Environmental Impact Statement for the Modification/Removal of the Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, 79928-79929 [2015-32279]

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[FR Doc. 2015–32339 Filed 12–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–MWR–CUVA–19576; PPMWMWROW3/ PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000] Environmental Impact Statement for the Modification/Removal of the Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio National Park Service, Interior. Notice of termination of environmental impact statement. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the modification/removal of the Canal Diversion Dam (Dam) in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (CUVA). Instead, the NPS will be preparing an environmental assessment (EA) to assist the NPS in determining how best to bring the Cuyahoga River within the boundaries of CUVA into attainment with the Clean Water Act and to allow for its recreational use by the public. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Dec 22, 2015 Jkt 238001 Information will be available at Cuyahoga Valley National Park headquarters located at 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141; telephone (330) 657–2752. Information will also be available at the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Craig Kenkel at the address above; or by telephone at the number above. Information will be available at the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dam is owned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and supplies water to a portion of the Ohio and Erie Canal National Historic Landmark. The Cuyahoga River upstream of the Dam does not meet aquatic community goals set forth in Ohio’s Water Quality Standards. The Lower Cuyahoga River Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report, as well as previous water quality surveys, has indicated that a cause of nonattainment of the standards is the Dam. The TMDL report recommends that the Dam be modified or removed to restore water quality in the Cuyahoga River upstream of the structure. Public and stakeholder scoping regarding ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 modification or removal of the Dam was initiated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in August 2002. It was unclear at that time whether the proposed modification or removal of the Dam would involve NPS lands or adversely affect NPS resources. The NPS determined in 2009 that the State of Ohio alternatives for the proposal to modify or remove the Canal Diversion Dam would impact NPS resources, require access to NPS lands, or require NPS funds. Accordingly, the NPS decided to prepare the EIS, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency agreed to be cooperating agencies. A Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2009. Following extensive internal review and interagency consultation over the last six years, preliminary analysis of the alternatives indicates there is no potential for significant impacts to NPS resources and values and no concerns or issues were expressed during the public scoping process that would have the potential for highly controversial impacts. Therefore, NPS intends to terminate the EIS and prepare an environmental assessment to develop and analyze alternatives that satisfy the project purpose and need. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and E:\FR\FM\23DEN1.SGM 23DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 23, 2015 / Notices the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will remain cooperating agencies on the EA. The EA to consider whether to remove or modify the dam is expected to be released for public review in the early spring of 2016. The public comment period for the EA and the dates, times, and locations of public meetings, if any, will be announced through the PEPC Web site, the park Web site, and in local media outlets. Dated: December 1, 2015. Cameron H. Sholly, Regional Director, Midwest Region. [FR Doc. 2015–32279 Filed 12–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–MA–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–PWR–PWRO–19532; PPWONRADE2/ PMP00EI05.YP0000] Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Wilderness Stewardship Plan, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce and Lewis Counties, Washington National Park Service, Interior. Notice of intent. AGENCY: ACTION: Mount Rainier National Park is initiating process to prepare a Wilderness Stewardship Plan (WSP) for the Mount Rainier Wilderness, a 228,480-acre area surrounding and including Mount Rainier, as designated by the Washington Parks Wilderness Act of 1988. Through this process, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to analyze a range of alternatives for achieving wilderness stewardship objectives, which include providing appropriate types and levels of access for visitors and authorized users, protecting cultural and natural resources, and adhering to legallymandated management and preservation requirements. Ninety-seven percent of Mount Rainier National Park is designated as wilderness. The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Wilderness Act) directs federal land management agencies to protect and manage wilderness so that it ‘‘generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable,’’ and so that it ‘‘has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation.’’ DATES: All written comments must be postmarked or transmitted not later than February 22, 2016. ADDRESSES: Requests to be added to the project mailing list may be sent to: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Dec 22, 2015 Jkt 238001 Randy King, Superintendent, Attn: Wilderness Stewardship Plan, Mount Rainier National Park, 55210 238th Ave., East Ashford, WA 98304–9751. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information will be available for public review and comment at the above address, as well as online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/morawild. In January 2002, the National Park Service (NPS) issued a Record of Decision for the Mount Rainier National Park General Management Plan (GMP) which provided broad, programmatic direction for wilderness management, including the assignment of management zones that attempt to identify levels of visitor use and management guidance for areas that are heavily impacted. The GMP also stated that indicators and standards in the wilderness management plan may be revised, and day use limits may be proposed. The new WSP is intended to not only update to the park’s 1992 Wilderness Management Plan, it will reflect changes that have occurred in the uses and management of the Mount Rainier Wilderness since 2002. As an implementation level plan, the WSP/EIS will provide detailed guidance on a variety of issues including, but not limited to: day and overnight use; trail maintenance standards; wildlife and proper food storage; party size; camping and campsites; human waste management; meadow management; research activities; permitted uses; historic structures and cultural resources in wilderness; infrastructure and administrative activities within or adjacent to wilderness; and the ‘‘minimum requirement’’ for administration of the area as Wilderness. An ‘‘extent necessary’’ determination prepared in response to the Mount Rainier National Park’s Commercial Services Plan (2005) will also be reviewed. This determination will identify the extent to which commercial services are necessary to fulfill the various wilderness purposes of the designated wilderness within Mount Rainier National Park, pursuant to Section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act. The WSP/EIS will reevaluate existing wilderness-related plans and guidance, such as the 1992 Wilderness Management Plan, the 2005 Fire Management Plan, and the 2010 Hazard Tree Management Plan. The WSP/EIS will also provide for more detailed management direction on provisions of the Washington Parks Wilderness Act of 1989, the NPS Management Policies (2006), and current interagency policies regarding the preservation of wilderness SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 79929 character as they relate to wilderness within Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about the issues and concerns to be addressed in the WSP/ EIS, Mount Rainier National Park staff will also host four public scoping meetings at the following Washington locations: Seattle, Tacoma, Enumclaw/ Buckley, and Ashford. In addition, park staff will prepare a scoping newsletter to provide additional information about Mount Rainier wilderness, the wilderness planning process, and the goals of public scoping. This newsletter will be sent to the park’s general mailing list, and posted on the park planning Web site (https://www.nps.gov/mora/ parkmgmt/planning.htm) and the Planning, Environment and Public Comment Web site (https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/mora). In order to ensure that your comments are considered, please submit your comments online by visiting https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/morawild. Although NPS encourages commenting electronically, if you wish to submit written comments via letter, you may mail your comments or hand deliver them to the address provided above. Written comments will also be accepted during public scoping meetings. Comments in any format submitted by an individual or organization on behalf of another individual or organization will not be accepted. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, please be advised 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. The responsible official approval of the Wilderness Stewardship Plan is the Regional Director, Pacific West Region. Subsequently the official responsible of implementation of the approved plan is the Superintendent, Mount Rainier National Park. Dated: December 7, 2015. Martha J. Lee, Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2015–32281 Filed 12–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–FF–P E:\FR\FM\23DEN1.SGM 23DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79928-79929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32279]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-MWR-CUVA-19576; PPMWMWROW3/PPMPSPD1Y.YM0000]


