The Transportation Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Grand Teton National Park, WY, 32846-32847 [05-11143]
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preferred’’ alternative. Management of
the park would emphasize increased
opportunities for recreational diversity
and research and education. Most
recreational opportunities would
remain, but new opportunities along
Rim Drive would allow visitors to
directly experience the primary resource
of Crater Lake in ways other than
driving. Any new uses around the rim
would be non-motorized and low
impact. Research and educational
opportunities would be enhanced. A
new science and learning center would
form the core of the new research. The
park would expand and encourage
partnerships with universities,
scientists, and educational groups. The
information gathered would be
disseminated throughout the park to
rangers, interpretive staff, and visitors.
Alternative 3 emphasizes enjoyment
of the natural environment. This
alternative would allow visitors to
experience a greater range of natural and
cultural resources significant and
unique to the park through recreational
opportunities and education. A wider
range of visitor experiences would reach
out to greater diversity of visitor groups.
Recreational programs, which would
focus on minimizing impact, would
provide the focus for interpretation and
education. Resources would be managed
to permit recreation while protecting the
resources. Opportunities for recreation
would be viewed in a regional context,
where the park could serve as a source
of information for regional recreational
opportunities. Use of most current
facilities would continue. News trails,
new interpretive signs and other media,
and expanded tour programs would be
possible in Alternative 3.
In Alternative 4, park management
would be focused on resource
preservation and restoration. The park
would be an active partner in a regional
conservation strategy that would
include other agencies and
environmental groups. Most park
operations and visitor contact facilities
would be outside the park and shared
with other agencies and communities.
Areas that have been altered would be
restored to their natural conditions.
Cultural resources would be preserved
at the highest level possible. The visitor
experience would stress activities that
have low environmental impacts on and
are harmonious with the resources.
More emphasis would be placed on selfguided and discovery education, and
interpretive programs would focus on
stewardship. Vehicular transportation
would be altered to reinforce the visitor
experience. The Rim Road would be
closed between Cleetwood Cove and
Kerr Notch. Winter use of the park
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would change to allow natural processes
to proceed with fewer disturbances than
current management practices allow.
Winter plowing of the road to the rim
would stop, except for spring opening.
Snowmobiling along North Junction
Road would no longer be allowed.
Facilities that are not historic and not
essential to park functions would be
removed and the area rehabilitated.
Functions that are, by necessity parkbased, would be retained in the park.
Public Review: The Final EIS/GMP is
now available. Interested persons and
organizations wishing to express any
concerns or provide relevant
information are encouraged to obtain
the document from the Superintendent,
Crater Lake National Park, P.O. Box 7,
Highway 62, Crater Lake, Oregon, or via
telephone at (541) 594–3001. The
document may also be viewed at area
libraries, or obtained electronically via
the park’s Web site at https://
www.planning.nps.gov. Please note that
names and addresses of people who
comment become part of the public
record. If individuals commenting
request that their name or\and address
be withheld from public disclosure, it
will be honored to the extent allowable
by law. Such requests must be stated
prominently in the beginning of the
comments. There also may be
circumstances wherein the NPS will
withhold from the record a respondent’s
identity, as allowable by law. As always:
The NPS will make available to public
inspection all submissions from
organizations or businesses and from
persons identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations and businesses; and,
anonymous comments may not be
considered.
Decision: Following release of the
Final EIS/GMP, a Record of Decision
(ROD) will be prepared and approved
not sooner than 30 days after the EPA
has published its notice of filing of the
document in the Federal Register. A
notice of the approved ROD would be
similarly published, as well as
announced through local and regional
press media. As a delegated EIS, the
official responsible for the decision is
the Regional Director, Pacific West
Region, National Park Service;
subsequently the official responsible for
implementing the approved GMP is the
Superintendent, Crater Lake National
Park.
Dated: April 4, 2005.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
The Transportation Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
Grand Teton National Park, WY
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft
environmental impact statement for the
Transportation Plan, Grand Teton
National Park.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(c), the National Park
Service announces the availability of
draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Transportation Plan, Grand
Teton National Park, Wyoming.
DATES: The National Park Service will
accept comments from the public on the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for 60 days after publication of this
notice. No public meetings are
scheduled at this time, but may be
announced at a later date.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review and
comment at the Park Headquarters
Visitor Center in Moose, Wyoming and
the Reference Desk of the Teton County
Library in Jackson, Wyoming. It will
also be available online at both https://
parkplanning.nps.gov and https://
www.nps.gov/grte/plans/planning.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Gibson Scott, Superintendent,
Grand Teton National Park, PO Drawer
170, Moose, Wyoming 83012–0170,
(370) 739–3410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to comment, you may submit your
comments by any one of several
methods. You may mail comments to
Superintendent Office, P.O. Drawer 170,
Moose, Wyoming 83012–0170,
Attention: Transportation Plan. You
may also comment via the e-mail to
https://parkplanning.nps.gov, choose
‘‘Grand Teton National Park’’ or ‘‘Plan/
Documents Open for Comment’’ and
then click ‘‘Comment on Document’’.
Finally, you may hand-deliver
comments to the Grand Teton Visitor
Center, Moose, Wyoming. Our practice
is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents,
available for public review during
business hours. Individual respondents
may request that we withhold their
home address from the record, which
we will honor to the extent allowable
law. There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold from the
record a respondent’s identity, as
allowable by law. If you wish us to
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withhold your name and/or address,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. We will
make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Michael D. Snyder,
Acting Regional Director, Intermountain
Region, National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement for the
general management plan, Effigy
Mounds National Monument.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(C), the National Park
Service (NPS) is preparing an
environmental impact statement for a
general management plan for Effigy
Mounds National Monument, Iowa. The
environmental impact statement will be
approved by the Director, Midwest
Region.
