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[FR Doc No: 94-21872]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

General Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
Wind Cave National Park, SD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement/General 
Management Plan for Wind Cave National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement/General 
Management Plan (FEIS/GMP) for Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.

DATES: A 30-day no-action period will follow the Environmental 
Protection Agency's notice of availability of the FEIS/GMP.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the FEIS/GMP will be available for 
review at the following locations:

Office of the Superintendent, Wind Cave National Park, Telephone: (605) 
745-4600.
Division of Planning Design and Maintenance, Rocky Mountain Regional 
Office, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 
80225, Telephone: (303) 969-2620.
Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: 
(202) 208-6843.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS/GMP analyzes three alternatives to 
ensure the long-term preservation of the significant resources and 
provide for public use and enjoyment of the park's many features. The 
no-action alternative (Alternative A) would continue current management 
and operations in existing facilities. The proposed plan (Alternative 
B) would increase visitor services, improve administrative and 
maintenance facilities, address health and safety issues, and improve 
employee housing, while mitigating effects of surface facilities and 
activities on the cave and providing for additional visitor use. There 
would be no significant change in the current level, type and location 
of development. Alternative C is similar to the proposed plan, but 
would also remove the campground, eliminate the concession, remove the 
sewage lagoons and install a discharging tertiary wastewater treatment 
plant and remove the bison fence.
    The FEIS/GMP in particular evaluates the environmental consequences 
of the proposed action and the other alternatives on cave geology, 
soils, and vegetation; wildlife; water resources; air quality; cultural 
resources; visitor use; socioeconomic effects; and management and 
operations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Wind Cave National 
Park, at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: August 23, 1994.
Robert M. Baker,
Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 94-21872 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]
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