98-1196. Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Yosemite National Park, California; Extension of Public Comment Period

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3000-3001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1196]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement; Yosemite National Park, California; 
Extension of Public Comment Period

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement assessing alternatives for, and 
potential impacts of, a proposed Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan 
for Yosemite National Park, California. In deference to public interest 
expressed to date from local governmental agencies, organizations, and 
other interested parties, the original 75 day public comment period has 
been extended an additional 31 calendar days to February 23, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments on the draft document must 
now be received or post-marked not later than February 23, 1998, and 
should be directed to the Superintendent, Attn: VIP Planning, Yosemite 
National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite, CA 95389, [phone]. 
Comments may also be submitted through the National Park Service 
planning page: Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan/Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement. Also, open houses and public workshops 
have previously been conducted in several California cities; during the 
extended

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comment period, additional workshops are to be held in Yosemite gateway 
communities. Complete details may be obtained as noted above.

    Dated: January 9, 1998.
John J. Reynolds,
Regional Director, Pacific West.
[FR Doc. 98-1196 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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