Notice of Availability of the Draft Transportation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Acadia National Park, Maine, 18862-18863 [2018-08998]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–NERO–ACAD–DTS–24916;
PX.PD210624B.00.4]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Transportation Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for
Acadia National Park, Maine
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Draft Transportation Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
Plan/EIS) for Acadia National Park. The
purpose of the Transportation Plan is to
determine how best to provide safe and
efficient transportation and a variety of
high quality experiences to visitors
within Acadia National Park while
ensuring the protection of park
resources and values. The Draft Plan/
EIS describes four alternatives for
consideration, including a no-action
alternative.
DATES: Comments will be accepted for a
period of 60 days following publication
of the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Notice of Availability of
the Draft Plan/EIS in the Federal
Register. After the EPA Notice of
Availability is published, the NPS will
schedule public meetings to be held
during the comment period. The
comment period and dates, times, and
locations of these public meetings will
be announced through social media and
local media outlets, and on the NPS
Planning, Environment, and Public
Comment (PEPC) website at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
ACADTransportationPlan, and Acadia
National Park’s website at https://
www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm.
ADDRESSES: The Draft Plan/EIS will be
available electronically on the NPS
PEPC website at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
SUMMARY:
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ACADTransportationPlan. Comments
may be submitted electronically through
the PEPC website at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
ACADTransportationPlan. Comments
will also be accepted in hardcopy by
mail to: Acadia National Park, Attn:
Transportation Plan, P.O. Box 177, Bar
Harbor, ME 04609.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Kelly, Management Assistant, Acadia
National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor,
ME 04609, (207) 288–8703, John_T_
Kelly@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Park Service (NPS) is preparing
a transportation plan for Acadia
National Park to determine ways to
provide safe and efficient transportation
for visitors while ensuring the
protection of park resources and values.
Transportation issues at Acadia
National Park are diverse and complex.
Visitors travel to and within the park by
private vehicle, tour bus, bicycle, ferry,
Island Explorer bus, and other modes. In
2016, park visitation reached a record
3.3 million visitors, which is an increase
of 58 percent from 2006.
High volumes of visitors accessing
popular visitor destinations during peak
times is causing gridlock, visitor
conflicts, crowding, emergency response
delays, and resource trampling.
Concentrated volumes and mixture of
traffic, particularly on the Park Loop
Road and Cadillac Mountain Road,
create critical visitor safety issues,
severe crowding and congestion,
impacts on the road systems, and
challenges to the park’s operational
efficiency and sustainability. Further,
the interdependent relationship
between Acadia National Park and
diverse gateway communities increases
the complexity of managing visitor use
and access, especially given the
importance of the park to the local
economy. The transportation plan will
determine ways to improve safety,
reduce congestion and crowding, avoid
impacts to park resources, and provide
visitors with a high-quality experience
through a variety of mechanisms such as
visitor management strategies,
enhancements to alternative
transportation services, restrictions on
vehicle size, and expanded access to
parking.
The Draft Plan/EIS evaluates four
alternatives:
Alternative A: No Action—reflects
current transportation management
direction and serves as a baseline for
comparison with the other alternatives.
Current management (as outlined in the
park’s 1992 General Management Plan)
would continue with no major changes
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from current operations, and changes
that did occur would be on an asneeded basis. Management of park
visitors would continue to vary
seasonally as visitor demand and needs
change with many management
strategies focusing on the peak season
between mid-May and mid-October.
Parking would remain available to all
users on a first-come, first-served basis
and right lane parking on the Park Loop
Road would continue to occur.
Temporary or permanent closures of
roads and parking areas may occur if
necessary to address safety and security
concerns or to ensure the financial
sustainability of the overall
transportation system.
Alternative B—would establish a
reservation system for parking at five of
the primary attractions and trailheads
along Park Loop Road during peak times
and seasons, and eliminate right lane
parking to improve traffic flows. Gates
and queuing lanes would be constructed
where needed to validate reservations
and to control access on some firstcome, first-served lots.
