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Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for Trail
Management Plan, Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area,
Ventura and Los Angeles Counties,
California
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The original Notice of Intent
to prepare the Trail Management Plan
was published in the Federal Register
on January 16, 2003, with an estimated
completion date of 2004 for the joint
EIS/EIR. The National Park Service
(NPS) and state of California partner
agencies conducted public scoping
meetings in 2005 and gathered public
comments on conceptual trail policies
and map alternatives needed to prepare
the Draft EIS/EIR. Owing to lack of
funding, the NPS and partner agencies
were unable to continue preparation of
the EIS/EIR after the 2005 public
scoping effort. State and federal funding
for the EIS/EIR has now been secured,
and the agencies are reinitiating joint
preparation of the Trail Management
Plan (TMP) and combined EIS/EIR. The
NPS is the lead agency responsible for
preparing the EIS, and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation
(CDPR) is the lead agency responsible
for preparing the EIR. The Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) and
the Mountains Recreation and
Conservation Authority (MRCA) will be
cooperating agencies in the EIS/EIR
effort. Following publication of this
Notice, CDPR will reissue a Notice of
Preparation to initiate the preparation of
a joint EIS/EIR pursuant to the
requirements of the California
Environmental Policy Act (CEQA).
DATES: All written public scoping
comments must be postmarked or
transmitted not later than April 1, 2014.
Further Information: Periodically
updated materials about the integrated
EIS/EIR process will be made available
via mailings, regional and local news
SUMMARY:
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media, and at the SMMNRA TMP
project Web site (https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/smmnra-tmp)
and the SMMNRA Web page (https://
www.nps.gov/samo/parkmgmt/tmpindex.htm). For further information,
contact Melanie Beck, Outdoor
Recreation Planner, Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area,
National Park Service, 401W. Hillcrest
Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805)
370–2346.
Background: The Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area
(SMMNRA) encompasses 153,250 acres,
with approximately 84,000 acres of
public parkland and protected open
space, with the rest in private or other
government ownership. Within the
SMMNRA, there is a 500-mile public
trail network made up of trails and dirt
service roads. The greater Santa Monica
Mountains trail network adjacent to the
national recreation area features over 80
additional miles of public trails, several
of which feed into the recreation area.
Public lands and the trails in the
national recreation area are managed by
federal, state, and local agencies with
varying management policies.
Additionally, much of the trail network
consists of utility and old ranch roads
that were inherited with the land and
are not necessarily constructed to public
trail management standards. After
almost 35 years of continuous land
acquisition, the public trail network has
grown significantly, and several trails
now cross parkland jurisdictional
boundaries. There is the need to
formulate an interagency trail plan to
compile trail management policies to
facilitate a seamless recreational
experience for a variety of trail users
and to prepare a vision for the final trail
network and development of trailrelated facilities, ranging from trail
network signs to backcountry trail
camps.
The NPS, CDPR, SMMC, and MRCA
will jointly prepare a TMP and
integrated EIS/EIR intended to establish
the overall, coordinated, long-range
direction of future management and
development and completion of the trail
network. Based on identified desired
conditions for park natural, cultural,
and recreational resources, the TMP will
prescribe actions to support interagency
management of the trail network
throughout the national recreation area.
The TMP will include a trail map
depicting the planned trail network use
designation and management actions.
The planning and environmental
analysis associated with the TMP could
result in a program that would modify
current trail policies, recreational use
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patterns, and future trail openings and
closures.
Scope of EIS/EIR: The Draft TMP EIS/
EIR will address environmental and
social impacts associated with the
national recreation area’s existing and
proposed trail network and related
facilities. Environmental issues will
include, but not be limited to, sensitive
plant and animal habitat, cultural and
archaeological resource sites, erosion
and water resources; soils and geology,
and visitor safety. Social issues will
include, but not be limited to, allowable
uses and user conflicts on trails; trail
network public access; compatibility
with gateway communities and local
neighborhoods; trail network and
facilities compliance with Americans
with Disabilities Act requirements.
Feasibility of trail network management
and operation will also be considered.
The Draft TMP EIS/EIR will evaluate
alternative trail network designs and
supportive interagency practices to
manage the network. In addition to ‘‘no
action’’ and ‘‘agency preferred’’
alternatives, at this time it is expected
that other alternatives may be needed to
address contrasting recreational use
patterns. All foreseeable environmental
impacts of the alternatives will be
evaluated, and an ‘‘environmentally
preferred’’ alternative will be identified.
