98-29240. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Interagency Bison Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park; Extension of Comment Period  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 58753]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-29240]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    National Park Service
    
    
    Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Interagency Bison 
    Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park; 
    Extension of Comment Period
    
    AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
    
    ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental 
    Impact Statement.
    
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    SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
    Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service announced on June 18, 
    1998 (Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 177) the availability of a 
    draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Interagency Bison 
    Management Plan for the State of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. 
    This announcement commenced a 120-day comment period, closing on 
    October 16, 1998. During this time, the National Park Service received 
    several requests for extensions to the comment period. The public 
    comment period, therefore, will be extended for 15 days and will now 
    close on November 2, 1998.
    
    DATES: The public comment period will now be extended from October 16, 
    1998 to November 2, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEIS should be sent to Sarah Bransom, 
    National Park Service, DSC-RP, PO Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, 
    Telephone: (303) 969-2310. Copies of the DEIS or the executive summary 
    of the DEIS and a complete listing of libraries where the DEIS is 
    available for review on the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/planning/
    current.htm.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1990, management of bison in and 
    adjacent to Yellowstone National Park Service has been covered by a 
    series of interim management plans. In 1992, the National Park Service 
    (lead agency), state of Montana (co-lead), United States Forest Service 
    (co-lead), and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
    (cooperating agency) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to prepare a 
    long-term bison management plan/EIS.
        The DEIS presents seven alternatives with a full range of 
    management techniques for maintaining a wild, free ranging bison 
    population while minimizing the risk of transmitting the disease 
    Brucellosis from bison to domestic cattle on public and private lands 
    in Montana adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. Management techniques 
    used in various combinations to meet the plan's objectives include 
    capturing and testing bison for Brucellosis, quarantining, 
    slaughtering, hunting and vaccination. Impacts are analyzed on the 
    following topics: bison population, recreation, livestock operations, 
    socioeconomics, threatened, endangered and sensitive species, other 
    wildlife species, human health, cultural resources, and visual 
    resources. All review comments received on the DEIS will become part of 
    the public record.
    
        Dated: October 9, 1998.
    John E. Cook,
    Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
    [FR Doc. 98-29240 Filed 10-30-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4310-70-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
11/02/1998
Department:
National Park Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Document Number:
98-29240
Dates:
The public comment period will now be extended from October 16, 1998 to November 2, 1998.
Pages:
58753-58753 (1 pages)
PDF File:
98-29240.pdf