[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45274-45275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21220]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Devils
Tower National Monument, Wyoming
AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
for the General Management Plan, Devils Tower National Monument.
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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 Devils Tower National
Monument.
The effort will result in a comprehensive general management plan
that prescribes the resource conditions and visitor experiences that
are to be achieved and maintained in the park over time. The
clarification of what must be achieved according to law and policy will
be based on review of the park's purpose, significance, special
mandates, and the body of laws and
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policies directing park management. Management decisions to be made
where law, policy, or regulations do not provide clear guidance or
limits will be based on the purposes of the monument, the range of
public expectations and concerns, resource analysis, an evaluation of
the natural, cultural, and social impacts of alternative courses of
action, and consideration of long-term economic costs. Based on
determinations of desired conditions, the plan will outline the kinds
of resource management activities, visitor activities, and development
that would be appropriate in the monument in the future. Alternatives
will be developed through this planning process and will include, at a
minimum, no-action and the preferred alternative.
Major issues include health and vitality of natural and cultural
resources, adequacy of interpretive programs, park aesthetics, overall
visitor and traffic congestion, and boundary concerns.
A scoping newsletter has been prepared that details the issues
identified to date. Copies of that information can be obtained from the
Planning Team, Devils Tower NM, P.O. Box 10, Devils Tower, Wyoming
82714-0010, 307-467-5283, extension 12.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the Planning Team, Devils
Tower NM at the above address and telephone number.
Dated: July 30, 1999.
R. Everhart,
Director, Intermountain Region.
[FR Doc. 99-21220 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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