Winter Use Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, 68503-68504 [2011-28582]
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Ungulate Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement,
Great Sand Dunes National Park and
Preserve, CO
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Ungulate Management Plan, Great Sand
Dunes National Park and Preserve.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park
Service is preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Ungulate
Management Plan, Great Sand Dunes
National Park and Preserve, Colorado.
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establish a framework for the
management of elk, bison, and other
ungulates that supports attainment of
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is compatible with conditions and
management activities across the
broader eastern San Luis Valley
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needed to identify desired future habitat
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available science to guide management
decisions and responses to changing
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identified to date and includes the
purpose, need, and objectives of the EIS.
Copies of that information may be
obtained online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/grsa-ungulates or
Great Sand Dunes National Park, 11500
Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81146–9798,
(719) 378–6300.
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accept comments from the public
through January 6, 2012. The National
Park Service intends to hold public
scoping meetings in locations
surrounding the park during the scoping
period. Details regarding the exact times
and locations of these meetings will be
announced online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/grsa-ungulates
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and through local media at least 15 days
in advance of the meetings.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review online at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/grsaungulates and in the office of the
Superintendent, 11500 Highway 150,
Mosca, CO 81146–9798, (719) 378–6300.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl
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do so.
Dated: October 13, 2011.
John Wessels,
Director, Intermountain Region, National
Park Service.
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Winter Use Plan, Final Environmental
Impact Statement, Yellowstone
National Park, Idaho, Montana, and
Wyoming
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Winter Use Plan, Yellowstone
National Park.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for a Winter Use
Plan for Yellowstone National Park,
located in Idaho, Montana, and
SUMMARY:
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Wyoming. The EIS evaluates eight
alternatives, and identifies the Preferred
Alternative as Alternative 8, a one-year
plan to allow oversnow vehicle use in
the park for the winter of 2011/2012, at
the same levels (up to 318 commercially
guided, best available technology
snowmobiles and 78 commercially
guided snowcoaches per day) that were
allowed under the interim regulation in
place for the winters of 2009/2010 and
2010/2011. NPS intends to supplement
this EIS next year, in order to make a
long-term decision prior to the 2012/
2013 winter season.
DATES: The National Park Service will
execute a Record of Decision no sooner
than 30 days following publication by
the Environmental Protection Agency of
the Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public inspection online at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/YELL (click
on the link to the Winter Use Plan), and
in the office of Superintendent Dan
Wenk, Yellowstone National Park, P.O.
Box 168, Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming 82190.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wade Vagias, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone
National Park, WY 82190,(307) 344–
2035, yell_winter_use@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eight
alternatives were considered in the EIS.
For alternatives 1–7 the analysis is for
a presumed implementation period of
20 years. For Alternative 8 the analysis
is for an implementation period of one
year.
Alternative 1 is the no-action
alternative. Alternative 1 would not
permit public motorized vehicle use,
including oversnow vehicle (OSV) use,
in Yellowstone but would allow for
approved non-motorized use to
continue. Alternative 1 has been
identified as the Environmentally
Preferable Alternative. Alternative 2
would continue OSV use at the same
levels as the 2009 interim rule (318
snowmobiles and 78 snowcoaches per
day) for the long term. Alternative 3
would allow for snowmobile and
snowcoach use levels to increase to the
levels set forth in the 2004 plan (720
snowmobiles and 78 snowcoaches per
day). Alternative 4 would allow for
commercially guided wheeled vehicles,
in addition to OSVs (100 commercially
guided wheeled vehicles, 110
snowmobiles, and 30 snowcoaches per
day). Alternative 5 would initially allow
for the same level of use as Alternative
2 (318 snowmobiles and 78
snowcoaches per day), but would
provide for a transition to snowcoaches
only, if user demand is present to
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support such a transition, or at the
discretion of the Superintendent. Upon
complete transition, there could be zero
snowmobiles and up to 120
snowcoaches per day. Alternative 6
would provide for use levels that vary
each day, with a seasonal limit of up to
32,000 snowmobiles and 4,600
snowcoaches, and a daily limit of up to
540 snowmobiles and 78 snowcoaches.
Up to 25 percent of snowmobile permits
under Alternative 6 would be for
unguided or non-commercially guided
use. Alternative 7 would provide a
variety of use levels and experiences for
visitors. Four different use levels for
snowmobiles and snowcoaches would
be implemented, the combination of
which could vary by day. Snowmobile
use would range from 110 to 330
vehicles per day and snowcoach use
would range from 30 to 80 vehicles per
day.
The Preferred Alternative is
Alternative 8. A portion of the prior
preferred alternative in the Draft EIS
(DEIS) consisted of a ‘‘transition year’’;
that portion has now been converted
into a new separate Alternative 8. Under
this alternative up to 318 commercially
guided, best available technology
snowmobiles and 78 commercially
guided snowcoaches would be allowed
in the park per day, and a variety of
non-motorized uses would also be
allowed. These conditions would be in
effect only for the 2011/2012 winter
season. NPS will then supplement the
EIS next year and issue a new decision
and long-term rule for winter use in
time for the 2012/2013 season.
NPS had intended to issue a final EIS
and final long-term regulation for
Yellowstone winter use by December
2011. However, some of the more than
59,000 public comments received on the
Draft EIS (DEIS) have raised additional
questions as to long-term effects and
options. In order to make a reasoned,
sustainable long-term decision, NPS
requires additional time to update its
analyses and make that long-term
decision. NPS has previously stated its
intent to implement a ‘‘transition year’’
under the same requirements and
restrictions as the 2009 interim
regulation. Current information and
analyses in this EIS are sufficient to
support such use for another year.
