Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 62 / Friday, March 30, 2012 / Notices 19319 

Bragaw Street, Suite 490, Anchorage, 

AK 99508. 

• Hand delivery: AECOM, 1835 South 

Bragaw Street, Suite 490, Anchorage, 

AK, or to the BLM Public Information 

Center in the Federal Building, 222 W. 

7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK. 

Copies of the Draft IAP/EIS are available 

for review at the BLM’s Alaska Web site 

at http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en.html. A 

CD or paper copy may be requested by 

calling Jim Ducker, BLM project lead, at 

907–271–3130. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Ducker, BLM Alaska State Office, 907– 

271–3130. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please 

note that public comments and 

information submitted, including 

names, street addresses, and email 

addresses of persons who submit 

comments, will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the above 

address during regular business hours 

(8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Monday through 

Friday except holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

This IAP/EIS will result in a Record 

of Decision (ROD) that will supersede 

the RODs for two previous plans for 

portions of the NPR–A: The Northwest 

NPR–A IAP ROD signed January 22, 

2004 and the Northeast NPR–A 

Supplemental IAP ROD signed July 16, 

2008 and may amend the Colville River 

Special Area Management Plan signed 

July 18, 2008. This Draft IAP/EIS offers 

four alternatives for future management 

of the NPR–A. There is no Preferred 

Alternative. 

Decisions to be made as part of the 

plan include, but are not limited to, 

lands that would be made available for 

oil and gas leasing, restrictions on oil 

and gas activities and other BLMauthorized land uses, expansion of the 

number and size of Special Areas, and 

recommendations for inclusion of rivers 

in the national Wild and Scenic Rivers 

System. None of the alternatives would 

preclude development of infrastructure 

across NPR–A in support of Chukchi 

Sea oil and gas development. 

Alternative A is the No Action 

Alternative and represents the decisions 

made in the existing Northeast NPR–A 

and Northwest NPR–A plans. Those two 

plans do not address more than 9 

million acres in the southwestern part of 

the NPR–A. 

Alternatives B through D would make 

decisions for the entire NPR–A. 

Alternative B would make 48 percent 

of the NPR–A available for oil and gas 

leasing, add more than 7 million acres 

of Special Areas, and recommend 12 

rivers for Wild and Scenic River 

designation. 

Alternative C would make 76 percent 

of the Reserve available for oil and gas 

leasing, add approximately 700,000 

acres of Special Areas, and recommend 

three rivers for Wild and Scenic River 

designation. 

Alternative D would make all of the 

NPR–A available for oil and gas leasing 

and would not expand Special Areas or 

recommend any Wild and Scenic River 

designation. 

The public is encouraged to comment 

on any of these alternatives. The BLM 

asks that those submitting comments 

make them as specific as possible with 

reference to chapters, page numbers, 

and paragraphs in the Draft EIS 

document. Comments that contain only 

opinions or preferences will not receive 

a formal response; however, they will be 

considered and included as part of the 

BLM decision-making process. The most 

useful comments will contain new 

technical or scientific information, 

identify data gaps in the impact 

analysis, or will provide technical or 

scientific rationale for opinions or 

preferences. 

Section 810 of the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act 

requires the BLM to evaluate the effects 

of the alternatives presented in this 

Draft IAP/EIS on subsistence activities, 

and to hold public hearings if it finds 

that any alternative may significantly 

restrict subsistence activities. The 

analysis of environmental consequences 

indicates that actions anticipated to be 

taken under Alternative D and the 

cumulative impacts associated with 

actions anticipated under all 

alternatives may significantly restrict 

subsistence activities. 

Therefore, the BLM will hold public 

hearings on subsistence in conjunction 

with the public meetings on the Draft 

IAP/EIS in the potentially affected 

communities of Anaktuvuk Pass, 

Atqasuk, Barrow, Nuiqsut, Point Lay, 

and Wainwright. 

Ronald L. Dunton, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7547 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCON00000 L10200000.DF0000 

LXSS080C0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Northwest 

Colorado Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Northwest 

Colorado Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Northwest Colorado RAC 

scheduled its remaining 2012 meetings 

for May 10, August 23 and November 

29. Each meeting will begin at 8 a.m. 

and adjourn at approximately 3 p.m., 

with public comment periods regarding 

matters on the agenda at 10 a.m. and 

2 p.m. Agendas will be available before 

the meeting at www.blm.gov/co/st/en/ 

BLM_Resources/racs/nwrac.html. 

ADDRESSES: The May 10 meeting will be 

held in Silt, Colorado, at the BLM 

Colorado River Valley Field Office, 

2300 River Frontage Road. The August 

23 meeting will be in Meeker, Colorado, 

at the Fairfield Center, 200 Main St. The 

November 29 meeting will be in Grand 

Junction, Colorado, at the Hampton Inn, 

205 Main St. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Boyd, Public Affairs Specialist, 

Colorado River Valley Field Office, 

2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO; 

(970) 876–9008. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Northwest Colorado RAC advises the 

Secretary of the Interior, through the 

BLM, on a variety of public land issues 

in northwestern Colorado. 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7687 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

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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