

www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/ 

racs/nwrac.html. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NCRO–HAFE–0811–7947; 3851–SZM] 

Notice of a Record of Decision, 

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a Record of Decision 

on the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for the General Management 

Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical 

Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of the Record of 

Decision for the General Management 

Plan, Harpers Ferry National Historical 

Park, West Virginia, Virginia, and 

Maryland. As soon as practicable, the 

NPS will begin to implement the 

preferred alternative as contained in the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

issued by the NPS on August 27, 2010, 

and summarized in the Record of 

Decision. Copies of the Record of 

Decision may be obtained from the 

contact listed below or online at 

www.nps.gov/hafe. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Hayes, Regional Planner and 

Transportation Liaison, National Capital 

Region, National Park Service, at 1100 

Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20242, 

by telephone at (202) 619–7277, or 

email at david_hayes@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following course of action will occur 

under the selected alternative. The 

visitor contact station on Cavalier 

Heights will be improved to provide 

better orientation for park visitors and 

information on the park’s many 

resources. It will be the starting point 

for an expanded transportation system 

that will allow visitors to reach areas of 

the park such as the Murphy Farm, 

Schoolhouse Ridge, and Camp Hill 

which were previously difficult to 

access without a car. It will also be a 

stop on the new Around-the-Park trail 

that will allow visitors to hike to all 

areas of the park. The Record of 

Decision 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 listing of measures to minimize 

environmental harm, and an overview 

of public involvement in the decisionmaking process. 

Preserved historic buildings, period 

shops, exhibits, and outdoor furnishings 

will complement the interpretation 

provided by rangers and possible period 

artisans/demonstrators that will 

revitalize this area. Travelling exhibits 

will be sought to supplement 

interpretation provided within the park. 

A smaller information center and 

bookstore will remain but possibly be 

moved to new locations. Park artifact/ 

museum object storage will be removed 

from the historic structures and the 

space converted to office use or other 

types of storage. 

The Federal Armory will retain its 

current access. A study of the feasibility 

of returning John Brown’s Fort to its 

original location will be undertaken. 

The train station will become a 

secondary portal to the site with 

proposed excursion trains arriving from 

Washington several days of the week. 

The armory canal will be restored and 

rewatered with the turbine also restored 

for interpretive purposes. The power 

plant will be rehabilitated for exhibits. 

Virginius and Halls Islands will be 

preserved as an archeological preserve 

with ruins stabilized and outlined and 

wayside exhibits explaining the history 

and industrial development that was 

there. 

Camp Hill will be managed with a 

campus atmosphere reminiscent of the 

Storer College era. Additional signs and 

waysides will allow visitors to get the 

feel of the site. Museum exhibits now in 

Lower Town will be moved to one or 

more of the Storer College structures to 

better explain the importance of Harpers 

Ferry to the story of the civil rights 

movement in America. Several historic 

buildings from the military occupation 

of Camp Hill will be restored and 

adaptively used for park headquarters. 

The historic Shipley School on Camp 

Hill is currently in poor condition. 

Further consideration will be required 

to determine potential future use. 

The historic Grandview School will 

be rehabilitated and enlarged for use by 

the park’s protection division. The Nash 

Farm will be preserved as a dairy farm 

of the 1940s with its structures adapted 

for use as an environmental education 

center and outdoor laboratory managed 

by the NPS or an NPS Partner. At the 

Murphy Farm, the Civil War earthworks 

and the foundations of John Brown’s 

Fort will be stabilized, and the 

Chambers/Murphy house studied to 

determine the best use for it. A bus stop 

and trail to the earthworks and 

foundations will be developed. 

Restrooms and drinking water will also 

be developed at the site. 

Schoolhouse Ridge will also be 

managed as a battlefield landscape with 

agricultural leases that maintain the 

1862 appearance. The nonhistoric 

campground will be removed and the 

Harpers Ferry Caverns restored to a 

more natural appearance. Nonhistoric 

structures will be removed. Onsite 

interpretation and occasional 

interpretive demonstrations with a 

military focus will be provided. Bus 

parking and trails will be developed. 

At the Potoma Wayside, upgraded 

takeout facilities will be developed to 

facilitate river use. The takeout will be 

hardened and restroom facilities 

provided. To the extent possible, 

parking will also be upgraded. 

Interpretation will be provided by the 

concessioner. 

On Loudoun Heights, the Sherwood 

House will be removed and the site 

developed as a Civil War overlook. All 

Civil War camps and earthworks will be 

stabilized as necessary. 

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The majority of the site will be 

maintained for its natural resources. 

Short Hill will be managed similarly. 

