Notices. Notice of availability of a Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study, Final Environmental Impact Statement
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BILLING CODE 4312-52-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study, Final Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability of a Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study, Final Environmental Impact Statement. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announces the availability of a Chesapeake Bay Special Resource Study/Final Environmental Impact Statement (SRS/FEIS).
The Fiscal Year 1999 appropriations bill for the Department of Interior and related agencies included direction to the National Park Service to conduct a Special Resource Study to:
(a)Examine whether having additional Chesapeake Bay resources within the National Park System would make sense and would advance partnership efforts to conserve and celebrate the Chesapeake Bay;
(b)define whether there are concepts or ways that areas of the Bay might fit appropriately within the diverse National Park System; and
(c)make recommendations to Congress regarding these findings. This SRS/FEIS outlines alternatives and a preferred approach for how the Chesapeake Bay might be represented within/by the National Park System. DATES: The National Park Service will execute a Record of Decision
(ROD)no sooner than 30 days following publication by the Environmental Protection Agency of the notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement. ADDRESSES: Copies of the SRS/FEIS are available upon request by writing to NPS Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis MD 21403, by phone at 800 YOUR BAY (968-7229), or by e-mail to *cmueller@chesapeakebay.net* . A downloadable on-line version of the document is available at: *http://www.chesapeakestudy.org* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, NPS Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis MD 21403, or 800 YOUR BAY (968-7229). Dated: June 23, 2004. Marie Rust, *Regional Director* , Northeast Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 04-20296 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]