[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16482]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190, as amended), the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 1994 Draft Development
Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (DCP/EIS) for the
Brooks River Area, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. It
includes a new proposal, Alternative 5.
DATES: Comments on the SEIS should be received no later than August 14,
1995. Written responses to the SEIS should be submitted to the
Superintendent, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Post Office Box 7,
King Salmon, Alaska, 99613. No public meetings will be held.
Copies of the SEIS are available on request from: Planning Team
Leader, National Park Service, Denver Service Center-TWE, Post Office
Box 27287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287, telephone (303) 969-2262.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS is a supplement to the 1994 Draft
Development Concept Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (DCP/EIS)
for the Brooks River Area, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
It includes a new proposal, Alternative 5. As in the Draft DCP/EIS, the
major issue to be addressed is to identify appropriate alternatives for
visitor use and resource conservation in the operation and location of
development in the Brooks River Area of Katmai National Park and
Preserve.
The new proposed action, Alternative 5, consists of the following
elements: a rustic lodge and dining facility and overnight
accommodations for 60, in separate cabins with a central shower/
washroom facility on the Beaver Pond Terrace. A 60-person campground
with enclosed, bear-proof cooking shelters would be provided on the
terrace. All overnight accommodations would be provided through a
concession-run, private sector corporation. Staff facilities would be
similar to the lodge structures, with a second central shower/washroom
facility. A main visitor center for the park would be the Interagency
Visitor Center located in the gateway community of King Salmon. A
visitor orientation facility would be provided in the Brooks River Area
for on-site interpretation and safety orientation. The new proposal
would provide for boat and aircraft access to the Brooks River Area and
would encourage planning for appropriate dispersed outdoor recreational
activities throughout the Naknek drainage, as called for in the 1986
General Management Plan (GMP).
Dated: June 28, 1995.
Michael Soukup,
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.
[FR Doc. 95-16482 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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