98-19747. General Management Plan, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39889-39890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19747]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


General Management Plan, Lassen Volcanic National Park, 
California; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement

    Summary: The National Park Service will prepare a General 
Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for Lassen 
Volcanic National Park, California and initiate the scoping process for 
this document. This notice is in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 and 40 
CFR 1508.22, of the regulations of the President's Council on 
Environmental Quality for the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, Public Law 91-190.
    Background: The purpose of the GMP/EIS will be to state the 
management philosophy for the park and provide strategies for 
addressing major issues facing the area. Two types

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of strategies will be presented in the GMP: (1) those required to 
manage and preserve cultural and natural resources; and (2) those 
required to provide for safe, accessible and appropriate use of those 
resources by visitors. Based on these strategies, the GMP will identify 
the programs, actions and support facilities needed for their 
implementation.
    Persons wishing to comment or express concerns on the management 
issues and future management direction of Lassen Volcanic National Park 
should address these to the Superintendent, Lassen Volcanic National 
Park, P.O. Box 100, Mineral, CA 96063-0100. Questions regarding the 
plan should be addressed to the superintendent either by mail to the 
above address, or by telephone at [phone]. Comments on the 
scoping of the proposed GMP/EIS should be received no later than 
September 30, 1998.
    Public scoping meetings to receive comments and suggestions on the 
plan will be held in August in communities in the vicinity of the park. 
The time and location of these meetings will be announced in the local 
and regional media.
    The responsible official is John J. Reynolds, Regional Director, 
Pacific West Region, National Park Service. The draft GMP/EIS is 
expected to be available for public review in late summer or fall, 
1999, and the final GMP/EIS and Record of Decision completed early in 
2000.

    Dated: June 26, 1998.
Patricia L Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region
[FR Doc. 98-19747 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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