Day: September 11, 2006
Get in touch with: George E. Cost, Superintendent, (508) 349 3785
Superintendent George Rate today declared the conclusion to prolong the timeline for finishing the Closing Environmental Influence Assertion for the Cape Cod Countrywide Seashore looking program. The impression of this decision will sustain the position quo hunting method of the past 3 yrs since the U.S. Court ordered suspension of the hunting of pheasants in the boundary of the countrywide park. All other aspects of the searching application will remain the exact right until a new policy is enacted.
A draft EIS was launched in April, public conferences ended up held in early June, and the community comment period closed on June 19. The seashore experienced hoped to comprehensive the EIS course of action and have a last conclusion in location for the future 2006 fall looking time, which starts off in October. Nevertheless, in see of the quite a few substantive reviews received from the public, the Seashore has identified that more time will be desired to totally examine and answer to reviews on the draft. Superintendent Value reported, “We requested for the public to enable us build a excellent EIS by giving the draft a rigorous evaluate. Our call for help was answered, and we got opinions from above 200 persons and organizations – from people who oppose hunting and from all those who desire hunting to continue on. Much of the enter we been given was substantive, astute, and lifted concerns that are significant to response. Though we are all eager to wrap up the process, we would be accomplishing a disservice to the community and the park if we rushed to create a remaining document with no very careful and deliberate consideration of all the enter we obtained.” The current agenda aims for release of a Ultimate EIS in early January 2007, and a Report of Determination (ROD) 30 times afterwards in early February.
The Draft Environmental Effects Statement (DEIS) for the searching plan at Cape Cod Countrywide Seashore explained and analyzed the environmental impacts of 3 alternative techniques for managing hunting at the seashore. These alternatives incorporate a no motion different that would continue the prior searching program and the pheasant stocking program, an option that would eradicate the looking application, and a most well-liked alternative that would modify the current searching application. These modifications ended up derived from the input received throughout general public scoping, and would keep searching as component of Cape Cod’s cultural heritage although addressing concerns lifted by non-searching readers.
For additional information, you should call the Superintendent, Cape Cod Countrywide Seashore, 99 Marconi Web page Road, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 02667. Telephone: (508) 349-3785, Fax: (508) 349-9052.
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