25522 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 89 / Friday, May 8, 1998 / Notices

The Draft General Management Plan/

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

presents a Proposal and a Management

Alternative, then assesses the potential

environmental and socioeconomic

effects of the actions presented on site

resources, visitor experience, and the

surrounding area. The Proposal and the

Alternative differ in their approaches to

management. The Proposal calls for a

strong partnership between the

Woodstock Foundation, Inc. (which

operates Billings Farm & Museum,

located on private property within the

park boundary), and the National Park

Service to manage the park. The

Alternative describes how the park

could operate if these two organizations

worked independently.

DATES: The formal public review period

is to start on or about May 8, 1998, for

60 days (watch for Environmental

Protection Agency Federal Register

Notice on May 8). Two public forums

will be held during the month of May.

The dates, times, and location of the two

public forums will be advertised in local

media outlets.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the document will be available for

review at the following locations:

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park,

54 Elm Street, Woodstock, VT 05091

Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock,

Vermont

Norman Williams Public Library,

Woodstock, Vermont

To request copies of the document,

please call (802) 457–3368 ext. 14, fax

(802) 457–3405, or write to the

Superintendent, Marsh-Billings

National Historical Park, PO Box 178,

Woodstock, VT 05091.

Comments on the Draft General

Management Plan/Draft Environmental

Impact Statement should be submitted

to Rolf Diamant, Superintendent,

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park,

PO Box 178, Woodstock, VT 05091. You

can also fax your comments to the

Superintendent at (802) 457–3405.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Rolf Diamant,

Superintendent, Marsh-Billings National

Historical Park.

[FR Doc. 98–12243 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, Etc: Natchez Trace

Parkway, MS Southern Terminus

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for the Southern Terminus of the

Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of a draft environmental

impact statement (EIS) for the Southern

Terminus (Section 3X) of the Natchez

Trace Parkway.This notice also

announces the intention to hold public

meetings for the purpose of receiving

comments about the draft EIS.

DATES: Comments on the draft EIS

should be received no later than July 7,

1998. Public meetings will be held in

Natchez, MS, and Jackson, MS. The

dates and times of the public meetings

will be announced in local media in

those cities, but they will be held no

sooner than 30 days following the

publication of this announcement in the

Fedeal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft EIS

shall be submitted to: Superintendent

Wendell A. Simpson, Natchez Trace

Parkway, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway,

Tupelo, MS 38801, (601) 680–4004.

The locations of the public meetings

will be announced in the local media in

the cities where they will be held.

Public reading copies of the EIS will

be available for review at the following

locations:

1. Natchez Trace Parkway Headquarters,

2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo,

Mississippi 38801, (601) 680–4005

2. Natchez National Historical Park, 504

S. Canal Street, Natchez, Mississippi

39120, (601) 442–7047

3. Judge George W. Armstrong Library,

220 South Commerce Street, Natchez,

Mississippi 39120, (601) 445–8862

4. Jackson/Hinds Library System,

Eudora Wetly Library, 300 North State

Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201,

(601) 968–5809. (This is the

Headquarters or main library in

Jackson.)

A limited number of copies of the

draft EIS are also available from the

office of the Superintendent, Natchez

Trace Parkway.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Southern Terminus (Section 3X) of the

Natchez Trace Parkway presents a

proposal and two alternative locations

for the Southern Terminus of the

Natchez Trace Parkway. The parkway in

this region currently ends at U.S.

Highway 61, about 7.5 miles east of the

city of Natchez. An unopened section of

the parkway has been partially

constructed from U.S. Highway 61 to

U.S. Highway 84/98, about 3.6 miles

east of the Natchez city limits.

Alternative 1, the no action

alternative, would construct an

interchange at U.S. 84/98 and make that

point the southern terminus of the

parkway. The proposal, alternative 2,

would extend the parkway another 4.2

miles from U.S. 84/98 toward Natchez

to terminate at Liberty Road, where an

interchange would be constructed.

Alternative 3 would expend the

parkway about 4.3 miles from U.S. 84/

98 to terminate with an interchange at

Seargent Prentiss Drive. Alternative 3 is

the only alternative which would not

require the acquisition of some

additional property. In every alternative,

parkway users would exit the parkway

and utilizing existing city streets to

reach the city center or other locations

in Natchez. The EIS evaluates the

potential environmental impacts

associated with the three terminus

locations and their associated parkway

routing alternatives.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Daniel W. Brown,

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.

[FR Doc. 98–12241 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Joshua Tree National Park Advisory

Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act that a meeting of the Joshua Tree

National Park Advisory Commission

(Commission) will be held from 9:00

a.m. (PDT) until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday,

June 13, 1998, at the Helen Gray Center,

on Whitefeather Drive in the village of

Joshua Tree, California. The

Commission will hear presentations on

issues related to the Backcountry and

Wilderness Management Plan, which

serves as an amendment to the General

Management Plan for Joshua Tree

National Park, and will develop

Commission by-laws.

The Advisory Commission was

established by Pub. L. 103–433, section

107 to advise the Secretary concerning

the development and implementation of

a new or revised comprehensive

management plan for Joshua Tree

National Park.

Members of the Commission include:

Mr. Chuck Bell—Planner

Ms. Diane Benson—Town of Yucca

Valley

Ms. Cyndie Bransford—Recreational

Climbing

Mr. Gary Daigneault—Property Owner

Hon. Kathy Davis—County of San

Bernadino

Mr. Brian Huse—Conservation