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personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
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DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of this project should be received on or
before September 30, 2008. The draft
EIS is projected to be available in early
2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
mailed to the address below. Electronic
comments may be submitted to the NPS
Planning, Environment, and Public
Comment (PEPC) Web site: https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/DENA. To
comment using PEPC, select the ‘‘Denali
Park Road Vehicle Management Plan’’,
then select ‘‘Open for Public Comment’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adrienne Lindholm, Outdoor
Recreation Planner, Denali Planning,
240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK
99501, (907) 644–3613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Denali
National Park contains one of the most
intact predator-prey ecosystems in the
world as well as one of the best
opportunities in North America to view
wildlife in its natural setting. Denali
National Park was established in 1917
as a game refuge and conserving wildlife
and protecting opportunities to view
wildlife remain its most important
values. Key resources and values
include: Wildlife populations, wildlife
habitat, and the processes and
components of the park’s natural
ecosystem; wilderness character,
wilderness resource values, and
wilderness recreational opportunities;
scenic and geologic values of Mount
McKinley and surrounding mountain
landscape; and visitor enjoyment and
inspiration from observing wildlife in
its natural habitat and other natural
features. Denali is now one of the most
visited subarctic national parks in the
world, with the vast majority of
visitation focused along the 90-mile
park road. Park managers must ensure
that Denali’s vehicle management plan
protects these critical resource values.
Before 1972, Denali visitation was low
because travelers arrived either by train
or by an arduous overland route on the
unimproved Denali Highway. In 1972
park visitation increased 100% in direct
response to the opening of the George
Parks Highway which created a direct
corridor from Anchorage to the park.
Anticipating this increase, park
managers implemented a mandatory
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visitor transportation system that same
year to minimize disturbances to
wildlife and scenery. This was one of
the first visitor transportation systems in
the national park system and it set the
standard for transportation systems in
other park units.
With the sustained growth in Alaska’s
tourism industry, Denali continues to be
a featured part of travelers’ itineraries.
To better manage the park experience in
light of increased pressures, the 1986
General Management Plan (GMP) for the
park established a limit of 10,512 motor
vehicle trips annually on the park road.
This limit, which affects the existing
allocation of vehicle trips (among tour
buses, shuttle buses, private vehicles,
administrative vehicles, and private
inholders and their guests) will be
comprehensively evaluated in this EIS.
The transportation system enabled
Denali to maintain vehicle use levels
below this figure while providing
visitors the opportunity to travel the
park road. However, visitation
continues to increase and demand
exceeds capacity in some cases. Trends
indicate that visitation will continue to
increase and that there will continue to
be a demand for access to Denali. There
is also a need to accommodate the
changing demographics, interests, and
needs of visitors. This will require a
comprehensive review of the current
system and evaluation of alternatives for
developing a system to better serve the
needs of visitors while protecting park
resources.
Dated: June 20, 2008.
Victor Knox,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Prepare a General
Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement for the Ice Age
National Scenic Trail Interpretive Site
and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age
National Scientific Reserve, WI
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit
of the Ice Age National Scientific
Reserve, Wisconsin.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
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Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the
National Park Service (NPS) with the
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), is preparing a General
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for the Ice
Age National Scenic Trail (NST)
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit
of the Ice Age National Scientific
Reserve in Wisconsin. The GMP/EIS
will prescribe the resource conditions
and visitor experiences that are to be
achieved and maintained in these areas
over the next 15 to 20 years.
To facilitate sound planning and
environmental assessment, the NPS
intends to gather information necessary
for the preparation of the GMP/EIS and
obtain suggestions and information from
other Agencies and the public on the
scope of issues to be addressed in the
GMP/EIS. Because the planning area
involves a complex of public lands with
different State and Federal designations,
the NPS is partnering with the
Wisconsin DNR in developing this plan.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will
participate in the planning team.
Comments and participation in this
scoping process are invited.
Participation in the planning process
will be encouraged and facilitated by
various means, including newsletters
and open house meetings. The NPS will
conduct public scoping meetings to
explain the planning process and to
solicit opinions about issues to address
in the GMP/EIS. Notification of all such
meetings will be announced in the local
press and in the NPS newsletters.
