Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 27, 2007 / Notices 8779 

For a period of 2 years from the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the land described 

above will remain segregated from 

surface entry. The segregrative effect of 

the publication of this notice shall 

terminate upon denial or cancellation of 

the subject application, approval of 

application or on February 27, 2009, 

whichever occurs first. Licenses, 

permits, cooperative agreements, or 

discretionary land use authorizations of 

a temporary nature which would not 

significantly impact the project may be 

allowed with the approval of the 

authorized officer of the BLM during the 

segregative period. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(b)) 

Ron Dunton, 

Deputy State Director, Resources. 

[FR Doc. E7–3366 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact 

Statement\General Management Plan; 

Ebey’s Landing National Historical 

Reserve, Island County, Washington; 

Notice of Approval of Record of 

Decision 

Summary: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended) 

and the implementing regulations 

promulgated by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), 

the Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, has prepared, and the 

Regional Director, Pacific West Region, 

has approved, the Record of Decision for 

the new General Management Plan for 

Ebey’s Landing National Historical 

Reserve. The 30-day wait period was 

officially initiated October 13, 2006, 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Federal Register notification 

of the filing of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). 

Decision: As soon as practicable the 

Reserve will begin to implement as its 

new General Management Plan the 

Preferred Alternative (with minor 

modifications from Alternative B as 

described in the Draft and Final EIS); 

this alternative was also deemed to be 

the ‘‘environmentally preferred’’ course 

of action. The selected plan features an 

overlay of four management zones on 

the Reserve: (i) Cultural and Natural 

Preservation Zone, (ii) Visitor Use and 

Development Zone, (iii) Administrative 

Zone, and (iv) Special Use Zone—these 

zones are identified based on resource 

condition or character, visitor 

experience and appropriate types of 

activities or facilities criteria. The new 

plan enhances existing programs, 

natural and cultural resource 

management, and administrative and 

maintenance operations. An integrated 

pest management program will be 

implemented in concert with Reserve 

landowners and other partners. Visitor 

services within the Reserve are 

improved, and information kiosks 

would be installed along State Route 20 

in the Smith Prairie area and at a 

northern gateway location, and at the 

Keystone and/or Port Townsend ferry 

landings. The Trust Board shall 

continue to be responsible for setting 

the policies and general actions for the 

Reserve consistent with the Reserve’s 

enabling legislation, GMP, and relevant 

NPS policies and guidelines. This 

includes continuing the NPS’s annual 

appraisal of Reserve management and 

operations under the enabling 

legislation. The Trust Board would 

continue to oversee management and 

protection of lands (including fee and 

easements) purchased with federal 

money, administer programs and 

technical support, participate in local 

land use review processes, and advocate 

for and support the Reserve. The 

Reserve Manager continues to be 

employed by and report directly to the 

Trust Board (in turn, the Trust Board 

will conduct annual operations and staff 

performance reviews and submit these 

to the Deputy Regional Director, Pacific 

West). 

Based upon public comments and 

refinements desired by the planning 

team collaborative, the selected plan 

includes several modifications from the 

Preferred Alternative as detailed in the 

Final EIS, including but not limited to: 

the GMP will incorporate certain 

historic preservation and land use 

protection measures which were 

adopted by Island County after the EIS 

process was begun; the development of 

a marine science center by nonprofits 

will be encouraged; proposed Reserve 

staff additions over the next 20 years are 

reduced to five. Also, since release of 

the draft GMP, Bell Farm was removed 

from the proposed boundary 

modification at the owner’s request. 

The proposed plan and three 

alternatives were identified and 

analyzed in the Final EIS, and 

previously in the Draft EIS (the latter 

was distributed in August 2005). A 

broad spectrum of foreseeable 

environmental consequences was 

assessed, and appropriate mitigation 

measures identified, for each 

alternative. Beginning with early 

scoping, through the preparation of the 

Draft and Final EIS, a series of public 

meetings and open-houses was 

conducted locally. Overall 

approximately 40 written scoping 

comments and 250 written or electronic 

Draft EIS review comments were 

received (as noted above, the latter 

served as the source of several minor 

adjustments to the final selected plan). 

Key consultations or other contacts that 

aided in preparing the EIS involved (but 

were not limited to) Island County and 

Town of Coupeville officials, Ebey’s 

Landing Trust Board, Washington State 

Historic Preservation Office, the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, tribal governments, and 

adjoining land managing agencies. Local 

community groups and neighbors, 

farmers and local business owners, and 

interested organizations were contacted 

extensively during initial scoping and 

throughout the GMP planning process. 

Copies: Interested parties desiring to 

review the Record of Decision may 

obtain a complete copy by contacting 

the Reserve Manager, Ebey’s Landing 

National Historical Reserve, P.O. Box 

774, Coupeville, Washington 98239 as 

well as via telephone request at (360) 

678–6084. 

Dated: December 13, 2006. 

Patricia L. Neubacher, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–877 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of 

Concessions Management Advisory 

Board. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 

Section 10), notice is hereby given that 

the Concessions Management Advisory 

Board (the Board) will hold its 17th 

meeting March 7–8, 2007, at The 

Madison Hotel in Washington, DC. The 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. each 

day and will conclude at 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Montpelier Room located at The 

Madison Hotel, 1155 15th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

was established by Title IV, Section 409 

of the National Park Omnibus 

Management Act of 1998, November 13, 


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