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significant contributions to our national 

heritage of certain historic and cultural 

lands, waterways and structures within 

the states of Massachusetts and Rhode 

Island. The heritage corridor was to 

provide a management framework to 

assist the states of Massachusetts and 

Rhode Island and their units of local 

government in the development and 

implementation of integrated cultural, 

historical and land resource 

management programs in order to 

retain, enhance and interpret the 

significant values of the lands, waters 

and structures of the corridor. 

The purpose of this Special Resource 

Study/EIS is to provide Congress with 

information about the national 

significance, suitability, and feasibility 

of sites and landscape features within 

the corridor that are associated with 

American industrial history for possible 

inclusion in the National Park System. 

The study will develop alternative 

options for management and 

interpretation of the sites and landscape 

features under consideration. 

The draft report of the study, with the 

draft EIS, is expected to be completed 

and available for public review by late 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about the study/EIS may be obtained 

online at http://www.nps.gov/blac and 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov. Requests 

to be added to the project mailing list 

should be directed to Ellen Carlson, 

Project Manager, at the address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Carlson, Project Manager, National 

Park Service, Northeast Region, 15 State 

Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, 

617–223–5048. 

Dated: July 14, 2008. 

Michael T. Reynolds, 

Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, 

National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Resource Protection Study, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Curecanti National Recreation Area, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Resource Protection Study 

(RPS), Curecanti National Recreation 

Area. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Resource Protection Study for 

Curecanti National Recreation Area, 

Colorado. 

Alternatives Evaluated 

Alternative 1: No Action (Continuation 

of Existing Conditions) 

Under Alternative 1, the No Action 

Alternative, NPS would continue to 

manage the natural, cultural, and 

recreational resources of Curecanti 

National Recreation Area (NRA), and 

associated facilities, pursuant to 

Reclamation law, NPS law, the 1965 

Memorandum of Agreement between 

NPS and Reclamation (1965 MOA), and 

other applicable laws and regulations. 

Reclamation would continue to manage 

the three dams and reservoirs, power 

plants, access roads, and other related 

facilities, to meet the purposes of the 

Colorado River Storage Project Act 

(CRSP); would continue to manage the 

East Portal area to meet the purposes of 

the Uncompahgre Project; and would 

continue to have unrestricted access to 

their lands and land interests, water and 

water interests, and facilities; pursuant 

to Reclamation law, the 1965 MOA, and 

other applicable laws and regulations. 

There would be no significant change in 

the NRA boundary. However, a 

permanent NPS presence would not be 

assured under this alternative. 

Alternative 2: Proposed Action 

Under Alternative 2, the Proposed 

Action, NPS would manage the same 

natural, cultural, and recreational 

resources and facilities as Alternative 1, 

pursuant to Reclamation law, NPS law, 

including new legislation establishing 

the NRA with 10,040 acres of additional 

agreed-upon neighboring agency lands, 

a revised MOA with Reclamation, and 

other applicable laws and regulations. 

Reclamation would manage their same 

facilities and areas of responsibility as 

Alternative 1, and would have 

unrestricted access to their lands and 

land interests, water and water interests, 

and facilities, pursuant to Reclamation 

law, the revised NOA, and other 

applicable laws and regulations. NPS 

would be authorized to work in 

partnership with private landowners 

within a Conservation Opportunity Area 

of 24,300 acres outside the NRA 

boundary, to implement a variety of 

tools, including acquiring interests in 

land from willing landowners, such as 

fee simple acquisition and conservation 

easements, which would promote the 

long-term conservation of resources. A 

permanent NPS presence would be 

assured under this alternative, which is 

also the environmentally preferred 

alternative. 

DATES: The National Park Service will 

execute a Record of Decision (ROD) no 

sooner than 30 days following 

publication by the Environmental 

Protection Agency of the Notice of 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

ADDRESSES: Information will be 

available for public inspection online at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/cure; in the 

office of the Superintendent, Curecanti 

National Recreation Area, 102 Elk 

Creek, Gunnison, CO 81230, Tel: (970) 

641–2337; at the Montrose Public Lands 

Center, 2505 South Townsend Avenue, 

Montrose, CO 81401, Tel: (970) 240– 

5300; and at the following locations: 

Colorado State University Library in 

Fort Collins, Crawford Public Library, 

Delta Public Library, Gunnison County 

Library (Crested Butte and Gunnison 

branches), Hotchkiss Public Library, 

Mesa County Library in Grand Junction, 

Montrose Public Library, Paonia Public 

Library, and Western State College 

Library in Gunnison. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Rudd, Superintendent, 

Curecanti National Recreation Area, 102 

Elk Creek, Gunnison, CO 81230; Tel: 

(970) 641–2337 x. 220; E-mail: 

connie_rudd@nps.gov. 

Dated: April 9, 2008. 

Rick M. Frost, 

Acting Regional Director, Intermountain 

Region, National Park Service. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received by the Office of the Federal Register 

on September 29, 2008. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–454 and 731– 

TA–1144 (Final)] 

Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe 

From China 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Scheduling of the final phase of 

countervailing duty and antidumping 

investigations. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of the final 

phase of countervailing duty 

investigation No. 701–TA–454 (Final) 

under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 


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