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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. 

Decision: Following careful analysis 

of public and agency comments on the 

Draft EIS, it is anticipated at this time 

that the final EIS would be available in 

winter of 2008. As a delegated EIS, the 

official responsible for the final decision 

is the Regional Director, Pacific West 

Region. A Record of Decision would not 

be prepared sooner than 30 days 

following release of the Final EIS/CMP; 

notice of the decision will be posted in 

the Federal Register and announced in 

local and regional newspapers. 

Following approval of the 

comprehensive management plan and 

EIS, the official responsible for 

undertaking implementation of the plan 

will be the Superintendent, Ala Kahakai 

National Historic Trail. 

Dated: October 18, 2007. 

George J. Turnbull, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–5305 Filed 10–25–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final General Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Record of Decision; Flight 93 National 

Memorial, Pennsylvania 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Record of Decision for the Final General 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement, Flight 93 National 

Memorial. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, Pub. L. 91–190, 83 Stat. 852, 

853, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(C), the National Park Service 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision for the Final General 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement (Final GMP/EIS) for 

the Flight 93 National Memorial in 

Pennsylvania. On July 23, 2007, the 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, 

approved the Record of Decision for the 

project, selecting Alternative 2—

Preferred Design Alternative, which was 

described on pages II–14 to II–23 of the 

Final GMP/EIS and announced to the 

public in a Notice of Availability 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 21, 2007. 

The selected alternative and one other 

alternative, Alternative 1—No Action, 

were analyzed in the Draft and Final 

Environmental Impact Statements. Each 

alternative was evaluated as to how it 

would guide the development and 

future management of the national 

memorial over the next 15 to 20 years 

with regard to the following issues: (1) 

The types of management actions 

required for the development, 

protection and preservation of park 

resources; (2) The types and general 

intensities of development (including 

the memorial features, visitor facilities, 

transportation and access requirements) 

associated with the public enjoyment 

and use of the area, including general 

locations, timing of implementation and 

anticipated costs; (3) Visitor carrying 

capacities and implementation 

commitments for major aspects of the 

memorial; and (4) Potential 

modifications to the external boundaries 

of the park, if any, and the reasons for 

the proposed changes. The full range of 

foreseeable environmental 

consequences was assessed and 

disclosed for historic and cultural 

resources, natural resources, land use, 

transportation, socioeconomic impacts, 

visual and aesthetic impacts, energy 

requirements, and public health and 

safety. 

The NPS has selected Alternative 2 

because it best fulfills the goals of the 

Flight 93 National Memorial’s Missions 

Statement, as well as the purpose and 

intent of the Flight 93 National 

Memorial Act. The selected alternative 

commemorates the actions of the 

passengers and crew by creating a 

designed memorial landscape, which 

blends with the contour of the land and 

enhances the physical features of the 

site. It protects the final resting places 

of the passengers and crew and places 

special attention on providing an 

appropriate setting for the memorial. A 

new visitor facility will provide for 

interpretive exhibits, public education 

and outreach, and visitor services. The 

public will have a broader range of 

opportunities to learn about the deeds of 

the passengers and crew members and 

the events that occurred on September 

11, 2001. The selected alternative also 

provides a venue for visitors to get 

closer to the crash site while removing 

parking and other visitor support 

facilities from the views around the 

crash site. Under the selected 

alternative, visitor traffic will be 

contained within the site and removed 

from the neighboring villages to create 

safer roadway conditions and 

significantly improve conditions for 

residents living along these routes. The 

selected alternative will not result in the 

impairment of resources and values. 

The construction costs to build the 

memorial features and the related 

infrastructure would be shared through 

a partnership involving the public, the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and 

the federal government. 

The Record of Decision includes a 

statement of the decision made, 

synopses of other alternatives 

considered, the basis for the decision, a 

finding of no impairment of park 

resources and values, and an overview 

of public involvement in the decisionmaking process. This decision is the 

result of a public planning process that 

began with publication of a Notice of 

Intent in the Federal Register on 

December 10, 2003. The official 

responsible for this decision is the NPS 

Regional Director, Northeast Region. 

ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision for 

the Final GMP/EIS for the Flight 93 

National Memorial is available online at 

http://www.flight93memorialproject.org 

or http://www.planning.nps.gov/ 

plans.cfm. Copies may be obtained by 

contacting the Superintendent, National 

Parks of Western Pennsylvania, National 

Park Service, 109 W. Main St., Suite 

104, Somerset, PA 15501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanne Hanley, Superintendent, 

National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, 

National Park Service, 109 W. Main St., 

Suite 104, Somerset, PA 15501, phone 

(814) 443–4557, 

joanne_hanley@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Flight 

93 National Memorial Act (Pub. L. 107–

226; 116 Stat. 1345), enacted on 

September 24, 2002, authorized ‘‘a 

national memorial to commemorate the 

passengers and crew of Flight 93 who, 

on September 11, 2001, courageously 

gave their lives thereby thwarting a 

planned attack on our Nation’s Capital.’’

This legislation enabled the creation 

and development of the new Flight 93 

National Memorial in Stonycreek 

Township, Somerset County, 

Pennsylvania and specifically 

designated the crash site of Flight 93 as 

the site to honor the passengers and 

crew of Flight 93. Pub. L. 107–226 

authorized the Secretary of the Interior 

to administer the Flight 93 National 

Memorial as a unit of the national park 

system. This Act also created the Flight 

93 Advisory Commission and charged it 

with: (1) Advising the Secretary on the 

boundary of the memorial site; (2) 

submitting to the Secretary a report 

containing recommendations for the 

planning, design, construction, and 

long-term management of a permanent 

memorial at the crash site; and (3) 


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advising the Secretary in the 

development of a management plan for 

the site. 

