[Federal Register: February 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 24)]
[Notices]
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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
Cuyahoga Valley National Park EIS Availability
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft rural landscape management
program Environmental Impact Statement for Cuyahoga Valley National
Park, Ohio.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the
availability of the draft rural landscape management program
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Cuyahoga Valley National
Park, Ohio (hereafter ``the Park'').
DATES: There will be a 60-day public review period for comments on this
document. Comments on the DEIS must be received no later than 60-days
after the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice of
availability in the Federal Register. Public open houses for
information about, or to make comment on, the DEIS will be announced in
the local media and the Park's web site when they are scheduled.
Information about meeting time and place will be available by
contacting the Park's communications center at 440-526-5256 or visiting
the Park's web site at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nps.gov/cuva/management/rmprojects/ruraleis/
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ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS are available by request by writing to
Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road,
Brecksville, OH 44141, by phone 440-546-5903, or by e-mail cuva--
superintendent@nps.gov. A downloadable on-line version of the document
is available at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nps.gov/cuva/management/rmprojects/ruraleis/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley
National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, OH 44141, or by phone
440-546-5903.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The preservation of the rural landscape is
central to the Park's legislative mandate. The law, that established
the Park, mandates the ``preservation of the historic, scenic, natural,
and recreational values of the Cuyahoga Valley'' (Public Law 93-555,
1974). One component of the historic and scenic values of the Park is
the rural landscape--lands and structures modified by humans for
agricultural use. Throughout the Park's history, efforts to preserve
the rural landscape have been sporadic; there has never been a
comprehensive program to manage the rural landscape. As a result, many
of the Park's rural landscape resources have been lost. Therefore, the
Park is proposing to better protect and revitalize this cultural
resource by implementing an integrated rural landscape management
program, with the goal of more effectively and systematically
preserving and protecting the rural landscape resources in the Park.
The DEIS describes and analyzes the environmental impacts of
alternatives and their associated impacts. In the Park's preferred
alternative (alternative 2--Countryside Initiative), the rural
landscape would be managed largely by issuing long-term leases to
private individuals for the purpose of conducting sustainable
agricultural activities. Two additional action alternatives and a no
action alternative are evaluated in this EIS.
Persons wishing to comment may do so by any one of several methods.
They may attend the open houses noted above. They may mail comments to
Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road,
Brecksville, OH 44141. They also may comment via e-mail to cuav--
superintendent@nps.gov (include name and return address in the e-mail
message). Finally, they may hand-deliver comments to Park Headquarters,
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, OH
44141.
The NPS' practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular
business hours. Individual respondents may request 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. However, we will not
consider anonymous 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.
The responsible official is Mr. William Schenk, Midwest Regional
Director.
Dated: December 17, 2002.
William W. Schenk,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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