NPS Opens Final Public Comment Period and Releases Finding of No Significant Impact for Potential St. John Land Exchange
- Staff Consortium
- January 12, 2023
The National Park Service has opened the final 45-day public comment period for Virgin Islands National Park’s potential land exchange of St. John land with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands for the island’s public education needs. NPS said interested parties may submit comments from January 8, 2023 until Feb. 21, 2023, to the following address: Land Resources Program Office - National Park Service, 2975 Horseshoe Dr. S., Suite 800, Naples, Florida 34104. Alternatively, comments may be emailed to [email protected]. According to the release, local officials have expressed a long-standing need to construct the first public K-12 school on the island of St. John. The territory determined that the Catherineberg Estate is the preferred site on St. John for a new public school, due to its central location along an existing roadway and its relatively gentle slopes, in exchange for Territory-owned Whistling Cay. The park posted a Notice of Realty Action, or a public notice of te...