The general management plan will
prescribe the resource conditions and
visitor experiences that are to be
achieved and maintained in the
monument over the next 15 to 20 years.
The clarification of what must be
achieved according to law and policy
will be based on review of the
monument’s purpose, significance,
special mandates, and the body of laws
and policies directing park
management. Based on determinations
of desired conditions, the general
management plan will outline the kinds
of resource management activities,
visitor activities, and development that
would be appropriate in the future. A
range of reasonable management
alternatives will be developed through
this planning process and will include,
at a minimum, no-action and the
preferred alternative.
Major issues to be addressed in the
plan include: Cultural and natural
resources of the park, visitor use of
facilities and programs, staff access for
resource patrols and visitor protection,
SUMMARY:
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Information on the planning
process and copies of newsletters will
be available from the office of the
Superintendent, 151 Highway 76,
Harpers Ferry, Iowa 52146–7519.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Phyllis Ewing, Effigy
Mounds National Monument, 151
Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, Iowa
52146–7519, telephone 563–873–3491.
ADDRESSES:
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement,
Effigy Mounds National Monument, IA
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trail development, vegetation control,
management of threatened and
endangered species, management of the
Yellow River, and land protection.
DATES: Any comments on the scope of
issues to be addressed in the EIS should
be received no later than December 30,
2005. Public meetings regarding the
general management plan will be held
during the scoping period. Specific
dates, times, and locations will be made
available in the local media, on the
Effigy Mounds National Monument Web
site (https://www.nps.gov/efmo), on the
NPS Planning, Environment and Public
Comment (PEPC) Web site
(parkplanning.nps.gov/
publicHome.cfm), or by contacting the
Superintendent.
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If you
wish to comment on any issues
associated with the plan, you may
submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail
comments to: Effigy Mounds National
Monument, 151 Highway 76, Harpers
Ferry, Iowa 52146–7519. You may also
comment via e-mail to
efmo_superintendent@nps.gov. Please
submit e-mail comments as a text file
avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption. Be sure to
include your name and return street
address in your Internet message. You
may provide comments electronically
by entering them into the PEPC Web site
at the address above. Finally, you may
hand-deliver comments to the
monument headquarters located three
miles north of Marquette, Iowa, on
Highway 76.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from
the record, which we will honor to the
extent allowable by law. There also may
be circumstances in which we would
withhold from the record a respondent’s
identity, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your address, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. We will
make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
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individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Ernest Quintana,
Director, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Receipt of Application for
Telecommunication Site
National Park Service,
Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
for telecommunication site.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: (Authority: 47 U.S.C. 332
(Telecommunications Act of 1996); 16
U.S.C. 5; other applicable authorities
and Director’s Order 53).
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
(THRO) has received an application
from Verizon Wireless to rebuild the
THRO’s South Unit radio tower near
Medora, North Dakota to accommodate
Verizon Wireless equipment. The
location of the proposed
telecommunication site is Township
140 North, Range 102 West, W1⁄2 of the
NW1⁄4 of Section 16, Billings County,
North Dakota. The proposed site may
include a rebuilt tower not to exceed
180 feet in height, a 12′ x 30′ equipment
building, and necessary utilities. The
staff at THRO is currently evaluating the
proposal and conducting a review and
analysis pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA), the Telecommunications Act of
1996, and National Park Service (NPS)
requirements, policy and regulations.
Once completed, the NEPA analysis,
including the effects, if any, on cultural
resources, will be available for public
review at: https://www.nps.gov/thro, and
at the NPS Planning, Environment, and
Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at:
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
publicHome.cfm. This Web site allows
the public to review and comment
directly on this document.
Comments: Comments on the
proposal may be mailed to Theodore
Roosevelt National Park, P.O. Box 7,
Medora, North Dakota 58645, Attention
Wireless Telecommunications Facility;
by e-mail to thro_forum@nps.gov, or
directly through the PEPC Web site.
DATES: Review and analysis pursuant to
the NEPA and the NHPA are currently
being conducted in the THRO and will
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
The Transportation Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement,
Grand Teton National Park, WY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft environmental impact
statement for the Transportation Plan, Grand Teton National Park.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(c), the National Park Service announces the availability of
draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Transportation Plan, Grand
Teton National Park, Wyoming.
DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments from the public
on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for 60 days after
publication of this notice. No public meetings are scheduled at this
time, but may be announced at a later date.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment
at the Park Headquarters Visitor Center in Moose, Wyoming and the
Reference Desk of the Teton County Library in Jackson, Wyoming. It will
also be available online at both https://parkplanning.nps.gov and http:/
/www.nps.gov/grte/plans/planning.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Gibson Scott, Superintendent,
Grand Teton National Park, PO Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012-0170,
(370) 739-3410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit your
comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to
Superintendent Office, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012-0170,
Attention: Transportation Plan. You may also comment via the e-mail to
https://parkplanning.nps.gov, choose ``Grand Teton National Park'' or
``Plan/Documents Open for Comment'' and then click ``Comment on
Document''. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to the Grand Teton
Visitor Center, Moose, Wyoming. Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public
review during business hours. Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable law. There also may be circumstances in which we
would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to
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withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Michael D. Snyder,
Acting Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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