Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Restoration of Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequois, Yosemite National Park, California, 6214 [2014-02157]
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Attn: Division of Project Management,
Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 700–
W, 5083 Foresta Road, El Portal, CA
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[NPS–PWR–PWRO–14640;
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Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision for Restoration of Mariposa
Grove of Giant Sequois, Yosemite
National Park, California
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Availability of Record
of Decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 part 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 (Final EIS) for the
Restoration Plan for Mariposa Grove of
Giant Sequoias. The requisite no-action
‘‘wait period’’ was initiated on
November 1, 2013, with the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Federal Register notice of the filing of
the Final EIS.
Decision: The NPS has selected
Alternative 2 (identified as ‘‘preferred’’
in the Final EIS) for implementation as
the approved Restoration Plan for
Mariposa Grove. Key components of the
approved plan are as follows: (1) The
existing parking lot in the lower
Mariposa Grove area will be relocated to
a visitor contact area at the South
Entrance to the park, about two miles
from the Grove; (2) parking will be
consolidated into a 295-space parking
and transit hub, with a park shuttle
available to transport visitors from the
South Entrance to the lower Grove area;
(3) a hiking trail to the Grove and new
accessible trails within the lower Grove
area and near the Grizzly Giant tree will
be constructed; (4) adverse effects to
cultural resources will be ameliorated
according to a Memorandum of
Agreement executed with the State
Historic Preservation Officer; and (5)
ecological restoration actions will be
undertaken to improve hydrologic
flows, water infiltration, and reduce
erosion.
Three other alternatives were
evaluated, the full range of foreseeable
environmental consequences was
assessed, and appropriate mitigation
measures were identified. Alternative 2
(selected for implementation) was
deemed to be the ‘‘environmentally
preferred’’ course of action.
Interested parties desiring to review
the Record of Decision may obtain a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-PWR-PWRO-14640; PX.DYOSE1318.00.1]
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for Restoration of
Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequois, Yosemite National Park, California
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec. 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 part
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 (Final EIS) for the Restoration Plan for
Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. The requisite no-action ``wait
period'' was initiated on November 1, 2013, with the Environmental
Protection Agency's Federal Register notice of the filing of the Final
EIS.
Decision: The NPS has selected Alternative 2 (identified as
``preferred'' in the Final EIS) for implementation as the approved
Restoration Plan for Mariposa Grove. Key components of the approved
plan are as follows: (1) The existing parking lot in the lower Mariposa
Grove area will be relocated to a visitor contact area at the South
Entrance to the park, about two miles from the Grove; (2) parking will
be consolidated into a 295-space parking and transit hub, with a park
shuttle available to transport visitors from the South Entrance to the
lower Grove area; (3) a hiking trail to the Grove and new accessible
trails within the lower Grove area and near the Grizzly Giant tree will
be constructed; (4) adverse effects to cultural resources will be
ameliorated according to a Memorandum of Agreement executed with the
State Historic Preservation Officer; and (5) ecological restoration
actions will be undertaken to improve hydrologic flows, water
infiltration, and reduce erosion.
Three other alternatives were evaluated, the full range of
foreseeable environmental consequences was assessed, and appropriate
mitigation measures were identified. Alternative 2 (selected for
implementation) was deemed to be the ``environmentally preferred''
course of action.
Interested parties desiring to review the Record of Decision may
obtain a copy by contacting the Superintendent, Attn: Division of
Project Management, Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 700-W, 5083
Foresta Road, El Portal, CA 95318 or via telephone request at (209)
379-1202.
Signed: December 16, 2013.
Christine S. Lehnertz,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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