[Federal Register: June 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 107)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Petersburg National Battlefield Draft General Management Plan,
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Petersburg National Battlefield,
Petersburg, VA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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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 Draft General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(Draft GMP/EIS), for Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg,
Virginia. The General Management Plan is being prepared in compliance
with 16 U.S.C. 1a-7(b), which requires the National Park Service to
prepare a general management plan for the preservation and use of each
unit of the national park system.
DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments that are
submitted by the public on or before July 30, 2004. Four public
meetings will be held in the communities surrounding the park (City of
Petersburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, Prince George County, VA and
Dinwiddie County, VA) around the mid-point of the 60-day public review
period. The times and locations of these meetings will be announced in
all local newspapers, sent to all addresses on the park's Draft GMP/EIS
mailing list and posted on the park's Web site at http://www.nps.gov/pete
.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment
in the office of the Superintendent, Petersburg National Battlefield,
1539 Hickory Hill Road, Petersburg, VA 23803-4721 and via the Internet
at http://www.nps.gov/pete. A public reading copy of the Draft GMP/EIS
will be available for review at the following libraries:
Colonial Heights Public Library, 1000 Yacht Basin Drive, Colonial
Heights, VA 23834.
Hopewell Public Library, Appomattox Regional Library, 245 E. Cawson
St., Hopewell, VA 23860.
Petersburg Public Library, 137 S. Sycamore St., Petersburg, VA 23803.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Kirby, Superintendent, Petersburg
National Battlefield at (804) 732-3571 X105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Petersburg National Battlefield does not
currently have a General Management Plan. The park's existing Master
Plan (1965) was primarily a facility development plan and all of its
major recommendations have been completed. The GMP/EIS presents and
analyzes four alternatives for preserving resources, enhancing
interpretation, providing visitor services and working with partners.
Three of these alternatives propose boundary expansion. The GMP/EIS
responds to the park's mission and the challenges facing the park and
adjacent communities today.
If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail comments to Superintendent, Petersburg
National Battlefield, 1539 Hickory Hill Road, Petersburg, VA 23803-
4721. You may also comment via the Internet http://www.nps.gov/pete. (see the link) or via e-mail to pete--gmp@nps.gov. Please include your
name and return address in your surface, Internet or e-mail message.
Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 1539 Hickory Hill Road,
Petersburg, VA during regular business hours. Our practice is to make
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents
may request that we withhold their home address from the record, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be
circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's
identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name
and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. We will make all submissions from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Bob Kirby,
Superintendent, Petersburg National Battlefield, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-12595 Filed 6-2-04; 8:45 am]
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