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Supplementary Information: As noted
above, Ross Lake NRA is managed as
one unit of the North Cascades National
Park Complex (North Cascades), which
also includes North Cascades National
Park (north and south units), and Lake
Chelan National Recreation Area (which
adjoins the park on the south). North
Cascades is located deep in the
northernmost reaches of the Cascades
Range in Washington State and borders
British Columbia, Canada.
Management guidance for Ross Lake
NRA was included in the North
Cascades GMP (now 18 years old) and
has become inadequate to address the
policy and operational issues now
facing park management for Ross Lake
NRA. Since the completion of the North
Cascades GMP, many changes have
occurred that affect NRA management.
Seattle City Light’s three dam facilities
have been re-licensed by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The mitigation package approved as part
of the relicensing agreement included
several large-scale changes and
improvements for Ross Lake NRA that
were not included or fully envisioned in
the 1988 North Cascades GMP. It is
timely to update the GMP to address
these large scale changes that are
occurring in Ross Lake NRA and to
address resource protection, visitor use,
and management issues surrounding
these enhancements.
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Additionally, Ross Lake NRA also
faces other broad natural and cultural
resource protection issues—these
include bioregional management
strategies for grizzly bear recovery,
control of invasive species, local climate
change effects, changing lake levels, air
quality, archeology, and American
Indian traditional uses. Complementary
management strategies will be pursued
for these resource challenges.
Visitor use within Ross Lake NRA has
diversified and significantly increased
since the 1988 North Cascades GMP,
due in part to the enhanced recreational
facilities. Boating on Diablo and Ross
Lakes has intensified. Use of
Washington State’s North Cascades
Highway 20 (which bisects
approximately 25 miles of Ross Lake
NRA) has increased dramatically and is
the most popular motorcycle touring
route in the region. The GMP update is
needed to adequately provide
management guidance for visitor use,
boats, and motor vehicles within the
Ross Lake NRA and address carrying
capacity for visitor experience and
resource protection.
Following the completion of the 1988
North Cascades GMP, the Stephen
Mather Wilderness within the North
Cascades National Park Complex was
designated by Congress in November
1988. This act brought 93% of the park
complex under the provisions of the
1964 Wilderness Act, and 69% of Ross
Lake NRA is designated wilderness (4%
is designated potential wilderness). The
new GMP is needed to adequately
update zoning for the management of
wilderness lands within Ross Lake
NRA, and will ratify the current
management contained in the
Wilderness Management Plan.
Trans-boundary ecosystem and
recreation management is also a
significant issue for Ross Lake NRA,
which borders British Columbia
provincial parks for five miles along its
northern border. Hozomeen, at the USCanada border, is the most developed
access point onto Ross Lake. Ross Lake
NRA is within a large extended
watershed that begins in Canada,
continues through the North Cascades
and lower river valley, and then drains
into the Pacific Ocean. An effort by
Skagit Environmental Endowment
Commission (SEE), an endowed
organization established by
international treaty, is underway to
manage the upper Skagit watershed
more holistically between Canada and
the United States. The new GMP will
address trans-boundary resource
management issues as well as
partnership opportunities with U.S. and
Canadian entities. In addition, SEE has
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provided funding to the province of
British Columbia to complete a
managment plan for its provincial park
units adjacent to Ross Lake NRA and
within the upper Skagit watershed.
Decision Process: Following the
scoping phase and consideration of
public concerns and other agency
comments, a Draft EIS and proposed
GMP will be prepared and released for
public review. Availability of the
forthcoming Draft EIS for public review
and written comment will be formally
announced with publication of a Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register,
as well as through local and regional
news media, direct mailings, and via
Web site postings. Following due
consideration of all agency and public
comment, a Final EIS will be prepared;
it is anticipated that the final GMP
proposal will be available in September
2009. As a delegated EIS, the official
responsible for the decision on the
proposed GMP is the Regional Director,
Pacific West Region, National Park
Service. Subsequently, the official
responsible for implementation of the
approved GMP would be the
Superintendent, North Cascades
National Park Service Complex.
Dated: September 14, 2006.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement/
General Management Plan, Minidoka
Internment National Monument,
Jerome County, ID; Notice of Approval
of Record of Decision
Summary: Pursuant to Section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as
amended) and the implementing
regulation promulgated by the Council
on Environmental Quality (40 CFR
1505.2), the Department of the Interior,
National Park Service has prepared, and
the Regional Director, Pacific West
Region has approved, the Record of
Decision for the General Management
Plan for Minidoka Internment National
Monument. The formal no-action period
was officially initiated July 28, 2006,
with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Federal Register notification
of the filing of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS).
Decision: As soon as practicable the
monument will begin to implement as
its new General Management Plan the
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Preferred Alternative (Alternative C)
contained in the Draft and Final EIS.
The selected plan features a deliberate,
long-term strategy emphasizing on-site
education and interpretation and the
extensive treatment and use of cultural
resources in telling the Minidoka story.
A range or preservation techniques to
protect and enhance historic resources
will be employed, including
delineation; stabilization, restoration, or
rehabilitation; and limited
reconstruction. A complete barracks
block exhibit in its original location will
be established. A visitor contact facility
area will be developed by adaptively
reusing existing historic buildings; there
will be minimal new development. As
document in the EIS, this course of
action was also deemed to be the
‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative.
The proposed plan and three
alternatives were identified and
analyzed in the Final EIS, and
previously in the Draft EIS (the latter
was distributed in June 2005). The full
spectrum of foreseeable environmental
consequences was assessed, and
appropriation mitigation measures
identified, for each alternative.
