Transportation Plan, Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement, Arches National Park, UT, 73796 [E5-7267]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Rock Creek Park, 3545
Williamsburg Lane NW., Washington,
DC 20008–1207, (202) 895–6004.
Dated: September 23, 2005.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
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2006 when it is ready for public review.
The NPS will notify the public by mail,
website, and other means and will
include where or how to obtain a copy
of the EA, how to comment on the EA,
and the length of the public comment
period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Joss, Superintendent, Arches
National Park, PO Box 907, Moab, UT
84532–0907; Tel: (435) 719–2201; FAX
(435) 719–2305; e-mail:
laura_joss@nps.gov.
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Kate Cannon,
Acting Deputy Director, Intermountain
Region.
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AGENCY:
The Keyhole and Sundance Boat
Club permits will expire December 31,
2005.
ADDRESSES: The Keyhole State Park
Recreation Master Plan is available for
review on WSPHS’s Web site at: https://
wyoparks.state.wy.us/keyholerecreation-master-plan.pdf or can be
obtained by writing to: Area Manager,
Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area
Office, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck ND
58502.
SUMMARY: The permits between the State
of Wyoming, Department of State Parks
and Cultural Resources, Division of
State Parks and Historic Sites (WSPHS)
and the Keyhole and Sundance Boat
Clubs at Keyhole Reservoir in northeast
Wyoming will not be renewed after their
expiration on December 31, 2005.
The Bureau of Reclamation is the
Federal agency responsible for
administering lands and resources
associated with Keyhole Reservoir.
Keyhole State Park (Park) is managed by
Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites
through a Memorandum of
Understanding with Reclamation that
provides WSPHS with the authority to
issue permits for limited recreation
activities. Permits have been issued by
WSPHS to Keyhole and Sundance boat
clubs since 1967 to conduct recreation
activities as boat clubs. These two boat
clubs occupy a total of 18 contiguous
acres on Cottonwood Bay and currently
have 20 private seasonal occupancy
trailers in the permit area, hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘area’’.
This administrative decision results
from a review to determine if the
existence of the boat clubs conflicts
with the best public use of the area as
outlined in Part 21.4(a)(1) of 43 CFR
Part 21, Occupancy of Cabin Sites on
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph E. Hall, Chief, Resource
Management Division, Bureau of
Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, P.O.
Box 1017, Bismarck, ND 58502;
Telephone: 701–250–4242 extension
3615; or FAX to 701–250–4326.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information supporting the review to
determine if the existence of the boat
clubs conflicts with the best public use
of the area as outlined in 43 CFR 21.4
was gathered during the development of
the 2003 Keyhole State Park Recreation
Master Plan (Plan), an update of the
Keyhole State Park Master Plan
developed by WSPHS in 1981. The Plan
assesses existing conditions and
establishes a framework to develop and
implement appropriate improvements
for a 20-year period, until 2023.
Development of the Plan included
extensive public involvement using
surveys, newsletters, public meetings,
press releases, and stakeholder groups,
and coordination with the Wyoming
congressional delegation. Plans for
development of a campground at the
area including: recreational vehicle and
tent sites, comfort stations, vault toilets,
playground equipment, and boat
launching and parking facilities were
completed to meet existing and
projected recreation demand as
described in the Plan. Construction of
the campground will begin in 2006.
In December 2003, boat club members
were notified that new permits issued to
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Transportation Plan, Termination of
the Environmental Impact Statement,
Arches National Park, UT
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination of the
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Transportation Plan, Arches National
Park.
AGENCY:
In a Notice of Intent
published May 7, 2003 (68 FR 24501),
the National Park Service (NPS)
announced its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Transportation Plan at Arches
National Park. The NPS has since
determined that it is appropriate at this
time to prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA), rather than an EIS, for
the Transportation Plan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
had begun working on the EIS following
publication of the Notice of Intent after
preliminary analysis of the plan
alternatives revealed there could be
potential for significant impacts. Based
on the potential costs of the plan, the
NPS Washington Office of Alternative
Transportation Planning Program
Management requested a much smaller
scale ‘‘Transportation Implementation
Plan’’. This plan would include only
those transportation strategies that
could be implemented within a 5 to 6
year timeframe. Based on these changes
and preliminary analysis of impacts of
the new strategies, the NPS has
determined that it is appropriate at this
time to prepare an EA.
DATES: The EA will be distributed for
public comment in winter 2005/spring
SUMMARY:
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Public Conservation and Recreation
Areas. Consideration was given to the
following factors listed in 43 CFR 21.4
(a)(1)(i-iv): existing and projected public
need for the area, compatibility between
public uses and private cabin sites,
development potential and plans for the
area, and other relevant factors. An
analysis of each of these factors is given
in ‘‘Supplemental Information’’. From
this analysis it has been determined that
public need for the area currently
occupied by Keyhole and Sundance
boat clubs has grown to a point where
continued use of the area by the boat
clubs is no longer in the best public
interest.
Notice of Intent of Non-Renewal of
Permits to Keyhole and Sundance Boat
Clubs, Keyhole Reservoir, WY
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent of non-renewal
of permits to Keyhole and Sundance
Boat Clubs, Keyhole Reservoir,
Wyoming.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Transportation Plan, Termination of the Environmental Impact
Statement, Arches National Park, UT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination of the Environmental Impact Statement for
the Transportation Plan, Arches National Park.
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SUMMARY: In a Notice of Intent published May 7, 2003 (68 FR 24501), the
National Park Service (NPS) announced its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Transportation Plan at
Arches National Park. The NPS has since determined that it is
appropriate at this time to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA),
rather than an EIS, for the Transportation Plan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS had begun working on the EIS
following publication of the Notice of Intent after preliminary
analysis of the plan alternatives revealed there could be potential for
significant impacts. Based on the potential costs of the plan, the NPS
Washington Office of Alternative Transportation Planning Program
Management requested a much smaller scale ``Transportation
Implementation Plan''. This plan would include only those
transportation strategies that could be implemented within a 5 to 6
year timeframe. Based on these changes and preliminary analysis of
impacts of the new strategies, the NPS has determined that it is
appropriate at this time to prepare an EA.
DATES: The EA will be distributed for public comment in winter 2005/
spring 2006 when it is ready for public review. The NPS will notify the
public by mail, website, and other means and will include where or how
to obtain a copy of the EA, how to comment on the EA, and the length of
the public comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Joss, Superintendent, Arches
National Park, PO Box 907, Moab, UT 84532-0907; Tel: (435) 719-2201;
FAX (435) 719-2305; e-mail: laura_joss@nps.gov.
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Kate Cannon,
Acting Deputy Director, Intermountain Region.
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