The alternatives will be based on input
from the community, an evaluation of
environmental constraints using current
environmental condition information,
trail network maintenance feasibility,
and visitor recreational use surveys
conducted in the national recreation
area.
Public Engagement: Public scoping for
a proposed interagency trail plan began
with the community-based Santa
Monica Mountains Area Recreational
Trails (SMMART) project that
culminated in the 1997 SMMART
Report (available for review at
www.nps.gov/samo/trails). The
SMMART Report contains community
and user group recommendations
regarding missing links in the trail
network, backcountry camps along the
regional Backbone Trail System, trail
network sign guidelines, multiple use
trail guidelines, and trail system design.
The report also put forth a list of
priority coordination issues not
addressed in the SMMART project,
including interagency cooperation,
volunteer commitment, and multiagency trail crew and equipment
sharing.
In addition, numerous trail networkrelated comments were received during
public scoping and the Draft EIS
comment period for the 2003 Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation
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Area General Management Plan. All
relevant information derived from these
two processes will be considered while
preparing the Draft TMP EIS/EIR.
Following the January 2003
publication of the original Notice of
Intent in the Federal Register, the NPS
conducted a series of public scoping
sessions in September 2005 to solicit
comments on conceptual trail map
alternatives. Three conceptual
alternative trail network maps were
presented at seven meetings held
throughout the SMMNRA area. Relevant
information received from 320
participants mostly concerned trail use
designations, trail networks, new
trailhead locations, modes of access,
and amenities needed. Respondents also
recommended equestrian backcountry
camps along the Backbone Trail, and
supported plans for managing mountain
biking and the need for additional patrol
and educational outreach. This
information will continue to be
considered while preparing the Draft
TMP EIS/EIR.
Presently, the NPS anticipates hosting
several public scoping meetings within
SMMNRA to conclude the public
scoping efforts for the Draft TMP EIS/
EIR. These will be scheduled not later
than two weeks prior to the end of the
60 day scoping period—confirmed
details will be posted on the project
Web sites, and announced via local and
regional media. In addition, a scoping
newsletter will be distributed to
publicize meeting details and provide a
summary of issues and concerns
developed through past scoping efforts,
as well as to present information about
the overall TMP planning process. The
scoping summary newsletter will be
available on both the SMMNRA Web
site https://www.nps.gov/samo/
parkmgmt/tmp-index.htm and the TMP
project Web site https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/smmnra-tmp, and
will mailed to the current TMP contact
list.
How to Comment: The NPS
encourages comments about new issues
and concerns that can inform the
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis for the
proposed TMP. The most useful
comments are those that provide new
environmental information, and suggest
reasonable design alternatives the park
should consider while initiating TMP
EIS/EIR preparation. Comments
submitted previously for the 1997
SMMART project, the 2003 SMMNRA
GMP, or the original TMP scoping
process will also be fully considered,
with no need to resubmit those
comments.
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All written comments must be
transmitted, postmarked, or handdelivered as follows. You may provide
your response electronically at the TMP
Web site https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
smmnra-tmp, or you may mail or fax
your written comments to
Superintendent David Szymanski, Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation
Area, Attn: Trail Management Plan, 401
W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
91360, Fax (805) 370–1850. Written
comments may also be hand-delivered
at the public scoping meetings or to the
address noted above.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Also, comments in any format
(written or electronic) submitted by an
individual or organization on behalf of
another individual or organization will
not be accepted.
Decision Process: After analysis of all
responses and information received
during the scoping period, a Draft EIS/
EIR will be prepared (at this time,
release of the document is expected to
occur in mid-2014). Availability of the
Draft EIS/EIR for review and written
comment will be officially announced
in the Federal Register, through local
and regional news media, the abovelisted Web sites, and direct mailing.
Comments on the draft TMP EIS/EIR
will be duly considered in preparing the
Final EIS/EIR. Thereafter, but not sooner
than 30 days after the release of the
Final EIS/EIR, a Record of Decision will
be prepared for the EIS and the final
steps for the EIR Notice of
Determination will be followed in
accordance with CEQA. As a delegated
EIS, the official responsible for
approving the Record of Decision is the
Regional Director, Pacific West Region,
National Park Service; subsequently the
official responsible for NPS
implementation of the approved Trail
Management Plan will be the
Superintendent, Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area.
