[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16418-16419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8204]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


 Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP); Tuskegee Airmen National Historic 
Site

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP), Tuskegee Airmen 
National Historic Site.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and National Park Service (NPS) policy in Director's 
Order Number 2 (Park Planning) and Director's Order Number 12 
(Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-
making) the NPS announces the availability of a DEIS/GMP for the 
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee, Alabama.
    The document provides a framework for management, use, and 
development options for the historic site by the NPS for the next 15 to 
20 years. It describes five management alternatives for consideration, 
including a No-Action Alternative that continues current management 
policies and the NPS's preferred alternative. The document analyzes the 
environmental impacts of the alternatives.

DATES: There will be a 60-day comment period beginning with the 
Environmental Protection Agency's publication of its notice of 
availability in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS/GMP are available by contacting the Park 
Superintendent at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, 1616 Chappie 
James Avenue, Tuskegee, Alabama

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36083; telephone: 334-727-6390. An electronic copy of the DEIS/GMP is 
available on the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the DEIS/GMP, you 
may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail 
comments to the Superintendent at the address shown above. You may also 
submit a comment via the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. 
Finally, you may present your comments in person at the public meetings 
to be held during the public review period in Tuskegee, Alabama.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying 
information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Authority:  The authority for publishing this notice is 40 
C.F.R. 1506.6.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Superintendent, Tuskegee 
Airmen National Historic Site, at the address and telephone number 
shown above; or Amy Wirsching, Southeast Regional Office, at 404-562-
3124, extension 607.
    The responsible official for this DEIS is the Regional Director, 
Southeast Region, NPS, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.

    Dated: March 10, 2009.
Art Frederick,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
 [FR Doc. E9-8204 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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