Final Environmental Impact Statement/Comprehensive Management Plan: Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii County, HI; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision, 10611 [E9-5145]
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community support was expressed for
concepts which were developed as the
agency-preferred alternative presented
in the Draft EIS. Due to the minimal
nature of public response to the Draft
EIS, an abbreviated format was utilized
in preparing the Final EIS. As
documented in the Draft and Final EIS,
the selected alternative was deemed to
be the ‘‘environmentally preferred’’
course of action.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to
review the Record of Decision may
obtain a copy by contacting the
Superintendent, Ala Kahakai National
Historic Trail, 73–4786 Kanalani St.,
#14, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 or via
telephone request at (808) 326–6012.
Dated: January 29, 2009.
Cynthia L. Ip,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Park Service
Environmental Impact Statement/
General Management Plan; Kalaupapa
National Historical Park, Kalawao
County, Molokai, HI; Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Comprehensive Management Plan: Ala
Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii
County, HI; Notice of Approval of
Record of Decision
Pursuant to 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended) and
the regulations promulgated by the
Council on Environmental Quality (40
CFR 1505.2), the Department of the
Interior, National Park Service (NPS)
has prepared and approved a Record of
Decision for the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the
Comprehensive Management Plan for
the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail.
The requisite no-action ‘‘wait period’’
was initiated November 7, 2008, with
the Environmental Protection Agency’s
Federal Register notification of the
filing of the Final EIS.
Decision: As soon as practical the NPS
will begin to implement an Ahupua’a
trail system (described and analyzed as
the agency-preferred Alternative C in
the Final EIS, and which includes no
substantive changes from the course of
action as presented in the Draft EIS).
The full range of foreseeable
environmental consequences was
assessed, and appropriate mitigation
measures are included in the approved
plan. Both a No Action alternative and
an additional ‘‘action’’ alternative were
identified and analyzed. During an
extended scoping period, strong
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SUMMARY: In accord with section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et
seq.), the National Park Service is
undertaking a conservation planning
and environmental impact analysis
process for developing a General
Management Plan (GMP) for Kalaupapa
National Historical Park, Hawaii. An
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be prepared concurrently with the
GMP. The GMP is intended to set forth
the basic management philosophy for
this unit of the National Park System
and provide the strategies for addressing
issues and achieving identified
management objectives. Thus, the GMP
serves as a ‘‘blueprint’’ to guide
management of natural and cultural
resources and visitor use during the
next 15–20 years.
Consistent with NPS Planning
Program Standards, the updated GMP
will: (1) Describe the National Historical
Park’s purpose, significance, and
primary interpretive themes; (2) identify
the fundamental resources and values of
the park, its other important resources
and values, and describe the condition
of these resources; (3) describe desired
conditions for cultural and natural
resources and visitor experiences
throughout the park; (4) develop
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management zoning to support these
desired conditions; (5) develop
alternative applications of these
management zones to the Park’s
landscape (i.e., zoning alternatives); (6)
address user capacity; (7) analyze
potential boundary modifications; (8)
ensure that management
recommendations are developed in
consultation with interested partners
and the public and adopted by NPS
leadership after an adequate analysis of
the benefits, environmental impacts,
and economic costs of alternative
courses of action; (9) develop cost
estimates implementing each of the
alternatives; and (10) identify and
prioritize subsequent detailed studies,
plans and actions that may be needed to
implement the updated GMP.
Scoping Process: The park will
undertake extensive scoping outreach
efforts in order to elicit early public
comment regarding issues and concerns,
the nature and extent of potential
environmental impacts (and as
appropriate, mitigation measures), and
alternatives which should be addressed
in the GMP. Through the outreach
activities planned in the scoping phase,
the NPS welcomes information and
suggestions from the public regarding
resource protection, visitor use, and
land management. This notice formally
initiates the public scoping comment
phase for the EIS process. All scoping
comments must be postmarked or
transmitted not later than July 15, 2009,
and should be addressed to: General
Management Plan, Attn: Steve Prokop,
Superintendent, Kalaupapa National
Historical Park, P.O. Box 2222,
Kalaupapa, HI 96742 (or may also be
transmitted electronically via https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/kala). Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other 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
do so.
At this time, it is expected that public
workshops will take place on Molokai,
Oahu, and Maui, and possibly Hawaii
and Kauai in late April and early May
2009. Detailed information regarding
these meetings will be posted on the
GMP Web site (noted above) and
announced through local and regional
press media. All attendees will be given
the opportunity to ask questions and
provide comments to the planning team.
The GMP Web site will provide the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Comprehensive Management
Plan: Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Hawaii County, HI; Notice of
Approval of Record of Decision
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the regulations promulgated by
the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of
the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) has prepared and approved a
Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Comprehensive Management Plan for the Ala Kahakai National Historic
Trail. The requisite no-action ``wait period'' was initiated November
7, 2008, with the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register
notification of the filing of the Final EIS.
Decision: As soon as practical the NPS will begin to implement an
Ahupua'a trail system (described and analyzed as the agency-preferred
Alternative C in the Final EIS, and which includes no substantive
changes from the course of action as presented in the Draft EIS). The
full range of foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, and
appropriate mitigation measures are included in the approved plan. Both
a No Action alternative and an additional ``action'' alternative were
identified and analyzed. During an extended scoping period, strong
community support was expressed for concepts which were developed as
the agency-preferred alternative presented in the Draft EIS. Due to the
minimal nature of public response to the Draft EIS, an abbreviated
format was utilized in preparing the Final EIS. As documented in the
Draft and Final EIS, the selected alternative was deemed to be the
``environmentally preferred'' course of action.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Ala
Kahakai National Historic Trail, 73-4786 Kanalani St., 14,
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 or via telephone request at (808) 326-6012.
Dated: January 29, 2009.
Cynthia L. Ip,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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