Alternative C: Proposed action and
preferred alternative—would address
transportation and congestion issues by
establishing a reservation system for the
Ocean Drive corridor, Cadillac
Mountain Road, and the Jordan Pond
North Lot during peak use season
(approximately mid-May to midOctober). During initial implementation
of this alternative, all other parking lots
in the park would continue to be
managed on a first-come, first-served
basis; but the alternative includes an
adaptive management strategy that
directs park managers to monitor traffic
and resource conditions elsewhere in
the park. If monitoring indicates traffic
or resource conditions worsening
beyond established thresholds, access to
Island Explorer routes entering the park,
vehicle access to other parking lots, or
vehicle access to the entire Park Loop
Road may be added to the reservation
systems. Expanded opportunities for
parking and associated visitor access to
the park (without private vehicles)
would be provided via expanded public
transit service and improvements at
Hulls Cove and the Acadia Gateway
Center.
Alternative D—would establish a
systemwide approach to manage volume
of vehicles on Park Loop Road during
the peak use season. Gates and
additional entrance stations would be
installed at all access points to Park
Loop Road and a timed-entry
reservation system would be established
for vehicle access to Park Loop Road
during the peak use season. Once a
visitor passes through an entrance
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station or gate during their reserved
entry window, all parking lots on Park
Loop Road would be available on a firstcome, first-served basis.
Under all of the action alternatives
(alternatives B, C, and D), vehicle size
limits would be phased in for all
commercial and noncommercial
vehicles on the Park Loop Road to
improve safety and maintain the historic
character of the road. Also common to
these alternatives, the number of
oversize commercial vehicles (vehicles
that do not fit within a standard parking
space such as a bus) allowed at key
locations at one time would be managed
to ensure desired conditions are
maintained and visitor capacities at the
parks primary attractions are not
exceeded.
The NPS will accept comments on the
Draft Plan/EIS for a period of 60 days
following publication of the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Notice of Availability of the Draft
Plan/EIS in the Federal Register. After
the EPA Notice of Availability is
published, the NPS will schedule public
meetings to be held during the comment
period. The comment period and dates,
times, and locations of these public
meetings will be announced through
social media and local media outlets;
and on the NPS Planning, Environment,
and Public Comment website at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
ACADTransportationPlan, and Acadia
National Park’s website at https://
www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm.
If you wish to comment, you may
submit your comments by any one of
several methods. The preferred method
of commenting is to enter comments
electronically through the PEPC website
at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
ACADTransportationPlan. Comments
will also be accepted in hardcopy by
mail to: Acadia National Park, Attn:
Transportation Plan, P.O. Box 177, Bar
Harbor, ME 04609, or you may handdeliver hardcopy comments to the park
at 20 McFarland Hill Drive, Bar Harbor,
ME. Comments will not be accepted in
any other format beyond those specified
above.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in any
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.
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Dated: March 13, 2018.
Deborah L. Conway,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-NERO-ACAD-DTS-24916; PX.PD210624B.00.4]
Notice of Availability of the Draft Transportation Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for Acadia National Park, Maine
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of
the Draft Transportation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
Plan/EIS) for Acadia National Park. The purpose of the Transportation
Plan is to determine how best to provide safe and efficient
transportation and a variety of high quality experiences to visitors
within Acadia National Park while ensuring the protection of park
resources and values. The Draft Plan/EIS describes four alternatives
for consideration, including a no-action alternative.
DATES: Comments will be accepted for a period of 60 days following
publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Notice of
Availability of the Draft Plan/EIS in the Federal Register. After the
EPA Notice of Availability is published, the NPS will schedule public
meetings to be held during the comment period. The comment period and
dates, times, and locations of these public meetings will be announced
through social media and local media outlets, and on the NPS Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ACADTransportationPlan, and Acadia National Park's
website at https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm.
ADDRESSES: The Draft Plan/EIS will be available electronically on the
NPS PEPC website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ACADTransportationPlan.
Comments may be submitted electronically through the PEPC website at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ACADTransportationPlan. Comments will also
be accepted in hardcopy by mail to: Acadia National Park, Attn:
Transportation Plan, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Kelly, Management Assistant,
Acadia National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, (207) 288-
8703, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing
a transportation plan for Acadia National Park to determine ways to
provide safe and efficient transportation for visitors while ensuring
the protection of park resources and values. Transportation issues at
Acadia National Park are diverse and complex. Visitors travel to and
within the park by private vehicle, tour bus, bicycle, ferry, Island
Explorer bus, and other modes. In 2016, park visitation reached a
record 3.3 million visitors, which is an increase of 58 percent from
2006.
