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Mountain (9,488 acres), Stewart Valley 

(3,248 acres), Stuart Ranch (278 acres), 

and Upper Las Vegas Wash (12,294 

acres). Alternative 3 would also expand 

the following existing ACECs: Amargosa 

Mesquite (9,642 acres), Keyhole Canyon 

(639 acres), Mormon Mesa (167,888 

acres), Piute/Eldorado (347,630 acres), 

and Virgin River (7,493 acres). 

Alternative 3 would reduce the size of 

the following existing ACECs: Ash 

Meadows (37,273 acres), Big Dune 

(1,589 acres), Gold Butte Part A (183,440 

acres), Gold Butte Part B (116,733 acres), 

Rainbow Gardens (35,355 acres), and 

River Mountains (6,697 acres). 

The new potential ACECs in 

Alternative 4 include: Grapevine Spring 

(85 acres), Jean Lake (9,138 acres), 

Perkins Ranch (408 acres), and Stuart 

Ranch (278 acres). Alternative 4 would 

also expand the following existing 

ACECs: Mormon Mesa (159,940 acres), 

Piute/Eldorado (338,767 acres), and 

Virgin River (7,493 acres). Alternative 4 

would reduce the size of the following 

existing ACECs: Big Dune (428 acres), 

Gold Butte Part A (183,440 acres), Gold 

Butte Part B (116,733 acres), Rainbow 

Gardens (35,355 acres), and River 

Mountains (6,697 acres). 

The following management 

prescriptions may apply to the 

individual ACECs under consideration, 

if formally designated: Avoid or exclude 

linear ROWs; avoid or exclude site-type 

ROWs; close to material site ROWs or 

only allow near Federal-aid highways; 

close to or place use constraints on fluid 

leasable mineral development; close to 

solid leasable mineral development; 

pursue withdrawal of locatable mineral 

development; close to saleable mineral 

development; close to livestock grazing; 

pursue reverting area within ACEC from 

a herd management area into a herd 

area; close to camping; exclude speedbased recreation events; exclude nonspeed based recreation events; exclude 

commercial recreation activities; closed 

or limited to designated routes for 

motorized travel; place seasonal 

restrictions of ground disturbing 

actions; cap the amount of habitat 

disturbance allowed from Federal 

actions. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

persons who submit comments will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 

1506.10, 43 CFR 1610.2 

Marci Todd, 

Associate State Director, Nevada. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–IMR–SACR–13960; 

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Environmental Assessment for the 

General Management Plan for Sand 

Creek Massacre National Historic Site, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service has 

determined that an Environmental 

Assessment, rather than an 

Environmental Impact Statement, is the 

appropriate environmental 

documentation for the general 

management plan for Sand Creek 

Massacre National Historic Site. This 

determination is the result of evaluating 

public comments and considering the 

analysis required to adequately address 

environmental impacts in developing 

the General Management Plan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexa Roberts, Superintendent, Sand 

Creek Massacre National Historic Site, 

P.O. Box 249, Eads, CO 81036. 

Telephone (719) 438–5916. 

ADDRESSES: More information about the 

project can be obtained from the contact 

listed above or online at http://park

planning.nps.gov/sand. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

general management plan will establish 

the overall direction for the national 

historic site, setting broad management 

goals for managing the area over the 

next 15 to 20 years. The General 

Management Plan was originally scoped 

as an Environmental Impact Statement. 

However, internal discussions and 

meetings, and comments received in 

written correspondence and public 

scoping sessions held in Colorado, 

Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming in 

2008 and again in 2011 did not raise any 

concerns or issues that have the 

potential for controversial impacts. Most 

of the comments received in response to 

the preliminary alternatives newsletter 

agreed that the range of alternatives 

being considered is appropriate and did 

not identify any substantive issues or 

concerns. 

The planning team has developed six 

alternatives (no-action and five action 

alternatives), none of which would 

result in substantial changes in the 

operation and management of the 

national historic site. The five action 

alternatives primarily focus on 

maintaining and protecting cultural and 

natural resources, and expanding 

interpretation and visitor opportunities 

where appropriate. Preliminary analysis 

of the alternatives revealed no major 

(significant) effects on the human 

environment or impairment of park 

resources and values. 

For these reasons the National Park 

Service determined that the requisite 

conservation planning and 

environmental impact analysis 

necessary for updating the general 

management plan can appropriately be 

completed through preparation of an 

EA. 

This draft general management plan/ 

EA is expected to be distributed for 

public comment in the fall 2014. The 

National Park Service will notify the 

public about release of the draft general 

management plan/EA by public 

meetings, mail, local and regional 

media, Web site postings, and other 

means; all announcements will include 

information on where and how to obtain 

a copy of the EA, how to comment on 

the EA, and the length of the public 

comment period. Following due 

consideration of public comments and 

agency consults, at this time a decision 

is expected to be made in the winter 

2014. The official responsible for the 

final decision on the GMP is the 

Regional Director; subsequently the 

responsible official for implementing 

the approved GMP is the 

Superintendent, Sand Creek Massacre 

National Historic Site. 

Dated: October 1, 2014. 

Sue E. Masica, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

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