Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Use of Electric Bicycles in the National Park System, 40330-40331 [2023-13141]

Download as PDF 40330 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 / Notices This Federal Register notice announces the route for the New England National Scenic Trail following the routes generally depicted on the map referenced in the Act. The legislative map depicting this route is available for inspection at the following locations: National Park Service, Land Resources Program Center, Interior Region 1, 1234 Market Street, 20th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 and National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, 2nd Floor, Room 2342 (MIB 2340), Washington, DC 20240. The route is depicted in more detail in the National Park Service Geographic Information System database as the ‘‘NEEN_BND_ NationalScenicTrailCenterline_ln,’’ updated April 7, 2023, and listed as the Authoritative Feature Layer, published, and managed by the National Park Service, which is available at https:// www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id= 2732c458d1d64bfda9b0bbc82de8cc7e. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Fellner, Superintendent; New England National Scenic Trail; National Park Service; One Armory Square, Suite 2, Springfield, MA 01105; via email at kelly_fellner@nps.gov; or via phone at (413) 734–8551. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2009, Congress established the New England National Scenic Trail as a component of the National Trails System as part of Public Law 111–11, Sect. 5202 (Act) which amended the National Trails System Act to include the trail. The law references the trail route as generally depicted on legislated Map No. T06/ 80,000, dated October 2007. The map indicates an extension to the Long Island Sound, which was approved as part of the designation. Prior to designation, the New England Trail had been continuous in its entirety and in use as a long-distance trail since the 1950s. Post designation, the Long Island Sound extension was completed, as well as other minor relocations to comply with landowner requests. The trail route has been largely unchanged since its ten-year anniversary in 2019. Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1244(a) and 1246(a)(2), the Secretary of the Interior must select the route for the trail and publish notice of the availability of appropriate maps or descriptions in the Federal Register. To guide the protection of this trail route, legislated trail partners in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the Connecticut Forest & Park Association and Appalachian Mountain Club respectively, conducted various land protection planning efforts and held workshops with interested stakeholders lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 between 2018 and 2022, resulting in a trail protection strategy in each state. Stakeholders participating included state and local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, and private entities. The National Park Service has combined these two strategies, including additional information required by policy and various Federal Register notices into a trailwide Land Protection Plan. This Land Protection Plan provides the local criteria, data, and prioritization process for working with willing sellers and partners to protect the trail using various methods. The plan is available at https://www.nps.gov/neen/learn/ management/land-protection-plan.htm. Gay Vietzke, Regional Director, Interior Region 1. [FR Doc. 2023–13158 Filed 6–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NPS0035983; 23XP103905— PPWONRADE2–PMP00EI05.YP0000] Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Use of Electric Bicycles in the National Park System National Park Service, Interior. Notice of availability; request for comment. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) that evaluates, on a nationwide scale, use of electric bicycles (e-bikes) within the National Park System. We invite comments from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies. DATES: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on July 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: Document availability: The PEA is available online at: https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/e-bikes. Comment Submission: You may submit written comments by one of the following methods: • Electronically: https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/e-bikes. • Mail or hand deliver to: Electric Bicycle Programmatic EA, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, MS–2472 Washington, DC 20240. Instructions: Comments will not be accepted by fax, email, or in any way other than those specified above. Comments delivered on external electronic storage devices (flash drives, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 compact discs, etc.) will not be accepted. Bulk comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Calhoun, Chief, Division of Regulations, Jurisdiction, and Special Park Uses, National Park Service; waso_ regulations@nps.gov; (202) 513–7112. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 2020, the NPS promulgated a final rule (rule) governing use of ebikes within the National Park System (85 FR 69175). On May 24, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion finding that the NPS had improperly relied upon a categorial exclusion to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the rule. The Court remanded the rule to the NPS and directed the NPS to conduct additional NEPA analysis for the rule. Pub Emps. For Env’t Responsibility v. Nat’l Park Serv., 605 F. Supp. 3d 28 (D.D.C. 2022). The rule remains in place pending the outcome of the required NEPA analysis. The PEA has been prepared consistent with the Court’s May 24, 2022 opinion. The PEA evaluates the environmental impacts, on a nationwide scale, of a noaction alternative and the proposed action (the rule). The no-action alternative assumes that the rule has not been promulgated and that there is no nationwide policy about the use of ebikes. Under the no-action alternative, superintendents would have no specific authority to allow e-bike use in System units and no policy direction about how to use existing authorities to manage ebikes. This would result in inconsistent management of e-bikes use across the National Park System. In most System units, visitors would likely be allowed to use e-bikes on public roads and parking lots where motor vehicle use is allowed. In some System units, e-bike use also could occur on administrative roads and trails. Under the proposed action (the rule), e-bikes are defined uniformly and subject to a standard set of operating requirements, while superintendents have the discretion to allow e-bike use in National Park System units on a case-by-case basis, on public roads, parking lots, administrative roads, and trails where traditional bicycle use is allowed. The proposed action has been identified as the NPS preferred alternative. The PEA analyzes impacts to soils, vegetation, visitor use and experience, and wildlife. Availability of Public Comments You may submit comments by one of the methods shown under ADDRESSES. Before including your address, phone E:\FR\FM\21JNN1.SGM 21JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 21, 2023 / Notices number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including the 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 we would be able to do so. Lauren S. Imgrund, Associate Director, Partnerships and Civic Engagement. [FR Doc. 2023–13141 Filed 6–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [CPCLO Order No. 003–2023] Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records AGENCY: United States Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice of a new system of records. Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–108, notice is hereby given that the Justice Management Division (hereinafter JMD), a component within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), proposes to develop a new system of records notice titled HAVANA Act Compensation Records, JUSTICE/DOJ–021. DOJ proposes to establish this system of records in connection with the provisions in the HAVANA Act to allow claimants to be compensated for qualifying physical injuries under the Act and the implementing regulations. DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), this notice is effective upon publication, subject to a 30-day period in which to comment on the routine uses, described below. Please submit any comments by July 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and Congress are invited to submit any comments by mail to the United States Department of Justice, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, ATTN: Privacy Analyst, 2 Constitution Square, 8W.300, 145 N St. NE, Washington, DC 20002; by facsimile at 202–307–0693; or by email at privacy.compliance@usdoj.gov. To ensure proper handling, please reference the above CPCLO Order No. on all correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morton J. Posner, General Counsel, lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jun 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 Justice Management Division, 2CON, 145 N St. NE, Washington, DC 20530, (202) 514–3452. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed the ‘‘Helping American Victims Affected by Neurological Attacks’’ (HAVANA) Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–46) (hereinafter, the HAVANA Act or the Act). In this statute, Congress authorized Federal agencies to make payments to certain affected current employees, former employees, and their dependents (hereinafter, ‘‘claimants’’) for qualifying injuries to the brain. This law requires the Department (and other agencies) to prescribe regulations implementing the HAVANA Act, and the Department intends to publish an interim final rule (IFR). An individual wishing to make a claim under the HAVANA Act (hereinafter, a ‘‘claimant’’) will submit information about themselves and their claim to the Department. Those records will be used to determine a claimant’s eligibility for payment under the HAVANA Act, track the progress of the claim, inform the claimant of the status of the claim, and to inform any decision arising out of an administrative appeal relating to the claim. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), the Department has provided a report to OMB and Congress on this new system of records. Dated: June 14, 2023. Peter Winn, Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, United States Department of Justice. JUSTICE/DOJ–021 SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: HAVANA Act Compensation Records, JUSTICE/DOJ–021. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: The information in this system of records is unclassified. SYSTEM LOCATION: Original records will be kept at the Justice Management Division (JMD), 2CON, 145 N St. NE, Washington, DC 20530. The database(s) will be maintained internally and on the JMD server. SYSTEM MANAGER(S): Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Policy, Management, and Procurement, Justice Management Division, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530. AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: Authority for maintaining this system exists under the HAVANA Act of 2021, Public Law 117–46. PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40331 PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: Records maintained in this system will be used to determine a claimant’s eligibility for payment under the HAVANA Act, track the progress of the claim, inform the claimant of the status of the claim, and to inform any decision arising out of an administrative appeal relating to the claim. CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Current and former Department of Justice employees and their dependents, as defined in the HAVANA Act implementing regulations, who make claims under the Act (‘‘claimants’’), health care providers who submit supporting paperwork on behalf of the claimant, and other individuals appropriately submitting or referenced in supporting documentation, e.g., witnesses to the associated incident and other health care providers. CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: Records in the system may include names of claimants, claimants’ dependents, health care providers, or other individuals covered in this system, dates of birth, contact information, employment information relating to the claim, date and location of the associated incident, medical information relating to the claim; and other records appropriately obtained or generated to process claims. RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: Information may be provided by individuals covered in this system, the Department of Justice or other United States Government agencies, physicians or other appropriate medical personnel, or medical board certification organizations. ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), all or a portion of the records or information contained in this system of records may be disclosed as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) under the circumstances or for the purposes described below, to the extent such disclosures are compatible with the purposes for which the information was collected: A. To the claimant’s listed physician or other appropriate health care providers to the extent necessary to gather information required for the processing of the claimant’s claim. B. To any Federal agency or entity that the Department of Justice has reason to believe possesses information pertinent to claimant’s claim, or with E:\FR\FM\21JNN1.SGM 21JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40330-40331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13141]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NPS0035983; 23XP103905--PPWONRADE2-PMP00EI05.YP0000]


Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Use of Electric 
Bicycles in the National Park System

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of 
a programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) that evaluates, on a 
nationwide scale, use of electric bicycles (e-bikes) within the 
National Park System. We invite comments from the public and local, 
State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.

DATES: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before 
11:59 p.m. ET on July 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: 
    Document availability: The PEA is available online at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/e-bikes.
    Comment Submission: You may submit written comments by one of the 
following methods:
     Electronically: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/e-bikes.
     Mail or hand deliver to: Electric Bicycle Programmatic EA, 
National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, MS-2472 Washington, DC 20240.
    Instructions: Comments will not be accepted by fax, email, or in 
any way other than those specified above. Comments delivered on 
external electronic storage devices (flash drives, compact discs, etc.) 
will not be accepted. Bulk comments in any format (hard copy or 
electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Calhoun, Chief, Division of 
Regulations, Jurisdiction, and Special Park Uses, National Park 
Service; [email protected]; (202) 513-7112.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 2020, the NPS promulgated a 
final rule (rule) governing use of e-bikes within the National Park 
System (85 FR 69175). On May 24, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the 
District of Columbia issued an opinion finding that the NPS had 
improperly relied upon a categorial exclusion to comply with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the rule. The Court 
remanded the rule to the NPS and directed the NPS to conduct additional 
NEPA analysis for the rule. Pub Emps. For Env't Responsibility v. Nat'l 
Park Serv., 605 F. Supp. 3d 28 (D.D.C. 2022). The rule remains in place 
pending the outcome of the required NEPA analysis. The PEA has been 
prepared consistent with the Court's May 24, 2022 opinion.
    The PEA evaluates the environmental impacts, on a nationwide scale, 
of a no-action alternative and the proposed action (the rule). The no-
action alternative assumes that the rule has not been promulgated and 
that there is no nationwide policy about the use of e-bikes. Under the 
no-action alternative, superintendents would have no specific authority 
to allow e-bike use in System units and no policy direction about how 
to use existing authorities to manage e-bikes. This would result in 
inconsistent management of e-bikes use across the National Park System. 
In most System units, visitors would likely be allowed to use e-bikes 
on public roads and parking lots where motor vehicle use is allowed. In 
some System units, e-bike use also could occur on administrative roads 
and trails. Under the proposed action (the rule), e-bikes are defined 
uniformly and subject to a standard set of operating requirements, 
while superintendents have the discretion to allow e-bike use in 
National Park System units on a case-by-case basis, on public roads, 
parking lots, administrative roads, and trails where traditional 
bicycle use is allowed. The proposed action has been identified as the 
NPS preferred alternative. The PEA analyzes impacts to soils, 
vegetation, visitor use and experience, and wildlife.

Availability of Public Comments

    You may submit comments by one of the methods shown under 
ADDRESSES. Before including your address, phone

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number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including 
the 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 we would be able to do so.

Lauren S. Imgrund,
Associate Director, Partnerships and Civic Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2023-13141 Filed 6-20-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

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