Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan; Channel Islands National Park, Ventura County, California; Notice of Intent To Expand Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement, 16006-16007 [E9-7921]
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declaration. One was occupied by the
previous owner under a ‘‘Life Estate
Agreement’’ while the other was
occupied under a ‘‘Use and Occupancy’’
agreement. The former expired upon the
death of the occupant in 1995 while the
latter’s term expired in 1999.
Subsequently each unit reverted to the
exclusive control of the government and
the non-conforming uses were
eliminated. Additionally, improvements
existing on one of the units were
removed and the area restored to a
natural state.
The other two units were privately
held, accessible by motor vehicle, and
with potential further development. One
40 acre tract was purchased in 2000 and
the remaining lands purchased in 2004.
Subsequently, the government holds all
rights and privileges to the land
including mineral rights (which never
passed from the government in the first
place).
Note that Public Law 106–530, dated
Nov 22, 2000, abolished Great Sand
Dunes National Monument and instead
established Great Sand Dunes National
Park and Preserve. The potential
wilderness lands hereby designated as
wilderness total 2,505 acres more or less
and are described as:
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Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 25 S., R. 73 W.,
Section 31, surveyed, that portion of
Segregated Tract 39 in the N1⁄2 according
to Government Independent Resurvey
approved October 7, 1943;
Section 32, surveyed, that portion of
Segregated Tract 39 in the W1⁄2 NW1⁄4
NE1⁄4, N1⁄2 NW1⁄4, and W1⁄2 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4
according to Government Independent
Resurvey approved October 7, 1943.
T. 26 S., R. 73 W.,
Section 11, surveyed, those portions of E1⁄2
lying northwesterly beyond 50 feet of the
centerline of that portion of the Medano
Pass Primitive Road northeasterly of
Little Medano Road, northwesterly of the
center of that portion of the intermittent
stream leading into Medano Creek
southwesterly of said Little Medano
Road and northerly of the center of that
portion of Medano Creek below the
confluence thereof with said intermittent
stream and excluding in said E1⁄2 a strip
of land 50 feet on each side of the
centerline of said Little Medano Road;
Section 14, surveyed, that portion of E1⁄2
W1⁄2 lying west of the center of Medano
Creek;
Section 23, surveyed, that portion of W1⁄2
NW1⁄4 lying west of the center of Medano
Creek;
New Mexico Principal Meridian
That southeasterly portion of the former Luis
Maria Baca No. 4 Grant lying within the
authorized boundaries of the former Great
Sand Dunes National Monument in
Saguache County.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Bowman, Chief Ranger, Great Sand
Dunes National Park and Preserve,
11500 Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81146,
(719) 378–6321, jim_bowman@nps.gov.
Dated: February 4, 2009.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director Intermountain Region, National Park
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Environmental Impact Statement/
General Management Plan; Channel
Islands National Park, Ventura County,
California; Notice of Intent To Expand
Scope of the Environmental Impact
Statement
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.),
and in accord with Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations including 40 CFR 1501.7,
the National Park Service is expanding
the scope of the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) which is being prepared
for the General Management Plan (GMP)
for Channel Islands National Park. As
part of this conservation planning effort,
the EIS will include a wilderness study
to determine if any portions of the park
should be recommended for inclusion
in the National Wilderness Preservation
System as defined in the Wilderness Act
of 1964. This new element will be
included as part of the EIS currently in
preparation. Accordingly this notice
supplements and updates the original
Notice of Intent published with regard
to initiation of the GMP project in the
Federal Register on November 8, 2001.
As a result, the scope of the EIS will be
expanded to include an evaluation of
foreseeable effects associated with
possible designation of wilderness
within the park.
As noted previously, the GMP will
establish the overall direction for the
park, setting broad management goals
for managing the area over the next 15
to 20 years. The GMP will prescribe
desired resource conditions and visitor
experiences that are to be achieved and
maintained throughout the park. Based
on the desired conditions, the GMP will
outline what resource management and
visitor activities, and what limited
developments, that would be
appropriate in the park. Among the
topics that have been addressed thus far
are ecosystem management,
preservation of natural and cultural
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resources, landscape restoration, island
access, road and trail systems, facility
and staff needs, research needs, and
education and interpretive efforts. A
range of reasonable alternatives for
managing the park, including ‘‘noaction’’ and ‘‘preferred’’ alternatives,
will be developed through the planning
process and included in the EIS. The
EIS will evaluate the potential
environmental consequences of all
alternatives, and identify appropriate
mitigation strategies. An
‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative
will be identified, and any potential for
unacceptable impacts or impairments to
park values will also be disclosed.
