What is the relationship between the Interim Plan and the Fire Island National Seashore General Management Plan (GMP)?
The DEIS does not accurately reference the current 1978 Fire Island National Seashore General Management Plan (Main Report Sections 39 and 64-67). The Main Report Section 39 page 16 notes a planning premise of the GMP, but not the objectives or plan contents of the GMP relative to beach renourishment. The relevant General Management Plan contents are: “The natural geomorphic process need to be restored in order for the offshore bar, beach, and island system to reestablish some degree of equilibrium. Resources management efforts will be initiated to increase the sand supply in the littoral drift, to repair damage to the ocean-facing dunes, and to further study the physical and economic feasibility of direct sand nourishment on Fire Islands beaches and dunes.” “The National Park Service will continue to analyze new information and improvements in coastal zone management techniques to determine the following: Should sand nourishment be initiated; to what height should the dune and berm be