ADDRESSES: Additionally, if you wish to
comment on any issues associated with
the GMP/EIS, you may submit your
comments by any one of several
methods. You may mail or hand-deliver
comments to Superintendent, Ice Age
and North Country National Scenic
Trails, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100,
Madison, Wisconsin 53711. You may
provide comments electronically by
entering them into the NPS’s Planning,
Environment and Public Comment Web
site https://parkplanning.nps.gov.
Information will be available for public
review and comment from the Office of
the Superintendent at the above
address.
Requests to be added to the project
mailing list should be sent to Manager,
Ice Age NST, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite
100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711;
telephone 608–441–5610.
Before including your address,
telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, you should be aware
that your entire comment (including
your personal identifying information)
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may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. We will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or
officials, or organizations or businesses
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Ice Age and North
Country National Scenic Trails, 700
Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison,
Wisconsin 53711; telephone 608–441–
5610.
The
primary purpose of the Ice Age NST is
to create an outstanding 1,000-mile
hiking trail that follows the terminal
moraines and other landscape features
left by the last glacial advance and
retreat approximately 10,000 years ago.
The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
(Reserve), a companion project to the Ice
Age NST, is a network of nine units that
contain clusters of the most significant
examples of landscape features formed
by continental glaciation. The Ice Age
NST and Reserve are the only
authorized areas in the National Park
System that focus on interpreting the
landscape formed by continental
glaciation. The Ice Age NST Interpretive
Site lies within the boundary of the
Wisconsin DNR Cross Plains Unit of the
Reserve.
The NPS efforts to establish, develop,
and manage the Ice Age NST are guided
by the 1983 Comprehensive Plan for
Management and Use of the Ice Age
NST. The plan does not address or
resolve the many detailed issues
associated with owning, operating, and
organizing a major interpretive site
along the trail, although it cites the NPS
authority to establish such a site. The
development of a new GMP/EIS for the
Ice Age NST Interpretive Site and Cross
Plains Unit of the Reserve will result in
a long-term (15–20 year) vision for the
management and protection of this
unique area. The outcome of the GMP/
EIS will achieve a consistent
management over the entire project,
identify necessary developments, and
support facilities to achieve the desired
outcomes for the Ice Age NST and
Interpretive Site, provide direction for
restoring and managing the significant
geologic and biologic features on the
site, and define appropriate visitor use
activities.
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Dated: May 19, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E8–18572 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am]
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of
contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation
and are new, modified, discontinued, or
completed since the last publication of
this notice on May 9, 2008. This notice
is one of a variety of means used to
inform the public about proposed
contractual actions for capital recovery
and management of project resources
and facilities consistent with section 9(f)
of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
Additional announcements of
individual contract actions may be
published in the Federal Register and in
newspapers of general circulation in the
areas determined by Reclamation to be
affected by the proposed action.
ADDRESSES: The identity of the
approving officer and other information
pertaining to a specific contract
proposal may be obtained by calling or
writing the appropriate regional office at
the address and telephone number given
for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Kelly, Water and
Environmental Resources Office, Bureau
of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0007; telephone 303–
445–2888.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent
with section 9(f) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 and the rules and
regulations published in 52 FR 11954,
April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22),
Reclamation will publish notice of
proposed or amendatory contract
actions for any contract for the delivery
of project water for authorized uses in
newspapers of general circulation in the
affected area at least 60 days prior to
contract execution. Announcements
may be in the form of news releases,
legal notices, official letters,
memorandums, or other forms of
written material. Meetings, workshops,
and/or hearings may also be used, as
appropriate, to provide local publicity.
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The public participation procedures do
not apply to proposed contracts for the
sale of surplus or interim irrigation
water for a term of 1 year or less. Either
of the contracting parties may invite the
public to observe contract proceedings.
All public participation procedures will
be coordinated with those involved in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to
the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation
Procedures’’ for water resource-related
contract negotiations, published in 47
FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation
is provided of all proposed contractual
actions in each of the five Reclamation
regions. When contract negotiations are
completed, and prior to execution, each
proposed contract form must be
approved by the Secretary of the
Interior, or pursuant to delegated or
redelegated authority, the Commissioner
of Reclamation or one of the regional
directors. In some instances,
congressional review and approval of a
report, water rate, or other terms and
conditions of the contract may be
involved.