Scoping Process: To facilitate full and
complete conservation planning and
analysis of environmental impact, the
National Park Service (NPS) is gathering
information relevant to the GMP/
Wilderness Study and the associated
EIS, and is obtaining new suggestions
and relevant information from the
public on the scope of issues to be
addressed (comments previously
provided to the planning team need not
be re-submitted). In concert with local,
state, tribal, and other federal agencies,
consideration will also be made for
cooperative management of resources
outside park boundaries that affect the
integrity of the park. Comments and
participation in this final phase of the
scoping process are encouraged. Persons
not previously participating and now
wishing to provide relevant information
or comment about issues or concerns
may do so as follows: written comments
may be sent via regular mail to Channel
Islands NP Planning Team, NPS–Denver
Service Center, P.O. Box 25287, Denver,
Colorado 80225 (or transmitted via the
Internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov).
They may express their concerns at
public meetings to be held in Santa
Barbara and Ventura (to be scheduled
during spring-summer, 2009). Finally,
they may hand-deliver written
comments to the park headquarters in
Ventura, California. 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.
DATES: All written comments on the
scope of the GMP/Wilderness Study/EIS
must be postmarked, hand delivered, or
electronically transmitted August 6,
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2009. An update will also be posted on
the project Web site.
As noted
above, persons who previously
submitted comments on the proposed
GMP need not resubmit those
comments. The NPS already is
considering that input as planning
continues. However, persons who have
not previously submitted comments on
the scope of the EIS, or who wish to
submit additional comments related to
consideration of the Wilderness Study
are encouraged to do so.
Previously three public scoping
sessions were held at Ventura, Santa
Barbara, and Los Angeles during the
week of November 12, 2001. Additional
public meetings will be held during
spring-summer, 2009, in Santa Barbara
and Ventura to address the new
wilderness study and to provide a GMP
project update (a summary of all
scoping results will also be available).
The confirmed dates, times and
locations of these meetings will be
posted on the park’s web site,
announced via local and regional news
media, or may be obtained by telephone
at (805) 658–5730.
The conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis
supporting preparation of the GMP/
Wilderness Study will be conducted as
noted above in accord with
requirements of NEPA, CEQ and other
appropriate Federal regulations, and
NPS Director’s Order 12, Director’s
Order 41, and other NPS procedures and
policies. For further information, please
contact the Superintendent, Channel
Islands National Park, 1901 Spinnaker
Drive, Ventura, CA 93001–4354;
telephone (805) 658–5730. General
information about Channel Islands
National Park is available on the
Internet at https://www.nps.gov/chis.
Decision Process: Following final
completion of the scoping phase and
consideration of all public concerns and
other agency comments, a Draft EIS and
proposed GMP will be prepared and
released for public review. The
subsequent availability of the Draft EIS/
GMP will be announced by Federal
Register notice and in local and regional
news media. As a delegated EIS, the
official responsible for the final decision
on the GMP is the Regional Director,
Pacific West Region, National Park
Service. Following approval of the GMP
the official responsible for
implementation will be the
Superintendent, Channel Islands
National Park.
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Dated: February 19, 2009.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Monocacy National Battlefield,
Maryland
AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan, Monocacy
National Battlefield.
SUMMARY: The National Park Service
announces the availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan for Monocacy
National Battlefield, Maryland. This
document will be available for public
review and comment pursuant to
section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321) and National Park Service
policy.
DATES: A 60-day public comment period
will begin with the Environmental
Protection Agency’s publication of its
notice of availability in the Federal
Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
the General Management Plan are
available at Monocacy National
Battlefield, 4801 Urbana Pike, Frederick,
Maryland 21701. An electronic copy of
the DEIS and GMP is also available on
the National Park Service Web site at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/mono.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Trail, Superintendent, Monocacy
National Battlefield, at 4801 Urbana
Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21701, and by
telephone at (301) 694–3147. The
responsible official for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is
Margaret O’Dell, Regional Director,
National Capital Region, National Park
Service, 1100 Ohio Drive, SW.,
Washington, DC 20242.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
document provides a framework for
management, use, and development
options for Monocacy National
Battlefield by the National Park Service
for the next 15 to 20 years. The
document describes four management
alternatives for consideration, including
a no-action alternative, and analyzes the
environmental impacts of those
alternatives for all units of Monocacy
National Battlefield.
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Alternative 4, the preferred
alternative, would move park
administration into the Thomas House
and maintenance would continue at the
Gambrill Mill site. Visitors would
transit the battlefield in their
automobiles. All historic structures
would be preserved with exhibits in the
Worthington House and Thomas
outbuilding. New trails would be
constructed and commemorative
memorial locations would be upgraded.
A pedestrian-only deck would be
constructed over Interstate 270 between
the Worthington and Thomas farms.
The public is welcome to comment on
the draft plan at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/mono or by mail
at Monocacy National Battlefield, 4801
Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland
21701.
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.
Dated: January 14, 2009.
