Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 93 / Friday, May 15, 2009 / Notices 22959 

permit terms and conditions are 

included to ensure protection of 

sensitive resources. These areas are 

located mainly along Beach Drive in the 

main unit of Rock Creek Park. If 

applications for WTF right-of-way 

permits are received for outside the area 

identified as having a coverage gap, the 

selected alternative identifies zones or 

areas of the park where WTF may not 

be allowed, and identifies zones or areas 

where they may be considered an 

appropriate use. In the potential 

locations, applications to construct and 

operate WTF would also be subject to 

permit terms and conditions specific to 

that area or zone. Consideration of WTF 

and permit terms and conditions will be 

based on the General Management Plan 

or the individual management 

document for each park unit in Rock 

Creek Park, as applicable, and will 

include elements such as the design and 

location requirements for a proposed 

facility in a particular location. 

The selected alternative also includes 

elements identified in the Wireless 

Telecommunications Plan and 

Environmental Assessment as common 

to the action alternatives and in some 

instances to the no-action alternative as 

well. 

These are that: 

• All applications are subject to 

compliance with the applicable laws, 

regulations, policies, and guidelines 

outlined in ‘‘Chapter 1: Purpose of and 

Need for Action.’’ 

• Co-location on the two existing 

monopoles will be handled as in the 

current permit for WTF in Rock Creek 

Park. 

• Areas that lack in-car coverage are 

considered to have a coverage gap. 

• All associated cables for WTF 

(electrical, telephone, and fiber optic) 

cannot be above ground. 

• No fencing is permitted around 

WTF and their associated structures. 

• Applications must include an 

analysis of locations outside the park 

that could provide similar levels of 

service, if available. 

• Only WTF using the newest 

technology will be considered, 

following the intent of all applicable 

authorities to facilitate the build out of 

new WTF service, and conforming to 

the NPS Management Policies 2006 

direction to require the ‘‘best technology 

available.’’ 

• WTF will not be considered in 

certain areas of the park because of 

desired conditions stated in the park’s 

General Management Plan and other 

applicable management documents, 

which is provided for by the applicable 

authorities. 

• Applicants are required to conform 

to the physical requirements for WTF 

facilities, such as height and lighting, 

directed by applicable authorities. 

Finally, as a result of a recent 

suggestion by U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service for future study on the effects of 

WTF radiation on birds, a topic upon 

which there is no U.S. field data, the 

National Park Service will seek funding 

and work with U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service to develop such a study, the 

results of which will be considered 

when available. 

Other Alternatives Considered 

The Wireless Telecommunications 

Plan/Environmental Assessment 

evaluated two other alternatives: 

Alternative A—No-Action Alternative: 

Under the No-Action alternative, rightof-way permit applications for WTF 

within any unit of Rock Creek Park 

would continue to be evaluated by the 

National Park Service in accordance 

with applicable authorities and RM–53. 

Requests for WTF siting in all areas of 

the park would be reviewed in the 

context of the General Management Plan 

or the individual management 

document for each park unit within 

Rock Creek Park to determine if WTF 

siting would be acceptable in the 

requested area of the park. WTF 

applications would continue to be 

considered without a more structured 

process or plan for the evaluation of 

such requests than is currently in place. 

This alternative was not selected 

because it fails to provide a foundation 

for decision-making regarding the 

issuance of right-of-way permits, fails to 

establish criteria or identify areas where 

WTF would or would not be appropriate 

and fails to identify conditions under 

which WTF would be permitted. 

Alternative B—Zone Management: 

Under Alternative B applications would 

be reviewed and evaluated for WTF 

following RM–53, as described under 

the no-action alternative. Alternative B 

would add additional considerations to 

the process by identifying zones or areas 

of the park where WTF may not be 

allowed or where they would be 

considered an appropriate use based on 

the General Management Plan or the 

management documents for each park 

unit within Rock Creek Park. These 

permit terms and conditions are shown 

in Table 1, and are also included in the 

selected alternative, Alternative C. In 

areas where a WTF may be considered 

appropriate, applications for a right-ofway permit to construct and operate a 

WTF could be sited and would be 

subject to certain permit terms and 

conditions specific to the area or zone 

proposed for the facility. This 

alternative was not selected because it 

does not best address how in-car 

coverage gaps will be addressed. 

Both of these alternatives would 

result in a less efficient use of National 

Park Service time and staff than the 

selected alternative. 

Dated: April 22, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell. 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–11376 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

General Management Plan/ 

Environmental Assessment, Carter G. 

Woodson Home National Historic Site, 

District of Columbia 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

General Management Plan, Carter G. 

Woodson Home National Historic Site. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act, the 

National Park Service (NPS) is preparing 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

the General Management Plan (GMP) for 

Carter G. Woodson Home National 

Historic Site. The GMP will prescribe 

the resource conditions and visitor 

experiences that are to be achieved and 

maintained in the national historic site 

over the next 20 years. Based on 

determinations of desired conditions, 

the GMP will outline the kinds of 

resource management activities, visitor 

activities, land acquisition and 

development that would be appropriate 

in the park in the future. The 

responsible official for the EA is the 

Regional Director, National Capital 

Region. To date, the NPS has conducted 

two public scoping meetings. 

