[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22947]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision for the Selma to 
Montgomery National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan and 
Final Environmental Impact Statement

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Selma to 
Montgomery National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan and 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (CMP/EIS). The ROD provides the 
background of the CMP/EIS, other alternatives considered, the basis for 
the decision, the environmentally preferable alternative, and public 
involvement in the decision-making process. The ROD was approved by the 
Southeast Regional Director on August 30, 2005. The CMP/EIS provides a 
framework for the management, use, and development of the National 
Historic Trail by the NPS and its partners over the next 15 to 20 
years. Beginning at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, the 
trail follows the route of the March 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting 
rights march, traveling through Lowndes County along U.S. Highway 80, 
and ending at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. The CMP/EIS 
describes four management alternatives for consideration and analyzes 
the environmental impacts of those alternatives. As soon as 
practicable, the NPS will begin to implement the plan and the preferred 
alternative, known as Alternative C. Of the four alternatives presented 
in the plan, Alternative C stresses the broadest range of interpretive 
themes relating to the events of March 1965 and provides an extensive 
plan for resource preservation, protection, and commemoration. Among 
its priorities is the coordinated protection of historically intact 
viewsheds along US Highway 80, the most extensive certification of 
commemorative sites and streetscapes, design proposals for new park 
spaces, and marked walking and biking rails. Alternative C also 
outlines a strategy for establishing interpretive centers and 
development of corresponding interpretive programs in Selma, 
Montgomery, and Lowndes County.

DATES: The ROD was signed by the Southeast Regional Director on August 
30, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available by contacting John Barrett, 
National Park Service, 100 Alabama St., SW., Atlanta, GA 30303. An 
electronic copy of the ROD is available on the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/sero/planning/semo_cmp/semo_cmpdraft.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Barrett, 404-562-3124, extension 
637.
    The responsible official for the ROD and the CMP/EIS is Patricia A. 
Hooks, Regional Director, Southeast Region, National Park Service, 100 
Alabama Street SW., 1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

    Dated: September 21, 2005.
Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 05-22947 Filed 11-18-05; 8:45 am]
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