Project Links
Valley Forge National Historical Park will lease the David Walker Farmstead for proposed rehabilitation as a pre-school facility by the Montessori Children's House of Valley Forge. The park's general management plan targets the property for adaptive reuse. Using the authority granted by 36CFR Part 18, Section 18.1, the property was made available for leasing to a tenant that could rehabilitate it according to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Historic Preservation and that could maintain it. The NPS has prepared this Environmental Assessment and Assessment of Effect (EA/AOE) to assess alternatives and impacts for the proposed rehabilitation of both historic and non-historic structures for this purpose.
The EA/AOE was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, the NPS Management Policies (2001), the NPS Director's Order 12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-Making, the NPS Director's Order 28: Cultural Resource Management, and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. This assessment evaluates the potential environmental impacts on natural resources, cultural resources, visitor use and experience, and socio-economic resources. Mitigation measures are identified to avoid or reduce any adverse impacts from this project.
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Define purpose and need
Step 2. Begin resource inventory and analysis
Step 3. Conduct external scoping to introduce project and identify issues
Step 4. Develop alternatives for conceptual site design
Step 5. Conduct public meeting to introduce and refine alternatives
Step 6. Identify environmental impacts and select preferred alternative
Step 7. Prepare draft Environmental Assessment
Step 8. Internal Agency review of draft Environmental Assessment
Step 9. Release Environmental Assessment for 30-day public review
Step 10. Analyze public comments
Step 11. Prepare decision document
Step 12. Decision National Park Service *
The Environmental Assessment for rehabilitation of the David Walker Farmstead was released August 1 2006 for a 30-day public comment period. If the analysis determines that the project has potential for significant adverse impacts to the human environment, the project must be modified to avoid the impacts or to include mitigation actions. Further analysis could be required through the preparation of an "Environmental Impact Statement" if the impacts cannot be avoided or mitigated. The NPS could decide not to move forward with the project if the impacts are significant enough or the site would not accommodate the proposed development. If further analysis shows that there are no significant impacts to the human environment, a "Finding of No Significant Impact" will be prepared and signed by the Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
The EA/AOE was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, the NPS Management Policies (2001), the NPS Director's Order 12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-Making, the NPS Director's Order 28: Cultural Resource Management, and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. This assessment evaluates the potential environmental impacts on natural resources, cultural resources, visitor use and experience, and socio-economic resources. Mitigation measures are identified to avoid or reduce any adverse impacts from this project.
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Define purpose and need
Step 2. Begin resource inventory and analysis
Step 3. Conduct external scoping to introduce project and identify issues
Step 4. Develop alternatives for conceptual site design
Step 5. Conduct public meeting to introduce and refine alternatives
Step 6. Identify environmental impacts and select preferred alternative
Step 7. Prepare draft Environmental Assessment
Step 8. Internal Agency review of draft Environmental Assessment
Step 9. Release Environmental Assessment for 30-day public review
Step 10. Analyze public comments
Step 11. Prepare decision document
Step 12. Decision National Park Service *
The Environmental Assessment for rehabilitation of the David Walker Farmstead was released August 1 2006 for a 30-day public comment period. If the analysis determines that the project has potential for significant adverse impacts to the human environment, the project must be modified to avoid the impacts or to include mitigation actions. Further analysis could be required through the preparation of an "Environmental Impact Statement" if the impacts cannot be avoided or mitigated. The NPS could decide not to move forward with the project if the impacts are significant enough or the site would not accommodate the proposed development. If further analysis shows that there are no significant impacts to the human environment, a "Finding of No Significant Impact" will be prepared and signed by the Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.