Margaret O’Dell,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Cle Elum Dam Fish Passage Facilities
and Fish Re-Introduction Project;
Kittitas County, WA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on the Cle Elum Dam
Fish Passage Facilities and Fish ReIntroduction Project. The Washington
State Department of Ecology (Ecology)
will be a joint lead with Reclamation in
the preparation of this EIS, which will
also be used to comply with
requirements of the Washington State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA).
Reclamation is evaluating the
construction of downstream juvenile
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan; Channel
Islands National Park, Ventura County, California; Notice of Intent To
Expand Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), and in accord with
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations including 40 CFR
1501.7, the National Park Service is expanding the scope of the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which is being prepared for the
General Management Plan (GMP) for Channel Islands National Park. As
part of this conservation planning effort, the EIS will include a
wilderness study to determine if any portions of the park should be
recommended for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation
System as defined in the Wilderness Act of 1964. This new element will
be included as part of the EIS currently in preparation. Accordingly
this notice supplements and updates the original Notice of Intent
published with regard to initiation of the GMP project in the Federal
Register on November 8, 2001. As a result, the scope of the EIS will be
expanded to include an evaluation of foreseeable effects associated
with possible designation of wilderness within the park.
As noted previously, the GMP will establish the overall direction
for the park, setting broad management goals for managing the area over
the next 15 to 20 years. The GMP will prescribe desired resource
conditions and visitor experiences that are to be achieved and
maintained throughout the park. Based on the desired conditions, the
GMP will outline what resource management and visitor activities, and
what limited developments, that would be appropriate in the park. Among
the topics that have been addressed thus far are ecosystem management,
preservation of natural and cultural resources, landscape restoration,
island access, road and trail systems, facility and staff needs,
research needs, and education and interpretive efforts. A range of
reasonable alternatives for managing the park, including ``no-action''
and ``preferred'' alternatives, will be developed through the planning
process and included in the EIS. The EIS will evaluate the potential
environmental consequences of all alternatives, and identify
appropriate mitigation strategies. An ``environmentally preferred''
alternative will be identified, and any potential for unacceptable
impacts or impairments to park values will also be disclosed.
Scoping Process: To facilitate full and complete conservation
planning and analysis of environmental impact, the National Park
Service (NPS) is gathering information relevant to the GMP/Wilderness
Study and the associated EIS, and is obtaining new suggestions and
relevant information from the public on the scope of issues to be
addressed (comments previously provided to the planning team need not
be re-submitted). In concert with local, state, tribal, and other
federal agencies, consideration will also be made for cooperative
management of resources outside park boundaries that affect the
integrity of the park. Comments and participation in this final phase
of the scoping process are encouraged. Persons not previously
participating and now wishing to provide relevant information or
comment about issues or concerns may do so as follows: written comments
may be sent via regular mail to Channel Islands NP Planning Team, NPS-
Denver Service Center, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225 (or
transmitted via the Internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov). They may
express their concerns at public meetings to be held in Santa Barbara
and Ventura (to be scheduled during spring-summer, 2009). Finally, they
may hand-deliver written comments to the park headquarters in Ventura,
California. 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.
DATES: All written comments on the scope of the GMP/Wilderness Study/
EIS must be postmarked, hand delivered, or electronically transmitted
August 6,
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2009. An update will also be posted on the project Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted above, persons who previously
submitted comments on the proposed GMP need not resubmit those
comments. The NPS already is considering that input as planning
continues. However, persons who have not previously submitted comments
on the scope of the EIS, or who wish to submit additional comments
related to consideration of the Wilderness Study are encouraged to do
so.
Previously three public scoping sessions were held at Ventura,
Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles during the week of November 12, 2001.
Additional public meetings will be held during spring-summer, 2009, in
Santa Barbara and Ventura to address the new wilderness study and to
provide a GMP project update (a summary of all scoping results will
also be available). The confirmed dates, times and locations of these
meetings will be posted on the park's web site, announced via local and
regional news media, or may be obtained by telephone at (805) 658-5730.
The conservation planning and environmental impact analysis
supporting preparation of the GMP/Wilderness Study will be conducted as
noted above in accord with requirements of NEPA, CEQ and other
appropriate Federal regulations, and NPS Director's Order 12,
Director's Order 41, and other NPS procedures and policies. For further
information, please contact the Superintendent, Channel Islands
National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001-4354; telephone
(805) 658-5730. General information about Channel Islands National Park
is available on the Internet at https://www.nps.gov/chis.
Decision Process: Following final completion of the scoping phase
and consideration of all public concerns and other agency comments, a
Draft EIS and proposed GMP will be prepared and released for public
review. The subsequent availability of the Draft EIS/GMP will be
announced by Federal Register notice and in local and regional news
media. As a delegated EIS, the official responsible for the final
decision on the GMP is the Regional Director, Pacific West Region,
National Park Service. Following approval of the GMP the official
responsible for implementation will be the Superintendent, Channel
Islands National Park.
Dated: February 19, 2009.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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