24570 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 85 / Monday, May 4, 1998 / Notices

Activity/Operator Location

Taylor Energy Company, Structure Removal Operations, SEA

No. ES/SR 98–031.

South Marsh Island Area, Block 69, Lease OCS–G 1201, 52

miles south of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

04/02/98

LL&E, Structure Removal Operations, SEA Nos. ES/SR 98–

032 and 98–033.

Eugene Island Area, Blocks 108 and 364, Leases OCS–G

3811 and 9600, 68 miles south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

04/02/98

Kerr-McGee Corporation, Structure Removal Operations, SEA

No. ES/SR 98–034.

Ship Shoal Area, Block 241, Lease OCS–G 14505, 40 miles

south of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.

04/14/98

Burlington Resources Offshore, Inc., Structure Removal Operations, SEA No. ES/SR 98–037.Euguene Island Area, Block 93, Lease OCS 0228, 37 miles

southwest of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

04/03/98

Persons interested in reviewing

environmental documents for the

proposals listed above or obtaining

information about EA’s and FONSI’s

prepared for activities on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS are encouraged to contact

the MMS office in the Gulf of Mexico

OCS Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Public

Information Unit, Information Services

Section, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,

Minerals Management Service, 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70123–2394, Telephone (504)

736–2519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMS

prepares EA’s and FONSI’s for

proposals which relate to exploration

for and the development/production of

oil and gas resources on the Gulf of

Mexico OCS. The EA’s examine the

potential environmental effects of

activities described in the proposals and

present MMS conclusions regarding the

significance of those effects.

Environmental Assessments are used as

a basis for determining whether or not

approval of the proposals constitutes

major Federal actions that significantly

affect the quality of the human

environment in the sense of NEPA

Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared

in those instances where the MMS finds

that approval will not result in

significant effects on the quality of the

human environment. The FONSI briefly

presents the basis for that finding and

includes a summary or copy of the EA.

This notice constitutes the public

notice of availability of environmental

documents required under the NEPA

Regulations.

J. Michael Melancon,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 98–11699 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Boundary Revision: Chesapeake and

Ohio Canal National Historical Park

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of boundary revision.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the National Park Service is revising the

boundary of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

National Historical Park to include one

additional tract of land.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Chief, Acquisition Division, National

Park Service, AT/LAFO, PO Box 908,

Martinsburg, WV 25402, (304) 263–

4943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 91–664, enacted January 8, 1971

authorizes the acquisition of certain

lands for the Chesapeake and Ohio

Canal National Historical Park. Section

7(c)(ii) of the Land and Water

Conservation Fund Act, as amended by

Pub. L. 104–333, authorizes minor

boundary revisions of areas within the

National Park System. Such boundary

revisions may be made, when necessary,

after advising the appropriate

Congressional Committees and

following publication in the Federal

Register.

In order to properly interpret and

preserve the historic character of the

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National

Historical Park it is necessary to revise

the existing boundary to include one

additional tract of land comprising

approximately 115.24 acres. The

property is being acquired by donation.

Notice is hereby given that the

exterior boundary of the Chesapeake

and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

is hereby revised to include the

following tract of land: All of the same

land acquired by Adele C. Charpentier

and Cleopatra Charpentier, from the

Mount Vernon Trust Company, by deed

dated December 1, 1941 and recorded

December 8, 1941 in Deed Book 217,

Page 322 in the Land Records of

Washington County, State of Maryland.

Subject to existing easements for

public roads and highways, public

utilities, railroads and pipelines.

This tract of land is depicted on

Segment Map 81, identified as P81–1

dated June, 1971. The maps are on file

and available for inspection in the office

of the National Park Service,

Appalachian Trail Land Acquisition

Field Office, 1314 Edwin Miller

Boulevard, P. O. Box 908, Martinsburg,

West Virginia 25401

Dated: April 1, 1998.

Terry R. Carlstrom,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 98–11717 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Fort Baker Comprehensive Plan,

Golden Gate National Recreation Area,

Marin County, California; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),

Golden Gate National Recreation Area is

undertaking a conservation planning

and impact analysis process to identify

and assess potential impacts of alternate

management concepts for future

activities at the Fort Baker area. Notice

is hereby given that the National Park

Service will prepare a draft

environmental impact statement and

comprehensive plan.

Background

Fort Baker is within the boundary of

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

(GGNRA), a unit of the National Park

System comprised of coastal lands in

Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo

Counties, California. Fort Baker (just

north of the Golden Gate Bridge) is a

historic district on the National Register

of Historic Places. It has over one and

one-half miles of San Francisco Bay

shoreline, and habitat for the

endangered Mission Blue Butterfly is

found on hillsides above developed

portions of the site. More than 170,000

visitors annually use the Bay Area

Discovery Museum (a Fort Baker

educational opportunity created within

several rehabilitated historic buildings

which were transferred to the National

Park Service in 1986). Portions of the

site still under the jurisdiction of the
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Army, including over 70 acres of land

and 50 historic buildings, will be

transferred to the NPS by 2001. Also

included in the transfer will be over 180

acres of San Francisco Bay tidelands.

The conservation planning and

impact analysis process will focus

primarily on lands and buildings to be

transferred by the Army to the National

Park Service (NPS), with consideration

of the site as a whole. Concepts for the

use and development of this site were

approved in the 1980 General

Management Plan (1980 GMP) for

GGNRA, including the use of historic

buildings for a conference center,

restoration of a natural beach and

waterfront, and general site

improvements to better accommodate

park visitors.

