33276 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 131 / Friday, July 10, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: June 29, 2009. 

Michael J. Ryan, 

Regional Director, Great Plains Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–16043 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

General Management Plan, 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Assateague Island National Seashore, 

Maryland and Virginia 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Assateague Island National Seashore. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, the National Park 

Service is preparing a General 

Management Plan and Environmental 

Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the 

Assateague Island National Seashore 

(AINS). The park comprises 

approximately 39,727 acres, located 

along the Atlantic coasts of Maryland 

and Virginia. 

Prepared by park staff and planners in 

the NPS Northeast Region, with 

assistance from advisors and 

consultants, the GMP/EIS will propose 

a long-term approach to managing the 

AINS. Consistent with the park’s 

purpose, NPS policy, and other laws 

and regulations, alternatives will be 

developed to guide the management of 

the park over the next 15 to 20 years. 

The GMP/EIS will address a range of 

management alternatives for natural and 

cultural resource protection, visitor use 

and interpretation, park carrying 

capacity, facilities development and 

operations. A ‘‘no action’’ alternative 

will also be considered and an agency 

preferred management alternative 

identified. The alternatives will 

incorporate various zoning and 

management prescriptions to ensure 

resource preservation and public 

appreciation of the park. The 

environmental consequences that could 

result from implementing the various 

alternatives will be evaluated for 

cultural and natural resources, visitor 

experience, park operations, and the 

socioeconomic environment. Major 

issues to be explored include: measures 

for the preservation of resources; 

indications of the types and general 

intensities of development; 

identification of, and implementation 

commitments for, visitor carrying 

capacities; and indications of potential 

boundary modifications. 

Meeting Notices: The public is invited 

to express views, issues and concerns 

about the long-term management of the 

AINS early in the process through 

public meetings and other media; and 

will have an opportunity to review and 

comment on a draft GMP/EIS. Public 

scoping meetings will be announced by 

the NPS and noticed in local 

newspapers serving the area. Scoping 

and other periodic public meeting 

notices and information regarding the 

GMP/EIS will also be placed on the NPS 

Planning, Environment and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/asis) for 

continuing public review and comment. 

ADDRESSES: Information related to the 

GMP/EIS planning process and ongoing 

public involvement opportunities will 

be provided online at the AINS Web site 

(http://www.nps.gov/asis) and on the 

NPS PEPC Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/asis). Requests to 

be added to the project mailing list may 

be made electronically through the NPS 

PEPC Web site or by directing requests 

to the contacts listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trish Kicklighter, Superintendent, 

Assateague Island National Seashore, 

7206 National Seashore Lane, Berlin, 

MD 21811, Telephone: 410–641–1443. 

Megan Lang, Community Planner/ 

Project Manager, National Park 

Service, Park Planning and Special 

Studies, 200 Chestnut Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19106, Telephone: 

215 597–8875. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment on the GMP/EIS, you 

may submit your comments by any one 

of several methods. You may mail 

comments to contacts listed above or 

you may submit comments 

electronically through the NPS PEPC 

Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ 

asis). 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. 

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. 

Dennis R. Reidenbach, 

Regional Director, Northeast Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–16327 Filed 7–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

White-Tailed Deer Management Plan; 

Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

White-Tailed Deer Management Plan for 

Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC. 

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 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) and White-tailed Deer 

Management Plan for Rock Creek Park, 

Washington, District of Columbia. The 

White-tailed Deer Management Plan 

will support long-term protection, 

preservation, and restoration of native 

vegetation and other natural and 

cultural resources in Rock Creek Park. 

The DEIS describes four management 

alternatives, including the No Action 

Alternative (continue existing 

management) and three Action 

Alternatives, one of which is identified 

as the preferred alternative. 

DATES: A Notice of Intent (NOI) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 20, 2006 (71 FR 182). A 60- 

day comment period was begun when 

the NOI was published. Public scoping 

meetings were held at the Rock Creek 

Park Nature Center November 1–2, 

2006. Responses to public comment are 

addressed in the DEIS. The NPS will 

accept public comments on the DEIS 

until September 8, 2009. In addition, 

public meetings will be conducted at 

the Rock Creek Park Nature Center. 

Details on these public meetings will be 

available in local newspapers, on the 

NPS Web site http://www.nps.gov/rocr, 

or by contacting staff at Rock Creek Park 

by telephone at (202) 895–6000. 

ADDRESSES: The DEIS and White-tailed 

Deer Management Plan will be available 

for public review on the NPS Planning, 

Environment and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/rocr by selecting 

the link ‘‘Deer Management Plan for 

Rock Creek Park.’’ Bound copies of the 

DEIS and White-tailed Deer 

Management Plan will also be available 

at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 

5200 Glover Road, NW., Washington, 

DC; at Rock Creek Park Headquarters, 

3545 Williamsburg Lane, NW., 

Washington, DC; and at public libraries 

adjacent to Rock Creek Park. 


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