Environmental Impact Statement for the Modification/Removal of 
the Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of termination of environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is terminating preparation of 
an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the modification/removal of 
the Canal Diversion Dam (Dam) in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio 
(CUVA). Instead, the NPS will be preparing an environmental assessment 
(EA) to assist the NPS in determining how best to bring the Cuyahoga 
River within the boundaries of CUVA into attainment with the Clean 
Water Act and to allow for its recreational use by the public.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available at Cuyahoga Valley National 
Park headquarters located at 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 
44141; telephone (330) 657-2752. Information will also be available at 
the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at 
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Craig Kenkel at the 
address above; or by telephone at the number above. Information will be 
available at the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) 
Web site at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dam is owned by the Ohio Department of 
Natural Resources and supplies water to a portion of the Ohio and Erie 
Canal National Historic Landmark. The Cuyahoga River upstream of the 
Dam does not meet aquatic community goals set forth in Ohio's Water 
Quality Standards. The Lower Cuyahoga River Total Maximum Daily Load 
(TMDL) report, as well as previous water quality surveys, has indicated 
that a cause of nonattainment of the standards is the Dam. The TMDL 
report recommends that the Dam be modified or removed to restore water 
quality in the Cuyahoga River upstream of the structure. Public and 
stakeholder scoping regarding modification or removal of the Dam was 
initiated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in August 2002. 
It was unclear at that time whether the proposed modification or 
removal of the Dam would involve NPS lands or adversely affect NPS 
resources. The NPS determined in 2009 that the State of Ohio 
alternatives for the proposal to modify or remove the Canal Diversion 
Dam would impact NPS resources, require access to NPS lands, or require 
NPS funds. Accordingly, the NPS decided to prepare the EIS, and the 
Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Ohio Environmental 
Protection Agency agreed to be cooperating agencies. A Notice of Intent 
to Prepare the EIS was published in the Federal Register on July 24, 
2009.
    Following extensive internal review and interagency consultation 
over the last six years, preliminary analysis of the alternatives 
indicates there is no potential for significant impacts to NPS 
resources and values and no concerns or issues were expressed during 
the public scoping process that would have the potential for highly 
controversial impacts. Therefore, NPS intends to terminate the EIS and 
prepare an environmental assessment to develop and analyze alternatives 
that satisfy the project purpose and need. The Ohio Department of 
Natural Resources and

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the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will remain cooperating 
agencies on the EA. The EA to consider whether to remove or modify the 
dam is expected to be released for public review in the early spring of 
2016. The public comment period for the EA and the dates, times, and 
locations of public meetings, if any, will be announced through the 
PEPC Web site, the park Web site, and in local media outlets.

    Dated: December 1, 2015.
Cameron H. Sholly,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-32279 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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