[Federal Register: September 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 176)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Effigy Mounds National Monument

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment of the General Management Plan 
Amendment and Boundaries Study, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council of Environmental Quality regulations 
and National Park Service (NPS) policy, the NPS prepared and made 
available for a 30-day public review a general management plan 
amendment/boundaries study and an environmental assessment (EA) for 
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. During the review period, the 
NPS held public meetings to discuss the document.
    After the end of the 30-day public availability period, the NPS 
selected the preferred alternative as described in the document, and 
determined that implementation of the preferred alternative will not 
cause a significant environmental impact. In making that selection and 
determination, the NPS considered the information and analysis 
contained in the EA and the comments received during the public review 
period. The NPS has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
for the project.
    Because the GMP amendment/boundaries study is closely similar to 
projects for which the NPS would normally require an environmental 
impact statement, the NPS will make the FONSI available for a 30-day 
public review before implementation of the amendment/boundaries study 
begins.

DATES: The public review period for comment on the FONSI will end 
October 13, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for copies of the FONSI, or for any 
additional information, should be directed to Superintendent Kate 
Miller, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, 
Iowa 52146, Telephone: 319-873-3491. Comments on the FONSI may be sent 
to Superintendent Miller at this address or at e-mail: 
efmo__superintendent@nps.gov

    Dated: September 2, 1999.
Catherine A. Damon,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 99-23764 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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