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Badlands National Park; Environmental Statements; Notice of Intent

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 [Federal Register: July 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 140)]
[Notices]
[Page 45104]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20jy00-94]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Badlands National Park; Environmental Statements; Notice of
Intent

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a general management plan and
environmental impact statement for Badlands National Park, South
Dakota.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) will prepare a general
management plan (GMP) and an associated environmental impact statement
(EIS) for Badlands National Park, South Dakota, in accordance with
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). This notice is being furnished as required by NEPA Regulations
40 CFR 1501.7.
    To facilitate sound planning and environmental assessment, the NPS
intends to gather information necessary for the preparation of the EIS,
and to obtain suggestions and information from other agencies and the
public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. Comments and
participation in this scoping process are invited.
    Participation in the planning process will be encouraged and
facilitated by various means, including newsletters and open houses or
meetings. The NPS will conduct public scoping meetings to explain the
planning process and to solicit opinion about issues to address in the
GMP/EIS. Notification of all such meetings will be announced in the
local press and in NPS newsletters.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and information concerning the scope of the
EIS and other matters should be directed to: Ms. Jan Harris, National
Park Service, Denver Service Center, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado
80225. E-mail: jan_harris@nps.gov
    Requests to be added to the project mailing list should be sent to
Ms. Constance Lemos, Badlands National Park, P.O. Box 6, Interior, SD
57750. Telephone: 605-433-5361, ext. 281. E-mail:
constance__lemos@nps.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Lemos, Badlands National
Park, at the address and telephone number listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Badlands National Park consists of nearly
244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended
with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
The Badlands Wilderness Area is made up of 64,000 acres and is the site
of the reintroduction of the black-footed ferret, the most endangered
land mammal in North America. The Stronghold Unit is co-managed with
the Oglala Sioux Tribe and includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances.
Established as Badlands National Monument in 1939, the area was
redesignated ``National Park'' in 1978. Badlands National Park contains
the world's richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35
million years old. The evolution of mammal species such as the horse,
sheep, rhinoceros and pig can be studied in the Badlands formations.
    In accordance with NPS Park Planning policy, the GMP will ensure
the Park has a clearly defined direction for resource preservation and
visitor use. It will be developed in consultation with Servicewide
program managers, interested parties, and the general public. It will
be based on an adequate analysis of existing and potential resource
conditions and visitor experiences, environmental impacts, and costs of
alternative courses of action.
    The environmental review of the GMP/EIS for Historic Site will be
conducted in accordance with requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371
et seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), other appropriate
Federal regulations, and National Park Service procedures and policies
for compliance with those regulations.

    Dated: July 10, 2000.
William W. Schenk,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-18338 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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