Dated: November 13, 2013.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Regional Director.
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Notice of Intent to Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Trail Management Plan, Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Ventura and Los Angeles
Counties, California
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The original Notice of Intent to prepare the Trail Management
Plan was published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2003, with an
estimated completion date of 2004 for the joint EIS/EIR. The National
Park Service (NPS) and state of California partner agencies conducted
public scoping meetings in 2005 and gathered public comments on
conceptual trail policies and map alternatives needed to prepare the
Draft EIS/EIR. Owing to lack of funding, the NPS and partner agencies
were unable to continue preparation of the EIS/EIR after the 2005
public scoping effort. State and federal funding for the EIS/EIR has
now been secured, and the agencies are reinitiating joint preparation
of the Trail Management Plan (TMP) and combined EIS/EIR. The NPS is the
lead agency responsible for preparing the EIS, and the California
Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) is the lead agency
responsible for preparing the EIR. The Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy (SMMC) and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation
Authority (MRCA) will be cooperating agencies in the EIS/EIR effort.
Following publication of this Notice, CDPR will reissue a Notice of
Preparation to initiate the preparation of a joint EIS/EIR pursuant to
the requirements of the California Environmental Policy Act (CEQA).
DATES: All written public scoping comments must be postmarked or
transmitted not later than April 1, 2014.
Further Information: Periodically updated materials about the
integrated EIS/EIR process will be made available via mailings,
regional and local news
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media, and at the SMMNRA TMP project Web site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/smmnra-tmp) and the SMMNRA Web page (https://www.nps.gov/samo/parkmgmt/tmp-index.htm). For further information,
contact Melanie Beck, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area, National Park Service, 401W.
Hillcrest Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 370-2346.
Background: The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
(SMMNRA) encompasses 153,250 acres, with approximately 84,000 acres of
public parkland and protected open space, with the rest in private or
other government ownership. Within the SMMNRA, there is a 500-mile
public trail network made up of trails and dirt service roads. The
greater Santa Monica Mountains trail network adjacent to the national
recreation area features over 80 additional miles of public trails,
several of which feed into the recreation area. Public lands and the
trails in the national recreation area are managed by federal, state,
and local agencies with varying management policies. Additionally, much
of the trail network consists of utility and old ranch roads that were
inherited with the land and are not necessarily constructed to public
trail management standards. After almost 35 years of continuous land
acquisition, the public trail network has grown significantly, and
several trails now cross parkland jurisdictional boundaries. There is
the need to formulate an interagency trail plan to compile trail
management policies to facilitate a seamless recreational experience
for a variety of trail users and to prepare a vision for the final
trail network and development of trail-related facilities, ranging from
trail network signs to backcountry trail camps.
The NPS, CDPR, SMMC, and MRCA will jointly prepare a TMP and
integrated EIS/EIR intended to establish the overall, coordinated,
long-range direction of future management and development and
completion of the trail network. Based on identified desired conditions
for park natural, cultural, and recreational resources, the TMP will
prescribe actions to support interagency management of the trail
network throughout the national recreation area. The TMP will include a
trail map depicting the planned trail network use designation and
management actions. The planning and environmental analysis associated
with the TMP could result in a program that would modify current trail
policies, recreational use patterns, and future trail openings and
closures.
Scope of EIS/EIR: The Draft TMP EIS/EIR will address environmental
and social impacts associated with the national recreation area's
existing and proposed trail network and related facilities.
Environmental issues will include, but not be limited to, sensitive
plant and animal habitat, cultural and archaeological resource sites,
erosion and water resources; soils and geology, and visitor safety.
Social issues will include, but not be limited to, allowable uses and
user conflicts on trails; trail network public access; compatibility
with gateway communities and local neighborhoods; trail network and
facilities compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act
requirements. Feasibility of trail network management and operation
will also be considered.
