[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 27579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11640]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Bison Brucellosis Remote Vaccination, Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, Yellowstone National Park, WY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for a Bison Brucellosis Remote Vaccination Program,
Yellowstone National Park.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C., 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the
availability of the Bison Brucellosis Remote Vaccination Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Yellowstone National Park.
This planning effort will result in a decision determining whether
or not to implement remote delivery of a vaccine to free-ranging bison
inside Yellowstone National Park. Three alternatives will be considered
including no-action, hand and remote delivery vaccination of young non-
pregnant bison, and hand and remote delivery vaccination of young and
adult female bison. The no action alternative is to continue the
currently authorized syringe vaccination of calves and yearlings
periodically captured in pens at the Park boundary. The two remote
delivery alternatives include the continuation of the hand delivery
program described under no action. The difference between the two
remote delivery alternatives is in the age category of bison being
targeted for remote delivery. One of the remote delivery alternatives
includes adult female bison. A preferred alternative has not been
identified in the draft EIS. The final EIS will include a preferred
alternative.
The NPS requests comments on the draft EIS from the public, Federal
agencies, States agencies, local governments and Tribal governments.
DATES: The National Park Service will accept comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement from the public for 60 days after the
date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes this Notice of
Availability. No public meetings are scheduled at this time.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft EIS will be available on the Internet at
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/yell and at the Yellowstone Center for
Resources, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming 82190-0168 (307) 344-2203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Wallen, Bison Ecology and
Management Office, Yellowstone National Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming 82190, (307) 344-2213, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service agreed in the 2000
Record of Decision for the Interagency Bison Management Plan to
evaluate an in-park, remote delivery vaccination program for bison. The
purpose of remote delivery vaccination is to deliver a low risk,
effective vaccine to eligible bison inside the park to (1) decrease the
probability of bison shedding Brucella abortus, (2) lower the
brucellosis infection rate, and (3) increase tolerance for bison on
essential winter ranges in Montana.
If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail comments to the Bison Ecology and
Management Office, Center for Resources, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming 82190. You may also comment via the Internet at
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/yell. Finally, you may hand-deliver
comments to the Center for Resources at 27 Officer's Row in Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming. Comments will not be accepted by facsimile,
electronic mail, or methods other than those specified above. Before
including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Dated: April 12, 2010.
Mary Gibson Scott,
Acting Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-11640 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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