[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30856]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Addendum Valley Housing Plan for the 1992 Supplement to
Final Environmental Impact Statement General Management Plan, Yosemite
National Park; Notice of Availability
Summary: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park
Service (NPS), Department of the Interior, has prepared this addendum
to the draft supplement to the final environmental impact statement for
the general management plan (plan) for Yosemite National Park,
California. These documents focus on identifying and assessing the
potential impacts of proposed Yosemite housing initiatives.
In 1992 the NPS issued the Draft Supplement to the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan,
Yosemite Valley Housing Plan (DES 92-29). This 1992 Draft Supplement
presented a number of ideas that were open to comment and revision,
including a proposed action and four alternatives (A, B, C, and D). In
response to extensive comment, this addendum identifies and analyzes
two additional alternatives (including a new proposed action) which
further address the challenges inherent in housing the requisite number
of NPS and concession employees in Yosemite National Park. For purposes
of clarification the new alternatives are designated Alternative E (the
new proposed action) and Alternative F. The original proposed action is
now designated as Alternative G. As with the original document, all
potential impacts are analyzed and mitigating actions are described.
Once approved, the plan will guide management of employee housing
for Yosemite National Park over the next 15 to 20 years. This process
will be culminated with the filing of a Final Supplement to the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the General Management Plan,
Yosemite Valley Housing Plan, and timely notice of an approved Record
of Decision will be published in the Federal Register.
Alternative E, the new proposed action, would add 689 new employee
beds at El Portal. A total of 1,014 employees would remain in housing
in the valley, and 345 would move out of the valley. All tent cabins
and other substandard housing would be removed. Headquarters for both
the national park and the concession would be moved to El Portal.
Alternative F would also relocate 345 employee beds from the
valley. Most of the new housing would be in El Portal (528 employees).
The headquarters for the park and the concession would be moved to
Wawona, and housing for the related employees (161) would also be
constructed there.
Comments: Written comments on the draft addendum should be directed to
the attention of Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 577,
Yosemite National Park, California, 95389. All comments must be
received not later than 90 days after notice of the filing of document
is published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal
Register.
Supplementary Information: Copies of the draft addendum Yosemite Valley
Housing Plan and the 1992 Draft Supplement will be available for public
inspection at the park and at area libraries. Requests for copies of
either document should be directed to the Superintendent (at the above
address), or by telephone at (209) 372-0202. The draft addendum is also
available for review on the Internet via the NPS Planning Home Page
http://www.nps.gov/planning/.
Dated: November 26, 1996.
Bruce Kilgore,
Acting Field Director, Pacific West Area.
[FR Doc. 96-30856 Filed 12-03-96; 8:45 am]
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