[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7951]


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 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Monocacy National Battlefield, Maryland

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for the General Management Plan, Monocacy National Battlefield.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service announces the availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan 
for Monocacy National Battlefield, Maryland. This document will be 
available for public review and comment pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321) and 
National Park Service policy.

DATES: A 60-day public comment period will begin with the Environmental 
Protection Agency's publication of its notice of availability in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the 
General Management Plan are available at Monocacy National Battlefield, 
4801 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701. An electronic copy of the 
DEIS and GMP is also available on the National Park Service Web site at 
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/mono.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Trail, Superintendent, Monocacy 
National Battlefield, at 4801 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701, 
and by telephone at (301) 694-3147. The responsible official for the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement is Margaret O'Dell, Regional 
Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, 1100 Ohio 
Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The document provides a framework for 
management, use, and development options for Monocacy National 
Battlefield by the National Park Service for the next 15 to 20 years. 
The document describes four management alternatives for consideration, 
including a no-action alternative, and analyzes the environmental 
impacts of those alternatives for all units of Monocacy National 
Battlefield.
    Alternative 4, the preferred alternative, would move park 
administration into the Thomas House and maintenance would continue at 
the Gambrill Mill site. Visitors would transit the battlefield in their 
automobiles. All historic structures would be preserved with exhibits 
in the Worthington House and Thomas outbuilding. New trails would be 
constructed and commemorative memorial locations would be upgraded. A 
pedestrian-only deck would be constructed over Interstate 270 between 
the Worthington and Thomas farms.
    The public is welcome to comment on the draft plan at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/mono or by mail at Monocacy National Battlefield, 
4801 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.

    Dated: January 14, 2009.
Margaret O'Dell,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. E9-7951 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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