Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Carolina

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the

General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site,

North Carolina

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement on the General Management Plan for Carl Sandburg Home

National Historic Site, North Carolina.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service will prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) to accompany its General Management Plan (GMP) for Carl

Sandburg Home National Historic Site. The Service will conduct public

scoping meetings in the local area to receive input from interested

parties on issues, concerns, and suggestions pertinent to the

management of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Suggestions

and ideas for managing cultural and natural resource conditions and

visitor experiences at the national historic site are encouraged. The

comment period for each of these meetings will be announced at the

meetings and will be published on the General Management Plan web site

for Carl Sandburg National Historic Site at http://www.nps.gov/carl.

DATES: Locations, dates, and times of public scoping meetings will be

published in local newspapers and may also be obtained by calling Carl

Sandburg Home National Historic Site. This information will also be

published on the General Management Plan web site for Carl Sandburg

Home National Historic Site.

ADDRESSES: Scoping suggestions should be submitted to the following

address to ensure adequate consideration by the Service.

Superintendent, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, 1928 Little

River Rd., Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731; Telephone: 828-693-4178.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service has announced that

an EIS on GMPs will be prepared for all park units. To comply with this

policy, a formal scoping period is announced.

Comments are invited on any issue believed to be relevant to the

management of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site and should be

submitted to the Superintendent whose address is given above. Public

scoping meetings will be held in the local area and the dates and times

may be obtained from local newspapers or by

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calling Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. We urge that

comments and suggestions be made in writing.

Issues currently being considered include determining the most

appropriate use of existing temporary structures, management of

increased recreational use, coping with tremendous residential

development around the park, and how to best fulfill the park's

interpretive mission. Central to these issues is the determination of

the national historic site's mission, purpose, and significance. The

plan will identify desired future conditions for cultural and natural

resources and visitor experiences for various management units within

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. A draft GMP/EIS will be

prepared and presented to the public for review and comment, followed

by preparation and availability of the final GMP/EIS.

Dated: May 9, 1999.

W. Thomas Brown,

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.

[FR Doc. 99-12085 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]

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