Beginning with early scoping, through
the preparation of the Draft and Final
EIS, scores of public meetings were
conducted and over 2000 interested
individuals participated overall.
Approximately 375 written comments
were received during the scoping phase
or in response to the Draft EIS (given the
minor nature of comments received on
the Draft EIS, an abbreviated format was
used for the Final EIS). Key
consultations or other contacts that
aided in preparing the EIS involved (but
were not limited to) the Jerome County
Office of Planning and Zoning, Jerome
County Historical Society, State Historic
Preservation Offices in Idaho, Oregon,
and Washington, the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, native American
Tribes, Japanese American Citizens
League, South Central Idaho Tourism
Association, and adjoining land
managing agencies. Local communities,
county and city officials, and interested
organizations were contacted
extensively during initial scoping and
throughout the GMP planning process.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to
review the Record of Decision may
obtain a complete copy by contacting
the Superintendent, Minidoka
Internment National Monument, P.O.
Box 570, Hagerman, Idaho 83332–0570;
or via telephone request at (208) 837–
4793.
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Dated: September 6, 2006.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0047 and 1029–
0080
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request renewed
authority for two collections of
information: 30 CFR parts 816 and 817
relating to the permanent program
performance standards—surface mining
activities and underground mining
activities, and 30 CFR part 850
authorizing State regulatory authorities
to develop blaster certification
programs. These information collection
activities were previously approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), and assigned clearance numbers
1029–0047 and 1029–0080, respectively.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection must be received
by December 29, 2006, to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room
202—SIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the information
collection requests, explanatory
information and related forms, contact
John A. Trelease, at (202) 208–2783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. This notice
identifies information collections that
OSM will be submitting to OMB for
approval. These collections are
contained in 30 CFR parts 816 and
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817—Permanent Program Performance
Standards—Surface and Underground
Mining Activities, and 30 CFR part 850,
Permanent Regulatory Program
Requirements—Standards for
Certification of Blasters. OSM will
request a 3-year term of approval for
each information collection activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany
OSM’s submission of the information
collection request to OMB.
The following information is provided
for each information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) summary of the
information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of
the respondents, estimated total annual
responses, and the total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
Title: Permanent Program
Performance Standards—Surface and
Underground Mining Activities, 30 CFR
Parts 816 and 817.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0047.
Summary: Section 515 and 516 of the
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 provides that
permittees conducting coal mining
operations shall meet all applicable
performance standards of the Act. The
information collected is used by the
regulatory authority in monitoring and
inspecting surface coal mining activities
to ensure that they are conducted in
compliance with the requirements of the
Act.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once, on
occasion, quarterly and annually.
Description of Respondents: Coal
mining operators and State regulatory
authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 326,027.
Total Annual Burden Hours:
1,432,142.
Total Annual Burden Cost: $323,096.
Title: Permanent Regulatory Program
Requirements—Standards for
Certification of Blasters, 30 CFR Part
850.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0080.
Summary: This part establishes the
requirements and procedures applicable
to the development of regulatory
programs for the training, examination,
and certification of persons engaging in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan,
Minidoka Internment National Monument, Jerome County, ID; Notice of
Approval of Record of Decision
Summary: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the
implementing regulation promulgated by the Council on Environmental
Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park
Service has prepared, and the Regional Director, Pacific West Region
has approved, the Record of Decision for the General Management Plan
for Minidoka Internment National Monument. The formal no-action period
was officially initiated July 28, 2006, with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Decision: As soon as practicable the monument will begin to
implement as its new General Management Plan the
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Preferred Alternative (Alternative C) contained in the Draft and Final
EIS. The selected plan features a deliberate, long-term strategy
emphasizing on-site education and interpretation and the extensive
treatment and use of cultural resources in telling the Minidoka story.
A range or preservation techniques to protect and enhance historic
resources will be employed, including delineation; stabilization,
restoration, or rehabilitation; and limited reconstruction. A complete
barracks block exhibit in its original location will be established. A
visitor contact facility area will be developed by adaptively reusing
existing historic buildings; there will be minimal new development. As
document in the EIS, this course of action was also deemed to be the
``environmentally preferred'' alternative. The proposed plan and three
alternatives were identified and analyzed in the Final EIS, and
previously in the Draft EIS (the latter was distributed in June 2005).
The full spectrum of foreseeable environmental consequences was
assessed, and appropriation mitigation measures identified, for each
alternative. Beginning with early scoping, through the preparation of
the Draft and Final EIS, scores of public meetings were conducted and
over 2000 interested individuals participated overall. Approximately
375 written comments were received during the scoping phase or in
response to the Draft EIS (given the minor nature of comments received
on the Draft EIS, an abbreviated format was used for the Final EIS).
Key consultations or other contacts that aided in preparing the EIS
involved (but were not limited to) the Jerome County Office of Planning
and Zoning, Jerome County Historical Society, State Historic
Preservation Offices in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
native American Tribes, Japanese American Citizens League, South
Central Idaho Tourism Association, and adjoining land managing
agencies. Local communities, county and city officials, and interested
organizations were contacted extensively during initial scoping and
throughout the GMP planning process.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a complete copy by contacting the Superintendent,
Minidoka Internment National Monument, P.O. Box 570, Hagerman, Idaho
83332-0570; or via telephone request at (208) 837-4793.
Dated: September 6, 2006.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 06-8952 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]
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