[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23623-23624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10118]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Backcountry Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement,
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
for the Backcountry Management Plan, Grand Canyon 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 (NPS) is preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement for the Backcountry Management Plan for
Grand Canyon National Park. This plan will help guide park decisions on
protecting natural and cultural resources while providing for a variety
of visitor opportunities to experience the park's backcountry. Over 94%
of the park has been proposed as wilderness, and an updated plan is
needed to comply with NPS wilderness policy and other policies. A range
of reasonable alternatives for managing the park's backcountry will be
developed, with public input, through this planning process and will
include, at a minimum, a no-action and an agency preferred alternative.
Major issues the plan will address include visitor access and use
of the park's backcountry, levels of commercial services, levels of
administrative and scientific research activities, management of
natural and cultural resources, and the protection of wilderness
character. The National Park Service will identify additional issues to
be addressed through public scoping.
A scoping newsletter is being prepared that details the issues
identified to date. Copies of that information will be made available
on NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca.
DATES: The Park Service will accept comments from the public through
June 27, 2011. Public meetings will occur in Flagstaff and Grand
Canyon, Arizona and other locations to be determined. Specific dates,
times, and locations will be announced in the local media and on the
internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca, in the Office of the
Superintendent, Jane Lyder, 1 Village Loop, Grand Canyon, Arizona
86023, 928-638-7945, or in the Office of Planning and Compliance, 1
Village Loop, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Lyder, Acting Superintendent,
P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, 928-638-7945, [email protected] or Rachel Bennett, Environmental Protection Specialist,
P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023, 928-638-7326, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment on the scoping
newsletter or on any other issues associated with the plan, you may
submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may comment via
the Internet at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/grca. If you do not have
access to a computer, you may mail comments to Jane Lyder, Acting
Superintendent, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023. Finally, you may
hand-deliver comments to Grand Canyon National Park Headquarters, 1
Village Loop, Grand Canyon, AZ.
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.
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Dated: March 3, 2011.
John Wessels,
Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-10118 Filed 4-26-11; 8:45 am]
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