Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed General Management Plan, Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito and Monterey Counties, CA, 14568 [2012-5852]
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Superintendent by phone at 402–441–
5610 or by facsimile at 608–441–5606.
Finally, you may hand-deliver
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Scenic Trail headquarters at the address
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Ice Age National Scenic
Trail, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100,
Madison, Wisconsin 53711. Telephone
402–441–5610.
This
GMP/EIS is a joint state and federal
effort addressing lands within the Cross
Plains Unit of the Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve as well as the
Interpretive Site for the Ice Age National
Scenic Trail; these lands are referred to
as the ‘‘Ice Age Complex at Cross
Plains’’ for the purpose of this planning
effort. This plan will guide the
management of the Ice Age Complex at
Cross Plains for the next 25 years.
The draft GMP/EIS considers five
draft conceptual alternatives—a noaction and four action alternatives,
including the NPS-preferred alternative.
The draft GMP/EIS assesses impacts of
the alternatives on soil resources, water
quality, soundscapes, vegetation and
wildlife, socioeconomics, and visitor
use and experience. The preferred
alternative focuses on providing visitors
with interpretation of the evolution of
the complex from the last glacial retreat
to the present and opportunities to
enjoy appropriate low-impact outdoor
recreation. Ecological resources would
largely be managed to reveal the glacial
landscape. The most sensitive ecological
areas would be carefully protected, and
visitor access would be highly
controlled in these areas. Visitors would
experience a wide variety of indoor and
outdoor interpretive programming.
Under this alternative, the Ice Age
Complex would serve as the
headquarters for the Ice Age National
Scenic Trail.
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Environmental Impact Statement for
Proposed General Management Plan,
Pinnacles National Monument, San
Benito and Monterey Counties, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Termination of
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
terminating the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the General Management Plan,
Pinnacles National Monument,
California. A Notice of Intent to prepare
an EIS for the General Management Plan
(GMP) was published in the Federal
Register on April 6, 2007. Based in part
on the minimal nature of public
response to the Notice of Intent, the
National Park Service has since
determined that an Environmental
Assessment (EA) rather than an EIS will
suffice as the documentation for the
environmental analysis for this general
management planning effort.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This new
GMP will update the overall direction
for the national monument, setting
broad goals for managing the area over
the next 15 to 20 years. As noted above,
the GMP was originally scoped as an
EIS. However, few substantive
comments were received during the
public scoping process, and no issues
having potential for significant or
controversial impacts were identified.
The current Master Plan was approved
in 1975.
In the general management planning
process to date, the NPS planning team
developed four preliminary alternatives
for the management of the monument,
none of which would result in
substantial changes in the operation and
management of the area. The three
‘‘action’’ alternatives define desired
future conditions for new lands recently
acquired, and address parkwide cultural
and natural resource protection,
wilderness stewardship, administration
and operations, and opportunities for
expanding interpretation and visitor
opportunities where appropriate.
Preliminary analysis of the alternatives
has revealed no potential for major (nor
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significant) effects on the quality of the
human environment, nor any potential
for impairment of monument resources
and values. Most of the impacts which
could result from the alternatives are
expected to be negligible to minor in
magnitude, with the remainder being of
a minor to moderate level.
For these reasons the NPS has
determined that the requisite
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis
necessary for developing the GMP may
be completed through preparation of an
EA. For further information about this
determination or other aspects of the
GMP process, please contact: Karen
Beppler-Dorn, Superintendent,
Pinnacles National Monument, 5000
Highway 146, Paicines, CA 95043
(telephone: (831) 389–4486x222; email:
PINN_Superintendent@nps.gov).
Decision Process: The draft general
management plan/EA is expected to be
distributed for public comment in the
spring of 2012. The NPS will notify the
public about release of the draft general
management plan/EA by mail, local and
regional media, Web site postings, and
other means. All announcements will
include information on where and how
to obtain a copy of the EA, how to
comment on the EA, and the inclusive
dates of the public comment period.
Following due consideration of public
comments and agency consults, at this
time a decision is expected be made in
the fall of 2012. The official responsible
for the final decision on the GMP is the
Regional Director; subsequently the
responsible official for implementing
the approved GMP is the
Superintendent, Pinnacles National
Monument.
Dated: February 28, 2012.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-PWR-PWRO-0105-9223; 9082-P704-409]
Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed General Management
Plan, Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito and Monterey Counties, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Termination of Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service is terminating the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan,
Pinnacles National Monument, California. A Notice of Intent to prepare
an EIS for the General Management Plan (GMP) was published in the
Federal Register on April 6, 2007. Based in part on the minimal nature
of public response to the Notice of Intent, the National Park Service
has since determined that an Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than
an EIS will suffice as the documentation for the environmental analysis
for this general management planning effort.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This new GMP will update the overall
direction for the national monument, setting broad goals for managing
the area over the next 15 to 20 years. As noted above, the GMP was
originally scoped as an EIS. However, few substantive comments were
received during the public scoping process, and no issues having
potential for significant or controversial impacts were identified. The
current Master Plan was approved in 1975.
In the general management planning process to date, the NPS
planning team developed four preliminary alternatives for the
management of the monument, none of which would result in substantial
changes in the operation and management of the area. The three
``action'' alternatives define desired future conditions for new lands
recently acquired, and address parkwide cultural and natural resource
protection, wilderness stewardship, administration and operations, and
opportunities for expanding interpretation and visitor opportunities
where appropriate. Preliminary analysis of the alternatives has
revealed no potential for major (nor significant) effects on the
quality of the human environment, nor any potential for impairment of
monument resources and values. Most of the impacts which could result
from the alternatives are expected to be negligible to minor in
magnitude, with the remainder being of a minor to moderate level.
For these reasons the NPS has determined that the requisite
conservation planning and environmental impact analysis necessary for
developing the GMP may be completed through preparation of an EA. For
further information about this determination or other aspects of the
GMP process, please contact: Karen Beppler-Dorn, Superintendent,
Pinnacles National Monument, 5000 Highway 146, Paicines, CA 95043
(telephone: (831) 389-4486x222; email: PINN_Superintendent@nps.gov).
Decision Process: The draft general management plan/EA is expected
to be distributed for public comment in the spring of 2012. The NPS
will notify the public about release of the draft general management
plan/EA by mail, local and regional media, Web site postings, and other
means. All announcements will include information on where and how to
obtain a copy of the EA, how to comment on the EA, and the inclusive
dates of the public comment period. Following due consideration of
public comments and agency consults, at this time a decision is
expected be made in the fall of 2012. The official responsible for the
final decision on the GMP is the Regional Director; subsequently the
responsible official for implementing the approved GMP is the
Superintendent, Pinnacles National Monument.
Dated: February 28, 2012.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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