Draft General Management Plan, Manhattan Sites, New York; Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Draft General Management Plan, Manhattan Sites, New York; Notice

of Availability and Public Comment Period

Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service policy, the National Park Service (NPS) announces

the release of the Draft Manhattan Sites General Management Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement, New York.

In accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service has prepared and

announces that release of the Draft Manhattan Sites Draft General

Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, New York. An

environmental impact statement is required to assess the impacts of the

proposed action. The

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National Park Service is the responsible federal agency.

The Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

will be on public review from April 15, 1996 to June 14, 1996. The

document will be on a sixty-day comment period. Copies of the plan will

be distributed to cooperating agencies, interest groups, interested

individuals and institutions, and local libraries. The plan will also

be available at the administrative offices at Castle Clinton, Federal

Hall and General Grant National Memorials, and Saint Paul's Church and

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sties, New York.

The document proposes and analyses alternatives for the future

management and use for 5 of the 6 units within the Manhattan Sites

which includes Castle Clinton National Monument, Federal Hall and

General Grant National Memorials, and Saint Paul's Church and Theodore

Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Sites, New York and Westchester

Counties, New York. The plan presents the alternatives for each site

individually, addresses planning issues, and it includes resource

preservation and provisions for visitor services. Once approved, the

final plan will guide the management of the sites for fifteen to twenty

years. A separate General Management Plan/Environmental Impact

Statement was previously completed for the remaining unit, Hamilton

Grange, in January 1995.

The National Park Service will conduct public meeting(s) during the

sixty-day period and will advertise the meeting(s) in local media

outlets. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the draft plan and

its environmental impact statement. Verbal and written comments on the

plan/EIS will be accepted until June 14, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Joseph T. Avery,

Manhattan Sites, 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 Telephone (212)

825-6990

Dated: April 2, 1996.

Joseph T. Avery,

Superintendent.

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