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Draft Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan; Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, CA; Notice of Availability

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 [Federal Register: December 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 241)]
[Notices]
[Page 78186]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14de00-105]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Draft Environmental Impact Statement/General Management Plan;
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Los Angeles and
Ventura Counties, CA; Notice of Availability

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190, as amended), the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a draft environmental
impact statement assessing the potential impacts of the proposed
General Management Plan (GMP) for Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area. This conservation planning and environmental impact
analysis effort to date has identified and analyzed five alternatives
(and appropriate mitigation strategies) for the management and use of
the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area over the next
fifteen to twenty years.
    Proposal and Alternatives: The draft environmental impact statement
(DEIS) includes five alternatives, including the ``no action''
(existing conditions) alternative. The No Action Alternative assumes
that physical facilities would remain largely unchanged and staffing
and operational funding would remain relatively constant over the next
fifteen to twenty years. The Preferred Alternative incorporates the
exceptional elements of all of the alternatives to provide protection
of significant natural and cultural resources while promoting
compatible recreation and educational opportunities. The Preservation
Alternative emphasizes the preservation of all natural and cultural
systems and removing some park-related development. Virtual media and
exhibits would provide visitors with alternative experiences and
information. Visitor disturbance would be reduced while visitor
appreciation for the resource would increase. The Education Alternative
would promote strong environmental and cultural education programs that
reach the public and especially the school systems. The Recreation
Alternative maximizes recreation with any new park development in non-
sensitive areas.
    Comments: Printed or CD-ROM copies of the DEIS are available for
public review at Park Headquarters, as well as at many public libraries
and federal offices in southern California. In addition the document is
posted on the internet at www.nps.gov/samo. Inquiries and requests for
copies may also be directed to: Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area, 401 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks,
California, 91360. The telephone number for the park is (805) 370-2300.
Interested individuals, organizations, and agencies wishing to provide
information or suggest issues and concerns to be addressed in future
land management are encouraged to address these to the Superintendent,
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. All written comments
must be postmarked not later than February 28, 2001.
    If individuals submitting comments request that their name or/and
address be withheld from public disclosure, it will be honored to the
extent allowable by law. Such requests must be stated prominently in
the beginning of the comments. There may also be circumstances wherein
the NPS will withhold a respondent's identity as allowable by law. As
always: NPS will make available to public inspection all submissions
from organizations and businesses; and, anonymous comments may not be
considered.
    Public Meetings: Five public meetings will be held in the vicinity
surrounding the park. The particular locations selected for these
meetings were determined based upon responses received from the public
during the scoping process. The meetings scheduled are: February 5,
2001 (Calabasas/Agoura Hills); February 6, 2001 (Santa Monica);
February 7, 2001 (Los Angeles); February 8, 2001 (Malibu); February 9,
2001 (Thousand Oaks). Confirmed details as to specific locations and
times will be announced in local newspapers, available at the internet
site identified above, or can be obtained by calling the park at (805)
370-2341.
    Decision: After the formal DEIS review period has concluded, all
comments and suggestions received will be considered in preparing the
final EIS. Currently the final EIS is anticipated in the fall of 2001;
its availability will be similarly announced in the Federal Register.
Subsequently a Record of Decision would be executed no sooner than 30
(thirty) days after the release of the final EIS. The official
responsible for approval of the DEIS/GMP is the Regional Director,
Pacific West Region; the official responsible for implementation of the
approved GMP is the Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area.

    Dated: December 4, 2000.
James R. Shevock,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. 00-31915 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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