Maryland Heights will undergo 

stabilization of earthworks and 

fortifications as necessary and 

restoration of line of fire vistas. Historic 

roads will continue to be used and 

maintained. A more comprehensive 

level of interpretation will be achieved 

through wayside exhibits, site brochures 

and occasional ranger-guided hikes. 

Three additional alternatives were 

analyzed in the Draft and Final 

Environmental Impact Statements. The 

full range of foreseeable environmental 

consequences was assessed, and 

appropriate mitigating measures were 

identified. 

The Regional Director, National 

Capital Region, approved the Record of 

Decision for the project. The official 

primarily responsible for implementing 

the General Management Plan is the 

Superintendent of Harpers Ferry 

National Historical Park. 

Dated: July 22, 2011. 

Stephen E. Whitesell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Geological and Geophysical 

Exploration on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: This Notice of Availability 

(NOA) is published pursuant to the 

regulations (40 CFR part 1503 and 43 

CFR part 46) implementing the 

provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq. (1988)). 

BOEM has prepared a Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) to evaluate potential 

environmental effects of multiple 

Geological and Geophysical (G&G) 

activities in the Mid- and South Atlantic 

Planning Areas of the OCS. These 

activities include, but are not limited to, 

seismic surveys, sidescan-sonar surveys, 

electromagnetic surveys, geological and 

geochemical sampling, and remote 

sensing. The Draft PEIS considers G&G 

activities for the three program areas 

managed by BOEM: (1) Oil and gas 

exploration and development; (2) 

renewable energy; and (3) marine 

minerals. 

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

the PEIS was published in the Federal 

Register on January 21, 2009, and 

scoping comments were received during 

a comment period that closed on March 

23, 2009. Scoping was reopened by 

publication of a Federal Register Notice 

on April 2, 2010, that announced a 45- 

day scoping period and meeting 

locations in April 2010. The comment 

period closed on May 17, 2010. 

DATES: Comments on this draft PEIS will 

be accepted until 60 days following the 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, 

you may submit your written comments 

by the following methods. Written 

comments should be enclosed in an 

envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on the 

Draft PEIS for Atlantic G&G Activities’’ 

and mailed (or hand carried) to Mr. Gary 

D. Goeke, Chief, Regional Assessment 

Section, Office of Environment (MS 

5410), Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. 

Comments by email should be sent to: 

GGEIS@boem.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for information on 

submitting comments via the internet 

and the public disclosure of 

commenters’ names and addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Draft PEIS, you 

may contact Mr. Gary D. Goeke, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard (MS 5410), New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. You 

may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To obtain 

a single printed or CD–ROM copy of the 

Draft PEIS, you may contact BOEM, Gulf 

of Mexico OCS Region, Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 250, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394 (1– 

800–200–GULF). An electronic copy of 

the Draft PEIS is available at the 

BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-EnergyProgram/GOMR/GandG.aspx. Several 

libraries in Atlantic coastal states have 

also been sent copies of the Draft PEIS 

(CDs or hard copy; according to their 

preference and their selection criteria 

for receipt of government documents). 

To find out which libraries have copies 

of the Draft PEIS for review, you may 

contact BOEM’s Public Information 

Office at the number provided above. 

Public hearings will be held on the 

dates listed below at the specified times 

and locations. BOEM will receive 

statements, both oral and written. 

Persons wishing to speak may request to 

be placed on the speakers’ list by 

contacting BOEM in advance of a 

specific public meeting or may sign up 

to speak upon arrival. To allow time for 

all speakers to participate, speakers 

should anticipate time limits for oral 

testimony. 

The following public meetings are 

scheduled as follows: 

April 16, 2012—Jacksonville Marriott, 

4760 Salisbury Road, Jacksonville, 

Florida, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT. 

April 18, 2012—Coastal Georgia 

Center, 305 Farm Street, Savannah, 

Georgia, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT. 

April 20, 2012—Embassy Suites North 

Charleston, 5055 International 

Boulevard, Charleston, South Carolina, 

1 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT. 

April 24, 2012—Hilton Norfolk 

Airport, 1500 N. Military Highway, 

Norfolk, Virginia, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

EDT. 

April 25, 2012—Doubletree Hotel, 210 

Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland, 1 

p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT. 

April 26, 2012—Sheraton Suites, 422 

Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, 

Delaware, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT. 

April 26, 2012—Hilton Wilmington 

Riverside, 301 North Water Street, 

Wilmington, North Carolina, 1 p.m. and 

7 p.m. EDT. 

April 27, 2012—Atlantic City 

Convention Center, (Room 301 

tentative), One Convention Boulevard, 

Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1 p.m. EDT. 

Public Disclosure of Names and 

Addresses 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised 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 from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

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