[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11130]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Receipt of Application and Environmental Assessment 
Received for Access to National Park Service Property for the Siting of 
Wireless Transmission Antennas and Request for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Public notice of the receipt of an Application for a right-of-
way permit for a wireless telecommunications facility, receipt of an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating the potential impact of 
mounted antennas and supporting infrastructure proposed within the 
right-of-way at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the request for 
public comment.

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SUMMARY: Public Notice is hereby given that the National Park Service 
(NPS) has received an Application from Triton PCS Corporation for a 
right-of-way permit to construct, operate, and maintain a wireless 
telecommunications site within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
    The proposed facility consists of an antenna array incorporated 
into an existing elevated water tank, which is the subject of a prior 
right-of-way granted to the Town of Nags Head, NC, in 1986. The 
proposed facility includes the placement of three separate 9 feet by 10 
feet directional antennas on top of an existing water tank which has a 
height of 149.0 feet and which is situated on Cape Hatteras National 
Seashore property. Additionally, there is proposed the construction of 
a 10 feet by 20 feet elevated service module to house associated 
equipment and access to the site as part of the requested right-of-way.
    The NPS is making the Application and EA available for public 
review. A preliminary review by park staff of the documents submitted 
to date indicates that the proposed facility will not have a 
significant impact on the quality of the human environment within the 
meaning of Section 102(2c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969. The NPS will take no final action on this proposed wireless 
telecommunications facility until the comments from the public have 
been considered.

DATES: There will be a thirty (30) day public review period for comment 
on the Application and the EA. Written comments must be received on or 
before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may review the Application and EA at 
Headquarters Building, Outer Banks Group, National Park Service, 1401 
National Park Drive, Manteo, North Carolina 27954. Comments concerning 
the Application or EA should be directed to Superintendent Francis A. 
Peltier, Outer Banks Group, National Park Service, 1401 National Park 
Drive, Manteo, North Carolina 27954. Phone (252) 473-2111 ext. 132. 
Copies of the Application and EA can be obtained by writing the 
Superintendent at 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC, 27954, or 
calling 252-473-2111 ext. 132.

Francis A. Peltier,
Superintendent, Outer Banks Group.
[FR Doc. 01-11130 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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