Public participation in and receipt of
comments on contract proposals will be
facilitated by adherence to the following
procedures:
1. Only persons authorized to act on
behalf of the contracting entities may
negotiate the terms and conditions of a
specific contract proposal.
2. Advance notice of meetings or
hearings will be furnished to those
parties that have made a timely written
request for such notice to the
appropriate regional or project office of
Reclamation.
3. Written correspondence regarding
proposed contracts may be made
available to the general public pursuant
to the terms and procedures of the
Freedom of Information Act, as
amended.
4. Written comments on a proposed
contract or contract action must be
submitted to the appropriate regional
officials at the locations and within the
time limits set forth in the advance
public notices.
5. All written comments received and
testimony presented at any public
hearings will be reviewed and
summarized by the appropriate regional
office for use by the contract approving
authority.
6. Copies of specific proposed
contracts may be obtained from the
appropriate regional director or his
designated public contact as they
become available for review and
comment.
7. In the event modifications are made
in the form of a proposed contract, the
appropriate regional director shall
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service
(NPS) with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is
preparing a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement
(GMP/EIS) for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (NST) Interpretive Site
and Cross Plains Unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve in
Wisconsin. The GMP/EIS will prescribe the resource conditions and
visitor experiences that are to be achieved and maintained in these
areas over the next 15 to 20 years.
To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the GMP/
EIS and obtain suggestions and information from other Agencies and the
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the GMP/EIS. Because
the planning area involves a complex of public lands with different
State and Federal designations, the NPS is partnering with the
Wisconsin DNR in developing this plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service will participate in the planning team. Comments and
participation in this scoping process are invited. Participation in the
planning process will be encouraged and facilitated by various means,
including newsletters and open house meetings. The NPS will conduct
public scoping meetings to explain the planning process and to solicit
opinions about issues to address in the GMP/EIS. Notification of all
such meetings will be announced in the local press and in the NPS
newsletters.
ADDRESSES: Additionally, if you wish to comment on any issues
associated with the GMP/EIS, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail or hand-deliver comments to
Superintendent, Ice Age and North Country National Scenic Trails, 700
Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 53711. You may provide
comments electronically by entering them into the NPS's Planning,
Environment and Public Comment Web site https://parkplanning.nps.gov.
Information will be available for public review and comment from the
Office of the Superintendent at the above address.
Requests to be added to the project mailing list should be sent to
Manager, Ice Age NST, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin
53711; telephone 608-441-5610.
Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be
aware that your entire comment (including your personal identifying
information)
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may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in
your comments to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We
will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials, or
organizations or businesses available for public inspection in their
entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Ice Age and North
Country National Scenic Trails, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison,
Wisconsin 53711; telephone 608-441-5610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the Ice Age NST is to
create an outstanding 1,000-mile hiking trail that follows the terminal
moraines and other landscape features left by the last glacial advance
and retreat approximately 10,000 years ago. The Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve (Reserve), a companion project to the Ice Age NST,
is a network of nine units that contain clusters of the most
significant examples of landscape features formed by continental
glaciation. The Ice Age NST and Reserve are the only authorized areas
in the National Park System that focus on interpreting the landscape
formed by continental glaciation. The Ice Age NST Interpretive Site
lies within the boundary of the Wisconsin DNR Cross Plains Unit of the
Reserve.
The NPS efforts to establish, develop, and manage the Ice Age NST
are guided by the 1983 Comprehensive Plan for Management and Use of the
Ice Age NST. The plan does not address or resolve the many detailed
issues associated with owning, operating, and organizing a major
interpretive site along the trail, although it cites the NPS authority
to establish such a site. The development of a new GMP/EIS for the Ice
Age NST Interpretive Site and Cross Plains Unit of the Reserve will
result in a long-term (15-20 year) vision for the management and
protection of this unique area. The outcome of the GMP/EIS will achieve
a consistent management over the entire project, identify necessary
developments, and support facilities to achieve the desired outcomes
for the Ice Age NST and Interpretive Site, provide direction for
restoring and managing the significant geologic and biologic features
on the site, and define appropriate visitor use activities.
Dated: May 19, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E8-18572 Filed 8-11-08; 8:45 am]
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