The Draft TMP EIS/EIR will evaluate alternative trail network
designs and supportive interagency practices to manage the network. In
addition to ``no action'' and ``agency preferred'' alternatives, at
this time it is expected that other alternatives may be needed to
address contrasting recreational use patterns. All foreseeable
environmental impacts of the alternatives will be evaluated, and an
``environmentally preferred'' alternative will be identified. The
alternatives will be based on input from the community, an evaluation
of environmental constraints using current environmental condition
information, trail network maintenance feasibility, and visitor
recreational use surveys conducted in the national recreation area.
Public Engagement: Public scoping for a proposed interagency trail
plan began with the community-based Santa Monica Mountains Area
Recreational Trails (SMMART) project that culminated in the 1997 SMMART
Report (available for review at www.nps.gov/samo/trails). The SMMART
Report contains community and user group recommendations regarding
missing links in the trail network, backcountry camps along the
regional Backbone Trail System, trail network sign guidelines, multiple
use trail guidelines, and trail system design. The report also put
forth a list of priority coordination issues not addressed in the
SMMART project, including interagency cooperation, volunteer
commitment, and multi-agency trail crew and equipment sharing.
In addition, numerous trail network-related comments were received
during public scoping and the Draft EIS comment period for the 2003
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area General Management
Plan. All relevant information derived from these two processes will be
considered while preparing the Draft TMP EIS/EIR.
Following the January 2003 publication of the original Notice of
Intent in the Federal Register, the NPS conducted a series of public
scoping sessions in September 2005 to solicit comments on conceptual
trail map alternatives. Three conceptual alternative trail network maps
were presented at seven meetings held throughout the SMMNRA area.
Relevant information received from 320 participants mostly concerned
trail use designations, trail networks, new trailhead locations, modes
of access, and amenities needed. Respondents also recommended
equestrian backcountry camps along the Backbone Trail, and supported
plans for managing mountain biking and the need for additional patrol
and educational outreach. This information will continue to be
considered while preparing the Draft TMP EIS/EIR.
Presently, the NPS anticipates hosting several public scoping
meetings within SMMNRA to conclude the public scoping efforts for the
Draft TMP EIS/EIR. These will be scheduled not later than two weeks
prior to the end of the 60 day scoping period--confirmed details will
be posted on the project Web sites, and announced via local and
regional media. In addition, a scoping newsletter will be distributed
to publicize meeting details and provide a summary of issues and
concerns developed through past scoping efforts, as well as to present
information about the overall TMP planning process. The scoping summary
newsletter will be available on both the SMMNRA Web site https://www.nps.gov/samo/parkmgmt/tmp-index.htm and the TMP project Web site
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/smmnra-tmp, and will mailed to the current
TMP contact list.
How to Comment: The NPS encourages comments about new issues and
concerns that can inform the conservation planning and environmental
impact analysis for the proposed TMP. The most useful comments are
those that provide new environmental information, and suggest
reasonable design alternatives the park should consider while
initiating TMP EIS/EIR preparation. Comments submitted previously for
the 1997 SMMART project, the 2003 SMMNRA GMP, or the original TMP
scoping process will also be fully considered, with no need to resubmit
those comments.
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All written comments must be transmitted, postmarked, or hand-
delivered as follows. You may provide your response electronically at
the TMP Web site https://parkplanning.nps.gov/smmnra-tmp, or you may
mail or fax your written comments to Superintendent David Szymanski,
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Attn: Trail Management
Plan, 401 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, Fax (805) 370-
1850. Written comments may also be hand-delivered at the public scoping
meetings or to the address noted above.
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
Also, comments in any format (written or electronic) submitted by
an individual or organization on behalf of another individual or
organization will not be accepted.
Decision Process: After analysis of all responses and information
received during the scoping period, a Draft EIS/EIR will be prepared
(at this time, release of the document is expected to occur in mid-
2014). Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR for review and written comment
will be officially announced in the Federal Register, through local and
regional news media, the above-listed Web sites, and direct mailing.
Comments on the draft TMP EIS/EIR will be duly considered in preparing
the Final EIS/EIR. Thereafter, but not sooner than 30 days after the
release of the Final EIS/EIR, a Record of Decision will be prepared for
the EIS and the final steps for the EIR Notice of Determination will be
followed in accordance with CEQA. As a delegated EIS, the official
responsible for approving the Record of Decision is the Regional
Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service; subsequently the
official responsible for NPS implementation of the approved Trail
Management Plan will be the Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area.
Dated: November 13, 2013.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-01675 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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