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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

 

Draft Development Concept Plan/Amendment to the General 
Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Crater Lake National 
Park, OR

AGENCY: Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the availability of a draft Development 
Concept Plan/Amendment to the General Management Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement (DCP/GMP/EIS) for Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.

DATES: Comments on the draft DCP/GMP/EIS should be received no later 
than January 30, 1995. Public meetings may be held during this comment 
period; specific details of the location, date and time will be 
publicized through the local media and the park's mailing list prior to 
any such meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the draft DCP/GMP/EIS should be 
submitted to: Superintendent, Crater Lake National Park, Post Office 
Box 7, Crater Lake, OR 97604-0007, Telephone: (503) 594-2211.
    Copies of the draft document will be available for review at Crater 
Lake National Park Headquarters as well as the following locations:

Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
Pacific Northwest Regional Office, National Park Service, 909 First 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Mulnomah County Library, 801 SW. 10th, Portland, Oregon
Salem Library, 585 Liberty SE., Salem, Oregon
Klamath County Library, 126 South 3rd, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Eugene Library, 100 W. 13th, Eugene, Oregon
Jackson County Library, 413 W. Main, Medford, Oregon
Deschutes County library, 507 NW. Wall St., Bend, Oregon
Joseph County Library, 200 NW. C, Grants Pass, Oregon
Douglas County Library, Courthouse, Roseburg, Oregon

    A limited number of copies of the draft document are available on 
request from the Superintendent, Crater Lake National Park, at the 
above address.

SUPPLEMENARY INFORMATION: The draft DCP/GMP/EIS describes and analyzes 
three alternatives to meet immediate and future needs at Crater Lake 
National Park regarding employee housing, completion of the on-going 
redevelopment project at Rim Village and long-term maintenance, 
administration and storage facilities. The three alternatives include 
Alternative 1, South Entrance Focus (the Proposed Action), Alternative 
2, Mazama Focus, and Alternative 3, No Action. Alternatives 1 and 2 
include (1) removing the visitor parking at Rim Village and 
constructing a new parking structure 800 feet off the rim with a 
shuttle bus system to provide year-round access to Rim Village; (2) 
creating a new 2,000-foot roadway on which visitors would travel from 
the parking facility to Crater Lake Lodge in shuttle buses; (3) 
partially restoring to natural conditions a 1-acre maintenance yard 
near park headquarters with the remainder of the site converted to an 
employee recreation field; (4) developing a 98-person employee 
dormitory and associated parking, pedestrian path, group campsites, and 
maintenance building at Mazama Village; (5) future removal of an 
existing dormitory at Rim Village, replacing it with another dormitory 
near the park's South Entrance; and (6) constructing 20-30 employee 
houses at the South Entrance. In addition, Alternative 1 would include 
moving park headquarters to the South Entrance and developing several 
support facilities there. Under Alternative 2, park headquarters would 
remain at Muson Valley and support facilities would be developed at 
Mazama Village. Alternative 1 would remove about 41 acres of vegetation 
compared to 34 acres under Alternative 2. Associated impacts to 
wildlife habitat would generally be proportionate to the amount of 
vegetation disturbed. Under both Alternatives 1 and 2, removal of 
parking at Rim Village would reduce potential automobile-related 
pollution of Crater Lake and improve the quality of the visitor 
experience by providing a more natural, pedestrian-oriented setting. 
Development would reduce the natural setting in some areas. In general, 
impacts on other natural resources would be minor.

    Dated: November 15, 1994.
Charles H. Odegaard,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 94-29252 Filed 11-28-94; 8:45 am]
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