Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision, Final Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, Calais, ME

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision, Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan, Saint

Croix Island International Historic Site, Calais, ME

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

INTRODUCTION: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190 as amended), and

specifically to regulations promulgated by the Council of Environmental

quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park

Service has prepared this Record of Decision following the Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the general management plan for

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, Washington County,

Maine. 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. The purpose of the

general management plan is to clearly define the site's mission,

mission goals, and management direction. It provides a foundation to

guide and coordinate all subsequent management decision-making.

SUMMARY: The Record of Decision is a concise statement of the decision

made, the basis for the decision, and the background of the project

(including the decision making process, other alternatives considered,

and public involvement), along with any mitigating measures. The Record

of Decision concludes compliance with the National Environmental Policy

Act for decision making to approve the general management plan for

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site. This compliance was

initiated upon a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement which established a public scoping period and was published

in the Federal Register on September 19, 1995. Notice of a 45-day

comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was

published in the Federal Register on September 17, 1996. Twenty written

comments were received by the National Park Service. The notice also

announced a public meeting in Calais, Maine. Notice of availability of

the Final Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal

Register on March 19, 1998. One written comment was received.

The National Park Service will now implement the proposal evaluated

in the Final Environmental Impact Statement as described in the Record

of Decision and set forth in the general management plan for Saint

Croix Island International Historic Site.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Saint Croix Island International Historic

Site is administered by the Superintendent of Acadia National Park in

Hancock County, Maine. Administrative records are therefore not held at

the historic site, but in Bar Harbor, Maine. To facilitate retrieval of

information about the management of Saint Croix Island International

Historic Site, related documents will be bound in a single volume which

includes the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision,

General Management Plan, background information, and two implementing

plans. Copies of the document are available upon request from:

Superintendent, Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine,

04609. Telephone: 207-288-3338.

Dated: October 21, 1998.

Chysandra Walter,

Deputy Regional Director, Northeast Region (617) 223-5001.

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