High volumes of visitors accessing popular visitor destinations
during peak times is causing gridlock, visitor conflicts, crowding,
emergency response delays, and resource trampling. Concentrated volumes
and mixture of traffic, particularly on the Park Loop Road and Cadillac
Mountain Road, create critical visitor safety issues, severe crowding
and congestion, impacts on the road systems, and challenges to the
park's operational efficiency and sustainability. Further, the
interdependent relationship between Acadia National Park and diverse
gateway communities increases the complexity of managing visitor use
and access, especially given the importance of the park to the local
economy. The transportation plan will determine ways to improve safety,
reduce congestion and crowding, avoid impacts to park resources, and
provide visitors with a high-quality experience through a variety of
mechanisms such as visitor management strategies, enhancements to
alternative transportation services, restrictions on vehicle size, and
expanded access to parking.
The Draft Plan/EIS evaluates four alternatives:
Alternative A: No Action--reflects current transportation
management direction and serves as a baseline for comparison with the
other alternatives. Current management (as outlined in the park's 1992
General Management Plan) would continue with no major changes
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from current operations, and changes that did occur would be on an as-
needed basis. Management of park visitors would continue to vary
seasonally as visitor demand and needs change with many management
strategies focusing on the peak season between mid-May and mid-October.
Parking would remain available to all users on a first-come, first-
served basis and right lane parking on the Park Loop Road would
continue to occur. Temporary or permanent closures of roads and parking
areas may occur if necessary to address safety and security concerns or
to ensure the financial sustainability of the overall transportation
system.
Alternative B--would establish a reservation system for parking at
five of the primary attractions and trailheads along Park Loop Road
during peak times and seasons, and eliminate right lane parking to
improve traffic flows. Gates and queuing lanes would be constructed
where needed to validate reservations and to control access on some
first-come, first-served lots.
Alternative C: Proposed action and preferred alternative--would
address transportation and congestion issues by establishing a
reservation system for the Ocean Drive corridor, Cadillac Mountain
Road, and the Jordan Pond North Lot during peak use season
(approximately mid-May to mid-October). During initial implementation
of this alternative, all other parking lots in the park would continue
to be managed on a first-come, first-served basis; but the alternative
includes an adaptive management strategy that directs park managers to
monitor traffic and resource conditions elsewhere in the park. If
monitoring indicates traffic or resource conditions worsening beyond
established thresholds, access to Island Explorer routes entering the
park, vehicle access to other parking lots, or vehicle access to the
entire Park Loop Road may be added to the reservation systems. Expanded
opportunities for parking and associated visitor access to the park
(without private vehicles) would be provided via expanded public
transit service and improvements at Hulls Cove and the Acadia Gateway
Center.
Alternative D--would establish a systemwide approach to manage
volume of vehicles on Park Loop Road during the peak use season. Gates
and additional entrance stations would be installed at all access
points to Park Loop Road and a timed-entry reservation system would be
established for vehicle access to Park Loop Road during the peak use
season. Once a visitor passes through an entrance station or gate
during their reserved entry window, all parking lots on Park Loop Road
would be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Under all of the action alternatives (alternatives B, C, and D),
vehicle size limits would be phased in for all commercial and
noncommercial vehicles on the Park Loop Road to improve safety and
maintain the historic character of the road. Also common to these
alternatives, the number of oversize commercial vehicles (vehicles that
do not fit within a standard parking space such as a bus) allowed at
key locations at one time would be managed to ensure desired conditions
are maintained and visitor capacities at the parks primary attractions
are not exceeded.
The NPS will accept comments on the Draft Plan/EIS for a period of
60 days following publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) Notice of Availability of the Draft Plan/EIS in the Federal
Register. After the EPA Notice of Availability is published, the NPS
will schedule public meetings to be held during the comment period. The
comment period and dates, times, and locations of these public meetings
will be announced through social media and local media outlets; and on
the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ACADTransportationPlan, and Acadia National Park's
website at https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm.
If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. The preferred method of commenting is to enter
comments electronically through the PEPC website at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ACADTransportationPlan. Comments will also be
accepted in hardcopy by mail to: Acadia National Park, Attn:
Transportation Plan, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, or you may
hand-deliver hardcopy comments to the park at 20 McFarland Hill Drive,
Bar Harbor, ME. Comments will not be accepted in any other format
beyond those specified above.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in any 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.
Dated: March 13, 2018.
Deborah L. Conway,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-08998 Filed 4-27-18; 8:45 am]
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