Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 3, 2000 / Notices 59013

Township 20 North, Range 32 West,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was accepted

September 15, 2000.

T. 20 N., R. 33 W.

The plat, representing Amended

Protraction Diagram 30 of unsurveyed

Township 20 North, Range 33 West,

Principal Meridian, Montana, was accepted

September 15, 2000.

The amended protraction diagrams

were prepared at the request of the U.S.

Forest Service to accommodate Revision

of Primary Base Quadrangle Maps for

the Geometronics Service Center.

A copy of the preceding described

plats of the amended protraction

diagrams accepted September 15, 2000,

will be immediately placed in the open

files and will be available to the public

as a matter of information.

If a protest against these amended

protraction diagrams, accepted

September 15, 2000, as shown on these

plats, is received prior to the date of the

official filings, the filings will be stayed

pending consideration of the protests. These particular plats of the amended

protraction diagrams will not be

officially filed until the day after all

protests have been accepted or

dismissed and become final or appeals

from the dismissal affirmed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, 5001

Southgate Drive, P.O. Box 36800,

Billings, Montana 59107–6800.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Steven G. Schey,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of

Resources.

[FR Doc. 00–25362 Filed 10–02–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Finding of No Significant Impact and

Notice of Decision for the Placement of

Wireless Telecommunication Facility

for Bell Atlantic Mobile (Verizon

Wireless) at the Ridge Trail Site in

Great Falls Park, Virginia

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of the Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) And Notice

of Decision for the Placement of

Wireless Telecommunication Facility

for Bell Atlantic Mobile (Verizon

Wireless) at the Ridge Trail Site in Great

Falls Park, Virginia.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations and

National Park Service Policy, the

National Park Service (NPS) announces

the availability of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) And Notice

of Decision for the placement of a

wireless telecommunication facility for

Verizon Wireless at the Ridge Trail site

in Great Falls Park, Virginia. Great Falls

Park is a unit of the George Washington

Memorial Parkway (GWMP). The Final

Environmental Assessment includes

several alternatives showing a monopole

at different heights, different building

sizes and an alternative technology. The

alternative of a facility no higher than

126 feet disguised as a ‘‘tree’’ with

limited ground level support structures

was chosen after review of public

comments from two public hearings and

from written comments. This alternative

provides increased service for the

applicant to meet the needs of its

customers while minimizing the visual

impacts from various locations along the

Potomac River near Great Falls in both

Virginia and Maryland including the

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National

Historical Park and the GWMP. It also

mitigates any impact to historic

resources at the site of the facility. This

action will lead to the issuance of a

Right-of-Way permit to Verizon

Wireless. Along with the tower and the

support buildings, the permit will

provide for improvements to a portion

of the Ridge Trail, for the purposes of

construction and maintenance activities

associated with the wireless

communications facility. If certain lights

are required for aircraft navigation,

Verizon Wireless will be required to

develop and install a mechanism that

will allow the USPP and other law

enforcement agencies to activate the

light when needed for rescue

operations. If it is not possible, or

regulatory agencies do not allow this

mechanism for the light to be

controlled, the height of the tower will

be lowered to tree canopy height

(approximately 100 feet) where it will

not be as visible and will not interfere

with aircraft flights. If technological

advances result in the capability of the

applicant to provide this service to

customers without the dedication and

use of public lands, all facilities will be

removed and the lands restored to the

satisfaction of the NPS. This action is

effective on the date of signature;

however, there are reviews by various

agencies, either required or

recommended, that may alter the final

design appearance of the facility.

Regardless of those reviews and

revisions, the height will not be greater

than 126 feet, the support buildings will

not rise higher than 20 feet above grade,

and the land taken by the perimeter

fence and all structures will not exceed

2,000 square feet.

DATES: The FONSI and Notice of

Decision was signed by the National

Capital Regional Director on August 30,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FONSI, Notice

of Decision and the Final Environmental

Assessment will be available for public

inspection at GWMP Headquarters,

Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA, Monday

through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.;

and at Great Falls Park Visitor Center on

weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on

weekends from 10 a.m. to 6pm. An

electronic copy will be available on the

Great Falls Park website: http://

www.nps.gov/gwmp/GRFA EA/grfa ea

title.htm. A limited number of copies

are also available upon request by

contacting George Washington

Memorial Parkway at (703) 289–2500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bell

Atlantic Mobile (Verizon Wireless)

proposed to construct a

telecommunications facility.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron

Blain at (703) 289–2516.

Wandafa B. Hollingsworth,

Acting Superintendent, George Washington

Memorial Parkway.

[FR Doc. 00–25286 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[DES–00–417]

East Bay Municipal Utility District

Supplemental Water Supply Project

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

recirculated environmental impact

report/supplemental environmental

impact statement (REIR/SEIS).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

the California Environmental Quality

Act, the Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) and the East Bay

Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)

have prepared a joint REIR/SEIS for the

East Bay Municipal Utility District

Supplemental Water Supply Project.

Reclamation and EBMUD originally

prepared a draft environmental impact

report/draft environmental impact

statement (DEIR/DEIS) for the proposed

project in November 1997.

The proposed action is for EBMUD to

obtain a supplemental water supply to

help reduce customer deficiencies

during droughts, and provide system

reliability and to allow EBMUD to use

its existing contract with Reclamation

for delivery of water from the American

River.

DATES: The REIR/SEIS will be available

for a 45-day public review period.