National Park Service Extends Public Comment Period for Dune Shack District Preservation and Use Plan to June 17

Date: May 26, 2011
Contact: George E. Price, Jr., Superintendent, 508-771-2144

Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price has announced that the public comment period for the Dune Shack Historic District Preservation and Use Plan/Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect (EA) has been extended from June 10 to June 17, 2011. This will allow additional time for the public to thoroughly review this detailed plan that will guide future decisions about preservation and use in the Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District in Provincetown and Truro.

Reference/review copies of the EA are located at Provincetown and Truro libraries and town halls, Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham, Province Lands Visitor Center in Provincetown, and Cape Cod National Seashore Headquarters in Wellfleet.

View a digital version of the plan. A public comment period began on April 27, 2011. Comments may be made directly on the PEPC website noted above; by email; or by mail to Superintendent, Cape Cod National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667. Comments must be received by 4:30 PM on Friday, June 17, 2011.