Draft General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact

Statement, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

ACTION: Extension of public peview period and announcement of

additional public meetings of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for the Draft General Management Plan.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service policy, this notice announces the extension of

the public review period and announcement of additional public meetings

for the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Draft

General Management Plan (DGMP) for Cape Cod National Seashore,

Barnstable County, Massachusetts. In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the environmental impact statement

was prepared to assess the impacts of implementing the general

management plan.

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This Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Draft General

Management Plan presents a proposal and two alternative strategies for

guiding future management of Cape Cod National Seashore and balancing

resource protection and public use. The major subject areas are natural

and cultural resources, public use, nonfederal lands, and park

management and operations.

DATES AND MEETINGS: The DGMP and DEIS was made available for public

review on August 19, 1996. The 75-day review period has been extended

by 30 days; comments should be received no later than November 30,

1996. Two additional public meetings are to be held on October 24, 1996

and November 21, 1996 at the following locations:

Truro Central School, Route 6, Truro, MA, Thursday, October 24, 1996,

7-9 p.m.

Nauset Regional High School, 100 Cable Road, No. Eastham, MA, Thursday,

November 21, 1996, 7-9 p.m.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments on the DGMP and the DEIS shall be

submitted to: Ms. Maria Burks, Superintendent, Cape Cod National

Seashore, South Wellfleet, MA 02663, (508) 349-3785.

Dated: October 1, 1996.

Linda Canzanelli,

Acting Superintendent, Cape Cod National Seashore.

[FR Doc. 96-25597 Filed 10-04-96; 8:45 am]

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