Proposal Alternatives Developed to

Date

The proposed activities currently

include the following: Rehabilitation of

historic buildings, possible use of nonhistoric buildings and potential limited

new construction to accommodate an

education and retreat center; restoration

of the beach and waterfront to enhance

natural values and improve visitor

access; modification of the marina and

boat house to accommodate public uses;

protection of sensitive natural resources;

expansion to accommodate the needs of

the existing Bay Area Discovery

Museum and the Coast Guard Station;

and improvements to vehicle and

pedestrian access and circulation.

Other alternatives currently being

evaluated include the following: for use

of the historic buildings—an emphasis

on park-partner programs, residential

academy of environmental sciences and

arts for school-aged youth, and general

residential uses; for the waterfront—

retaining the bulkhead, protecting the

filled former beach with rip-rap, and

including a more urban landscape

treatment of the waterfront; for the

marina—retaining the current marina

development as a public facility and

converting its use to accommodate only

short-term moorings for park visitors;

for the non-historic residences—

removal or retention and rehabilitation

to support the use of historic structures;

for the Coast Guard Station and Bay

Area Discovery Museum—retaining

them at their current size with no

expansion.

Specific outcomes of this

conservation planning and impact

analysis process are a comprehensive

plan for Fort Baker, including a building

re-use plan, a developed area plan and

a waterfront design. The plan will

amend the 1980 GMP. Additional

information about Fort Baker can be

found on the Internet at http://

www.nps.gov/goga/fortbaker/

fortbaker.htm.

Scoping To Date/Decision Process

A Federal Register notice, published

August 19, 1997 to initiate the scoping

process for environmental analysis,

indicated no decision had been made

about whether to prepare an

Environmental Assessment or

Environmental Impact Statement.

Scoping activities were undertaken in

fall 1997. These included tours of Fort

Baker, a public workshop, and planning

presentations (including the scoping

document and proposed alternatives)

made at GGNRA Advisory Commission

meetings in winter 1997–1998. A

brochure describing the planning

process and preliminary alternatives

and issues was also distributed to the

public. Upon consideration of public

responses obtained through this scoping

effort, it has been determined that an

Environmental Impact Statement will be

prepared.

All comments received during the

initial scoping phase have been

documented and will be considered

during EIS preparation. Interested

individuals, organizations and agencies

wishing to provide additional comments

or suggestions, or wishing to now be

added to the project mailing list, should

respond to: Fort Baker EIS; Attn: Nancy

Hornor, Fort Mason; Golden Gate

National Recreation Area; San

Francisco, CA 94123. Any new

comments must be postmarked no later

than thirty (30) days following

publication of this notice (or if via email, transmitted no later than this date

to fortbaker@nps.gov).

Availability of the Draft EIS (DEIS) for

review and written comment will be

announced by formal Notice, via local

and regional news media, and direct

mailing. At this time the DEIS is

anticipated to be available for public

review during summer 1998, and that

subsequently a Final EIS (FEIS) will be

completed in fall/winter 1998. To afford

an additional comment opportunity on

the DEIS, public meetings will be held

through the GGNRA Advisory

Commission (full details on dates and

locations for these sessions may be

obtained from the project contact noted

above). Notice of the Record of Decision

will be published in the Federal

Register not sooner than thirty (30) days

after the FEIS is distributed. The official

responsible for the decision is the

Regional Director, Pacific West Region,

National Park Service; the official

responsible for implementation will be

the Superintendent, Golden Gate

National Recreation Area. A solicitation,

evaluation, and selection process will

follow completion of the above process

to select a partner to implement the

selected plan for the historic buildings

and possible other elements of the plan.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Patricia L. Neubacher,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West.

[FR Doc. 98–11716 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places;

Notification of Pending Nominations

Nominations for the following

properties being considered for listing

in the National Register were received

by the National Park Service before

April 25, 1998. Pursuant to § 60.13 of 36

CFR part 60 written comments

concerning the significance of these

properties under the National Register

criteria for evaluation may be forwarded

to the National Register, National Park

Service, PO Box 37127, Washington, DC

20013–7127. Written comments should

be submitted by May 19, 1998.

Carol D. Shull,

Keeper of the National Register.

ALASKA

Anchorage Borough-Census Area

Loussac—Sogn Building, 425 D St.,

Anchorage, 98000567

COLORADO

Custer County

Beckwith Ranch, 64159 CO 69, Westcliffe

vicinity, 98000568

GEORGIA

Thomas County

Poe, Martha, Dogtrot House, 0.75 W of jct of

Twelve Mile Post Rd. and GA 19, Metcalf

vicinity, 98000569

LOUISIANA

Orleans Parish

Maylie’s Restaurant, 1007–09 Poydras St.,

New Orleans, 98000577

St. Martin Parish

Stephanie Plantation House, 1862 LA 347,

Arnaudville, 98000570

Tangipahoa Parish

Cate House, 111 N. Magnolia St., Hammond,

98000571

NEW YORK

Rensselaer County

Pumpkin House, 180 Fourth St., Troy,

98000573

Schuyler County

Lee School, NY 14, Montour, 98000572