[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13074]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, The
Flagstaff Areas (Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon
National Monuments), Coconino County, Arizona
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
for the General Management Plan for Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and
Walnut Canyon National Monuments.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act,
the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact
statement for the General Management Plan for Wupatki, Sunset Crater
Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments.
The effort will result in a comprehensive general management plan
that encompasses preservation of natural and cultural resources,
visitor use and interpretation, roads, and facilities. The planning
process will be coordinated with the United States Forest Service
(Coconino National Forest), the Arizona Land Department, the Babbitt
Ranches (CO Bar Ranch), the Hopi and Navajo Nations, the Museum of
Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Coconino County, and the
City of Flagstaff. Attention will also be given to resources outside
the boundaries that affect the integrity of these units. Alternatives
to be considered include no-action, the preferred alternative, and
others to be developed through this planning effort.
Major issues include boundary expansions legislated in 1996 at
Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments, the preparation of an
Openspace/Greenway Plan by the City of Flagstaff, Navajo residence and
Navajo livestock grazing within Wupatki National Monument, the lack of
information relative to human impacts on back country resources at
Wupatki, and self-government issues raised by the Navajo Nation.
A scoping brochure has been prepared that details the issues
identified to date. Copies of that and other information regarding the
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement can be
obtained from the Superintendent, Flagstaff Areas, 2818 North Steves
Blvd. #3, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004, telephone (520) 556-7134.
Dated: May 15, 1997.
John E. Cook,
Regional Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 97-13074 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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