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[Federal Register: March 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 41)]
[Notices]               
[Page 11074-11075]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Notice of Availability of a General Management Plan (GMP)/Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Big South Fork National River 
and Recreation Area (National Area), Kentucky and Tennessee

AGENCY: National Park Service; Interior.

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SUMMARY: The National Area was established by Congress in 1974 for the 
purposes of conserving and interpreting an area containing unique 
cultural, natural, and recreational values, preserving as a free-
flowing stream the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and portions 
of its Clear Fork and New River stems and portions of their 
tributaries, and the development of the area's potential for healthful 
outdoor recreation.
    This is the first GMP for the National Area prepared under National 
Park Service (NPS) policies and procedures. The Plan presents a long-
term framework for managing the National Area by: (1) Examining the 
elements of required management found in its establishing and related 
legislation and NPS policy; and (2) identifying different applications 
of management units that would achieve two alternative management 
concepts. The alternative of ``no-action'' is also examined for 
comparison.

DATES: The comment period will extend for ninety (90) days from the 
date of this notice. A series of public meetings will be held in 
surrounding communities during this period. Local media will announce 
the times and locations and the National Area may be contacted for this 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Big South Fork NRRA, 
4564 Leatherwood Ford Road; Oneida, TN 37841; Telephone (423) 569-9778, 
e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:biso__superintendent@nps.gov">biso__superintendent@nps.gov</A>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments on this Draft GMP/EIS are solicited 
at this time. Comments may be provided to the Superintendent at the 
address below or at public meetings to be announced. Copies of the 
document may be obtained from the Superintendent.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and homes 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the rulemaking record, which we will honor to 
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which 
we would withhold from the rulemaking record a respondent's identity, 
as allowable by law. If you wish for us to withhold your name and/or 
address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: February 10, 2000.
Daniel W. Brown,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 00-4831 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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