Effigy Mounds National Monument

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Effigy Mounds National Monument

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment of the General Management Plan

Amendment and Boundaries Study, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Council of Environmental Quality regulations

and National Park Service (NPS) policy, the NPS prepared and made

available for a 30-day public review a general management plan

amendment/boundaries study and an environmental assessment (EA) for

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. During the review period, the

NPS held public meetings to discuss the document.

After the end of the 30-day public availability period, the NPS

selected the preferred alternative as described in the document, and

determined that implementation of the preferred alternative will not

cause a significant environmental impact. In making that selection and

determination, the NPS considered the information and analysis

contained in the EA and the comments received during the public review

period. The NPS has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

for the project.

Because the GMP amendment/boundaries study is closely similar to

projects for which the NPS would normally require an environmental

impact statement, the NPS will make the FONSI available for a 30-day

public review before implementation of the amendment/boundaries study

begins.

DATES: The public review period for comment on the FONSI will end

October 13, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for copies of the FONSI, or for any

additional information, should be directed to Superintendent Kate

Miller, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry,

Iowa 52146, Telephone: 319-873-3491. Comments on the FONSI may be sent

to Superintendent Miller at this address or at e-mail:

[email protected]

Dated: September 2, 1999.

Catherine A. Damon,

Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.

[FR Doc. 99-23764 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]

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