General Management Plan Tumacacori National Historical Park; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a final environmental impact statement assessing the potential impacts of the proposed General Management Plan for Tumacacori National Historical Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Once approved, the plan will guide the management of the historic site over the next 15 years. The final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) presents a proposal and three alternatives for the management, use, and development of Tumacacori National Historical Park. The Proposed General Management Plan provides increased staffing sufficient to extend protection and interpretation to the two new units. The plan also includes a trail (the mission trail) linking the three sites that comprise the National Historical Park--Tumacacori, Calabazas, and Guevavi--and the ultimate removal of employee residences over known archeological remains at Tumacacori. A new maintenance facility would be developed at Tumacacori while visitor facilities and an employee residence would be developed at Calabazas. Guevavi would be