Selecting Alternative 8, the new
Preferred Alternative, would provide
the additional time needed to complete
the analyses of long-term alternatives.
NPS would issue a Record of Decision
selecting Alternative 8, and following
that, would issue a final rule, effective
for one year, to implement the decision.
A separate Notice of Intent to Prepare a
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Supplemental EIS would be published
in the Federal Register.
More information regarding
Yellowstone in the winter, including
educational materials and a detailed
history of winter use in Yellowstone, is
available at https://www.nps.gov/yell/
planvisit/winteruse/index.htm.
Dated: October 14, 2011.
Colin Campbell,
Deputy Regional Director, Intermountain
Region, National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Winter Use Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement,
Yellowstone National Park, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Winter Use Plan, Yellowstone National Park.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Winter Use Plan for
Yellowstone National Park, located in Idaho, Montana, and
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Wyoming. The EIS evaluates eight alternatives, and identifies the
Preferred Alternative as Alternative 8, a one-year plan to allow
oversnow vehicle use in the park for the winter of 2011/2012, at the
same levels (up to 318 commercially guided, best available technology
snowmobiles and 78 commercially guided snowcoaches per day) that were
allowed under the interim regulation in place for the winters of 2009/
2010 and 2010/2011. NPS intends to supplement this EIS next year, in
order to make a long-term decision prior to the 2012/2013 winter
season.
DATES: The National Park Service will execute a Record of Decision no
sooner than 30 days following publication by the Environmental
Protection Agency of the Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public inspection online
at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/YELL (click on the link to the Winter
Use Plan), and in the office of Superintendent Dan Wenk, Yellowstone
National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wade Vagias, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone
National Park, WY 82190,(307) 344-2035, yell_winter_use@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eight alternatives were considered in the
EIS. For alternatives 1-7 the analysis is for a presumed implementation
period of 20 years. For Alternative 8 the analysis is for an
implementation period of one year.
Alternative 1 is the no-action alternative. Alternative 1 would not
permit public motorized vehicle use, including oversnow vehicle (OSV)
use, in Yellowstone but would allow for approved non-motorized use to
continue. Alternative 1 has been identified as the Environmentally
Preferable Alternative. Alternative 2 would continue OSV use at the
same levels as the 2009 interim rule (318 snowmobiles and 78
snowcoaches per day) for the long term. Alternative 3 would allow for
snowmobile and snowcoach use levels to increase to the levels set forth
in the 2004 plan (720 snowmobiles and 78 snowcoaches per day).
Alternative 4 would allow for commercially guided wheeled vehicles, in
addition to OSVs (100 commercially guided wheeled vehicles, 110
snowmobiles, and 30 snowcoaches per day). Alternative 5 would initially
allow for the same level of use as Alternative 2 (318 snowmobiles and
78 snowcoaches per day), but would provide for a transition to
snowcoaches only, if user demand is present to support such a
transition, or at the discretion of the Superintendent. Upon complete
transition, there could be zero snowmobiles and up to 120 snowcoaches
per day. Alternative 6 would provide for use levels that vary each day,
with a seasonal limit of up to 32,000 snowmobiles and 4,600
snowcoaches, and a daily limit of up to 540 snowmobiles and 78
snowcoaches. Up to 25 percent of snowmobile permits under Alternative 6
would be for unguided or non-commercially guided use. Alternative 7
would provide a variety of use levels and experiences for visitors.
Four different use levels for snowmobiles and snowcoaches would be
implemented, the combination of which could vary by day. Snowmobile use
would range from 110 to 330 vehicles per day and snowcoach use would
range from 30 to 80 vehicles per day.
The Preferred Alternative is Alternative 8. A portion of the prior
preferred alternative in the Draft EIS (DEIS) consisted of a
``transition year''; that portion has now been converted into a new
separate Alternative 8. Under this alternative up to 318 commercially
guided, best available technology snowmobiles and 78 commercially
guided snowcoaches would be allowed in the park per day, and a variety
of non-motorized uses would also be allowed. These conditions would be
in effect only for the 2011/2012 winter season. NPS will then
supplement the EIS next year and issue a new decision and long-term
rule for winter use in time for the 2012/2013 season.
NPS had intended to issue a final EIS and final long-term
regulation for Yellowstone winter use by December 2011. However, some
of the more than 59,000 public comments received on the Draft EIS
(DEIS) have raised additional questions as to long-term effects and
options. In order to make a reasoned, sustainable long-term decision,
NPS requires additional time to update its analyses and make that long-
term decision. NPS has previously stated its intent to implement a
``transition year'' under the same requirements and restrictions as the
2009 interim regulation. Current information and analyses in this EIS
are sufficient to support such use for another year. Selecting
Alternative 8, the new Preferred Alternative, would provide the
additional time needed to complete the analyses of long-term
alternatives. NPS would issue a Record of Decision selecting
Alternative 8, and following that, would issue a final rule, effective
for one year, to implement the decision. A separate Notice of Intent to
Prepare a Supplemental EIS would be published in the Federal Register.
More information regarding Yellowstone in the winter, including
educational materials and a detailed history of winter use in
Yellowstone, is available at https://www.nps.gov/yell/planvisit/winteruse/index.htm.
Dated: October 14, 2011.
Colin Campbell,
Deputy Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
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