Rocky Mountain Laboratory seeks public comments on master plan in Hamilton, Montana

Rocky Mountain Laboratories’ proposed master plan has been working its way through the bureaucratic pipeline for years.

But that plan could finally start popping up on the landscape this summer in the form of new roads, sidewalks, bushes and flowers.

The goal of the 20-year master plan is not only to promote better scientific research at the National Institutes of Health facility in Hamilton, but to make the 33-acre site appear more like a small-town college campus where cerebral endeavor and a serene setting are in harmony.

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The final EIS is available at http://nems.nih.gov/aspects/nat_resources/programs/nepa.cfm.

Public comments and questions should be directed to Valerie Nottingham at [email protected], or Valerie Nottingham, Division of Environmental Protection, NIH, Building 13, Room 2S11, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

by JOHN CRAMER – Ravalli Republic

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