DATES: As part of the initial planning 

efforts, the NPS initiated public scoping 

for this project on October 2, 2008, with 

a public scoping meeting held at the 

93rd Annual Association for the Study 

of African American Life and History 

(ASALH) Convention in Birmingham, 

Alabama. An additional public scoping 

meeting was held in the District of 

Columbia on November 12, 2008. The 

NPS will continue public scoping for an 

additional 45 days from the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: There are two opportunities 

to formally comment on the project— 

during this public scoping period and 

again following release of the draft 

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GMP/EA. You may submit comments on 

the NPS’s Planning, Environment, and 

Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/cawo. 

Comments on this proposed action may 

also be mailed or hand-delivered to: 

Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, c/o 

GMP for the Carter G. Woodson Home 

National Historic Site, National Capital 

Parks East, 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE., 

Washington, DC 20020–6722. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Although 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. We will make all 

submissions from organizations, 

businesses, or individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives or 

officials of organizations or businesses, 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, 

National Capital Parks East, at 1900 

Anacostia Drive, SE., Washington, DC 

20020–6722, by telephone at (202) 690– 

5127, or telefax at (202) 690–1425. 

Information will also be available online 

throughout the scoping and planning 

process at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ 

cawo. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Carter G. 

Woodson Home National Historic Site is 

in Washington, DC. Congress authorized 

the site on December 19, 2003, and 

charged NPS with the responsibility to 

acquire and manage the site in 

accordance with this Act and with laws 

generally applicable to units of the 

National Park System, including the Act 

of August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4) 

and the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 

U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The enabling 

legislation also states that the Secretary 

of the Interior may acquire any of the 

three properties immediately north of 

the Carter G. Woodson Home, may enter 

into an agreement with public or private 

entities to restore and rehabilitate the 

Woodson Home and other properties 

within the boundary, and may enter into 

cooperative agreements with public or 

private entities to provide public 

interpretation and education of AfricanAmerican heritage in the Shaw area of 

the District of Columbia. Further, the 

legislation allows the Secretary of the 

Interior to ‘‘* * * enter into an 

agreement with The Association for the 

Study of African-American Life and 

History that allows the association to 

use a portion of the historic site for its 

own administrative purposes.’’ 

Alternatives will be developed 

through this planning process. Major 

issues considered during this process 

will include the protection and 

interpretation of the Carter G. Woodson 

Home, adaptive re-use of historic 

structures, quality of visitor experience, 

land acquisition, and potential 

relationships with The Association for 

the Study of African American Life and 

History and other potential agencies, 

organizations, and local interests. 

Dated: April 27, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–11378 Filed 5–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–JK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT01000–09–L51010000–ER0000–24– 

1A00] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission 

Corridor Project and Draft Pony 

Express Resource Management Plan 

Amendment, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) for the Mona to 

Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project 

and Draft Pony Express Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) Amendment 

and by this Notice is announcing the 

opening of the comment period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Mona to 

Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project 

DEIS within 90 days following the date 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a Notice of Availability in the 

Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce future meetings or hearings 

and any other public involvement 

activities at least 15 days in advance 

through the Utah BLM Web site 

(http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/ 

salt_lake/planning/ 

mona_to_oquirrh_transmission.html), 

public notices, media news releases, 

and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: UT_M2OTL_EIS@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (801) 977–4397 or (435) 743– 

3135. 

• Mail: Mike Nelson, Realty 

Specialist, BLM Salt Lake Field Office, 

2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84119, or Clara Stevens, Realty 

Specialist, BLM Fillmore Field Office, 

35 East 500 North, Fillmore, UT 84631. 

Copies of the Mona to Oquirrh 

Transmission Corridor Project DEIS are 

available in the Salt Lake Field Office 

and Fillmore Field Office at the above 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

• Mike Nelson at the BLM Salt Lake 

Field Office, 2370 South 2300 West, Salt 

Lake City, UT 84119; by phone: (801) 

977–4300; or 

• Clara Stevens at the BLM Fillmore 

Field Office, 35 East 500 North, 

Fillmore, UT 84631; by phone: (435) 

743–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rocky 

Mountain Power has submitted a rightof-way application for a double-circuit 

500/345 kilovolt (kV) transmission line 

from the existing Mona Substation, 

located in Juab County, to the existing 

Oquirrh Substation and Terminal 

Substation located in Salt Lake County, 

Utah. The Mona to Oquirrh 

Transmission Corridor Project also 

includes the siting of two new future 

substations and a Salt Lake Field Office 

(SLFO) Pony Express RMP Amendment 

for utility corridors. The corridor to be 

established by this amendment would 

be wide enough to accommodate 

potential future utility rights-of-way, 

including a possible second future 

double-circuit 500kV line, if and when 

needed. The estimated length of the 

proposed transmission line route is 

approximately 140 miles. A right-of-way 

of up to 300 feet in width would be 

required to construct, operate, and 

maintain the transmission line and 

structures. The proposed project would 

take approximately 18 months to 

construct. 

To simplify the analysis of 

alternatives, the project area has been 

divided into three major areas: (1) From 

the future Mona Annex Substation to 

the future Limber Substation, (2) from 

the future Limber Substation to the 

existing Oquirrh Substation, and (3) 

from the future Limber Substation to the 

existing Terminal Substation. 

Mona Annex to Limber: There are six 

alternative transmission line routes that 

connect the future Mona Annex 

Substation to the future Limber 

Substation with a double-circuit 500kV 

transmission line, ranging from 65.3 to