On January 14, 2005, the Secretary of 

the Interior approved a boundary 

recommendation for the memorial 

presented by the Flight 93 Advisory 

commission. The details of the 

boundary were published in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 13538) on March 21, 

2005. The boundary includes 1,355 

acres, which comprises the crash site, 

the debris field and areas where human 

remains were found, and lands 

necessary for viewing and accessing the 

national memorial. Approximately 907 

additional acres comprise the perimeter 

viewshed, which would be protected 

through conservation or scenic 

easements acquired by partners, 

nonprofit organizations or other 

governmental agencies. 

Four partner organizations (the 

Partners) participated in the planning of 

a permanent memorial for Flight 93: (1) 

The Flight 93 Advisory Commission, (2) 

the Families of Flight 93, a nonprofit 

organization, (3) the Flight 93 Memorial 

Task Force, and (4) the National Park 

Service, the Federal agency responsible 

for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. 

L. 91–190, as amended). On September 

11, 2004, the Partners opened a twostage international design competition 

to solicit a broad range of concepts for 

the design of the new memorial. During 

Stage 1 of the competition, five top 

designs were selected by a jury of 

professionals, family members and local 

leaders after extensive public exhibit of 

the designs. A Stage 2 design jury 

selected the final design that best 

achieved the mission of the new 

memorial. The selected design was 

announced to the public on September 

7, 2005, and is the basis of the preferred 

alternative in the Draft and Final GMP/ 

EIS. After public announcement of the 

final design, the National Park Service 

received comments criticizing the 

design’s principal landscape feature, a 

curved alle ́e or pathway lined with red 

maple trees, comparing it to an Islamic 

crescent symbol. The design was refined 

and again presented to the public in 

November 2005. The design refinements 

were generally well-received by the 

public; however, a sector of the public 

continued to assert that the design 

contained Islamic symbolism. In 

response, the partners met with 

religious scholars, design professionals, 

and other family members and toured 

the site with the principal critic of the 

design. At the conclusion of these 

activities and consultations, it was 

determined that the perceptions of 

religious symbolism in the design had 

been adequately addressed by the 

architect and that the details of the 

design do not affect the Final GMP/EIS. 

The NPS, along with the other Partners, 

were satisfied that the design properly 

honors the passengers and crew and that 

the refinements showed the architects’

sensitivity and responsiveness to public 

comments. 

Dated: October 4, 2007. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–5304 Filed 10–25–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Preservation Technology and 

Training Board—National Center for 

Preservation Technology and Training: 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 

(1988)), that the Preservation 

Technology and Training Board (Board) 

of the National Center for Preservation 

Technology and Training (NCPTT), 

National Park Service will meet on 

Friday and Saturday, November, 2–3, 

2007, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

The Board was established by 

Congress to provide leadership, policy 

advice, and professional oversight to the 

National Park Service’s NCPTT in 

compliance with Section 404 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470x–

2(e)). 

Location: The Board will meet at the 

Caribe Hilton Hotel, Los Rosales Street, 

Gero ́nimo Grounds, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico 00901—telephone (787) 721–0303. 

DATES: The meeting will run from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. on November 2 and from 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. on November 3. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board’s meeting agenda will include: 

review and comment on NCPTT FY2007 

accomplishments and operational 

priorities for FY2008; FY2007 and 

FY2008 NCPTT budget and initiatives; 

proposed Wingspread Conference on 

Sustainability in Preservation; 

revitalization of the Friends group, and 

Board workgroup reports. 

The Board meeting is open to the 

public. Facilities and space for 

accommodating members of the public 

are limited, however, and persons will 

be accommodated on a first come, first 

served basis. Any member of the public 

may file a written statement concerning 

any of the matters to be discussed by the 

Board. 

Minutes of the meeting will be 

available for public inspection no later 

than 90 days after the meeting at the 

office of the Executive Director, 

National Center for Preservation 

Technology and Training, National Park 

Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

645 University Parkway, Natchitoches, 

LA 71457—telephone (318) 356–7444. 

An exceptional set of circumstances 

in the approval and transmission of this 

notice has resulted in the publication of 

the notice less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting. The National Park 

Service has made extraordinary efforts 

to provide notification to all Board 

members and to the public. The meeting 

is being co-located with the Association 

for Preservation Technology (APT) 

meeting, and it would cause an undue 

burden on the Board members to 

reschedule the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kirk A. Cordell, Executive Director, 

National Center for Preservation 

Technology and Training, National Park 

Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

645 University Parkway, Natchitoches, 

LA 71457—telephone (318) 356–7444. 

In addition to U.S. Mail or commercial 

delivery, written comments may be sent 

by fax to Mr. Cordell at (318) 356–9119. 

Dated: October 22, 2007. 

Janet Snyder Matthews, 

Associate Director for Cultural Resources. 

[FR Doc. E7–21084 Filed 10–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Realty Action for Proposed 

Land Exchange 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

SUMMARY: Proposed exchange of 

federally-owned lands for privatelyowned lands in Lake Clark National 

Park and Preserve. The federally-owned 

lands are located in the Kenai Peninsula 

Borough, Alaska. The private lands are 

located in the Lake and Peninsula 

Borough, Alaska. 

DATES: We must receive written 

comments on the proposed exchange by 

December 10, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Detailed information 

concerning this exchange is available 

from the Superintendent, Lake Clark 

National Park and Preserve, 240 W. 5th 

Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. 


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